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OF THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS,

From FEBRUARY the 15th, 1916,

In the SIXTH and SEVENTH YEARS of the REIGN of

ZING GEORGE THE FIFTH,
To DECEMBER the 22nd, 1916.

SESSION 1916.

The Thirtieth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great 'Britain
and Ireland.

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WESTMINSTER.

27th January 1916.

By virtue of His Majesty's Commission under the Great Seal, and in obedience.
to His Majesty's Commands, Parliament was prorogued on the abOve-mentioned_

day to Tuesday the Fifteenth day of February next, to be then here holden.

JOURNALS

OF TH-E

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Session 1916.

The Thirtieth Parliament of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland.

Tuesday, 15th February 1916.

Prayers at Two of the clock.

Swansea Harbour.
Van Diemen's Land Company.
Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier.
Yeadon Water.

IVIessage to
attend the
Lords Com-
missioners.

AMESSAGE was delivered by Admiral Sir
Henry Frederick Stephenson, Gentleman

Usher of the Black Rod :

Private Bills.

Mr. Speaker,

The Lords authorised by virtue of His
Majesty's Commission desire
immediate
attendance of this Honourable House in the
House of Peers, to hear the Commission read.

the

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House,
went up to the House of Peers :And having
returned ;

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair at Four of

the clock.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported,
That in accordance with Standing Order 79 he
had conferred with the Chairman of Committees
of the House 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. :

Aberdare and Aberaman Gas.
Burnley Corporation.
Canada Company.
Colchester Gas.
Ferndale Gas.
Hornsey Gas.
Imperial Continental Gas Association.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas.
River Glen.
South Eastern and London, Chatham, and

Dover Railways.

Vol,. 171.

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that he Writ issued
had issued, during the Recess, a Warrant to the in the Recess.
Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out a
new Writ for the Election of a Member to
serve in this present Parliament for the County
of Louth (North Division), in the room of
Augustine Roche, Esquire, deceased.

Ordered, That all Members who are returned Elections.

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 the 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 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 Witnesses.

person hath been tampering with any Witness
in respect of his evidence to be given to this
House, or any Committee thereof, or directly
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indirectly bath endeavoured to deter or
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 bath given false evidence in any case
before this House, or any Committee thereof,
this House will proceed with the utmost severity
against such offender.

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police
of the Metropolis do take care that, during the
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 be no annoyance therein or
the Serjeant-at-Arms
thereabouts ;
attending this House do communicate this Order
to the Commissioners aforesaid.

and that

Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of
this House be printed, being first perused by
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.

Metropolitan
Police.

Votes and
Proceedings.

Privileges.

Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be

appointed.

Outlawries
Bill.

A Bill for the more effectual preventing
clandestine Outlawries was read the first time ;
and ordered to be read a second time.

Journal.

Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from
the end of the last Session to the end of the
present Session, with an index thereto, be
printed.

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index
be printed by the appointment and under the
direction of Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert,
G.C.B., K.C.S.I., C.I.E., the Clerk of this House.
Ordered, That the said Journal and Index
he printed by such person as shall be licensed
by Mr. Speaker ; and that no other person do
presume to print the same.

Parliamentary

(Reces
(Recess.)

The following Papers, presented by His
Majesty's Command during the Recess, were
delivered to the Librarian of the House of
to
Commons
Standing Order No. 95 :

the Recess,

pursuant

during

Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports,

Annual Series, Nos. 5555 to 5563.

Copy of Correspondence with the United
States Ambassador respecting the treatment of

Trade Reports
(Annual
SerieS.)
Mails on
Neutral
Vessels
(Miscellaneous, Mails on Neutral Vessels.
No. 5, 1916.)
Von Papen's
Papers
(Miscellaneous
No. 6, 1916.)

o

Copy of Selection from Papers found in the
possession of Captain Von Papen, late German
Falmouth,
' Military Attache at -Washington.
2nd and 3rd January 1916.
of Agricultural

1914.
Volume III. Part III. Prices and Supplies of
Grain, Live Stock, and other Agricultural
Produce in Scotland.

Statistics,

Copy

Copy of Summary of Accidents and Casual-
ties, as reported to the Board of Trade by the
several Railway Companies in the United King-
dom, during the three months ending 30th

Agriculture
(Scotland.)

Railway
Accidents.

1916.
ruary.
together with Reports to the
September 1915 ;
Board of Trade by the Inspecting Officers upon
certain Accidents Which were inquired into.

Copy of Report of a Sub-Committee of the British Trade
after the War..

Advisory Committee to the Board of Trade
to
on Commercial
measures for securing the position, after the
War, of certain branches of British industry.

Intelligence with respect

Copy of Report on the Output of Munitions Munitions
(France.)

in France, December 1915.

Copy of Report of the Health of Munition Munitions
onof
unailttih
Workers.)

Workers Committee on Employment of Women (He
(Memorandum -No. 4).

Copy of Report of the Health of Munition
of Work

on Hours

Workers Committee
(Memorandum No. 5).

Copy of Introduction and Part I. of
Final Report of the Departmental Committee
appointed by the President of the Board of Soldiers
Agriculture
Settlement or Employment on the Land in Committee.)
England and Wales of discharged Sailors and
Soldiers.

the -LandSment

and Fisheries

to consider

. Sailorettles and

the (Departmental

fox

Copy of Report of the Committee on War

Loans for the Small Investor.

War Loans
for
S
Investors.

Copy of Third Report of the Committee on Public

Retrenchment in the Public Expenditure.

R

etrenchment.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr, Secretary Samuel presented, by His National
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report to His Relief Fund,
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by the
Executive Committee of the National Relief
Fund on the administration of the Fund up to
the 30th September 1915.

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, purSuant Shops Act,

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of Orders made under the Shops- Act;
1912, by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities, and confirmed by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department :7--

Boroughs of Haslingden and Tynemouth.
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Charter Act,.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to College
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Application received from the Right 1871.
Honourable the Viscount Ridley and others, for
the grant of a Charter to " The Trinity College
of Music," London, 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.

Copy of Order in Council, dated 3rd February Government of

India Act,

1916, under the Government of India Act
approving certain alterations in and additions to 1915'
the Establishment of the Secretary of State for
India in Council.

, 1915,

Copy of Order in Council, dated the 27th Merchant
January 1916, directing that the Officer for the shipping
1894.
time being acting as District Officer, Tawao, Act'
North Borneo, shall in the State of North
Borneo exercise the functions of a British
Consular Officer under the Merchant Shipping
Acts.

Copy of Order in Council under the Merchant Merchant
Shipping Act, 1894, and the Mersey Channels Shipping
m8er4,e
Act,1897, dated 27th January1916, making Rules
and Mersey
concerning the Lights or Signals to be carried Channels Y
and the steps for avoiding Collisions to be taken Act, 1897.
by, Vessels navigating the River Mersey and

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adjacent Channels, and repealing the Order in
Council of the 11th October 1912.

15th February.

Military
Service Act,
1916.

Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions
Act, 1865.

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

No. 1.

Trinidad.

Copy of Order in Council, dated 3rd February
the Tribunals
1916, making Regulations for
established under the Military Service Act,1916.
in Council, dated
27th January and 3rd February 1916, made
under the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions
Act, 1865.

Copies of Two Orders

Copy of Statute made by the Governing Body
of University College; Oxford, on 3rd July 1915,
under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Act, 1877, amending Statutes I. 3, III. 13,
and IV. 2 of the Statutes of the College.

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. Secretary Boner Law presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Rule' made by the Acting Governor
in Executive Council defining the term " Over-
seer " as used in Prison Rules in Trinidad.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Woods,
Forests, and
Land
Revenues.
No. 2.

Greek Loan.
No. 3.

Shops Act,
1912..

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant

to the

of Parliament,

directions of several Acts
Abstract Accounts of the Commissioners of
His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land
Revenues for the year ended 31st March 1915,
with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor
General thereon,

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 31st December 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies of
Orders made by the Secretary for Scotland
under the Shops Act, 1912, affecting certain
Shops in the City and Royal Burgh of Glasgow
and in the Burgh of Paisley.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant

to

the

directions of several Acts. of Parliament,
Copies of Orders under the Destructive Insects
and Pests Acts, numbered D.I.P. 353 and 354,
declaring the respective areas described in the
Schedules thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and infected areas for the purposes of
the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

Diseases of
Animals Acts.

Copy of Order 9691, under the Diseases of
Animals Acts, entitled the Bristol (Avonmouth
Dock) Foreign Animals Wharf Order of 1916,
defining a Foreign Animal Wharf as described
thereto, and revoking the
in the Schedule
Bristol ( Avonmouth Dock) Foreign Animals
Wharf Order of 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

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Consolidated Fund ; the money borrowed and
the Securities created in respect thereof ; and
the expenditure under the Post Office (London)
period ended
for
Railway Act, 1913,
31st March 1915.

the

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table; and be printed.

Mr. Tennant presented, pursuant

the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Scheme made by the Army Council for the
establishment and constitution of an Association
for the County of Renfrew, under the Territorial
and Reserve Forces Act, 1907.

to

Army
(Territorial
Force.)

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 :

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
31st December 1915.

Copy of Rules of the Supreme Court, dated

31st January 1916.

Copy of First Annual Report of the Board
of Control under the Lunacy and Mental
Deficiency Act, 1913. Part I.

Copy of

Increase of Rent and Mortgage
Interest (War Restrictions) Rules, 1916, dated
29th January 1916, made by the Lord Chancellor
under the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest
(War Restrictions) Act, 1915.

Lunacy.

Supreme
Court (Rules.)

Lunacy and
Mental
Deficiency.

Increase of
Rent and
Mortgage
Interest (War
Restrictions),
England.

The Order made upon the 27th day of January Spontaneous
1916, in the last Session of Parliament, That the Combustion of
Paper relative to Spontaneous Combustion of Coal in Mines
(Departmental
Coal in Mines (Departmental Committee) do Committee.)
lie upon the Table, was read and discharged..

Ordered, That the said Paper be withdrawn.

(Mr. Secretary Samuel.)

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had Mr. Speaker

been at the House of Peers, at the desire of the reports xis
Lords Commissioners appointed under the Great 3s Ipaej eeesht y s
Seal for holding this present Parliament, and
that the Lord High Chancellor, being one of the
said Commissioners, delivered His Majesty's
Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parlia-
ment in pursuance of His Majesty's Commands,
and 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,

It has been My duty to summon you after a

short Recess to renew your deliberations.

The spirit of My allies and of My people,
who are united in this conflict by ever-strengthen-
ing ties of sympathy and understanding, remains
steadfast in the resolve to secure reparation for
the victims of unprovoked and unjustifiable
outrage, and effectual safeguards for all nations,
against the aggression of a Power which mistakes
force for right and expediency for honour.

With a proud and grateful confidence I look
to the courage, tenacity, and resource of My
Navy and Army, on whom we depend worthily
to perform our part in the attainment of this
goal.

Post Office
(London)
Railway Act,
1913.

No. 4.

Mr. Joseph Pease presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Account showing the money issued out of the

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

You will be asked to make due financial

provision for the conduct of the War.

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15th -13th.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

The only measures which will,be submitted to
you are such as, in the opinion of My advisers,
tend to the attainment of our common object.

I confidently commend them to your patriotism
and loyalty, and I pray that the Almighty will
give His blessing to your counsels.

King's Speech
{Motion for
an Address.)

A Motion was made, and the Question being
proposed, That an humble Address be presented
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(/1r. Macpherson);

And a Debate arising thereupon;

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

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed to-

morrow.

Adjournment.

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.

(Mr. Rea.)

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

Private Bills
[Lords.)

Wednesday, 16th February 1916.

PRAYERS.
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 been complied with
in the following cases, viz. :

Aberdare and Aberaman Gas.
Burnley Corporation.
Canada Company.
Colchester Gas.
Ferndale Gas.
Hornsey Gas.
Imperial Continental Gas Association.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas.
River Glen.
South Eastern and London, Chatham,

and

Dover Railways.
Swansea Harbour.
Van Diemen's Land Company.
Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier.
Yeadon Water.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his
Liverpool
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make
Borough
(East Toxteth out a new Writ for the electing of a Member
Division)
to serve in this present Parliament for the
Writ.

1916.
Borough of Liverpool (East Toxteth Division),
in the room of Edward Marshall Hall, Esquire,
King's Counsel, who, since his Election for the
said borough, hath accepted the Office of
Recorder of Guildford.--(Mr. Bridgeman.)

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue

Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland County (South
to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Tyrone) Writ.
Member to serve in this present Parliament for
the County of Tyrone (South Tyrone), in the
room of Andrew Long Horner, Esquire, King's
Counsel, deceased.(Sir John' Lonsdale.)

,

his Tyrone

A Petition of the Trustees of the British British
Museum being offered to be presented(Mr; Museum.
Lewis Harcourt) ;

Mr. Lewis Harcourt, by His Majesty's Com-
mand, acquainted the House that His 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 your Petitioners for the support of
the British Museum consist of thirty thousand
pounds two and a half per cent. Consolidated
Annuities, the annual dividends whereof amount
for 1916-17 to seven hundred and fifty pounds ;
of a bequest of Francis Henry eighth Earl of
Bridgewater, the annual proceeds of which
amount to about three hundred and sixty-five
pounds ; of a bequest of Charles Baron Farn-
borough, the annual proceeds of which amount
to about seventy-two pounds ; and also of a
fund bequeathed by the late Mr. Charles Drury
Edward Fortnum, until lately invested in Metro-
politan Consolidated three and a half per Cents,
and amounting at the present time to eighteen
that the
hundred and seventy pounds cash ;
establishment is necessarily 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 ; your Petitioners there-
fore humbly pray your Honourable 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 knowledge as to
your House shall seem meet.

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon

the Table.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ; Public

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Military
Military Service Act, 1916, which was presented Service Act,
upon the 15th day of this instant February, be
No. 5.
printed.

1916.

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunacy Lunacy and

and Mental Deficiency, which was presented Mental
upon the 15th day of this instant February, be
printed.

o. 6.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His Police

Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the (Metropolis.)
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for
the year 1914.

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pur- Shops Act,

suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 1912.
Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned.
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department :

City of Bradford.

16th February.

7
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions
Act, 1865.

Military
Service Act,
1916.

Navy and
Marines
(Property of
Deceased)
Act, 1865.

Ordered, That the said Papers (16 lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to

the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy Of Order in Council, dated 15th February
1916, made Under the Naval and Marine Pay
and Pensions Act, 1865.

Copy of Order in Council under the Military
Service Act, 1916, dated 15th February 1916,
amending the Military Service ( Regulations)
Order, 1916, so far as it relates to Scotland.

Copy of Order in Council undei: the Navy
and Marines (Property of Deceased) Act, 1865,
dated 15th February 1916; cancelling Clause 33
of the Order in Council dated the 28th day of
December 1865, and substituting a new Clause
therefor.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Army
Mr. Montagu presented; pursuant to the direc-
(Appropriation tions of several Acts of Parliament,Appropri-
Account.)
atioii Account for Army Services for 1914-15,
No. 7.
with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor
General thereon, and upon the Store Accounts
of the Army.

Appropriation Account of the sums °minted
Army
(Ordnance
by Parliament for the expense of the Ordnance
Factories)
(Appropriation Factories, the cost of the productions of which
have been charged to the Army, Navy, and
Account.)
No. 8.
Indian and Colonial Governments, &c., and the
Statement of the surpluses and deficits upon
the Grants for the year ended 31st March 1915;
together with the Report of the Comptroller and
Auditor General thereon.

Army
(Clothing
Factory.)

No. 9.

Annual Accounts Of the Royal Army Clothing
Factory for the year 1914-15, with the Report
of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.
Copy of the Appropriation Account of the
the
Comptroller and Auditor General thereon, and
upon the Store Accounts of the Navy.

Navy
(Appropriation Navy for 1914-15, with the Report of
Account.)

No. 10.

Copy of Account of the Imperial Ottoman

Guaranteed Loan of 1855 for the year 1915.

Imperial
Ottoman
Guaranteed
Loan of 1855.
National
Health
Insurance
Commission.
(wales)
(Regulations.) Expenses) Regulations (Wales), 1916.

Copy of Provisional Regulations, dated 5th
February 1916, made by the Welsh Insurance
Commissioners, entitled the National Health
Insurance (Deposit Contributors' Administration

No. 11.

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Ireland)
(Regulations.) Expenses) Regulations (Ireland), 1916.

Copy of Provisional RegulationS, dated 7th
February 1916, made by the Irish Insurance
Commissioners, entitled the National Health
Insurance (Deposit Contributors' Administration

No. 12.
No. 13.

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- Irish Land

the House :

tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon pPuLcdhase
the Table by the Clerk of
Accounts of the Commissioners for the Reduc-
tion of the National Debt in respect of the
Capital and Income of the Irish Land Purchase
Fund in the year ended 31st March 1915 ;
together with the Report of the Comptroller
and Auditor General thereon.

No. 14.

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House British
an Account of the Income and Expenditure Museurn
of the British Museum (Special Trust Funds)
for the year ending the 31st day of March
1916, and Return of the number of persons
admitted to visit the Museum and the British
Museum (Natural History) in each year from
1910 to 1915, both years inclusive; together with
a Statement of the progress made inthe arrange-
ment and description of the Collections, and an
Account of objects added to them in the year
1915.(Mr. Lewis Harcourt.)

A Motion was made, and the .Question being Ballot for
proposed, That, un411 the House'otherwise deter- Bills, &e.
mines, and so far as the House does not otherwise
determine, no Public Bills other than Govern-
ment Bills be introduced, and no Ballot be taken
for determining the precedence of such Bills
(The Prime Minister);

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Question, in I. 1, by leaving out from the
the " to the word " no," in 1. 2, and
word
inserting the words " thirty-first day of March "
-(The Prime Minister),instead thereof.

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
" thirty-first day of March " be there inserted :
It was resolved in the Affirinatiye.

Then the Main Question, so amended, being

put ;

Ordered, That, until the thirty-first day of
March, no Public Bills other than Government
Bills be introduced, and no Ballot be taken for
determining the precedence of such Bills.

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

the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed
upon the 15th day of this instant February., That
an humble Address be presented to His Majesty,
as followeth :

lo
io
(A
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n
Atd

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dill efs
s . )

Copy of Regulations, dated 26th January
1916, made by the Irish Insurance Commis-
sioners, entitled the National Health Insurance
(Decision of Questions) Regulations (Ireland),
1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
TAble ; and that the Papers relative to the
Army, Navy, and National Health Insurance
be printed.

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 again proposed :
The House resumed the said adjourned Debate.

Munitions of
War
1915

and'1.91.6,

Mr. Lloyd George presented, pursuant

to
1916. the directions of an Act of Parliament,--Copy
of the Munitions (Leaving Certificate) Rules,
1916, made by the Minister of Munitions under
Section 5 of the Munitions of War (Amend-
ment) Act, 1916, with respect
to Leaving
Certificates.
Vol.,. 171.

An Amendment was proposed to be Made to Air Services,

the Question, by adding at the end thereof the
words " That this House humbly regrets that no
mention is made in the Gracious Speech from
the Throne of any proposals for placing the air
services of the country on a firmer and stronger
basis."'(Mr. Joynson-Hicks.)

II 4

16t/t-17th February.

1916.
to provide for the conversion of the existing
capital of the Company, and for other purposes,
wa's presented, and read the first time ; and
ordered to be read a second time.

8

Pensions and
Allowances.

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 ;
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof
the words " But regret that there is no mention
of any intention on the part of the Government
the payment of
to accept responsibility for
pensions and allowances to all soldiers and sailors
discharged from the Army and Navy on account
of diseases contracted or developed during service
with the colours."(Mr. William Thorne.)

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

And the Main Question being again proposed :
And a Debate arising thereupon;
And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned
(Mr. Peto) :It was resolved in the Affirma-

tive.

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed to-

morrow.

Adjournment.

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.

(Mr. Rea.)

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till one minute before Eleven
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Alexandra
(Newport and
South Wales)
Docks and
Railway Bill.

Beighton and
District
Gas Bill.

'Cardiff
Railway Bill.

'City of Dublin
Steam Packet
Company Bill.

Thursday, 17th February 1916.

PRAYERS.
A BILL to amend the Alexandra (Newport
and South Wales) Docks and Railway
Act, 1906, and for other purposes, was pre-
sented, and read the first time ; and ordered to
be read a second time.

for

A Bill

incorporating and conferring
powers on the Beighton and District Gas
Company was presented, and read the first
time ; and ordered to be read a second time.

A Bill to extend the time limited by the
Cardif Railway Acts for the purchase of certain
lands, and for other purposes, was presented,
and read the first time ; and ordered to be read
a second time.

A Bill to extend the time limited for the
repayment of money borrowed under
the
authority of the City of Dublin Steam Packet
Company's Act, 1895, and to make other
to enable the
provisions in relation thereto ;
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company to
borrow further moneys, and for other purposes,
was presented, and read the first time ;
and
ordered to be read a second time.

Colonial Bank A Bill for granting additional powers to the
Colonial Bank was presented, and read the first
Bill.
time ; and ordered to be read a second time.

Folkestone
Gas Bill.

A Bill to empower the Folkestone Gas and
Coke Company to acquire the undertaking of
the Hythe and Sandgate Gas Company ;
to
extend the limits of supply of the Company ;

A Bill to extend the times limited by the Metropolitan

Metropolitan Electric Tramways Act, 1911, and Eleere
the Metropolitan Electric Tramways (Railless Bill. waYs
Traction) Act, 1913, for the exercise of certain
powers by the Metropolitan Electric Tramways,
Limited, and the Middlesex County Council,
and for other purposes, was presented, and read
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second
time.

A Bill to provide for the transfer of the Northwich
undertaking of the Northwich Gas Company to Urban.District
the Urban District Council of Northwich, and B°Hincil (Gas)
to confer upon the Council further powers in
relation to the supply of gas, 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 on the Plymouth and

to make further provision Gas Bill.

Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Light
Coke Company ;
with reference to the utilisation and conversion
of products arising from the manufacture of
gas and the distillation of tar, and for other
purposes, was presented, and read the first time ;
and ordered to be read a second time.

and Stonehouse

A Bill to authorise the sale of the Church of Saint John's

Saint John, in Victoria Square, in the City and
County of Kingston-upon-Hull, with the site upon -Hull,
thereof, and the application of the proceeds of Bill.
thereof,
sale to the provision of a new church, and for
other purposes, was presented, and read the
first time ; and ordered to be read a second
time.

rcKChuh,

A Bill to authorise the South Metropolitan
Gas Company to raise additional capital. and
for other purposes, was presented, and read the
first time ; and ordered to be read a second
time.

South
Metropolitan
Gas Bill.

Tynemouth
Corporation
Bill.

A Bill to extend the limits for the supply of
water by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses
to authorise
of the Borough of Tynemouth ;
them to construct additional waterworks, and to
confer further powers upon them with respect
to their water undertaking ; to make further
provision for 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 to provide for the transfer of the
undertaking of the Eton Gas Company to the
Uxbridge Gas Company ; to extend the limits
of supply of the latter Company, and for other
purposes, was presented, and read the first time ;
and ordered to be read a second time.

Uxbridge
Gas Bill.

A. Bill to empower the Mayor, Aldermen, Wakefield
and Citizens of the City of Wakefield to con- Corporation
struct further waterworks ; to extend the time Bill.
for constructing certain authorised waterworks ;
to make further provision with regard to their
water undertaking, and for other purposes, was
presented, and read the first time ; and ordered
to be read a second time.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's Navy and

Supplementary Estimate of the _IA 7ikservices,

Command,
amount required to be voted during the year Operations,
ending 31st March 1916 for general Navy and and other

6 GEO. V.
Army Services, Warlike Operations, and other
Expenditure arising out of the War.

17th-7-18th February.

Expenditure
arising out
of the War,
1915-16
(Supplemen-
tary Vote
of Credit.)

No. 15.

b

Estimate of the amount required to be voted
Navy and
Army Services, for general Navy and Army Services, Warlike
Warlike
Operations, Operations, and other Expenditure arising out
of the War (Vote of Credit, 1916-17).
and other
Expenditure
Ordered, That the said Estimates do
arising out
of the War,
1916-17 (Vote
of Credit.)

the Table ; and be printed.

lie upon

1V4 o. 16.

Venereal
Diseases
(Royal
Commission.)

Shops Act,
1912.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Naval Savings
Banks.

No. 17.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Final Report of
the Commissioners appointed to inquire into
Venereal Diseases, with Appendix (Minutes of
Evidence, 27th April 1914 to 21st June 1915).

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pursuant
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the Council of the undermentioned Local Autho-
rity, and confirmed by the Secretary of State
for the Home Department :-

County of Cumberland (Urban District of

Cleator Moor).

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of
several Acts of Parliament, Copies
of Orders under the Destructive Insects and
Pests Acts, numbered D.I.P. 351, 352, and 355
to 357, inclusive, declaring the respective areas
described in the Schedules thereto to be infected
with Wart Disease, and infected areas for the
purposes of the Wart Disease of Potatoes
(Infected Areas) Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Balfour presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Account of
in Naval Savings Banks, and the
deposits
payments thereof and of interest thereon ; of
all investments under the Naval Savings Banks
Act, 1866, and the application of the interest
or
respect thereof;
and of the proceeds of any sale of any stocks,
annuities, or securities, during the financial year
1914-15.

accruing in

dividends

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
Deaths from
Starvation or a Return of Deaths in England and Wales in
d by the year 1915 upon which a coroner's jury has
Privation
(England and returned a verdict of Death from Starvation, or
Wales.)
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. 395 of Session
1914-16).--(Mr. Hayes Fisher.)

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 1915.(Mr. Montagu.)

Sittings of the
House.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this
(The

day, do adjourn till Monday next.
Prime Minister.)
Vol,. 171.

9

Ordered, That the proceedings on the King's Business of

Speech (Motion for an Address), if
discussion at Eleven of the clock this night, Vpeiencghs)
be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Motion for
(Sittings of the House).(The Prime Minister.) an Address.)

under the House

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

the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (M otion for
an Address.)
upon the 15th day of this instant February,
That an humble Address be presented 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 again proposed :
The House resumed the said adjourned Debate.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof
the words "But this House humbly expresses
its regret that Your Majesty's Government have
not taken measures to utilise economically the
available merchant tonnage of the country, by
placing it under the control of a central expert
authority, with full power to requisition and
direct the movements of all vessels and fix and
limit remuneration for transport services of all
kinds during the war."--(Mr. Peto.)

And the Question being put, That those words

be there added :It passed in the Negative.

And the Main Question being again proposed:
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof
the words "But this House humbly regrets that
no reference is made to making provision for the
recognition and status of volunteer
training
corps duly affiliated to the Central Association
of Volunteer Training Corps, and whose services
are offered through that association."
(Mr.
Samuel Roberts.)

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 the House having continued to sit till

after Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ;

Friday, 18th February 1916:

Merchant
Shipping
(Control.)

Volunteer
Training Corps
(Recognition.)

Mr. Speaker called the attention of the House
to tedious repetition on the part of M r. Ginnell,
Member for North Westmeath. and directed
the honourable Member to resume his seat.

Member
directed to
resume his
Seat (Tedious
Repetition.)

And the Question being put ;
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented

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.

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.

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17 t h--18th,---21st February.

1916.
Employer's Custom) Order (Scotland), 1915
(No. 2).

Supply.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider
of the Supply to be granted to His Majesty.
(Mr. Gulland.)

Ordered, That the several Estimates presented
to this House this day be referred to the Com-
mittee of Supply.

Copy of Regulations, dated 4th February National
1916, made by the Scottish Insurance Commis- Health
sioners, entitled the National Health Insurance n
(Appointment of Representatives of Insured (Scotland)
Persons on Insurance Committees) Amendment ( Regulations.)
Regulations (Scotland), 1916.

CI osmilirnaillscsieon

Ways and
Means.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider
of the Ways and Means for raising the Supply
to be granted to His Majesty.(Mr. Gulland.)

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred
to the Committee of Supply, and be printed ;
that the other Papers do lie upon the Table ;
and that the said Return be printed.

Adjournment.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock on Thursday evening, Mr. Speaker
adjourned the House without Question
put, pursuant to the Standing Order, it
being then twelve minutes after Twelve
of the clock on Friday morning, till
Monday next, pursuant to the Resolution
of the House of this day.

Monday, 21st February 1916.

PRAYERS.
King's Speech THE Vice-Chamberlain of
(Answer to
Address.)

the Household
reported to the House, That His Majesty,
having been attended with their Address of the
17th day of this instant February, was pleased
to receive the same very graciously, and to give
the 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.

British
Museum.

Ordered, That the Petition of the Trustees of
the British Museum for a Grant in Aid, which
was presented upon the 16th day of this instant
February, be referred to the Committee of
Supply.(Mr. Harcourt.)

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr. Secretary Boner Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial Report,
No. 874 (British Guiana, Report for 1914-15).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Shops.Act,
1912.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act. of Parliament,
Copy of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912,
by the Council of the undermentioned Local
Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

County of Chester (Urban District of

Marple).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Civil Services
(Supplemen-
tary Estimate,
1916-16.)

No. 18.

National
Gallery.

No. 19.

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Scotland.)

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Estimate of further sum required
to be voted for the Civil Services for the year
ending 31st March 1916.

Mr. Montagu also presented,Return to an
Order, dated the 17th day of this instant Feb-
ruary, for a Return relative to the National
Gallery.

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Special Order, dated 24th January 1916, made
by the National Health Insurance Joint Com-
mittee and the Scottish Insurance Commissioners,
entitled the National Health Insurance (Special

Mr. Arland presented,

pursuant

to

the Diseases of

directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Animals Acts.
Order 9697, under the Diseases of Animals Acts,
dated 12th February 1916, defining a Foreign
Animals Quarantine Station at Whale Island
Pier, Portsmouth Harbour.

Ordered, That the said 'Paper do lie upon the

Table.

the Local Government Board,

Mr. Long presented, by His Majesty's Corn- Local
mand,Copy of Forty-fourth Annual Report Government
of
Part I. Administration of the Poor Law, &c.
Part II. Housing and Town Planning. Part III.
(a) Public Health and Local Administration;
(b) County Council Administration ; (c) Local
Taxation and Valuation.

1914-15. Board.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Birrell presented, pursuant to the direc- Local

tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copies. of
Orders made under the Poor Relief (Ireland) (Ireland.)
Acts by the Local Government Board for
Ireland.

edrnmeut
Gooav
r
B

Copy of Statute VI. of University College, Irish

Cork, under the Irish Universities Act, 1908.

Universities
Act, 1908.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Runeinzan presented, by His Majesty's London Traffic.

Command,Copy of Report of the London
Traffic Branch of the Board of Trade, 1915.

Mr. Runeintan also presented, pursuant to Piers and
Harbours s

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy (P
of Report by the Board of Trade of their pro-
ceedings under the General Pier and Harbour
A.cts, 1861.

Orders.)

rovional

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Lloyd George presented, by His Majesty's Munitions
Command,Copy of Report by the Health of (Health of
on Canteen 1.v rnki tiros')
M unitions Workers Committee
Construction and Equipment.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Balfour presented, by His Majesty's Navy

tary Estimate,

Command,Estimate of further sum required (Supplemen-
to be voted for the Navy for the service of the 1915 -16.)
year ending 31st March 1916.

No. 20.
Mr. Balfour also presented, pursuant to the Greenwich

Hospital and
directions of an Act of Parliament,Accounts
of the Receipt and Expenditure of the capital Foundation.
and of the income derived from the Lands and
No. 21.
other property held for the benefit of Green-
wich Hospital, and the Foundation of Samuel
Travers, Esquire, for the year ended on. 31st
together with the Report of the
March 1915 ;
Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the
Table, and be printed ; and that the said Esti-

6 GEo. V.
mate be referred to the Committee of Supply,
and be printed.

214-22nd February.

11
of Distress ; and generally for all Expenses,
beyond those provided for in the ordinary Grants
of Parliament, arising out of the existence of
a state of War.(Mr. Montagu.)
Resolutions to be reported.

Army
(Supplemen-
tary Estimate,
1915-16.)

No. 22.

Mr. Tennant presented, by His Majesty's
Command, Estimate of the further amount
that will be required during the year ending
31st March 19] 6 to meet Expenditure not
provided for in the Original Army Estimates of
the year for Pay, &c. of the Army.

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred

to the Committee of Supply ; and 43e printed.

Naval Prize
Procedure
Bill 1.

Mr. Solicitor General, supported by Dr.
Maenamara, presented a Bill to amend the Law
as to the jurisdiction of Prize Courts in the
case of proceedings against persons
in His
Majesty's Naval Service or in the employment
of the Admiralty, and as to the transfer of
proceedings in Prize : And the same was ordered
to be read a second time tomorrow; and to be
,printed.

Business of
the House
(Government
Business.)

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government
Business be not interrupted this night under the
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and may
be entered upon at any time though opposed.
(The Prime Minister.)

Supply
(Supplemen-
tary Vote of
Credit and
Vote of
Credit.)

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee of Supply (Supplementary Vote of
Credit and Vote of Credit) ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the
Chair--(The Prime Minister) :It was resolved
in the Affirmative.

The House accordingly resolved itself into

the Committee.

(In the Committee.)
Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1915-16.
1. Resolved, That a Supplementary sum not
exceeding' X120,000,000 be granted to His
Majesty, beyond the ordinary Grants of Parlia-
ment, towards defraying the Expenses which
may he incurred during the year ending the
31st day of March 1916 for general Navy and
Army Services, in so far. as specific provision is
riot made therefor by Parliament ; for the con-
duct of Naval and Military Operations ; for all
measures which may be taken for the security
of the country ; for assisting the Food Supply,
and promoting the continuance of Trade, Indus-
try, Business, and Communications, whether by
means, of insurance or indemnity against risk,
financing of the purchase and resale of
the
Foodstuffs and Materials, or otherwise ; for relief
of DistresS ; and generally for all Expenses,
beyond those provided for in the ordinary
0-rants-of Parliament, arising out of the existence
of a state of War.( Mr. Montagu. )

2. Resolved, That

Vote of Credit, 1916-17.
sum not
a
exceeding
be granted to His Majesty,
£300,000,000
beyond the ordinary Grants of Parliament,
towards defraying the Exrenses which may be
incurred during the year ending the 31st day
of March 1917 for general Navy and Army
Services, in so far as -specific provision is not
Made therefOr by Parliament ; for the conduct
of Naval 'and Military Operations ;
for all
Measures which may be taken for the security
of the country ; for assisting the Food Supply,
and promoting the continuance of Trade, Indus-
try, Business, and Communications, whether by
means of insurance or indemnity against risk,
the financing of
the purchase and resale of
Foodstuffs and Materials, or otherwise ; for relief

VoL. 171.

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,

auain resolve itself into the said Committee.

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
1916, the sum of £120,000,000 be granted out of
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

( Mr. Montagu.)
2. Resolved, That, towards making good the
Supply granted to His Majesty for the service
of the year ending on the 31st day of March
1917, the sum of £300,0j0,000 be granted out of
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

(Mr. iliontctgu.)
Resolutions to be reported.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and the
Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That
the Committee had come to several Reselutions.
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.

Resolved, That this House do now adjonrn.- Adjournment,

(Mr. Beck.)

And accordingly the House, having con-,
till nineteen minutes after
to-

tinned to sit
Ten of the clock, adjourned till
morrow.

Tuesday, 22nd February 1916.

P RAVERS.

ORDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Worcester

Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make ocroD"lityitTieildt,

out a new Writ for the electing of a Member Division)
to serve in this present Parliament for the writ.
County of Worcester (Mid or Droitwich Divi-
sion), in the room of Major the Honourable
John Cavendish Lyttelton, who, Since his Elec-
tion 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.
Bridgeman.)

Ordered, That the Alexandra (Newport and Alexandra
South Wales) Docks and Railway Bill 'be read, (Newport and
South Wales)
a second time upon Thursday next.
'Docks and
Railway Bill.

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12

Beighton and
District Gas
Bill.

Ordered, That the Beighton and District
Gas Bill be read a second time upon Thursday
next.

Cardiff
Railway Bill.

Ordered, That the Cardiff Railway Bill be

read a second time upon Thursday next.

City of Dublin Ordered, That the City of Dublin Steam
Steam Packt
e Packet Company Bill be read a second time
Company Bill

.

upon Thursday next.

22nd February.

1916.
Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred
to the Committee of Supply ; that the other
Paper do lie upon the Table ; and that the said
Estimates and Paper be printed.

Colonial Bank
Bill.

Ordered, That the Colonial Bank Bill be

read a second time upon Thursday next.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Birrell presented,

pursuant

to

the Intermediate

directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Education
amended Rules as to the constitution and (Ireland.)
procedure of the Registration Council made
under the Intermediate Education (Ireland)
Act, 1914.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Foreign Trade.
a Copy of Accounts relating to the Trade and and Commerce.
Commerce of certain Foreign Countries and
British. Possessions for each month of 1916.
(Mr. Runeiman.)

Ordered, That the proceedings on Govern- Business of
ment Business be not interrupted this night the House
under the Standing Order (Sittings of
House), and may be entered upon at any time
though opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

the (13.GuLeersnsn.)1ellt

A Motion was made, and the Question being Business of
the House otherwise the House.

proposed, That, .until
determines, and so far as the House does not
otherwise determine, on every day on which the
House sits

(1) Government Business do have

prece-

dence ;

(2) At the conclusion of Government Business
Mr. Speaker shall propose the Question,
That this House do now adjourn, and, if
that Question shall not have been agreed
to, Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House,
without Question put, not later than one
hour after the conclusion of Government
Business if that Business has been con-
that
cluded before
Business has not been so concluded, not
later than 11.30 p.m. ;

10.30 p.m., but,

if

(3) If the day be a Thursday the House shall
the

rising stand adjourned until

its

at
following Monday ;

(4) Any Private Business set. down for con-
sideration at a quarter-past Eight of the
clock on any day shall,
if Government
Business is concluded before that time, be
the conclusion of Government
taken at
Business, and, for the purposes of the pre-
cedinu provisions of this Order, shall be
deemed to be Government BusinesS ;

adjourns

(6) Whenever

(5) All Select Committees, including Com-
mittees on Private Bills,- shall have power
to sit on Friday, and, if the House adjourns
from Thursday or Friday till the following
Tuesday, on Monday, notwithstanding the
adjournment of the House.;
the House

from
Thursday to the following Tuesday; Mem-
bers desiring to give Notice of Questions
for oral answer on a -Tuesday or Wednes-
day may send. Notices of such Questions
to the Clerks at the Table, and any Notice?
of Questions so received by them before
Five of the clock on a Friday or Monday
shall be accepted as Notices of Questions
for oral answer on the following
or Wednesday, respectively, and r'be printed
and circulated with the Votes ;

the House

adjourns from
(7) Whenever
following Tuesday
,Thursday
Members- desiring to give Notice of new
Clauses and Amendments to Bills may

'the

to

Folkestone
Gas Bill.

Ordered, That the Folkestone Gas Bill be

read a second time upon Thursday next.

Metropolitan
Electric
Tramways
Bill.

Ordered, That

the Metropolitan Electric
Tramways Bill be read a. second time upon
Thursday next.

Northwich
Urban District Council
Council
(Gas) Bill.

Thursday next.

Ordered, That the Northwich Urban District
Bill be read a second time upon

Plymouth and
Stonehouse
Gas Bill.

Ordered, That the Plymouth and Stonehouse
Gas Bill be read a second time upon Thursday
next.

Ordered, That the Saint John's Church,
Kingston-upon-Hull, Bill be read a second time
upon Thursday next.

Ordered, That the South Metropolitan .Gas
Bill be read a second time upon Thursday next.

Ordered, That the Tynemouth Corporation
Bill be' read a second time upon Thursday next.

Ordered, That the Uxbridge Gas Bill be read

a second time upon Thursday next.

Ordered, That the Wakefield Corporation
Bill be read a second time upon Thursday next.

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Irish
Universities Act, 1908, which was presented
upon the 21st day of this instant February, be
printed.

Saint John's
Church,
Kingston-
upon-Hulk
Bill.
South
Metropolitan
Gas Bill.

Tynemouth
Corporation
Bill.

Uxbridge
Gas Bill.

Wakefield
Corporation
Bill.

Irish
Universities
Act, 1908.

No. 23.

Civil Services
and Revenue
Departments,
1916-17
(Vote on
Account.)

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Estimate showing the several Civil
Services and Revenue Departments for which a
Vote on Account is required for the year ending
31st March 1917.

No. 25.
for Civil Services and Revenue
Civil Services
and Revenue Departments for the year ending 31st March
Departments
with Memorandum. by the Financial
(Estimates,
1916-17.)

Secretary to the Treasury.

Estimates

1

No. 26.

No. 24.

Vote of Credit Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the
(Appropriation directions of an Act of Parliament,--Copy of
Account,
Appropriation Account of the sums granted
1911-15.)
by Parliament beyond the ordinary Grants of
Parliament to pay the expenses on measures
taken for the security of the country ; for the
conduct of naval and military operations ; for
assisting the food supply, and promoting the
continuance of . trade, industry, business, and
communications, whether by means of insurance
or indemnity against risk, the financing of the
purchase and resale of foodstuffs and materials,
or otherwise ; for relief of distress ; and generally
for all expenses arising out of the existence of a
state of war, in the year ended 31st March 1915 ;
together with the Report of the Comptroller and
Auditor General thereon.

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22nd February.

13

send such Notices to the Clerks at the
Table, and any such Notices received by
them before Five of the clock on a Friday
or Monday shall be printed and circulated
with the Votes
(The Prime Minister) ;

The Question was amended, in 1. 23, by
inserting, after the word "following," the words
"Monday or ;" in 1. 25, by inserting, after the
word " a," the word " Monday ;" in 1. 29, by
inserting, after the word "following," the words
" Monday and "(The Prime Minister);and,
in 1. 31, by inserting, after the word " following,"
the words " Monday or."(Mr. Aneurin

And the Main Question, so amended, being

put ;

Ordered, That, until

the House otherwise
determines, and so far as the House does not
otherwise determine, on every day on which the
House sits

(1) Government Business do have prece-

dence ;

(2) At the conclusion of Government Business
Mr. Speaker shall propose the Question,
That this House do now adjourn, and, if
that Question shall not have been agreed
to, Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House,
without Question put, not later than one
hour after the conclusion of Government
that Business has been con-
Business if
if that
p.m., but,
cluded before
Business has not been so concluded, not
later than 11.30 p.m. ;

10.30

(3) If the day be a Thursday the House shall
at its rising stand adjourned until
the
following Monday ;

(4) Any Private Business set down for con-
sideration at a quarter-past Eight of the
clock on any day shall,
if Government
Business is concluded before that time, be
taken at the conclusion of Government
Business, and, for the purposes of the pre-
ceding provisions of this Order, shall be
deemed to be Government Business ;

(5) All Select Committees, including Com-
mittees on Private Bills, shall have power
to sit on Friday, and, if the House adjourns
from Thursday or Friday till the following
Tuesday, on Monday, notwithstanding the
adjournment of the House ;

(6) Whenever

the House

adjourns
from
following Monday or
Thursday to the
Tuesday, Members desiring to give. Notice
of Questions for oral answer on a Monday,
Tuesday, or Wednesday may send Notices
of such Questions to the Clerks at the
Table, and any Notices of Questions so
received by them before Five of the clock
on a Friday or Monday shall be accepted
as Notices of Questions for oral
answer
on the following Monday and Tuesday, or
-Wednesday, respectively, and be printed
and circulated with the Votes ;

(7) Whenever

adjourns

the House

from
Thursday to the following Monday or
Tuesday, Members desiring to give Notice
of new Clauses and Amendments to Bills
may send such Notices to the Clerks at
the Table, and any such Notices received
by them before Five of the clock on a
Friday or Monday shall- be printed and
circulated with the Votes.

VoL. 171.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of Supply [21st

Supply of the 21st day of this instant February February]
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow :

Ret.
por

Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1915-16.

1. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding Supplementary
£120,000,000 be granted to His Majesty, vote of Credit,
beyond the ordinary Grants of Parliament, 1915-16.
towards defraying the Expenses which may be
incurred during the year ending the 31st day
of March 1916 for general Navy and Army
Services, in so, far as specific provision is not
made therefor by Parliament ; for the conduct
of Naval and Military Operations ;
for all
measures which may be taken for the security
of the country ; for assisting the Food Supply,
and promoting the continuance of Trade, Indus-
try, Business, and Communications, whether by
means of insurance or indemnity against risk,
the financing of the purchase and resale of
Foodstuffs and Materials, or otherwise ;
for
relief of Distress ; and generally for all Ex-
in the
penses,
ordinary Grants of Parliament, arising out of
the existence of a state of War.

those provided for

beyOnd

Vote of Credit, 1916-17.

2. That a sum not exceeding £300,000,000 be Vote of Credit,

1916-17.

granted to His Majesty, beyond the ordinary
Grants of Parliament, towards defraying the
Expenses which may be incurred during the
year ending the 31st day of March 1917 for
general Navy and Army Services, in so far as
specific provision is not made therefor by
Parliament ; for the conduct of Naval and
Military Operations ; for all measures which
may be taken for the security of the country ;
for assisting the Food Supply, and promoting
the continuance of Trade, Industry, Business,
and Communications, whether by means of
insurance or indemnity against risk, the financ-
ing of the purchase and resale of Foodstuffs
relief of
for
and Materials, or otherwise ;
all Expenses;
and generally for
Distress ;
in the ordinary
beyond those provided for
the
Grants
existence of a state of War.

arising out of

of Parliament,

The said. Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means of the 21st day of this instant
February 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 1916,
the sum of £120.000,000 be granted out of the
Consolidated 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 1917,
the sum of £300,000,000 be granted out of the
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

Ways and
Means [21st
February]
Report.

Consolidated
Fund.

Consolidated
Fund.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the Consolidated
Fund (No. 1.)

said Resolutions: And that the Chairman of
Ways and Means, Mr. Chancellor of
the
Exchequer, and Mr. Montagu do prepare and
bring it in.

Mr. Montagu accordingly presented a'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 sixteen and one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen : And the same was read the first time,
c 3

Consolidated
Fund (No. 1)
Bill.

Bill 2.

14
and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

22nd-23rd February.

1916.
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Naval Prize
Procedure Bill. Second Reading of the Naval Prize Procedure

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.

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.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of this day, proposed the
Question, That this House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till half an hour after Seven
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Chester
Borough Writ.

Cumberland
County
(Cockermouth
Division)
Writ.

Wednesday, 23rd February 1916.

PRAYERS.

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 Chester, in the room of Robert
Armstrong Yerburgh, 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.
(Lord Edmund Talbot.)

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 Cumberland (Cockermouth Division),
in the room of Sir Wilfrid Lawson,: 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. Gulland.)

Foreign Trade Mr. Runciman presented,
and Commerce. Order, dated the 22nd day of

Return to an
instant
No. 27. February, for a Return relative to Foreign

this

Trade and Commerce.

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

New Member
sworn.

Captain James Stuart Rankin, Member for
the Borough of Liverpool (East Toxteth Divi-
sion), was sworn.

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.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Naval Prize
Procedure Bill. Second Reading of the Naval Prize Procedure

Bill ;

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.

Ordered, That

the Committee of Public Public

Accounts do consist of Fifteen Members.

Accounts
Committee

The Committee was accordingly nominated
of Mr. Arnold, Sir Robert Balfour, Mr. Brady,
Sir Hildred Carlile, Sir Henry Craik, Mr.
Hazleton, Sir Charles Henry, Mr..
Iligham,
Colonel Jessel, Mr. Leif Jones Mr. Jowett, Mr.
Macmaster, Mr. Montagu, Mr. Newdegate, and
Sir Robert Williams.

Ordered, That the Committee have power to

send for persons, papers, and records.

Ordered, That Five be the quorum of the

Committee. (Mr. Rea.)

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Publications.

to assist Mr._Speaker in the arrangements for the
Official Report of Debates, and to inquire into
the expenditure on Stationery and Printing for
this House and the Public Service generally.

an d
Reports.
R
e

The Committee was accordingly nominated
of Mr. Agg-Gardner, Mr. Bowerman, Mr.
Godfrey Collins, Mr. Doris, Mr. Fletcher, Mr..
Grant, Mr. Butler Lloyd, Mr. MacVeagh, Mr.
Partington, Mr. Walter Rock, and Sir George
Toulmin.

Ordered, That the Committee have power to

send for persons, papers, and records.

Ordered, That Three be the quorum of the

Committee.L( Mr. Rea.).

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed House of
to control the arrangements for the Kitchen and Commons
(Ken an,
d
Refreshment Rooms in the Department of the Refreshment
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House.
Rooms.)

Ordered, That the Committee do consist of

Seventeen Members.

The Committee was accordingly nominated
of Mr. Agg-Gardner, Mr. Bentham, Mr. Fen-
wick, Mr. Rupert Gwynne, Colonel Henderson,
Sir Ivor Herbert, Mr. Howard, Colonel Lock-
wood, Sir John Lonsdale, Mr. Macmaster, Mr.
Sir Henry Norman, Mr. Patrick
Mooney,
O'Brien, Captain William Redmond, Sir Harry
Samuel, Mr. Watt, and Mr. Tyson Wilson.

Ordered, That the Committee have power to

send for persons, papers, and records.

Ordered, That Three be the quorum of the

Committee.(Mr. Rea.)

Ordered, That a Select Committee be ap- Public
pointed, to whom shall be referred all Petitions 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

23rd-24th February,

15

6 GEO. V.
the Petition, provided that on every separate,
sheet after the first .the prayer may be reproduced
in print or by other mechanical process ; 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 Sir William Bull, Mr. Burt, Mr. Dalrymple,
Mr. Charles Duncan, Mr. Hackett, Mr. Leicester
Harmsworth, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Haydn Jones,
Mr. Kenyon, Mr. Ronald McNeill, Mr. Marshall,
Mr. Paget, Colonel Pryce-Jones, Mr. Reddy, and
Mr. Turton.

Ordered, That Three be the quorum of the

Committee.. (Mr. Rea.)

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to
the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
this instant February, proposed the Question,
That this House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till
twenty-three minutes
after Eight of the clock, adjourned till
to-morrow.

Bolton
Borough Writ.

Hertford
County
(Eastern or
Hertford
Division)
Writ.

Thursday, 24th February 1916.

PRAYERS.

OR D ER ED, 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 Bolton, in the room of Thomas
Taylor, Esquire, who, since his Election for the
said borough, hath accepted the Office of
Steward or Bailiff of His Majesty's Manor of
Northstead, in the County of York.(Mr.
Gulland.)

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-
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 County
of Hertford (Eastern or Hertford Division), in
the room of Sir J ohn Fowke Lancelot Rolleston,
Knight, 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. Bridgeman.)

The Alexandra (Newport and South Wales)
Alexandra
-(Newport and Docks and Railway Bill was, according to Order,
South Wales)
read a second time ; and referred to the Exami-
Docks and
Railway Bill. ners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Beighton and
District Gas
Bill.

The Beighton and District Gas Bill was,
according to Order, read a second time ; and
the Examiners of Petitions for
referred to
Private Bills.

The Cardiff Railway Bill was, according to
Cardiff
Railway Bill. Order, read a second time ; and referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
City of Dublin
Steam Packet Bill was, according to Order, read a second
'Company Bill' time ; and referred to. the Examiners of Petitions

for Private Bills.
VOL. 171.

The Order of the day being read, for the Colonial Bank

Second. Reading of the Colonial Bank Bill ;

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

The Folkestone Gas Bill was, according to Folkestone

Order, read a second time ; and referred to the Gas Bill.
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The Metropolitan Electric Tramways Bill Metropolitan

was, according to Order, read a second time ;
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Bill.
Private Bills.

TElectric

ys

The Northwich Urban District Council (Gas) Northwich
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time, Urban District
9 Council (Gas)
and committed.

Bill.

The Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill was, Plymouth and

according to Order, read a second time ; and Stonehouse
referred to the ExaMiners of Petitions for Gas Bill.
Private Bills.

The Saint John's Church, Kingston-upon- Saint John's

Hull, Bill was, according to Order, read a second Church,
time, and committed:

Kingston-
upon-Hull,
Bill.

The South Metropolitan Gas Bill was, accord- South
ing to Order, read a second time
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. Gas Bill.

and referred Metropolitan

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

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

The Uxbridge Gas Bill was, according to Uxbridge Gas

Order, read a second time ; and referred to the Bill.
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The Wakefield Corporation Bill was, according Wakefield

to Order, read a second time, and cormnitted.

Corporation
Bill.

The Order made upon the 26th day of January Friendly
last, That the Paper relative to Friendly Societies, &o.
Societies, &c. be printed, was read and dis-
charged.

Ordered, That the said Paper be withdrawn.

National Debt
(Savings
Banks and
Friendly
Societies.)

No. 28.

Mr. Monta.qu presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,(1) Account
of the gross amount of all sums received and
paid by the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt on account of Banks for
in Great
and Friendly Societies
Savings
Britain and -Ireland, from their commencement
at 6th August 1817 to 20th November 1915,
amount of the
the aggregate
inclusive ; of
separate surplus fund of all Savings Banks
at 20th November 1915, and of the gross
amount of all sums transferred to or paid out
such surplus fund in the course of
the
of
year ended 20th November 1915 ; and of all
expenses incurred by the said Commissioners for
salaries of clerks or other incidental expenses
during the year ended 20th November 1915 :
(2) Account of the several transactions which
have taken place during the year ended 20th
November 1915, in the investment of all moneys
which came into the hands of the Commis-
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
for Savings Banks and Friendly Societies, &c. :
(3) Statement showing the aggregate amount
of the Liabilities of the Government to the
c4

16
trustees of Savings Banks and Friendly Societies
respectively at 20th November 1915, &c.

24th -29th February.

Evictions
(Ireland.)

Shops Act,
1912.

East India
(India Office,
Retirement
at Sixty-five.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Birrell presented, by His Majesty's Com-
mand,Copy of Return (I.) of the number of
Eviction Notices filed under Section 7 of the
Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 ; and (II.) of the
number of actual Evictions under Section 7 of
the Act filed during the quarter ended' 31st
December 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the Council of the undermentioned Local Autho-
rity, and confirmed by the Secretary of State for
the Home Department :

Urban District of Sutton-in-Ashfield.

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 a Return of Copy of Minute
by the Secretary of State for India, stating the
circumstances under which three members of
his permanent Establishment have been retained
in the Service after they have attained the age
of Sixty-five.(Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.)

Sittings of
the House.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this
(The

day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.
Prime Minister.)

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
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

upon Tuesday next.

The Naval Prize Procedure Bill was, accord-

ing to Order, read a second time.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
proposed, That this House will immediately
resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill
(Mr. Rea) :The said Motion was, with leave
of the House, withdrawn.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for Tuesday
next.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, 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, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Naval Prize
Procedure
Bill.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

1916.

Whereupon Mr, Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of this
instant February, proposed the Question, That
this House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till eighteen minutes before
Five of the clock, adjourned till Tuesday
next, pursuant to the Resolution of the
House of this day.

Tuesday, 29th February 1916.

PRA YE Ti S.
THE Colonial Bank Bill was, according to Colonial Bank

Order, read a second time ; and referred to Bill.

the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

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

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

Sir John Barlow, Mr. Roland, Sir Daniel Selection.

Goddard, Mr. Laurence Hardy, Mr. Holmes,
John Lonsdale, Mr.
Colonel Lockwood, Sir
Parker, Sir William Priestley, Mr. Robinson,
and Mr. Samuel Roberts were nominated Mem-
bers of the Committee of Selection. (Sir
Daniel Goddard.)

Mr. Vaughan-Davies, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Standing
Mr. George Faber, Mr. Fell, Lord Claud Orders.
Hamilton, Sir Charles Nicholson, Mr. 0' Grady,
Captain William Redmond, Mr. Samuel Roberts,
Mr. Eugene Wason, and Mr. John William Wilson
were nominated Members of the Select Com-
mittee on Standing Orders.(Mr. Vaughan-
Davies.)

Mr. 111 Kinnon Wood presented a Bill to con- Aberdeen

Corporation
the Private Water Order
firm a Provisional Order under
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, Confirmation
relating to Aberdeen Corporation Water : And Bill.
the same was read the first time, and ordered
(under Section 9 of the Act) to be read a second
time upon Wednesday the 8th day of March
next ; and to be printed.

Bill 3.

Mr. Birrell presented, pursuant to the direc- Committals
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy of (Ireland.)
Returns from the Clerks of the Crown and
Peace in Ireland of the number of persons
committed for Trial in 1915.

Copy of Statute IV. of University College, Irish

Galway, under the Irish Universities Act,
1908.

Univers

, 1908tiesAct.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by Trea tir, Snerli6e.$)

His Majesty's Command, Copy of Declara-
tion withdrawing the British reservations in
respect of Articles 23, 27, and 28 of the Red
Cross Convention, 1906. Berne, 7th July
1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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29th

February.

Shops Act,
1912.

Public
Retrenchment.

National Debt
(Military
Savings
Banks.)

No. 29.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies
of Orders made under the Shops Act, 1912,
by the Councils of the undermentioned Local
Authorities, and confirmed by the Secretary of'

State, for the Home Department:

Borough of Accrington.
Urban District of Chadderton.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
the
of
in the Public

Command,--Copy of Final Report
Committee on Retrenchment
Expenditure.

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament, 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
1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to National
Debt (Military Savings Banks) be printed.

School

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, by His
Attendance Majesty's Command,Copy of Summary of
and
EmployMent Returns
supplied to the Board of Education
in Agriculture. by County Local Education Authorities
of
children excused from school for employment
in Agriculture on 31st January 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Post Office
(Foreign and
Colonial
Parcel Post.)

Munitions.

Munitions.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial Report,
No. 876 (Leeward Islands, Report for 1914-15).
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

to

pursuant

Mr. Act and presented,

the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies of
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.P. 358 to 360, inclusive,
declaring the respective areas described in the
Schedules thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and infected areas for the purposes of
the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Joseph Pease presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
the Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amend-
ment
1916, dated 4th
February 1916.

77) Warrant,

(No.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Lloyd George presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Rules for constituting and regulating Munitions
Tribunals, made in pursuance of. Section 15 of
the Munitions of War Act, 1915, as amended
by the Munitions of War (Amendment) Act,
1916, by the Secretary of State as far as relates
to offences and the enforcement of orders, and
by the Minister of Munitions as far as relates to
other matters.

Copy of Rules for constituting and regu-
lating Munition Tribunals (Scotland), made in

Vol.. 171..

17
pursuance of Section 15 of the Munitions of
War Act, 1915, as amended by the Munitions
of War (Amendment) Act,
1916, by the
Secretary for Scotland as far
relates
to
as
offences and the enforcement of, orders, and by
the Minister of Munitions as far as relates to
other matters.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Attorney General presented, pursuant to Public Trustee.

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Public Trustee Rules, 1916, dated 25th Feb-
ruary 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr.

Secretary Chamberlain presented,

East India
Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated
(India Office,
remen) a
the 24th day of this instant February, for a Sixty -five.)
y- ve.
Return relative to East India (India Office,
Retirement at Sixty-five).

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon

the Table.

presented,

The Lord Advocate

by His Education
Majesty's Command,--Copy of Minute of the (Scotland.)
Committee of Council on Education in Scotland,
dated 29th February 1916,
continuing the
operation of the Code of Regulations for Day .
Schools, 1915, with certain modifications.

The Lord Advocate also presented, pursuant Shops Act,

to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 1912.
Copy of Order by the Secretary for Scotland,.
dated 3rd February 1916, under the Shops Act,
1912, affecting certain Shops in the Burgh of
Coatbridge.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions
of several Acts of Parliament, was laid upon the
Table by the Clerk of the House :Reports of
the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies for
the year 1915. Part A. General Report.
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed.

Friendly
Societies, &c.
No. 30.

The Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Bill was,
according to Order, read the third time and
passed.

Consolidated
Fund (No. 1)
Bill.

Mr. Speaker's
Certificate.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the Bill
having been endorsed by Mr. Speaker with the
following Certificate :

I hereby certify that this Bill is a Money
Bill within the meaning of the Parliament
Act, 1911..

JAMES VV. LOWTHER,

Speaker).

The House, according to Order resolved itself Naval Prize

into a Committee on the Naval Prize Procedure
Bill.

Bi

oeedure

(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.

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29th February. -1st March.

1916.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

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.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to
the Order of the House of the 22nd day of this
instant February, proposed the Question, That
this House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till six minutes after Ten of
the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Wednesday, 1st March 1916.

PRAYERS.

Irish
Universities
Act, 1908.

No. 31.

ORDERED, That the Paper relative to the
Irish Universities Act, 1908, which was pre-
sented upon the 29th day of February last, be
printed.

Munitions.

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Munitions,
No. 32. which was presented upon the 29th day of

February last, be printed.

Munitions.

No. 33.

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Munitions,
which was presented upon the 29th day of
February last, be printed.

Bankruptcy
Courts
(Ireland.)

Pawnbrokers'
Returns
(Ireland.)

Mr. Birrell presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Annual
Returns of the Official Assignee of the King's
Bench Division in Bankruptcy in Ireland and
the Local Courts, Belfast and Cork, for the
year 1915.

Copy of Pawnbrokers' Returns from the City

Marshal of Dublin for the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Ecclesiastical
Commission.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of the Sixty-eighth
Report from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
for England and Wales, with an Appendix.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Navy
Estimates,
1916-17.

No. 34.

Mr. Balfour presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Estimates for the Navy for the
year 1916-17.

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred

to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

Post Office
(Money
Orders.)

Mr. Joseph Pease presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
the Money Order Amendment (No. 3) Regula-
tions, 1916, dated 20th January 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's merchant
Comniand;Copy of Report of the Committee Shipping
appointed by the Board of Trade to advise on
the Load Lines- of Merchant Ships and the Cargoes of
carriage of Deck Cargoes of Wood Goods.

(anod DeLcikn e

wood Goods.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Trade an d
Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of Navigation.
the United Kingdom for each month during
the year 1916.(Mr. Runciman.)

Resolved. That an humble Address be pre- Street
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously Acciddentts
pleased to give directions that there be laid eVehicles.
y
before this House a Return showing the number
of Accidents resulting in death or personal injury
known by the police to have been caused by
Vehicles in streets, roads, or public places during
the year ending the 31st day of December 1915
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 150
of Session 1914-16).(Mr. Brace.)

al

Captain Sir Owen Cosby Philipps, K.C.M.G., New Member

the Borough.

of Chester, was sworn.

Member for
sworn.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply.

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)
Navy Supplementary Estimate, 1915-16.
1. £10 (Supplementary), Wages, &c. of
Officers, Seamen, Boys, Coastguard, and Royal
Marines.

Army Supplementary Estimate, 1915-16.
2. £10 (Supplementary), Pay, &c.

.

Civil Services Supplementary Estimates,
1915-16.
Class I.

3. £37,330 (Supplementary), Diplomatic and

Consular Buildings.

Class II.
4. Motion made, and Question proposed, That
a Supplementary sum hot exceeding £50,100
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 1916
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, That
a Supplementary sum not exceeding £50,000
be granted for the said Service(Mr. Hogge),
put, and negatived.

Original Question put, and agreed to.
5. Motion made, and Question proposed, That
a Supplementary sum not exceeding £50,000
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 1916
for His Majesty's Foreign and other Secret
Services :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
a Supplementary sum not exceeding £49,500
be granted for the said Service(Mr. King),.
put, and negatived,

Original Question put, and agreed to.

Class IV.
6. £4,800 (Supplementary), National Gallery.

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1st --2nd March.

19

Class V.

(Supplementary), Colonial Ser-

Thursday, 2nd March 1916.

r. £49,82

vices.

8: L1,847, Treasury Chest Fund:

Class 'VI:

9. L1,700

Expenses.

(Supplementary), Miscellaneous

10.£414, Statutory Committee of the Royal

Patriotic Fund Corporation.

lii L1,000, Ministry of Munitions.'

FctOries).

Ministry of Munitions (Ordnance

Resolutions to be reported.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and
the Chairman" of Ways and -Means reported,
That the Committee had. come to several Reso
lutions.

;

Ordered, That the Report be received- to-

The Chairman Of Ways 'and -Means

also
acquainted the House that) he was directed to
move, That the Cein:rnitte may have leave to
sit again.

:

:

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

again resolve itself into the said Committee.

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for, the

Committee of Ways and Means ;I

Resolved; That this House' 'will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the' said COnimittee.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to' the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put

in'the Affirmative.

was resolved

And -accordingly. the House, having con-
till 'thirteen minutes after
to-

tinned to sit
Nine of the clock,,, adjourned till
morrow.

In pursuance oft ;Standing Order No.
(Sittings of the House) I hereby nominate

1

The Right Honourable Charles Beilby

Stuart-Wortley;

The Right Honourable Charles Fen wick,
The Right Honourable John William Wilson,
The Right Honourable. Willoughby Hyett

Dickinson, and

5

5

Mr: ThOmas Power O'Connor,

.

to 'act 'during this Session as temporary Chairmen
,Committees when requested by the Chairman

of Waysand Means.

JAMES _W. LOWTHER,
_Speaker.

1st March 1916:

P A Y14.

1TR.' Speaker laid 'upon the Table,Report Private Bill

from one of the Exarniners of Petitions for (Standing
PriVate Bills, That in the case of the,followina Orders not
BillS, referred- on the Second Reading thereof, rptiecsliTnto
the Standing Order's not preidously inquired into, complied
whieh are applicable, thereto, have been complied with')
with, Viz.

s

Alexandra- (Newport and South Wales)

Docks and RailWay Bill.
Beighton and District Gas Bill:
Cardiff Railway Bill.
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
; Bill:

Folkestone GAS Bill.
Uxbridge Gas Bi11.

Ordered, That the Bills'be committed.

Mr: Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant Police

to the directions of. -an Act of Parliament, (Counties and
Copy of Report of ihe Inspectors of Constabu- Esnoroloadsa,
lary on the County- and _13Oroitgh Police Forces Wales.)
for the year ending 29th September 1915, made
to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
under the provisions of the Police (Counties and
Boroughs)' Act, 1856.

No. 35.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

.

o

Acland presented, pursuant to,the. direct- Destructive
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy ,q.. Order Insects and
under the _Destructive Insects and PestS -Acts, Pests Acts.
numbered D.I.P. 361; declaring air area described
in, the ; Schedule thereto to be 'infected with
:Wart Disease, and an infected area for the par-
ipoSes Of' 'the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected
'Areas) 'Order of x914.'

.

;

'Ordered; That the said Paper do lie upon the

;Table.:

Mr. Secretary Bonar-Law presented, by His Colonial

Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial, Report,
,No. 875 (Mauritius, Report for 1914).

R
en pioirutas
(
A

1.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Herbert James Whiteley, Esquire, Member for
the, County of Worcester (Mid or Droitwich
Division), was sworn.

Captain William Edge, Member

Borough of Bolton, was sworn.

for

the

New Member
sworn.

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 Consolidated

Fund (No. 1) Bill, without any Amendment.

Consolidated
Fund (No.,-1)

The Lords have agreed to the Naval Prize

Procedure Bill, without any Ainendment.

Naval. Prize
Procediiii

Resolved; That this House, at its .risingthis Sittings of
,day,'do adjourn till Tuesday next.--(gi. Iloyd the Houk.
Gorge.)

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply.

;into the Committee, of Supply.

[1st allotted
Day.]

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17 (Vote on Account).
Motion made, aid `Question proposed, That a
sum not exceeding £36,634,000 be, granted to

20
His Majesty, on account, for or towards defray-
ing the charges for the following Civil Services
and Revenue Departments for the year ending
on the 31st day of March 1917, viz. :-

2nd March.

Supreme Court of Judicature, &c.
Land Registry -
Public Trustee -
County Courts -
-
Police, England and Wales
Prisons, England and the Colonies
Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Great

-

Britain -

Criminal Lunatic Asylums, England -

Scotland :

Law Charges and Courts of Law
Scottish Land Court -
-
Register House, Edinburgh
Prisons

Ireland :

1916.

150,000
15,000
5
45,000
50,000
400,000

170,000
24,000

30,000
3,000
17,000
50,000

-
-
-

-

-

-

Legal Departments

Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions
-
Supreme Court of Judicature and other
.
-
-
-
-

Land Commission
..
County Court Officers, &c.
Dublin Metropolitan Police
Royal Irish Constabulary -
Prisons
-
Reformatory and Industrial Schools
Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum

-
-
-

-
-

-

-

-

30,000

45,000
320,000
35,000
55,000
650,000
45,000
60,000
4,000

CLASS IV.

United Kingdom and England :

Board of Education -
British Museum
-
National Gallery
-
National Portrait Gallery -
Wallace Collection
London Museum
-
Scientific Investigation, &c.
Universities and Colleges, Great Britain,
-

and Intermediate Education, Wales

-

-

- 5,450,000
60,000
-
5,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
55,000

110,000

Scotland :
Public Education
National Galleries

Ireland :
Public Education
Endowed Schools Commissioners
National Gallery
Science and Art
-
Universities and Colleges, Ireland

-

CLASS V.

Diplomatic and Consular Services
Colonial Services
-
Telegraph Subsidies -
Cyprus (Grant in Aid)

-
-

CLASS VI.

1,000,000
2,000

-

- 980,000
400
-
1,000
25,000
55,000

-
-

-
-

310,000
120,000
16,000
49,000

Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Miscellaneous Expenses
Hospitals and Charities, Ireland
Temporary Commissions -
Ireland Development Grant
Statutory Committee

-

- 380,000
12,866
-
16,000
-
15,000
-
180,000
-
600
-

CLASS VII.

- 5,000,000

60,000

-

- 1,500,000

Insurance Joint Cora-
-
Insurance Commission

-

-

Insurance Commission

-

Insurance Commission

-

Insurance Commission

Old Age Pensions
National Health

mittee

-

-

(Wales) -

National Health
(England)
-
National Health
-
National Health
(Scotland)
-
National Health
-

(Ireland)

Insurance

-

Labour Exchanges and

Unemployment

National Insurance Audit Department
Treatment
Grants) -

(Special
-
Highlands and Islands (Medical Service)

Tuberculosis

of

Board -

110,000

190,000

120,000

300,000
50,000

150,000

2,000

Civil Services.

CLASS I.

-

Royal Palaces
Osborne
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens
Houses of Parliament Buildings
Miscellaneous
Britain -

Legal Buildings, Great
-
Art and Science Buildings, Great Britain -
Diplomatic and Consular Buildings -
-
Revenue Buildings
-
-
Insurance and Labour Exchange Buildings,
-
-

Great Britain

-

-

-

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

-

-

CLASS II.

United Kingdom and England :

-
-

-

-

-

-

-
-

Trade

House of Lords Offices
House of Commons -
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
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries -
Charity Commission -
-
Government Chemist
-
Civil Service Commission -
Exchequer and Audit Department
Friendly Societies Registry
Local Government Board -
Board of Control
-
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 :

Secretary for Scotland, Office of
Board of Agriculture
Fishery Board -
-
-
General Board of Control -
Registrar General's Office -
Local Government Board

-

Ireland :

-

-

-

-

-

-

Instruction

Departments -

Lord Lieutenant's Household -
Chief Secretary's Offices and subordinate
-
Department of Agriculture and Technical
-
Charitable Donations and Bequests Office -
Congested Districts Board
Local Government Board -
Public Record Office -
-
Public Works Office -
Registrar General's Office -
-
Valuation and Boundary Survey

-

-

-

=

23,000
7,000
45,000
25,000

25,000
27,000
12,000
230,000

56,000
483,000
55,000
5,000
8,000
420,000
90,000
7,000

20,000
85,000
47,000
100,000
30,000
23,000
5,000
180,000
75,000

4
200,000
13,000
11,000
20,000
26,000
10,000
190,000
40,000
15
6,000
10,000
4,000
21,000
750,000
10,000
67,000
180,000

10,000
25,000
8,000
10,000
3,000
12,000

2,000

11,000

75,000
1,000
64,000
50,000
3,000
18,000
5,000
12,000

CLASS III.

United Kingdom and England :

Law Charges
-
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses -

-
-

50,000
26,000

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2,1(1 ---7 th March.

21
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday
next, again resolve itself into the said Com-
mittee.

Royal Assent,

Ministry of Munitions
Ministry of Munitions (Ordnance Factories)

-

100
10

Revenue Departments.

Customs and Excise -
Inland Revenue
-
Post Office

-

- 1,100,000
980,000,
-
12,000,000

Total for Civil Services and
Revenue Departments
-

£36,634,000

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, That Item Class IL, Vote 4 (Home
Office), be reduced by 1100( Mr. Ashley) :--
Motion, by leave' withdrawn,.

Original Question, again proposed :
Whereupon, the Gentleman USher of

the
Black Rod avingcome with. a Message for the
House to attend the , Lords Commissioners, the
Chairman left the Chair.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

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 having
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
authorised had declared the Royal Assent to
the said Acts, as follow :

1'. CdusOlidated Fund (No. 1) Act, 1916.
2.' Naval Prize (Procedure) Act, 1916.

Supply.

Then the'HOUse again resolved itself into the

Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)

Original. Question again proposed :
Whereupon 'Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, That Item Class IV., Vote 2 (British
Museurn),.be reduced by L100(Mr. 'hitcher):
Motion; by leave, withdrawn.

Original Question again proposed :
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
Item Class; VII., Vote 5, be reduced by 1100
(Mr. Citrrie)',--put, and negatived.

Original Question put, and agreed to.
Resolution to be 'reported upon Tuesday next.

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

Tuesday 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.

VOL. 17 1.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
rt

the Report from the Committee of Supply of it
the 1st day of this instant March ;

Flesto

a reit]

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Tuesday next.

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

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Means.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

;Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment,

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till a quarter of an hour
after Nine of the clock, adjourned till
Tuesday next, pursuant to the Resolution
of the House of this day.

Tuesday, 7th March 1916.

PRAYERS.

UR. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Private Bills

from one of the Examiners of Petitions for (Standing
1?rivate Bills, That in the case of the following previously
Bills, referred on the Second Reading thereof, inquired into
the Standing Orders not previously inquired complied
into, which are applicable thereto, have been with.)
complied with, viz. :

Metropolitan Electric Tramways Bill.
Colonial Bank Bill.

Ordered, That the Bills be committed.

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

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time
upon Wednesday the 15th day of this instant
March.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue hiS Leicester
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out County
a new Writ for the electing of a Member to
serve in this present Parliament for the County Division)
of Leicester (Southern or Harborough Division), Writ.
in the room of John William Logan, 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. Gulland.)

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His Rcolonial
Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial Report (Annual,)
No. 877 (Trinidad and Tobago, Report for
1914-15).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented,

pursuant University of

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Annual Statistical Report by the Uni- No. 36.
versity Court of, the University of Glasgow for
the year 1914-15.

Glasgow.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

D 3 +-

7th March.

1916.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

22

Births, Deaths, Mr. Long presented, by His Majesty's Corn-
and Marriages. mand,
Copy of Seventy - seventh Annual
Report of
the Registrar General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages in England and Wales,
1914,

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the

Table.

Ceylon War
Contribution.

Treaty Series
(No. 2, 1916.)

Mr. Montagu presented, by
Command,Copy of Treasury
25th February 1916, showing
which instalments of the Ceylon
tion will be applied.

Ordered, That the said Paper

Table.

His Majesty's
Minute, dated
the manner in
War Con tribu-

do lie upon the

Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His
Majesty's .Command,
Copy of Agreement
between the United Kingdom and France con-
cerning the exchange of Post Office Money
Orders between the Seychelles and Madagascar.
Signed at Paris, 31st January 1916.

Destruction of
Copy of further Correspondence with the
a German
German Government respecting the incidents
Submarine
(Miscellaneous, alleged to have attended the sinking of a German
No. 7, 1916.)
Submarine and its crew by His Majesty's Aux-
iliary Cruiser " Baralong ' on 19th August 1915
(in continuation of Miscellaneous, No. 1, 1916).
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Army
Estimates
(1916-17.)

No. 37.

Trade and
Navigation.
No. 38,

Chuich
Estates
Commission.

Street
Accidents
caused by
Vehicles.

No. 39.

Department
of Agriculture
and Technical
instruction
for Ireland.

Local
Taxation
(Ireland)
Returns.

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Tennant presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Estimate of the sum required for
the year ending 31st March 1917 for the Effec-
tive and Non-effective Services of the Army.

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred

to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

Mr. Runciman presented,

Return to an
Order, dated the 1st day of this instant March,
for a Return relative to Trade and Navigation.
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon

the Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,
of Sixty-fifth
Report from the Church Estates Commissioners,
for the year preceding 1st March 1916.

Copy

Mr.'Secretary Samuel also,presented,Return
to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 1st day
of this instant March, for a Return relative to
Street Accidents caused by Vehicles.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and that the said Return be printed.

Mr. Birrell presented, by His Majesty's Corn-
mand,--Copy of Report of the Department of
Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ire
land on the Trade in Imports and Exports at
Irish Ports during the year 1914.

Copy of Returns of Local Taxation in Ireland
for the year 1914-15, collected and compiled
under the direction of the Local Government
Board for Ireland by desire of his Excellency
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Mr. Birrell also presented, pursuant to the
directions 'of, an. Act of Parliament,-- Copy of
Closing Order made under the Shops Act, 1912,
by the Urban District Council of DOnaghadee.
Ordered,. That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Munitions
Tribunals
(Appeal)
Rules, 1916,

Mr. Lloyd George presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Munitions Tribunals
(Appeal) Rules, 1916,
dated 2nd March 1916.

Joseph Bliss, Esquire, Member for the County New Members

of Cumberland (Cockermouth Division), was sworn.
sworn.

William Conte, Esquire, Member for
the
County of Tyrone (South Tyrone Division),
was sworn.

Chairmen's Panel.
Sir Daniel Goddard reported from the Com-
mittee of Selection ; That they had selected the
following Seven Members to be the ChairMen's
Panel :7-Sir Edwin Corn wall, Mr. 7. P. 42' Connor,
Mr. Samuel Roberts, Mr. Arthur Stanley, Mr.
Stuart-Wortley, Mr. Eugene Wason, and Mr.
John William -Wilson.

Appointment of Members under the
Parliament Act, 1911.
Sir Daniel Goddard further reported from the
Committee ; That in pursuance of Section 1,
subsection (3), of the Parliament Act, 1911,
they had appointed Mr. John 'William Wilson
and Mr. Stuart-Wortley from the Chairmen's
Panel, with whom Mr. Speaker 'shall 'consult,
if practicable, before giving his Certificate-to a
Money Bill.

Unopposed Bill Committees (Panel).

Selection
(Chairmen's
Panel.)

Chairmen's
Panel
(Appointment
of Members
under
Parliament
Act, 1911.)

Sir Daniel Goddard further reported from the Unopposed Bill

Committees.

Committee; That they had selected the following
Nine Members to be the Panel to serve on
unopposed Bill Committees under Standing
Order 109:Mr. Baldwin, Sir William Beale,
Sir _Frederick Cawley, Sir Francis Edwards,
Mr. Mooney, Colonel Alan Sykes, Mr. Thomas -
Stan ford, Mr. Turton, and Sir Francis Layland-
Barratt.

Ordered, That the Reports do lie upon the

Table.

The Order of the day being read, for the Supply (Navy

Committee of Supply (Navy Estimates) ;
being

And a Motion being made, and the Question
Speaker do now leave

being proposed, That
the Chair(Mr. Balfour) ;

Estimates.)

Pensions to
Sailors.

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 " in the opinion of this House,
the State should accept the responsibility for
the payment of pensions and allowances to all
Sailors discharged from the Navy on account of
diseases contracted or developed during service
with the colours, and, in the case of death, pen-
sions and allowances to the dependants, if any
(Mr. Hodge),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 Mr. Speaker do now leave the
Chair :The House accordingly resolved itself
into the Committee.

(In the Committee.)
Navy Estimates, 1916-17.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That
350,000 Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coast
Guard, and Royal Marines be employed for the
Sea and Coast Guard Services for the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917 :

And it being Eleven of the clock, the Chair-
man left the Chair to make his Report to' the
House.

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7th 8th March.

23

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and the
Chairman of Ways and Means acquainted the
House that the Committee had made Progre§s
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
[2nd March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply Of
the 2nd day of this instant March ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Suply
1st
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 1st day of this instant March ;

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.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit
three minutes after
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

till

.

Aberdeen
Corporation
Water Order
Confirmation,.
Bill.

Gas
Provisional
Orders Bill.
Bill 6.

W ednesday, 8th March 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Aberdeen Corporation Water. Order
Confirmation Bill was, according to Order,
read a second time ; and ordered to be taken
into consideration to-morrow.

Mr. Pretyman presented a Bill

to confirm
certain Provisional Orders made by the Board
of Trade under the Gas and Water Works
Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Fleetwood Gas
and Long Eaton Gas : 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
Orders
(No. 1) Bill.
Bill 5.

Mr. Hayes Fisher presented a Bill to confirm
certain Provision'al Orders of the Local Govern-
ment Board relating to Bradford, Burton-upon-
Trent, Buxton, Saint Helens, and Warrington :
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.

Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions
Act, 1865.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to

the directions of several Acts .of Parliament,
Copies of Five Orders in Council under the Naval
and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, dated
29th February 1916.

Void. 171.

Copy of Order in Council under the Naval Prize Naval Prize

4
Act; 1864, and the Naval Agency and Distri- Act,
and Naval
bution Act, 1864, dated 29th February- 1916; Agency and
providing for the distribution of Prize Money Distribution
amongst the Officers and Crews of His Majesty's Act, 1864.
Ships of War entitled thereto.

Copy of Order in Council under the Liver- Liverpool
pool Cathedral Act, 1902, dated 29th. February clacttild9roa:
1916, approving, a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners for substituting the Chapel of
Saint Nicholas for the Church of Saint Peter as
the Parish Church of Liverpool.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Saintte/ presented, pursuant Penal

to the directions of several Acts of Parliament Servitude Acts
-Copy of a Licence granted to a Convict, (fcAcoennd elei)onal
discharging her from Aylesbury Convict Prison
on condition that she enters a Home.

Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary
of State for the Home Department :

Urban District of Cleethorpes-with-Thrun-

Shops Act,
1912.

scoe.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to Private .
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
IL,egisldati9
Report by the Chairman of Committees of the (Scotland)
House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways Act, 1899.
and Means in the House of. Commons, under
Section 2 of the Private Legislation Procedure
(Scotland) Act, 1899, That they are of opinion
that the provisions of the North British RailWay
Order are of such a character, and raise such
questions of policy and principle, that they ought
to be dealt with by Private Bill and not by
Provisional Order ; that, save as aforesaid, the
Provisional Orders be allowed to proceed,
subject to such recommendations as they may
hereafter make with respect
to the several
Orders.'

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's National
Command,Copy of Second Report on the work Insurance
of the National Insurance Audit Department, Acts, 1911 to
'1915.

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the

directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Account of the Receipts and Disbursements
of the Duchy of Lancaster in the year ended
on the 21st December 1915 ; also a separate
Account of the Capital of the said Duchy to
the same date.

Account of the Receipts and Disbursements

of the Duchy of Cornwall for the year 1915.

Copy of Provisional Regulations, dated 6th
March 1916, made by the National Health Insur-
ance Joint Committee, entitled the National
Health Insurance (Arrears) Amendment Regu-
lations, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Papers relative to the
Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall
be printed.

Duchy of
Lancaster.
No. 40.

Duchy of
Cornwall.

No. 41.

National
Health
insurance
(Joint
Committee)
(Regulations.)

Mr. Montagu, supported by Mr. Chancellor
of the Exchequer and Mr. Hayes Fisher, pre -_P
seated a Bill to provide for the payment of a
Grant in Aid of the funds at the disposal of Bill.
the Statutory Committee constituted under the
Naval and Military War Pensions, &c. Act,

Bill 4.

D 4

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1915, and for payments by Local Authorities in
aid of the expenses of local and district com-
mittees under that Act : And the same was
ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

8th March.

Supply.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)
Navy Estimates, 1916-17.

1. 350,000 Officers, Seamen, and Boys.
2. £1,000, Wages, &c. of Officers, Seamen,

and Boys, Coast Guard, and Royal Marines.

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.

Supply
[1st March]
Report.

Mr. Gulland reported from the Committee
of Supply of the 1st day of this instant March
several Resolutions ; which were
as
follow :

read,

Sea and Coast
Guard Services £10 be granted to His Majesty,
(Supple-
mentary.)

Navy Supplementary Estimate, 1915-16.
1. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
to defray the
charge which will come in course of payment
during the year ending on the 31st day of
March 1916 for additional Expenditure on the
Wages, &c. of Officers, Seamen, Boys, Coast
Guard, and Royal ,Marines.

Pay, &c.
(Supple-
mentary.)

Diplomatic
and Consula
Buildings
(Supple-
mentary.)

Board of
Agriculture
and Fisheries
(Supple-
mentary.)

Secret Service
(Supple-
mentary.)

Army Supplementary Estimate, 1915-16.
2. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
£10 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 1916 for Pay, &c. of the Army.

Civil Services Supplementary Estimates,
1915-16.
Class I.
3. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
£37,330 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 1916 for Expenditure in respect of Dip-
lomatic and Consular Buildings, and for the
maintenance of certain Cemeteries Abroad.

Class II.
4. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
£50,100 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 1916 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and of
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, including
certain Grants in Aid.

5. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
£50,000 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 1916 for His Majesty's Foreign and
other Secret Services.

1916.

Class IV.

6. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding National
£4,800 be granted to His Majesty, to defray Gallery
the charge which will come in course of payment en PPle-meary)
during the year ending on the 31st day of
March 1916 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the National Gallery, and of the National Gallery
of British Art, Millbank.

Class V.

7. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding Colonial
£49,828 be granted to His Majesty, to, defray services
the charge which will come in course of payment (naelPtPary.)
during the year ending on the 31st' day of
March 1916 for sundry Colonial Services,
including certain Grants in Aid.

8. That a sum not exceeding £1,847 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
1916 for making good the net loss on trans-
actions connected with the raising of money
for the various Treasury Chests Abroad in the
year 1914-15.

y

Chests

Class VI.

9. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding Miscellaneous

£1,700 be granted to His Majesty, to defray Expenses,
the charge which will come in course of payment
during the year ending on the 31st day of mentary.)
March 1916 for certain Miscellaneous Expenses,
including certain Charitable and other Allow-
ances, Great Britain.

10. That a sum not exceeding £414 be Eoyal

granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge Pa
which will come in course of payment during Fund.
the year ending on the 31st day of March
1916 for the Salary of the Vice-Chairman of
the Statutory Committee of the Royal Patriotic
Fund Corporation.

11. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Ministry of
granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge Munitions.
which will come in course of payment during
the year ending on the 31st day of March
the Expenses of the Ministry of
1916 for
Munitions.

12. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 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
1916 for the Expenses of the Ordnance Fac-
tories, the cost of the production of which will
be charged to the Army, Navy, Ministry of
Munitions, and Indian and Colonial Govern-
ments, &c.

Ministry of
Munitions
(Ordnance.
Factories.),

The first

three Resolutions, being read a

second time, were agreed to.

The Fourth 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 I Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

{Lord Edmund Talbot : }

44.

Tellers for thef IV1r. Hogge,

Sir Arthur Markham:
So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
The Fifth to the Ninth Resolutions, being

1

f 20.

read a second time, were agreed to.

The Tenth Resolution being read a second

time ;

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8 th

And a Motion being made, and the Question
agree with the

being put, That this House doth
Committee in the said Resolution ;

9th March.

25
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

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

Yeas,

ILord Edmund Talbot:

Tellers for the' Mr. Hogue,

Noes,

1 Mr. Anderson:

} 40.
12.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That the remaining Resolutions be

taken into further consideration to-morrow.

Supply
[2nd March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 2nd day of this instant March ;

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 ;

Ordered, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Naval and
Military War
Pensions, &c.
(Expenses)
[Consolidated
Fund.]

Adjournment.

A Motion being made, That this House will,
to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to
consider of authorising the charge on the Con-
solidated Fund of such sums as may become
payable under any Act of the present Session
to provide for the payment of a Grant in Aid of
the funds at the disposal of the Statutory Com-
mittee constituted under the Naval and Military
War Pensions, &c. Act, 1915, and for payments
by Local Authorities in aid of the Expenses of
local and district committees under that Act
(Mr. Gulland) ;

Mr. Montagu, 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.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
till seven minutes after
tinued to sit
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

Mr. Tennant presented, pursuant to the direc- Army

tions of an Act of Parliament,
Statement of the amounts due by the public Savings
Banks.)
to depositors in Military Savings Banks on
31st March 1914, and of the Receipts, Interest,
and Disbursements during the year ended 31st
March 1915, &c.

Copy of (military

No 43.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported City of Dublin
from the Committee on the City of Dublin Steam Packet
Steam Packet Company Bill ; That they had Company Bill.
contained in the
examined the
the Bill, and amended certain
Preamble of
allegations relating to the sinking fund and other
matters, and found the Preamble, as amended, to
be true ; and had gone through the Bill and
made Amendments thereunto.

allegations

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Resolved, That
day, do adjourn
Prime Minister.)

this House, at its rising this Sittings of
(The the House.
till Tuesday next.

Lord Edmund Talbot reported from the Coln- Supply
mittee of Supply of the 2nd day of this instant [02nd allotted
March a Resolution ; which was read,
as [2nd March]
Report.
followeth :

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17 (Vote on Account).

That a sum not exceeding £36,634,000 be Civil Services
granted to His Majesty, on account, for or and Revenue
Departments
towards defraying the charges for the following Estimates,
Civil Services and Revenue Departments for 1916-17 (Vote
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1917, on Account.)
viz. :

Civil Services.
CLASS I.

-

-

Royal Palaces
Osborne
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens
Houses of Parliament Buildings
Miscellaneous
Britain -

Legal Buildings, Great

Art and Science Buildings, Great Britain
Diplomatic and Consular Buildings -
Revenue Buildings
-
-
Insurance and Labour Exchange Buildings,
-

Great Britain

-

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

-

-

-

-

-

Thursday, 9th March 1916.

Aberdeen
Corporation
Water Order
Confirmation
Bill.

PRAYERS.
THE Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Aberdeen Corpora-

tion Water Order Confirmation Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration upon Tuesday next.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to
Elementary
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
School
Teachers'
of Second Septennial Actuarial Report on the
Deferred
Annuity Fund. A ssets and Liabilities of the Elementary School

No. 42. Teachers' Deferred Annuity Fund.

VOL. 171.

CLASS II.

United Kingdom and England :

-

House of Lords Offices
House of Commons -
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

Trade

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Charity Commission -
Government Chemist
Civil Service Commission -
E

23,000
7,000
45,000
25,000

25,000
27,000
12,000
230,000

56,000
483,000
55,000
5,000
8,000
420,000
90,000
7,000

20,000
85,000
47,000
100,000
30,000
23,000
5,000
180,000
75,000

4
200,000
13,000
11,000
20,000

26

9th March,

-

Ireland :
Public Education
Endowed Schools Commissioners
National Gallery
Science and Art
Universities and Colleges, Ireland

-

CLASS V.

Diplomatic and Consular Services
Colonial Services
-
Telegraph Subsidies -
Cyprus (Grant in Aid)

-

-

1916.

-
-
-
-
-

-
-

-

980,000
400
1,000
25,000
55,000

310,000
120,000
16,000
49,000

CLASS VI.

Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Miscellaneous Expenses
Hospitals and Charities, Ireland
Temporary Commissions
-
Ireland Development Grant
Statutory Committee

-

380,000
12,866
16,000
15,000
180,000
600

CLASS VII.

mittee

Old Age Pensions
-
National Health Insurance Joint Com-
-
National Health Insurance Commission
-
National Health Insurance Commission

(England)

-

-

-

-

-

5,000,000

60,000

- 1,500,000

National Health Insurance Commission

(Wales)

(Scotland)

-

-

-

-

(Ireland)

Insurance

National Health Insurance Commission
-
Labour Exchanges and Unemployment
-
-
-
(Special

National Insurance Audit Department
Treatment
Grants) -

-
Highlands and Islands (Medical Service)

Tuberculosis

of

-

-

-

Board -

-

_

110,000

190,000

120,000

300,000
50,000

150,000

2,000

Ministry of Munitions
Ministry of Munitions (Ordnance Factories)

-

100
10

Revenue Departments.

Customs and Excise
Inland Revenue
Post Office

- 1,100,000
-
980,000
12,000,000

Total for Civil Services and

Revenue Departments

£36,634,000

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

Dr. Macnamara reported from the Corn- Supply
mittee of Supply of the 8th day of
instant March several Resolutions ; which were Report.
read, as follow :

this

[8th March]

Navy Estimates, 1916-17.

1. That 350,000 Officers, Seamen, and Boys, sea and Coast

Coast Guard, and Royal Marines be employed sGuar.dervices.
for the Sea and Coast Guard Services for the
year ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

2. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Wages, &c.

granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
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 1917.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

-

Exchequer and Audit Department
Friendly Societies Registry
Local Government Board -
Board of Control
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 Buildifigs, Office of
Secret Service -

-
-

Scotland :

Secretary for Scotland, Office of
Board of Agriculture
Fishery Board -
General Board of Control -
Registrar General's Office -
Local Government Board -

-

Ireland :

-

Instruction

Departments -

Lord Lieutenant's Household
-
Chief Secretary's Offices and subordinate
-
Department of Agriculture and Technical
-
-
Charitable Donations and Bequests Office
Congested Districts Board
-
Local Government Board -
Public Record Office
-
Public Works Office -
-
Registrar General's Office
Valuation and Boundary Survey

-

-

CLASS III.

United Kingdom and England :

Law Charges
-
-
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses -
Supreme Court of Judicature, &c.
Land Registry -
Public Trustee -
County Courts -
Police, England and Wales
Prisons, England and the Colonies
Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Great

Britain

-
Criminal Lunatic Asylums, England -

-

-

26,000
10,000
190,000
40,000
15
6,000
10,000
4,000
21,000
750,000
10,000
67,000
180,000

10,000
25,000
8,000
10,000
3,000
12,000

2,000

11,000

75,000
1,000
64,000
50,000
3,000
18,000
5,000
12,000

50,000
26,000
150,000
15,000
5
45,000
50,000
400,000

170,000
24,000

Scotland :

Law Charges and Courts of Law
Scottish Land Court
-
Register House, Edinburgh
Prisons
-

-

-

-

Ireland :

-
-
-
-

30,000
3,000
17,000
50,000

Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions -
Supreme Court of Judicature and other
-
-

Legal Departments

-

Land Commission
County Court Officers, &c.
Dublin Metropolitan Police
Royal Irish Constabulary -
Prisons
Reformatory and Industrial Schools
Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum

-

30,000

45,000
320,000
35,000
55,000
650,000
45,000
60,000
4,000

CLASS IV.

United Kingdom and England

-

Board of Education -
British Museum
-
National Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
Wallace Collection
London Museum
-
:Scientific Investigation, &c.
-
Universities and Colleges, Great Britain,
and Intermediate Education, Wales
-

-

-

- 5,450,000
-
60,000
5,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
55,000

Scotland :
Public Education
National Galleries

110,000

The Order of the day being read, for the Supply.

Committee of Supply ;

- 1,000,000
2,000
-

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

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917/-11th March.

Ways and
Means.

Supply
[1st March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Eleventh and Twelfth of
the Resolutions which, upon the 8th day of this
instant March, were reported from the Committee
of Supply of the 1st day of this instant March ;
Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken

into further consideration upon Tuesday next.

Naval and
Military War
Pensions, &c.
(Expenses)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Naval and -Military

Second Reading of
War Pensions, &c. (Expenses) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

Naval and
Military War
Pensions, &c.
(Expenses)
[Consolidated
Fund.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on Naval and Military War Pensions,
&c. (Expenses) [Consolidated Fund] ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd' day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

Local
Legislation
Committee.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Speaker
adjourned the House without Question
put, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last, it being
then seven minutes before Ten of the
clock, till Tuesday next, pursuant to the
Resolution of the House of this day.

Tuesday , 14th March 1916...

PRAYERS.

ORDERED, That the Committee of Selection
do nominate a Committee, not exceeding
Fifteen Members, to be called the Local Legisla-
tion 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, sanitary, or other
local government regulations in conflict with,
deviation from, or excess of the provisions of the
general Law.

Ordered, That Standing Orders 124, 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.

other

sanitary, or

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,
local
government regulations) are such as, having
regard to the terms of reference, it is not, in
their opinion, necessary or advisable for them to
the Committee of Selection shall
deal with,
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 expenditure (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 Preamble as relates
andnd shall determine the period and mode

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of repayment of any money 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.
Brace.)

The Order of the day being read, for taking Aberdeen
into consideration the Aberdeen Corporation Corporation
Water Order
Water Order Confirmation Bill ;
Confirmation

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con- Bill.

sideration upon Thursday next.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his South Shields
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make Borough Writ.
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough
of South Shields, in the room of the Right
Honourable Russell Rea,
(Mr.
Gulland.)

deceased.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Chester

Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make ,County (Hyde
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member w-i'rviitsion)
to serve in this present Parliament for the
County of Chester (Hyde Division), in the
room of Francis Neilson, Esquire, who, since
his Election for the said county, hath accepted
the Office of Ste ward or Bailiff of His Majesty's
Manor of Northstead, in the County of York.
( M r. GUlland.)

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's British
Command,.-Copy of Regulations made by the Museum and
Trustees for the partial closing of the British N117'st.t07;
Museum (Bloomsbury) and Natural History museum.
Museum.

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the
directions of several Acts of Parliament,An
Account of 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 ; 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. and other Acts, within the
year ended 5th January 1916.

Annual Account of Receipts and Disburse-
ments of the Court of Probate Division of the
High Court of Justice in Ireland for the year
1915.

Copy of Twenty-fourth Annual Report of
the proceedings of the Inspection Committee
of Trustee Savings Banks, for the year ended
20th November 1915, with Appendices.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Papers relative to National
Debt Annuities and Trustee Savings Banks be
printed.

National Debt
Annuities.
No. 44.

Court of
Probate
Di vision
(High Court
of Justice)
(Ireland.)
Trustee
Savings Banks.
No. 45.

Mr. Attorney General presented, pursuant to
Copy of Report of
Standing Order 175a,
the Attorney General on the Saint John's
Church, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bill.

Saint
John's Church,
Kingston-
upon-Hull,
Bill.

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to

the Committee on the Bill.

Vol-, 171.

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14th-15th March.

1916.

Charity
Commission
(England and
Wales.)

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Copy of Sixty-third
for

the Charity Commissioners

Majesty's Command,
Report of
England and Wales.

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. 5564 to
5566.

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 year 1914, furnished to the
Central Office for the Registry of Friendly
Societies.

New Member
sworn.

Noel Pemberton Billing, Esquire, Member for
the County of Hertford (Eastern or Hertford
Division), was sworn.

Selection.

Private
Legislation
Procedure
(Scotland)
Act, 1899.

Supply
(Army
Estimates.)

Pensions to
Soldiers.

Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland)
Act, 1899.
Sir Daniel Goddard reported from the Com-
mittee of Selection ; 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. Ainsworth, Major
Anstruther-Gray, Sir Henry Craik, Mr. Currie,
Sir John Dewar, Mr. Esslemont, Mr. Harry
Hope, Mr. John Deans Hope, Mr. Mackinder,
Mr. Morton, Sir John M' Callum, Mr. Sutherland,
Mr. Watson, Mr. Watt, and Mr. Wilkie.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply (Army Estimates)

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave
the Chair (Mr. Tennant) ;

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 the opinion of this House, the
State should accept the responsibility for the
payment of pensions and allowances to all
soldiers discharged from the Army on account:
of diseases contracted or developed during ser-
vice with the colours, and, in the case of death,
pensions and allowances to the dependants, if ;
any "(Mr. Jowett),instead thereof.

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :
It was resolved in the Affirmative.

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.

Naval and
Military War
Pensions, &c.
(Expenses)
Bill.

The Order of the day being reau, for the
Second Reading of the Naval and Military War
Pensions, &c. (Expenses) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to- morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Naval and
Committee on Naval and Military War Pensions, Military War
Pensions, &c.
&c. (Expenses) [Consolidated Fund] ;
(Expenses)
[Consolidated
Resolved, That this House will
resolve itself into the said Committee.

, to-morrow Fund.]

,

The Order of the day being read, for taking Supply
March]
a
[1
r1t
Repor t.
R
.

into consideration the Eleventh and Twelfth of
the Resolutions which, upon the 8th day of this
instant March, were reported from the Com-
mittee of Supply of the 1st day of this instant
March, viz. :

11. That a sum not exceeding L1,000 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 1916
for the Expenses of the Ministry of Munitions ;
12. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 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 1916
for the Expenses of the Ordnance Factories, the
cost of the production of which will be charged
to the Army, Navy, Ministry of Munitions, and
Indian and Colonial Governments, &c. ;

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

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.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
till twenty minutes after
tinued to sit
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

Wednesday, 15th Llfarch 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE House proceeded to take into considera- City of Dublin
tion the City of Dublin Steam Packet Steam Packet
Company Bill.

Company Bill, as amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

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

13111.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ; Public

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Petitions.
Vide First
Report.

Mr. Lloyd George presented, pursuant to the Munitions
1-1!1=

directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Rules for constituting and regulating Munitions Rules, 1916.
in Ireland, made in pursuance of
Tribunals
Section 15 of the Munitions of War Act, 1915,
as amended by the Munitions of War (Amend-
ment) Act, 1916, by the Lord Lieutenant as
far as relates to offences and the enforcement
of orders, and by the Minister of Munitions as
far as relates to other matters.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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15th-1 6th March.

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ce

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the
National
Health
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Insur
Commission Regulations, dated 9th March 1916, made by
the Welsh Insurance Commissioners, entitled
(Wales)
(Regulations.) the National Health Insurance (Decision of
Questions) Regulations (Wales), 1916.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in theAffirmative.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Balfour presented, by His Majesty's
Navy
(Exceptions to Command,Copy of List of Exceptions to the
Kin's
Reguglations.) King's Regulations as to Pay, Non-effective
Pay, and Allowances sanctioned by the Lords
the Admiralty, with the
Commissioners of
approval of the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury, pursuant to the Order in Council
dated 19th December 1881, during the year
1914-15.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Supply
(Arpmy
Estimates.)

The Order of the day being read, for resuming
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed
upon the 14th day of this instant March, That
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair (for the
Committee of Supply (Army Estimates) ) ;

And the Question being again proposed :

The House resumed the said adjourned Debate.

And the Main Question being put ;
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the

Chair.

The House accordingly resolved itself into

the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)
Army Estimates, 1916-17.

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a
number of Land Forces not exceeding 4,000,000,
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 1917 :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again(Sir John Simon),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.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

again resolve itself into the said Committee.

And accordingly the. House, having con-
tinued to sit till one minute before Eleven
of the clock. adjourned till to-morrow.

Thursday, 16th March 1916.

PRAYERS.

THE House, according to Order, proceeded Aberdeen

Corporation Water Order Confirmation Bill.

to take into consideration the Aberdeen Corporation
°dorder
)aWater
Confirmation
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Tuesday next.

National Debt
(Savings
Banks and
Friendly
Societies.)

No. 46.

the gross amount of all

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,(1) An
Account of
sums
received and paid by the Commissioners for
the Reduction of the National Debt on account
of Banks for Savings and Friendly Societies
in Great Britain and Ireland, from their com-
mencement at 6th August 1817 to the 20th
November 1915 :(2) An Account of the
several transactions which have taken place
during the year ended 20th November 1915, 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 1915, &c.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
its rising this day,
(Mr. Lloyd

put, That this House, at
do adjourn till Tuesday next
George) ;

Sittings of
the House.

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the I-Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

{Lord Edmund Talbot:

Tellers for the j Mr. Pringle,

Noes,

Mr. Peto :

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.

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67.

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.

Ordered, That the Business of Supply, if under Business of
discussion this night at Eleven of the clock, be the House
not
the Standing Order (Supply.)
(Sittings of the House). (Mr. Lloyd George.)

interrupted under

Naval and
Military War
Pensions, &c.
(Expenses)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Naval and Military War
Pensions, &c. (Expenses) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Naval and
Military War
Pensions, &c.
(Expenses)
[Consolidated
Fund.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on Naval and Military War Pen-
sions, &c. (Expenses) [Consolidated Fund] ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Vol.. 171.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply

into the Committee of Supply.

[3rd allotted
Day.;

(In the Committee.)
Army Estimates, 1916-17.
1. Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a number of Land Forces not exceeding
4,000,000, all
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 1917

ranks, be maintained for

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16t11-17th-----21st :March.

1916.

bridal,. 17th March 1916 :

Question put, and agreed to.
2. £1,000 for the Pay, &c. of His Majesty's
Army (including Army Reserve) at Home and
Abroad (exclusive of India).
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

Tuesday 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 Tuesday
next, again resolve itself into the said Com-
mittee.

Ways and
Means.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Ways and 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
1916, the sum of £198,039 be granted out of
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
(Mr. Long.)

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the
Supply granted to His Majesty for the service
of the year ending on the 31st day of March
1917, the sum of £36,636,000 be granted out of
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
(Mr. Long.)

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

Tuesday 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 Tuesday
next, again resolve itself into the said Com-
mittee.

Naval and
Military War
Pensions, (Sze.
(Expenses)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Naval and Military War
Pensions, &c. (Expenses) Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

The Order of the day being read; for the
Naval and
Military War Committee on Naval and Military War Pen-
Pensions, &C.
(Expenses)
[Consolidated
Fund.]

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

sions, &c. (Expenses) [Consolidated Fund] ;

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

',

Adjournment.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock on Thursday evening, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then five minutes after
One of the clock on Friday morning, till
Tuesday next, pursuant to the Resolution
of the House of this day.

Tuesday, 21st March 1916.

PRAYERS.
MR. Spe ake r laid upon the Table, Report Private Bills

for Private Bills, That in the case of
following Bills, referred on the Second Reading inquired into
thereof, the Standing Orders not previously complied
inquired into, which are applicable thereto, have with.)
been complied with, viz. :

the previously

Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill.
South Metropolitan Gas Bill.

Ordered, That the Bills be committed.

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, Report Provisional
tdalding

from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Order
Private Bills, That in the case of the following (Osr
Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, the applicable
Standing Orders which are applicable thereto thereto
ecomplied
have been complied with, viz.:

Gas Provisional Orders Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

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 (nroStanding
Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, no applicable).
Standing Orders are applicable, viz. :

Local Government Provisional Orders

(No. 1) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company City of Dublin
Steam Packet
Company Bill.

Bill was read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The Aberdeen Corporation Water Order Aberdeen
Confirmation Bill was, according to Order, read Corporation
Water Order
the third time and passed.
Confirmation

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Bill.

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

A Bill for vesting the Whiteinch Tramway
in the North British Railway Company ;
for
authorising the construction of a road diversion ;
for empowering the Company and the Hadding-
ton County Council to acquire lands, and for
other purposes, was presented, and read the first
time ; and ordered to be read a second time.

North British
Railway Bill.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Medical
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Accounts Council.
of the General Medical Council and Branch
Councils, and of the Dental Registration Fund,
for 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. _Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc- Super-
uation
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copies of Actct 1884.
Treasury Minute, dated 15th March 1916, under
the Superannuation Act, 1884, declaring that
Frederick Whatling Robinson, Telegraphist,
General Post Office, was appointed without a
Civil Service Certificate through inadvertence
on the part of the head of his Department.

Copy of Regulations, dated 13th March 1916, National

made by the National Health Insurance Joint
Committee, and by the Insurance Commissioners
the Scottish Insurance Commissioners, the Irish Committee)

Insurance

(Regulations.)

6 GEO. V.
Insurance Commissioners, and the Welsh Insur-
ance Commissioners, entitled the National Health
Insurance (Navy and Army) Consolidated Regu-
lations, 1916.

21st March.

31
1. That, towards making good the Supply
granted to His Majesty for the service of the
year ending on the 31st day of March 1916, the
sum of £198,039 be granted out of the Con-
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

Education
(Scotland.)

-Lunacy.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate

presented, by His
Majesty's Command,--Copy of Statement show-
ing (1) an Estimate of the sums receivable by
the Education (Scotland) Fund for the year
1915-16, of the expenditure therefrom under
Section 16 (1) (a-f) of the Education (Scotland)
Act, 1908, and of
the balance available for
allocation under Section 16 (2) of that Act ;
(2) the allocation of such balance in accordance
with the terms of the Department's Minute of
28th June 1912.

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 :--Return
of all sums received by the Visitors of Lunatics
for travelling expenses, or upon other account,
from 1st January to 31st December 1915.

New Member
sworn.

Cecil Algernon Cochrane, Esquire, Member

for the Borough of South Shields, was sworn.

Suppy
l
[1.6th
Report.

March]

Land Forces.

Pay, &c.

Army
(Annual.)

Army
(Annual) Bill.
Bill 7.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Supply of the 16th day of this instant March
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow :
Army Estimates, 1916-17.
1. That a number of Land Forces not ex-
ceeding 4,000,000, 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
1917.

2. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of the Pay, &c. of His Majesty's Army (includ-
ing 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 1917.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

Ordered, That the Resolution which, upon
the 9th day of this instant March, was reported
from the Committee of Supply, and which was
then agreed to by the House, be now read ;
and the same was read, as followeth :

That 350,000 Officers, Seamen, and Boys,
Coast Guard, and Royal Marines be employed
for the Sea and Coast Guard Services, for the
year ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a
Bill to provide, during twelve months, for the
Discipline and Regulation of the Army : And
that Mr. Tennant. Mr. Balfour, Mr. Forster, and
Dr. Macnanzara do prepare and bring it in.

Mr. Tennant accordingly presented a Bill
to provide, during twelve months, for the Dis-
cipline and Regulation of the Army : And the
same was read the first time, and ordered to be
read a second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Ways and
Means
[16th March]
Report.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means of the 16th day of this instant
March several Resolutions ; which were read, as
follow :

VOL. 171.

2. That, towards making good the Supply
granted to His Majesty for the service of the
year ending on the 31st day of March 1917,
the sum of £36,636,000 be granted out of the
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the Consolidated
said Resolutions : And that the Chairman of Ways Fund (No. 2.)
and Means, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and M r. Montagu do prepare and bring it in.

Mr. Montagu accordingly presented a Bill to Consolidated

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 sixteen and one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen : And the same was read the first time,
and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

(FNuoBill

Bill.

8nd2)

The Naval and Military War Pensions, &c. Naval and
(Expenses) Bill was according to Order, read a Military War
Pensions, &c.
second time.
(Expenses)

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Bill.

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Naval and

PMili tary

rWa
&c.

xpenses)
[Consolidated
Fund.]

into a Committee on Naval and Military War
Pensions, &c. (Expenses) [Consolidated Fund].
(In the Committee.)
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the
issue, out of the Consolidated Fund, of the sum
of one million pounds, payable under any Act of
the present Session to provide for the payment
of a Grant in Aid of the funds at the disposal of
the Statutory Committee constituted under the
Naval and Military War Pensions, &c. Act,
1915.(Mr. Bayes Fisher.)
Resolution to be reported.

Mr. Deputy 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 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.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment.

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till half an hour after Eight
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Gas
Provisional
Orders Bill.

Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 1) Bill.
Public
Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Munitions
(Health of
Munition
Workers.)

Munitions
(Act of
Sederunt.)

Post Office
(Foreign and
Colonial
Parcel Post.)

Army
(Ordnance
Factories.)

No. 47.

Unemploy-
ment
Insurance.

Indictment
Rules.

Cardiff
Railway Bill.

32

22nd March.

1916.

Wednesday, 22nd March 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Gas Provisional Orders Bill was,
according to Order, read a second time,

and committed.

The Local Government Provisional Orders
(No. 1) Bill was, according to Order, read a
second time, and committed.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Mr. Lloyd George presented, by His Majesty's
Command, Copy of Report of Health of
Munition Workers Committee on Industrial
Fatigue and its Causes (Memorandum No. 7) ;
on Special Industrial Diseases (Memorandum
No. 8) ; on Ventilating and Lighting of Muni-
tions Factories and Workshops (Memorandum
No. 9); on Sickness and Injury (Memorandum
No. 10).

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 appeals under the
Munitions of War (Amendment) Act, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Joseph Pease presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of .Parliament,Copy of
the Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amend-
ment (No. 78) Warrant, 1916, dated 21st
February 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant

to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Annual
Accounts of the Ordnance Factories for the
year 1914-15, with the Report of the Comptroller
and Auditor General thereon.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Runeiman presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
the Unemployment Insurance (Supplementary)
Regulations, 1916, made by the Board of Trade,
dated 15th March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do

Table.

lie upon the

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, dated 18th March 1916, under the Indict-
ments Act, 1915, made by the Rule Committee
established under the Act.

Sir Edwin Cornwall reported from the Com-
mittee on the Cardiff Railway 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 Amend-
ments thereunto.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Lords communicate that they have come Consolidation

to the following Resolution, viz., That it
in the
desirable that all Consolidation Bills
present Session be referred to a Joint Committee
of both Houses of Parliament.

is Bills.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An War. Risks
Act to facilitate the Insurance against war risks (Insurance
hr Trustees)
of property subject to Trusts ;
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

to which the Bill

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Burnley
Act to extend the time for the construction of Corporation
certain waterworks authorised by the Burnley
Corporation Act,1908 ; to confer further powers
upon the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of
the Borough of Burnley in regard to their water
to which
undertaking, and for other purposes ;
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

Bill [Lords. ] -

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Swansea
HrbLoour
l [Lords,]'
l

Act do postpone the repayment of certain
mortgages granted by the Swansea Harbour
Trustees, and for other purposes ; to which the
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

The Burnley Corporation Bill [Lords] was Burnley

read the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Corporation
Bill [Lords.)

The Swansea Harbour Bill [Lords] was read Swansea
Harbour
Bill [Lords.)

the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be refe-rred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill was, Consolidated
(No. 2) Bill.

according to Order, read a second time, and Fund
committed to a Committee of the whole House
for to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Naval and
the Report from the Committee on Naval and Military War
[Con- F(E".spi:nitsr'
Military War Pensions, &c. (Expenses)
solidated Fund] ;
[Consolidated
Fund.]

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Naval and
Committee on the Naval and Military War Military War
Pensions, &c.
Pensions, &c. (Expenses) Bill ;
(Expenses)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Army

Second Reading of the Army (Annual) Bill ;

(Annual] 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 the Ways and

Means.

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Adjournment

the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And it being half an hour after Eleven of
the clock, Mr. Deputy Speaker adjourned
the House without Question put, pur-
suant to the Order of the House of the
22nd day of February last, till to-morrow.

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

6 GEO. V.

23rd March.

33

Army Reserve
(Regulations.)

Thursday, 23rd M arch 1916.

PRAYERS.

R . Tennant presented, pursuant

to the
I
directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of Regulations for the Army Reserve,
by Royal Warrant, dated 1st March 1916,
relating to men deemed to have been enlisted
under the Military Service Act, 1916, and
Royal Warrant, dated 20th January 1916,
the Royal
relating to men enlisted under
Warrant of 20th October 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, pur-
East India
(Civil Service.) suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Rules, dated 14th March 1916, made
by the Secretary of State for India, in Council
under the Indian Civil Service (Temporary
Provisions) Act, 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

National Debt
(Savings
Banks and
Friendly
Societies.)

The Order made upon the 16th day of this
instant March, That the Paper relative to National
Debt (Savings Banks and Friendly Societies)
do lie upon the Table, and be printed, was read
and discharged.

Private Bills
(Group A.)

Marriage
(Scotland)
Bill.

Bill 9.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Bill 10.

Sir William Howell Davies reported from the
Committee on Group A of Private Bills ; That,
for the convenience of parties, the Committee
had adjourned till Wednesday next, at half an
hour after Eleven of the clock.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood, supported by the Lord
Advocate, presented a Bill to amend the Law
relating to the registration of irregular Mar-
riages in Scotland, and to amend, during the
continuance of the present War, the Marriage
Notice (Scotland) Act, 1878, so far as applying
to persons serving in the Naval and Military
Forces of the Crown : And the same was
ordered. to be read a second time upon Tuesday
next ; and to be printed.

Mr. _Hayes Fisher, supported by Mr. Herbert
Lewis and Mr. Solicitor General, presented a
Bill to make provision with respect to officers
and servants of Local Authorities serving in or
with His Majesty's Forces, and to make various
administrative provisions with a view to economy
in money and labour in connection with the
present War : And the same. was ordered to be
read a second time upon Tuesday next ; and to
he printed.

The Order of the day being read, for the Supply

Committee of Supply (Civil
Revenue Departments Estimates) ;

Services

and (Civil Services

and Revenue
Departments

And a Motion being made, and the Question Estimates.)

being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave
the Chair(Mr. Montagu) ;

An Amendment was proposed to be made to Defence of the

the Question, by leaving out from the word Realm Act
" That " to the end of the Question, and adding t ioclji m)inistra-
the words " the administration of the Defence of
the Realm Act has often been more rigorous
than the nature or seriousness of the cases
justified, and that a policy which includes the
trial in camera of persons charged for expres-
sions of opinion in speech or writing, or the
suppression of newspapers without trial, or the
trial of any class of
imprisonment without
British citizens at the discretion of the Execu-
tive, is dangerous to the liberty of the subject "
(Mr. Trevelyan ), 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.

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class I.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a
.sum not exceeding £32,700 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
1917 for Expenditure in respect of Royal Palaces,
including a Grant in Aid :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again(Mr. Rea), 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.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday
next, again resolve itself into the said Com-
mittee.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Fund(No. 2) Bill.
(No. 2) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 4 agreed to.
Bill to be reported.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law,, supported by Mr.
Imperial
Steel-Maitland and Mr. Harcourt, presented a
Institute
(Management) Bill to provide for transferring the- manaffe-
Bill
Bill 11. ment. of the Imperial Institute from the Board
of Trade to the Colonial Office, and for other
purposes connected therewith : And the same
was ordered to be read a second time upon
Tuesday next ; and to be printed,

r,

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
A mendment.

-Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon-Tuesday next.

Sittings of
the House.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this
day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.(Mr. Lloyd
George.)

Vora 171.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on Naval and
Naval and Military War Pensions, &c. (Ex- Military War
a Resolution Pensions, &c.
[Consolidated Fund]
enses)
p
(Expenses)
which was read, as followeth :
(Consolidated
Fund.]

F 4

23rd-26th March.

1916.
Ordered, That the North British Railway
(substituted) Bill be read a second time to-
morrow.

34

Naval and
Military War
Pensions, &c.
(Expenses)
Bill.

That it is expedient to authorise the issue,
out of the Consolidated Fund, of the sum of one
million pounds, payable under any Act of the
present Session to provide for the payment of a
Grant in Aid of the funds at the disposal of. the
Statutory Committee constituted under
the
Naval and Military War Pensions, &c. Act,
1915.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

The House, according to Order resolved itself
into a Committee on the Naval and Military
War Pensions, &c. (Expenses) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 agreed to.
Clause No. 2 amended, and agreed to.
Clause 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.

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.

Army
(Annual) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Army (Annual) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjotuninent.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to
the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last; proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
twenty-one minutes
tinued to sit
before Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
Tuesday next, pursuant to the Resolution
of the House of this day.

till

Tuesday, 28th March 1916.

Private Bills
[Lordsl
(Standing
Orders not
previously
inquired into
complied
with.)

PRAYERS.
.R.

eeankee

la
I hi de

the Te
of

bp1

Re

of

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, which are applicable
thereto, have been complied with, viz. :

Swansea Harbour [Lords].
Burnley Corporation {Lords].

Ordered,That the Bills be read a second time.

North British
Railway
(substituted)
Bill.

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of Orders under the Shops Act, 1912,
made by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities, and confirmed by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department :

County Borough of Grimsby.
County Borough of Salford.
Borough of West Ham.

Copy of Order under the Shops Act, 1912, Shops Act,

made by the Council of the County of Durham, 1912.
and confirmed, with amendment, by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, by His
Copy of Regulations
Majesty's Command,
under which Special Grants in Aid of certain
Local Education Authorities in England and
Wales will be paid in 1916-17.

Mr. Arthur Henderson also presented, pur-
to the directions of several Acts of
suant
Parliarnent,Copy of Statute made under the
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act,
1877, by the Governing Body of Trinity Col-
lege, Cambridge, on 27th November 1915, and
sealed on 3rd fJecember 1915, repealing Sec-
tion (i) of Statute XIII. of the Statutes of the
College, and substituting therefor an amended
Section (i).

Board of
Education.

Universities of
Oxford and
Cambridge
Act, 1877
(Cambridge.)
No. 46.

Copies of Two Orders in Council under the Spring Assizes

Spring Assizes Act, 1879, dated 21st March Act, 1879.
1916, constituting
Nos. 2 and 3 for the Spring Assizes, 1916.

Spring Assize Counties

Copy of Order in Council under the Foreign Foreign

Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913, dated 21st
March 1916, entitled the Zanzibar Order in
Council, 1916.

Copy of Order in Council under the Merchant
Shipping Act, 1894, and the Merchant Shipping
(Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898, dated
21st March 1916, sanctioning the appointment
of a Surveyor of Shipping and Marine Engi-
neer on the establishment of the Trinity House
of Deptford Strond, and abolishing the appoint-
ment of Marine Assistant Engineer thereon.

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

Acts ,1911839.0

Merchant
Shipping Act,
1894, and
Merchant
Shipping
(Mercantile
Marine Fund)
Act, 1898.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's Queen Anne's

Copy of Annual Report and Bounty.

Command,
Accounts of the Governors of Queen Anne's
Bounty for the year 1915.

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the National

directions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy Health
of Provisional Regulations, dated 24th March (Joint
1916, made by the National Health Insurance committee)
Joint Committee, with the
Treasury, entitled the National Health Insurance
(Injuries in War Compensation) Regulations,
1916.

consent of the (Regulations.)

Insurance

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 17th March Superannua-
to Mr. tion Act, 1887.
retired allowance

1916, granting a
Arthur Cook, Minor Staff Clerk, Patent Office,
Board of Trade, under the Superannuation Act,
1887.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

28th-29th March.

35
The House accordingly proceeded to take the

said Message into consideration.

6 GEO. V.

Mr. Acland presented, by His Majesty's
Board of
Agriculture Command,Copy of Annual Report of pro-
and Fisheries.
ceedings under the. Diseases of Animals Acts,
the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle)
Acts, &c. for 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The War Risks (Insurance by Trustees) Bill
'War Risks
(Insurance by [Lords] was read the first time, and ordered to
Trustees)
Bill [Lords.] L;e. read a second time to-morrow ; and to be

Bill 13.

printed.

presented. a Bill

Pacific Islands Mr. Secretary Bonar Law, supported by
Regulations Mr. Steel-Maitland and Mr. Attorney General,
(Validation)
to validate certain King's
Bill.
Bill 12. Regulations made under the Pacific Order in
Council, 1893: And the same was ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

Consolidated
Fund
(No. 2) Bill.

Mr. Speaker's
Certificate.

The Consolidated Fund (No. 2) 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 Bill
having been endorsed by Mr. Speaker with the
following Certificate :

I hereby certify that this Bill is a Money
Bill within the meaning of the Parliament
Act, 1911.

JAMES W. LOWTIIER,

Speaker).

Army
(Annual) Bill.

The Army (Annual) 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.
(Mr. Rea.)

Imperial
Institute
(Management)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read,

the
Second Reading of the Imperial 'Institute
(Management) Bill :

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Marriage
(Scotland)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Marriage (Scotland)

Second Reading of
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Supply.

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Local Government

Second Reading of
(Emergency Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

.

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.

Consolidation
Bills.

Ordered, That so much of the Lords' Message
of the 22nd day of this instant March as com-
municates the following Resolution, That it is
desirable that all Consolidation Bills in the present
Session be referred to a Joint Committee of
both Houses of Parliament, be now taken into
consideration.
Vol,. 171.

Resolved, That this House doth concur with
(Mr.
in the said Resolution.

the Lords
Gullancl.)

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords
to acquaint them therewith : And that the Clerk
do carry the said Message.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to 'sit till twelve minutes before
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

Wednesday, 29th March 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE House proceeded to take into con- Cardiff

sideration the Cardiff Railway Bill,

as Railway Bill.

amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

The Order of the day being read, for the North British

Second Reading of the North British Railway Railway
(substituted) Bill ;

(substituted)
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

Mr. Pretyman presented a Bill to confirm a Electric
Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade Lighting
under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 to 1909, Provisional
' Order Bill.
relatinub to Church Stretton : And the same was Bill 14.
read the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and
be printed.

The Lord Advocate

presented, by. His war

Majesty's Command,Copy of Second Report Organisation
of the Government Committee appointed by the 1DDistributing
-Secretary for Scotland on War Organisation in Trades in
the Distributing Trades in Scotland.
Scotland.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Shops Act,

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy 1912.
of Order under the Shops Act, 1912, made
by the Council of the undermentioned Local
Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

Borough of Eccles.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His Alien Enemies

Majesty's Command,Copy of further Corre- on
spondence with the United States Ambassador ,s
respecting the safety of Alien Enemies repo- (Miscellaneous,
triated from India on the Steamship " Golconda." No. 8, 1916.)

o,tGeatomIceostict
h

"

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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29th March.

1916.

Army
(Territorial
Force.)

Diseases of
Animals Acts.

Supreme Court
(Prize, &c.
Deposit
Account,
1914-15.)

Saint John's
Church,
Kingston-
upon-Hull,
Bill.

Private Bills
(Group A.)

Mr. Tennant presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of
Schemes made by the Army Council for the
establishment and constitution of Associations
for the County of Bedford and the County of
Salop under the Territorial and Reserve Forces
Act, 1907.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Ac land presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Order
9720, under
the Diseases of Animals Acts,
dated 20th March 1916, defining a Foreign
Animals Quarantine Station at No. 2 Basin,
Chatham Dockyard, for the purposes of the
Foreign Animals (Quarantine) Order 'of 1896.

Ordered, That the said Papef do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Copy of Account of the Receipts and Pay-
ments of the 'Assistant Paymaster General for
Supreme Court business on behalf of the
Admiralty Division in Prize, for the period
ended the 31st day of March 1915 ; together
with Copy of the Correspondence with the
Comptroller and Auditor General thereon,
(Mr. Montagu.)

Sir William Howell Davies reported from the
Committee on the Saint John's Church, Kingston-
upon-Hull, 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 William Howell Davies reported from the
Committee on Group A of Private Bills ; That,
for the convenience of parties, the Committee
had adjourned till Tuesday next, at half an hour
after Eleven of the clock.

.

Ordered, That the Report do lie. upon the

Table.

New Member
sworn.

Percy Alfred Harris, Esquire, Member for
the County of Leicester (Southern or Har-
borough Division), was sworn.

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 Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Corporation Corporation Water Order Confirmation Bill,
Water Order with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire
Confirmation
Bill.

the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An
Weston-super-
Mare Grand Act for conferring power upon the Senior Official
ll
Receiver in Companies Liquidation, acting as
[LPieordBsi.]
liquidator of the Weston-super-Mare Grand
Pier Company, to sell by agreement the under-
taking of that Company ; to extend the time for
the completion of the authorised pier and works
of that Company, and for other purposes ;
to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

Aberdeen
Corporation
Water Order
Confirmation
Bill.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
Lords to the Aberdeen Corporation Water Order
Confirmation Bill be taken into consideration
to -morrow.

The Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Bill Weston-super-

[Lords] was read the first time.

Mare Grand
Pier Bill
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the [Lord:.]

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The Imperial Institute (Management) Bill Imperial
Institute
(Management)

was, according to Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Bill.

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Pacific Islands Regulations (Validation)
Bill was, according to Order, read a second
time.

Islands,

Raecgiufilcat
(Validation)
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.

( Mr. Rea.)

The Marriage (Scotland) Bill was, according Marriage
(Scotland)
Bill.

to Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.

(Mr. James Hope.)

The Local Government (Emergency Pro- Local

visions) Bill was, according to Order, read a Government
(Emergency
second time.
Provisions)

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Bill'

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The War Risks (Insurance by Trustees) Bill War Risks
[Lords] was, according to Order, read a second (Insurance by
Trustees) Bill
time.
[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
( Mr. Rea.)

A Motion was made, and the Question being Adjournment.

put, That this House do now adjourn(Mr.
Gulland) :It passed in the Negative.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Army

into a Committee on the Army (Annual) Bill.
(In the Committee.)

(Annual) Bill..

Clauses No. 1 to No. 4 agreed to.
A Clause (Insertion in the Army Act of
new section relating to the ill-treatment of
horses, and consequential amendment of sec-
tion twenty-four)(Mr. George Greenwood)
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

section
forty-eight of the Army Act with respect to
sentences of death)(Mr. Aneurin Williams)
brought up, and read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Restriction on discharge of
soldiers suffering from venereal disease)(Mr.
King)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 provisions of
Army Act relating to the liability of a soldier to
maintain his wife and children, Stc.)(Mr. King)
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.

Schedule agreed to.

6 GEO. V

Preamble agreed to.
Bill to be reported.

29th

30th March.

37
they had
ought
directed him to report the Bill, without Amend-
ment, to the House.

to be confirmed ; and that

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

Adjournment.

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 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.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill he read the third time

upon Tuesday next.

The Chairman. of Ways and Means ,reported Wakefield
the Wakefield Corporation Bill, with Amend- Corporation
ments.

Bill.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Metropolitan
the Committee on the Metropolitan Electric Tramways
Tramways

Tramways Bill ; That they had examined the Bill,
allegations contained in the Preamble of the
Bill, and 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.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Uxbridge Gas

the Uxbridge Gas Bill, with Amendments.

Bill.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Plymouth and

from the Committee on the Plymouth and Stonehouse
Stonehouse Gas Bill ; That they had examined Gas Bill.
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the
Bill, and amended the same, and found the same,
as amended, to be true ; and had gone through
the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.

Thursday, 30th March 1916.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Aberdeen
Corporation
Water Order
Confirmation
Bill.

Supreme Court
(Prize, &c.
Deposit
Account,
1914-15.)

No. 48.
Government
Insurances
and Annuities.
No. 49.

PRAYERS.
THE Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Amendments made
by the Lords to the Aberdeen Corporation
Water Order Confirmation Bill;

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken

into consideration upon Tuesday next.

Mr. Montagu presented,Return to an Order,
dated the 29th day of this instant March, for a
Return relative to Supreme Court (Prize, &c.
Deposit Account, 1914-15).

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,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 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Birrell presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Closing
Order under the Shops Act, 1912, made by the
Urban District Council of Queenstown.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Gas
Provisional
Orders Bill.
[Provisional
Orders
confirmed.]

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
from the Committee on the Gas Provisional
Orders Bill ; That they had considered the
Orders therein contained ; that the said Orders

Vol,. 171.

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 Consolidated

Fund (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment.

Consolidated
e2d)
l(iNd
Fund

The Lords have agreed- to the Naval and Naval and
Military War Pensions, &c. (Expenses) Bill, Military War
without any Amendment.
Expenses c.
p
Bill.

The Lords have appointed a Committee Consolidation

consisting of Five Lords to join with a Corn- Bills.
mittee of the Commons to consider all Consoli-
dation Bills in the present Session, and request
the Commons to appoint an equal number of
their Members to be joined with the said
Lords.

The Lords have referred the Larceny Bill to

the said Committee.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this Sittings of
day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.(Mr. Lloyd the House.
George.)

Ordered, That, until the House otherwise Ballot for
determines, and so far as the House does not Bills, &c.
otherwise determine, no Public Bills other than
Government Bills be introduced and no Ballot
be taken for determining the precedence of such
Bills.(Mr. Lloyd George.)

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply

into the Committee of Supply.

[4th allotted
Day.]

F 3

30th March.

1916.
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts,
as follow :

38

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class I.
1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That
a sum not exceeding £32,700 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
for Expenditure in respect of Royal
1917
Palaces, including a Grant in Aid :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, That a sum not exceeding £32,600 be
granted for the said Service(Mr. Ashley) :
Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

Original Question put, and agreed to.
2. £3,100 for Expenditure in respect of

Osborne.

3. £54,000 for the Royal Parks and Pleasure

Gardens.

4. £24,600 for Houses of Parliament Build-

ings.

5. £23,000 for Expenditure in respect of

Miscellaneous Legal Buildings.

6. £43,200 for Expenditure in respect of Art

and Science Buildings, Great Britain.

7. £17,900 for Expenditure in respect of
Diplomatic and Consular Buildings, and for the
maintenance of certain Cemeteries Abroad.

8. £350,600 for Customs and Excise, 'Inland
Revenue, Post Office and Telegraph Buildings
in Great Britain, and certain Post Offices
Abroad.

9. £91,900

in respect of

Insurance and

Labour Exchange Buildings, Great Britain.

10. £141,400 in respect of sundry Public
Buildings in Great Britain, not provided for on
other Votes.

Class II.
11. Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a sum not exceeding £88,700 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 1917 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Office of the Commissioners of His Majesty's
Works and Public Buildings :

Whereupon, the Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod having come with a Message for the House
to attend the Lords Commissioners, the Chairman
left the Chair.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

Royal Assent.

A Message was delivered by Captain Thomas
Dacres Butler, 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 :And having
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

1. Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act, 1916.
2. Naval and Military War Pensions, &c.

(Expenses) Act, 1916.

Then the House again resolved itself into the supply.

Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)
11. Question again proposed, That a sum not
exceeding £88,700 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 1917 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Office of the Commissioners of His Majesty's
Works and Public Buildings :
Question put, and agreed 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

Tuesday 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 Tuesday
next, again resolve itself into the said Com-
mittee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Imperial
Lnstitute
(Management)
Bill.

Committee on the Imperial Institute (Manage-
ment) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Pacific Islands

Committee on the Pacific Islands Regulations Regulations
(Validation) Bill ;

Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Marriage
=laud)

Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Committee on the Local Government (Ewer- (
gency Provisions) Bill ;

The Order of the day being read, for the Local
m
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Bill.

Government

Provisions)

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the War Risks

Committee on the War Risks (Insurance by
Trustees) Bill [Lords] ;

(T I

rnussuteraens)ceBiblyl

[Lords.]

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

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 Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment.

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

Burnley
Corporation
Bill [Lords.]

Swansea
Harbour Bill
[Lords.]

6 GEO. V.

30th March.
And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Speaker
adjourned the House without Question
put, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last, it
being then seven minutes after Eight of
the clock, till Tuesday next, pursuant
to the Resolution of the House of this
day.

.

Tuesday, 4th April 1916.

PRAYERS.

Cardiff
Railway Bill.

THE Cardiff Railway Bill was read the third

time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

4th April.
December 1915 ;
the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.

39
together with the Report of

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to the Welsh
Church Act, 1914, be printed.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant

to the National

the National Health Insurance

directions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy Health
I su anc c
of Regulations, dated 6th March 1916, made Commission
by
Joint (Scotland)
Committee, acting jointly with the Scottish (Regulations.)
Insurance Commissioners, entitled the National
Health Insurance (Panel and Pharmaceutical
Committees) Amendment Regulations
(Scot-
land), 1916.

Copy of Regulations made by the Commis- Finance

sioners of Inland Revenue under the Finance
2) Act,
(No. 2) Act, 1915, with respect to the assess- (Income Tax,
merit and collection of Income Tax in the case Quarterly
of weekly wage-earners, and the procedure to Assessment.)
be adopted for the purpose.

The Burnley Corporation Bill [Lords] was

read a second time, and committed.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The Swansea Harbour Bill [Lords] was read

a second time, and committed.

North British
Railway
(substituted)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the North British Railway
(substituted) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Gas
Provisional
Orders Bill.

The Gas Provisional Orders 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.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by Colonial
His Majesty's Command,Copies of Colonial Reports
Reports, Nos. 878 (Nigeria, Report for 1914) and (Annual.)
879 (Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Report for
1914-15).

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 :

Copy of the Courts ( Emergency Powers) Courts
Rule, 1916, dated 20th March 1916, made by (Emergency
Act,
the Lord Chancellor under the Courts (Emer- 1P9o1w4e.rs)
gency Powers) Act, 1914.

Aberdeen
Corporation
Water Order
Confirmation
Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendments made
by the Lords to the Aberdeen Corporation
Water Order Confirmation Bill ; and the same
were twice read, and agreed to.

Copy of the Trading with the Enemy (Vesting Trading with

and Application of Property) Amendment Rules, the Enemy
1916, dated 29th March 1916, made by the A cmt ,e n1a9m15e.nt
Lord Chancellor under the Trading with the
Enemy Amendment Act, 1915.

Board of
Agriculture
and Fisheries.

Diseases of
Animals Acts.

National
Relief Fund
(Scotland.)

Welsh Church
Act, 1914.

No. 52.

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. Acland presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Report on Agricultural
Education and the improvement of Live Stock
in Wales in the years 1912-13 to 1914-15.

Mr. Acland also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Order 9723, under the Diseases of Animals
Acts, dated 30th March 1916, postponing the
operation of the two Orders described in the
Schedule thereto until the 1st June 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Financial
a Copy of Statement of Revenue and Expen- Statement
diture as laid before the House by Mr. Chancellor (6-17.)
No. 50.
of the Exchequer when opening the Budget.
(Mr. Montagu.)

Mr. Montagu accordingly presented the said

Paper.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Financial
a Copy of Statement showing the amount of Tax Statement
payable on certain Incomes, and the virtual rate
charged in the £ under the existing Law and Income Tax
under the proposals made by Mr. Chancellor and Super
of the Exchequer on 4th April 1916.
Montagu.)

(Mr. Tax.)

No. 51.

1R9a1t6e-s io7f1

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report to His
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by the
Executive Committee of the National Relief
Fund' on the administration of the Fund as
regards Scotland up to the 30th September 1915.
Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Account of Cash Receipts and Pay-
ments of the Welsh Church Commission for the
period from 24th September 1914 to 31st

VoL. 171.

Mr. Montagu accordingly presented the said

Paper.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Thomas Owen Jacobsen, Esquire, Member for New Members

the County of Chester (Hyde Division), was sworn.
sworn.

Patrick Joseph Whitty, Esquire, Member for
the North Louth Division of the County of
Louth, was sworn.

F 4

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4th April.'

1916.

Business of
the House
(Ways and
Means.)

Ordered, That the proceedings of the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means, if under consideration
at Eleven of the clock this night, he not inter-
rupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of
the House).--(Mr. Lloyd George.)

Ways and
Means.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

(In the Committee.)
Entertainments Duty.

1. Motion made,

and Question proposed,
That there shall, on and after the first day of
May, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be charged
on all payments for admission to any entertain-
ment (including any exhibition, performance,
amusement, game, or sport) an Excise duty at
the following rates (namely) :-

exceed 6d. -

exceed 2s. 6d.

Where the payment-
does not exceed 2d.
-
exceeds 2d. and does not
-
exceeds 6d. and does not
-
exceeds 2s. 6d. and does
-
exceeds 5s. and does not
-
exceeds 7s. 6d. and does
not exceed 12s. 6d.
-

not exceed 5s.

exceed 7s. 6d.

-

-

-

A halfpenny ;

One penny ;

Two pence ;

Three pence ;

Six pence ;

One shilling ;

exceeds 12s. 6d., one shilling for the first
12s. 6d., and one shilling for every 10s.
or part of 10s. over 12s. 6d.

-(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Member
directed tb
discontinue
his Speech
(Irrelevance.)

The Chairman called the attention of the
Committee to the continued irrelevance on the
part of Mr. Ginnell, Member for North West-
meath, and directed the honourable Member to
discontinue his speech.

Question put, and agreed to.

Railway Fare Duties.
2. Resolved, That there shall be charged on
railway fares, including any payment made in
respect of travelling by railway, the following
Excise duties (namely) :-

(1) In the case of persons travelling from a
place in the United Kingdom to any place
in the British Islands-

On every fare exceeding nine pence but
not exceeding one shilling, a duty of
one penny ;

On every fare exceeding one shilling, a
duty of one penny for every shilling,
and for every part of a shilling over
one shilling.

(2) In the case of persons travelling from a
place in the United Kingdom to a place
outside the British Islands, on every fare a
duty of four shillings if the fare is a first-
class fare, three shillings if the fare is a
second-class fare, and two shillings if the
fare is a third-class fare.

-(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Matches (Customs).

3. Resolved, That there shall, on and after the
fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen,
be charged on matches imported into Great
Britain or Ireland a duty of Customs at the rate
of three shillings and six pence for every ten
thousand matches so imported, and so in propor-
tion for any less quantity.-(Mr. Chancellor of
the Exchequer.)

Matches (Excise).

4. Resolved, That there shall, on and after the
fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen,
be charged on matches made in Great Britain or
Ireland an Excise duty at the rate of three
shillings and four pence for every ten thousand
matches so made, and so in proportion for any
less quantity, and on a licence to be taken out
annually by a manufacturer of matches an Excise
duty of one pound.-(Mr. Chancellor of the
Exchequer.)

Table Waters, &c.
5. Resolved, That there shall he charged upon
table waters (including aerated waters and other
beverages) sold or supplied, or kept for sale or
supply, in Great Britain or Ireland the following
duties of Excise (namely):-

On table waters which contain, as the result
of the ordinary process of manufacture, or
are prepared in the ordinary process of
manufacture with, sugar or other sweeten-
ing material, or which are fermented bever-
ages, a duty at the rate of four pence per
gallon ; and

On any other table water, a duty at the rate

of eight pence per gallon ;

the duty to be charged in proportion for any less
quantity than a gallon, reckoning fractions of a
farthing as a farthing in the case of the duty of
four pence, and fractions of a halfpenny as a
the duty of eight
halfpenny in the case of
pence.-(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Machines for Aerating Waters.
6. Resolved, That there shall be charged on a
licence, to be taken out annually by a person
who keeps for use any machine or mechanical
contrivance for making aerated water of any
description, an Excise duty of five guineas. -
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Cider and Perry.

. Resolved, That there shall be charged on
any cider or perry sold or supplied, or kept for
sale or supply, in Great Britain or Ireland a
duty of Excise at the rate of four pence per
gallon, the duty to be charged in the like manner
as the duty on table waters is charged.-(Mr.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Cocoa.
8. Resolved, That in lieu of the duties of
Customs now payable on cocoa imported into
Great Britain or Ireland there shall, on and
after the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred
and sixteen, be charged the following duties
(that is to say) :-

s.
0
0
0 12
0
-
0
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

-
Cocoa
Cocoa husks and shells
-
Cocoa butter

the lb.
the cwt.
the lb.

d.
6
0

6

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of
the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913. -
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Coffee.
9. Resolved, That in lieu of the duties of
Customs now payable on coffee imported into
Great Britain or Ireland there shall, on and
after the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred
and sixteen, be charged the following duties
(that is to say) :-

6 GEO. V.

4th April.

ground) -

Coffee (not kiln-dried, roasted, or
the cwt.
-
roasted, or
the lb.
-

(kiln-dried,

ground) -

Coffee

0
and so in proportion for any leSs quantity.

0

2

2

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
P_ rovisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Chicory (Customs).

10. Reso/ned, That in lieu of the duties of
Customs now payable on chicory imported into
Great Britain or Ireland there shall, on and
after the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred
and sixteen, be charged the following duties
(that is to say) :

Chicory,

raw or

Chicory;

roasted

kiln - dried
the cwL
ground
the lb.

or

s. d.

1 19

8

6

0
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)
Chicory, &c. (Excise).

11. Resolved, That in lieu of the duty of
Excise now payable on chicory there shall, on
and after the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred
and sixteen, be charged the following duty (that
is to say) :

Chicory,

raw or

kiln.- dried
the cwt.

s.

d.

1 18

6

and so in proportion for ally less quantity ;
and in lieu of
the duty of Excise now
payable on any article or substance prepared
or manufactured, for the purpose of being in
imitation of, or in any respect to resemble or to
serve as a substitute for, coffee or chicory, or
on any mixture of any sucl. article or substance
with coffee or chicory, there shall, on and after
the fifth day of April, nineteen hundrei and
sixteen, be charged the following duty (that is
to say)

s.

d.

For every quarter of a pound of
any such article, substance, or
mixture -
-

112
And it is declared that it is expedient in the
ptiblic interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under
the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

the provisions of

0

0

Sugar (Customs).

12. Resolved, That in lieu of the duties of
Customs now payable on sugar imported into
Great Britain or Ireland there shall, on and
after the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred

and sixteen, be charged the following duties:

Molasses (including all sugar and
extracts
from sugar which
cannot be tested by the polari-
scope)--

0

6

if containing 70 per cent. or
more of sweetening matter
the cwt.
if containing less than 70
per cent. and more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
matter
the cwt.
if containing not more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
matter
the cwt.

-

-

-

-

41
d.

£ s.

0 8 102

0

6

41

0

3

11,

Glucose
Solid -
Liquid

-

-
,-

the cwt.
the cwt.
Saccharin (including substances
of a like nature or use), the oz.
4
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

0 8 10i
6 4i
0

6

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of
the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Sugar (Excise).
13. Resolved, That in lieu of the duties of
Excise now payable on sugar made in Great
Britain or Ireland there shall, on and after the
fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen,
be charged the following duties :--

the cwt. 0 11

s. d.

8

7

0

5

-

98 degrees

ing 76 degrees

Sugar of a polarisation exceeding
-
Sugar of a polarisation not exceed-
the cwt.
and intermediate duties vary-
ing between 1 ls. 8d. and
Ss. 7d. on sugar of
a
polarisation not
exceed-
ing 98 and exceeding 76
degrees.

-

Molasses (including all sugar and
extracts
from sugar which
cannot be tested by the polari-
scope)

if containing 70 per cent. or
more of sweetening matter
the Cwt.
if' containing less than 70
per cent: and more than
50 per cent. Of sweetening
matter
the cwt.
if containing not more than
.50 per cent. of sweetening
matter
the cwt.

-

-

-

Glucose

-

Solid -
Liquid

the cwt.
the cwt.
Saccharin (including substances
of a like nature or use) the oz.

0

7

41-2-

0

0

5

3

2

74

0 8 10
0
6
4;1

-

98 deorees

ing 76 degrees

Sugar of a polarisation exceeding
the cwt.
-
Sugar of a polarisation not exceed-
the cwt.
and intermediate duties vary-
ing between 14s. and 6s. 9d.
on sugar of a polarisation
not exceeding 98 and ex-
ceeding 76 degrees.

-

Vw.. 171.

£ s. d.

4
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

6

0 14 0

0

6

9

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.
( Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Motor Cars.
14. Resolved, That in lieu of any Excise
duty now payable for motor cars there shall be

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4th April.

42
charged, both for Great Britain and Ireland, in
each year (including the year beginning the first
day of January, nineteen hundred and sixteen),
for every motor bicycle, motor tricycle, and for
every other motor car, duties at the following
rates calculated in accordance with horse-power,
the unit of horse-power for the purposes of the
duty being reckoned in accordance with reoula-
tions made by the Treasury for the purpose :

Horse Power.

Motor Cars

Not exceeding 61
Exceeding 6i and

ceeding 12

-
Exceeding 12 and

ceeding 16

Exceeding 16 and

ceeding 26

-
Exceeding 26 and

ceeding 33

Exceeding 33 and
-
Exceeding 40 and

ceeding 40

ceeding 60
Exceeding 60

Motor Cycles

Duty.

s. d.

4

6

8

4

6

8

18 18

25

4

0

0

0

0

0

31 10 0

63
126

()
0

0
0

not ex-

not ex-

-

not ex-

-

not ex-

-

not ex-

-

not ex-

2

-

0

Not exceeding 4 -
Exceeding 4

2
Three-quarters of
the duty which
would be pay-
able in the case
of a motor car.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Income Tax.

15. Resolved, That

(a) Income Tax shall be charged for the
year beginning the sixth day of April,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, at the rate
of five shillings in the pound : and that
the same Super Tax be charged for that
year as was charged for the year beginning
the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred
and fifteen ; and

(b) the like provisions shall have effect with
respect to the Income Tax so charged,
including Super Tax, and the annual
value of property, as had effect under
section ten of the Finance Act, 1915,
and Part II. of the Finance (No. 2) Act,
1915, with respect to the Income Tax
charged for the year beginning the sixth
day of April, nineteen hundred and fifteen,
and the value of property during that
year ; and

(c) it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall
have statutory effect under the provisions
of the Provisional Collection of Taxes
Act, 1913.

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Earned Income.

16. Resolved, That

(a) the relief given in respect of earned
income shall be modified so as to allow
relief only as follows, namely, relief by
way of reduction of the rate of the tax
to

1916.
if the total income does not

2s. 3d.

exceed five hundred pounds ;

2s. 6d. if the total income exceeds five
hundred pounds and does not exceed
one thousand pounds ;

if

3s.

the total income exceeds one
thousand pounds and does not exceed
one thousand five hundred pounds ;
3s. 8d. if the total income exceeds one
thousand five hundred pounds and
thousand
does
pounds ;

exceed

two

not

4s. 4d. if the total income exceeds two
thousand pounds and does not exceed
two thousand five hundred pounds ;
and

(b) it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall
have statutory effect under the provisions
of the Provisional Collection of Taxes
Act, 1913.

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Unearned Income (Graduated Relief).

17. Resolved, That

(a) the relief given by section six of the
Finance Act, 1914, shall cease, but where
the total income of an individual from all
sources does not exceed two thousand
pounds, such relief shall be given by way
of repayment as will reduce the rate of
the tax on his unearned income to-

3s. if the total income does not exceed

three hundred pounds ;

3s. 6d. if the total income exceeds three
hundred pounds and does not exceed
five hundred pounds ;

4s. if the total income exceeds five
hundred pounds and does not exceed
one thousand pounds ;

4s. 6d. if the total income exceeds one
thousand pounds and does not exceed
two thousand pounds ; and
(b) it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall
have statutory effect under the provisions
of the Provisional Collection of Taxes
Act, 1913.

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Provision as to Service in the Navy
or Army.
18. Resolved, That, for the purpose of any
relief under. the Acts relating to Income Tax,
a person shall not be deemed to have served
as a member of the naval or military forces of
the Crown unless in the. year for which relief
is claimed he has served on the active list of.
the Navy or with the colours, either out of
the British Islands or for at least one month
(Mr.
continuously in the British Islands.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Excess Profits Duty.

19. Resolved, That

(a) excess profits duty under Part III. of
the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915, shall be
charged for any accounting period ending
on or after the first day of July, nineteen
hundred and fifteen ; and

(b) excess profits duty shall be an amount
to sixty per centum, instead of
equal
fifty per centum, of the excess profits in
the case of trades or businesses which
have commenced after the fourth day of
August, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
for all accounting periods ending after

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43
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.

fourth

6 GEO. V.
day of August, nineteen
the
hundred and fifteen, and in the case
of other trades or businesses, for any
the
accounting
completion of the first year in respect of
which that trade or business has been
liable to that duty ; and

ending

period

after

(c) the excess mineral rights duty under
section forty-three of the Finance (No. 2)
Act, 1915, shall be an amount equal to
sixty per centum, instead of fifty per
centum, of the excess rent in the case of
minerals which have become subject to
a milling lease after the fourth day of
August, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
for all accounting years, and in the case
of other minerals, for any accounting
year ending after the completion of the
first accounting year.

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Excess Profits in case of Companies where
Directors have Controlling Interest.
20. Resolved, That companies or other bodies
corporate whose directors (including managers)
who are remunerated out of the funds of the
company or body corporate have a controlling
interest may be treated, for
the purposes of
excess profits duty for any accounting period
(including a past accounting period), as if they
were firms and not companies or bodies corporate.
( Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Explanatory Provisions as to Accounting
Periods and Accumulating Profits.
21. Resolved, That it is expedient to declare
(a) that any period for which the books of
a trade or business have been made up
for any purpose, so that the profits for
the period can be readily ascertained,
may be treated as an accounting period
for the purposes of excess profits duty ;
and

(b) that the profits accumulating during the
accounting period are not to be treated,
for the purposes of excess profits duty, as
accumulated profits or as capital employed
in the trade or business.
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Excess Profits Duty on Sale of Assets.
22. Resolved, That there shall be charged on
any sum by which the price given on the sale of
any asset capable of producing profits exceeds
the pre-war value of that asset a duty of sixty
per centum of the excess.(Mr. Chancellor of
the Exchequer.)

Extended Power to Borrow.
23. Resolved, That the Treasury may borrow,
for the purpose of raising any sums which they
are authorised to issue under any Consolidated
Fund Act or Appropriation Act, or for the
purpose of paying of any securities issued under
any such Act, in the same manner as they are
authorised to borrow under subsection (1) of
section one of the War Loan Act, 1915.
(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.

Vol.. 171.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

again resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

[30th March]
Report.

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 the Imperial
Committee on the Imperial Institute (Manage- Institute
ment) Bill ;

(M
Billanagement)

.

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow,

The Order of the day being read, for the Pacific Islands

Committee on the Pacific Islands Regulations Regulations
(Vill. idation)
(Validation) Bill ;

al

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Marriage

Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ;

(Scotland)
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Local

Committee on the Local Government
gency Provisions) Bill ;

timer- (Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the War Risks
Committee on the War Risks (Insurance by (Insrance by
u
Trustees)
Trustees) Bill [Lords] ;
Bill [Lords.]

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

(New
xPe

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 certain ex-
penses incurred by local or police authorities
in carrying out any arrangement in connection
with any duty payable under any Act of the
present Session to impose duties in respect of
admission to entertainments(Mr. Rea);

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by His
Majesty's Command, acquainted the House that
His Majesty, having been informed of the sub-
ject-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.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Adjournment.

the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

Arid the Question being put

was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twenty-seven minutes
after Eleven of the clock, adjourned tilt
to-morrow.

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44

5th April.

1916.

Private Bills
[Lords]
(Standing
Orders not
previously
inquired into
complied
with.)

Private Bill
Petitions
[Lords]
(Standing
Orders not
complied
with.)

Wednesday,' 5th April 1916.

PRAYERS.

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,
the
Standing Orders not previously inquired into,
which are applicable thereto, have been com-
plied with, viz. :

Weston - super - Mare Grand Pier 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 Petition
for the following Bill, originating in the Lords,
the Standing Orders have not been complied
with, viz. :

Great Central and Sheffield and District

Railways [Lords].

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the

Select Committee on Standing Orders;

Metropolitan
Electric
Tramways
Bill.

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Metropolitan Electric Tramways Bill,
as amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Plymouth and
Stonehouse
Gas Bill.

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill, as
amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Uxbridge
Gas Bill.

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Uxbridge Gas Bill, as amended in the
Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

North British
Railway
(substituted)
Bill.

Edinburgh
Corporation
Order
Confirmation
Bill.

Bill 15.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Railway

Second Reading of the North
(substituted) Bill ;

being

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Mr. 111Kinnon Wood presented a Bill
to
confirm a Provisional Order under the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899,
relating to Edinburgh Corporation : 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 13th day of this instant April ;
and to be printed.

Police
(Scotland.)

The Lord Advocate

presented, by His
Copy of Fifty-eighth
Majesty's Command,
Annual Report of His Majesty's Inspector of
Constabulary for Scotland, for the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Output of
Coal in the
United
Kingdom.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Return showing the estimated quantities of
Coal raised in the United Kingdom in each
quarter of the year 1915, compared with par -
ticulars fir the corresponding periods of 1914
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 389
of Session 1914-16).----(Mr. Buncirnan.)

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 Van Diemen's

Act for granting additional powers to the Van Land
Diemen's Land Company ;
desire the concurrence of this House.

to which the Lords C111P"Y

Bill [Lords.;

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Canada
Act for staving the winding-up of the Canada company[Lords.]
Company ; for enabling the Company to allot Bill
and issue further paid-up capital to the existing
shareholders ; for granting additional powers to
the Company ; for providing for a capital recoup-
ment fund ; for amending the Company's charter,
and for consolidating and amending the Acts
relating to the Company, and for other purposes ;
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of
this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An imperial

Act to remove doubts as to the power of the
Imperial Continental Gas Association to sell or Association
Association
dispose of portions of their undertaking ;
to Bill [Lords.]
confer various powers upon the Association, and
for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire
the concurrence of this House.

The Van Diemen's Land Company Bill [Lords] Van Diemen's

was read the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Bill [Lords.]

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Land
Company

The Canada Company Bill [Lords] was read Canada

the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Company
Bill [ Lor(14. ]

The Imperial Continental Gas Association Imperial

Bill [Lords j was read the first time.

Continental
Gas
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Association

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Bill [Lords.]

Mr. Birrell presented a Bill

to amend the Education

Education (Provision of Meals) (Ireland) Act (Provision of
1914 : And the same was ordered to be read Meals)
Bill.
a second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Bill 16.

Mr. Birrell presented a Bill to repeal certain Religious
enactments for the suppression or prohibition of Orders Relief
Roman Catholic Religious Orders, Communities.
Bill 17.
and Societies : And the same was ordered to be
read a
to be
printed.

second time to-morrow ;

and

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of
Blii-riess be not interrupted this night under the House
the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), (Goyernment
Business.)
and may be entered upon at any time though
opposed.(Mr. Secretary Bonar Law.)

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

Means.

(In the Committee.)

Amendment of Law.
Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the
Law relating to the National Debt, Customs,
and Inland Revenue (including Excise), and
to make further provision in connection with
Finance.(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

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.

5th April.

45
matches so made, and so in proportion for any
less quantity, and on a licence to be taken out
annually by a manufacturer of matches an Excise
duty of one pound.

6 GEO. V.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Chairman of W ays and Afeans 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 Coimnittee.

Ways and
Means
r4th April]
-Report.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means of the 4th day of this instant
April several Resolutions ; which were read, as
follow :

Entertain-
ments Duty.

Entertainments Duty.

1. That there shall, on and after the first day
of May, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be charged
on all payments for, admission to any entertain-
ment (including any exhibition, performance,
amusement, game, or sport) an Exeise dutyat
the following rates (namely) :-

Where the payment
does not exceed 2d.
-
exceeds 2d. and does not

A halfpenny ;

exceed 6d.

-

-

One penny ;

exceed 2s. 6d.

exceeds 6d. and does not
-
exceeds 2s. 6d.. and does
-
exceeds 5s. and does not

not exceed 5s.

-

-

Two pence ;

Three pence ;

exceed 7s. od.

-

- Six pence ;

exceeds 7 s. 6d. and does
not exceed 12s. 6d.

- One shilling ;

exceeds 12s. 6d., one shilling for the first
12s. 6d., and one shilling for every 10s.
or part of 10s. over 12s. 6d.

Railway Fare Duties.

2. That there shall be charged on railway
fares, including any payment made in respect of
travelling by railway, the following Excise
duties (namely) :-

(1) In the case of persons travelling from a
place in the United Kingdom to any place
in the British Islands-

On every fare exceeding nine pence but
not exceeding one shilling, a duty of
one penny;

On every fare exceeding one shilling, a
duty of one penny for every shilling,
and for every part of a shilling over
one shilling.

(2) In the case of persons travelling from a
place in the United Kingdom to a place
outside the British Islands, on every fare a
duty of four shillings if the fare is a first-
class fare, three shillings if the fare is a
second-class fare, and two shillings if the
fare is a third-class fare.

Matches (Customs).
3. That there shall, on and after the fifth
day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be
charged on matches imported into Great Britain
or Ireland a duty of Customs at the rate of
three shillings and six pence for every ten
thousand matches so imported, and so in pro-
portion for any less quantity.

Matches (Excise).
4. That there shall, on and after the fifth
day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be
charged on matches made in Great Britain or
Ireland an Excise duty at the rate of three
shillings and four pence for every ten thousand

Vol,. 171.

Railway
Fare Duties.

Matches
(Customs.)

Matches
(Excise.)

Table Waters, &c.

5. That there shall be charged upon table Table Waters,

(including aerated waters and other
waters
beverages) sold or supplied, or kept for sale
or supply, in Great Britain or
Ireland the
following duties of Excise (namely) :-

&c.

On table waters which contain as the result
of the ordinary process of manufacture, or
are prepared in the ordinary process of
manufacture with, sugar or other sweeten
ing, material, or which are fermented bever-
ages, a duty at the rate of four pence per
gallon ; and

On any other table water, a duty at the rate

of eight pence per gallon ;

the duty to be charged in proportion for any
less quantity than a gallon, reckoning fractions
of a farthing as a farthing in the case of the
duty of four pence, and fractions of a halfpenny
as a halfpenny in the case of the duty of eight
pence.

Machines for Aerating Waters.

6. That there shall be charged on a licence, Machines for

to be taken out annually by a person who keepS Aerating
for use any machine or mechanical contrivance
for making aerated water of any description, an
Excise duty of five guineas.

Cider and Perry.

7. That there shall be charged on any cider Cider and

or perry sold or supplied, or kept for sale or Perry.
supply, in Great Britain or Ireland a duty of
Excise at the rate of four pence per gallon, the
duty to be charged in the like manner as the
duty on table waters is charged.

CoCoa.

8. That in lieu of the duties of Customs Cocoa.

now payable on cocoa imported into Great
Britain or Ireland there shall, on and after the
fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen,
is to
be charged the following
say) :-

(that
£ s. d.
0
0
6
0 12
0
-
0
0
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

-
Cocoa
-
Cocoa husks and shells
Cocoa butter
-

the lb.
the cwt.
the lb.

duties

6

-

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Coffee.

9. That in lieu of the duties of Customs Coffee.

now payable on coffee imported into Great
Britain or Ireland there shall, on and after the
fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen,
be charged the following duties (that
to
say) :-

is

£ s. d.

Coffee (not kiln-dried, roasted, or
the cwt.
or

ground) -

(kiln-dried,

Coffee

-
roasted,
-

ground) -

0
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

the lb.

0

2

2

0

6

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

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5th April.

Chicory
(Customs.)

Chicory, &c.
(Excise.)

Chicory (Customs).

10. That in lieu of the duties of Customs
now payable on chicory imported into Great
Britain or Ireland there shall, on and after the
fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen,
(that is to
be charged the following duties
say) :
£ s.

d.

Chicory,

raw or

Chicory,

roasted

kiln - dried
the cwt.
ground
the lb.

or

1 19

8

6

0
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Chicory, &c. (Excise).
11. That in lieu of the duty of Excise now
payable on chicory there shall, on and after the
fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen,
be charged the following duty (that
to
say) :

is

Chicory,

raw or

kiln - dried
the cwt.

s.

d.

1

18

6

and so in proportion for any less quantity ;
and in lieu of
the duty of Excise now
payable on any article or substance prepared
or manufactured for the purpose of being in
imitation of, or in any respect to resemble or to
serve as a substitute for, coffee or chicory, or
on any mixture of any such article or substance
with coffee or chicory, there shall, on and after
the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and
sixteen, be charged the following duty (that is
to say) :

s. d.

For every quarter of a pound of
any such article, substance, or
mixture

-

0

0

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Sugar (Customs).
12. That in lieu of the duties of Customs now
payable on sugar imported into Great Britain
or Ireland there shall, on and after the fifth
day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be
charged the following duties

s. d.

Sugar
(Customs.)

the cwt. 0 14 0

Glucose

-
-

Solid -
Liquid

the cwt.
the cwt.
-
Saccharin (including substances
of a like nature or use) the oz.

4
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

1916.
d.

£ s.

0
0

8 102
41
6

6

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
the
statutory effect under the provisions of
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Sugar (Excise).

13. That in lieu of the duties of Excise now Sugar
payable on sugar made in Great Britain or (Excise.)
Ireland there shall, on and after the fifth day
of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be
charged the following duties :

£ s.

d.

-

98 degrees

ceeding 76 degrees -

Sugar of a polarisation exceeding
the cwt.
-
Sugar of a polarisation not ex-
the cwt,
and intermediate duties vary-
ing between lls. 8d. and
7d. on sugar of
a
5s.
exceed-
polarisation not
ing 98 and exceeding 76
degrees.

Molasses (including all sugar and
from sugar which
extracts
cannot be tested by the polari-
scope) :

if containing 70 per cent. or
more of sweetening matter
the cwt.
if containing less than 70
per cent. and more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
the cwt.
matter
if containing not more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
the cwt.
matter

-

-

-

0 11 8

O

5

7

O

7

41

O

5

31

O

2

71

O 8 101
6 4i

O

6

Glucose
Solid -
Liquid

the cwt.
the cwt.
Saccharin (including substances
of a like nature or use) the oz.

-
-

4
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

O

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
the provisions of the
statutory effect under
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

-

-

98 degrees

ing 76 degrees

Sugar of a polarisation exceeding
-
Sugar of a polarisation not exceed-
the cwt.
and intermediate duties vary-
ing between 14s. and 6s. 9d.
on sugar of a polarisation
not exceeding 98 and ex-
ceeding 76 degrees.
(including
all

sugar
and extracts from sugar which
cannot be tested by the polari-
scope)

Molasses

-

or more of
matter

if containing 70 per cent.
sweetening
the cwt.
-
if containing less than 70
per cent. and more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
the cwt.
matter
if containing not more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
matter
the cwt.

-

-

-

-

0

6

9

Motor Cars.

14. That in lieu of any Excise duty now Motor Cars.

payable for motor cars there shall be charged,
both for Great Britain and Ireland, in each
year (including the year beginning the first day
of January, nineteen hundred and sixteen), for
tricycle, and for
every motor bicycle, motor
every other motor car, duties at the following
rates calculated in accordance with horse-power,
the unit of horse-power for the purposes of the
duty being reckoned in accordance with regula-
tions mado by the Treasury for the purpose :

Horse Power.

Motor Cars

Duty.

s. d.

Not exceeding 61.
Exceeding 6i and not ex-
-

ceeding 12

4

6

4

6

0

0

0

8 101

0

6

41

0

3

11

6 GEO. V.

Horse Power.

Motor Cars

5th April.

Duty.

s.

d.

47
4s. 4d. if the total income exceeds two
not
thousand
exceed two thousand five hundred
pounds ; and

pounds

does

and

Exceeding 12 and not

ceeding 16

Exceeding 16 and not

ceeding 26

Exceeding 28 and not

ceeding 33

-

-

Exceeding 33 and not

ceeding 40

Exceeding 40 and not
-

ceeding 60
Exceeding 60
Motet, Cycles

ex-

ex-

ex-

ex-

ex-
-

8

8

18 18

25

4

31 10

63
126

0
0

-

2

2

0

0

0

0

0
0

0

Not exceeding 4
Exceeding 4

Three-quarters of
the duty which
would he pay-
able in the ease
of a motor car.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of
the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

income Tax.

15. That

Income Tax.

(a) Income Tax shall be charged for the
year beginning the sixth day of April,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, at the rate
of five shillings in the pound ; and that
the same Super Tax be charged for that
year as was charged for the year beginning
the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred
and fifteen ; and

(b) the like provisions shall have effect with
respect to the Income Tax so charged,
including Super Tax, and the annual
value of property, as had effect under
section ten of the Finance Act, 1915,
and Part H. of the Finance (No. 2) Act.
1915, with respect to the Income Tax
charged for the year beginning the sixth
day of April, nineteen hundred and fifteen,
and the value of property during that
year ; and

(c) it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall
have statutory effect under the provisions
of the Provisional Collection of Taxes
Act, 1913.

Earned Income.

16. That

(a) the relief given in respect of earned
income shall be modified so as to allow
relief only as follows, namely, relief by
way of reduction of the rate of the tax
to-

Earned
Income.

2s. 3d.

if the total income does not

exceed five hundred pounds ;

2s. 6d. if the total income exceeds five
hundred pounds and does not exceed
one thousand pounds ;

3s.

if the total income exceeds one
thousand pounds and does not exceed
one thousand five hundred pounds ;
3s. 8d. if the total income exceeds one
thousand five hundred pounds and
thousand
does
pounds ;

exceed

two

not

Vol.,. 171.

(b) it is declared that it is expedient in
the public interest that this Resolution
shall have statutory effect under the pro-
visions of the Provisional Collection of
Taxes Act, 1913.

Unearned Income (Graduated Relief).

17. That

Unearned
Income
(a) the relief given by section six of the (Graduated
Finance Act, 1914, shall cease, but where Relief.)
the total income of an individual from all
sources does not exceed two thousand
pounds, such relief shall be given by way
of repayment as will reduce the rate of
the tax on his unearned income to-

3s. if the total income does not exceed

three hundred pounds;

3s. 6d. if the total income exceeds three
hundred pounds and does not exceed
five hundred pounds ;

4s.

if the total income exceeds five
hundred pounds and does not exceed
one thousand pounds ;

4s. 6d. if the total income exceeds one
thousand pounds and does not exceed
two thousand pounds ; and

(b) it is declared that it is expedient in
the public interest that this Resolution
shall have statutory effect under the pro-
visions of the Provisional Collection of
Taxes Act, 1913.

Provision as-to Service in the Navy or
Army.

18. That, for the purpose of any relief under Provision as
the Acts relating to Income Tax, a person shall to Service in
not be deemed to have served as a member of the Nary or
the naval or military forces of the Crown unless
in the year for which relief is claimed he has
served on the active list of the Navy or with the
colours, either out of the British Islands or for
at least one month continuously in the British
Islands.

Excess Profits Duty.

19. That

(a) excess profits duty under Part III. of
the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915, shall be
charged for any accounting period ending
on or after the first day of July, nineteen
hundred and fifteen ; and

Excess Profits,
Duty.

(b) excess profits duty shall be an amount
equal to sixty per centum, instead of
fifty per centum, of the excess profits in
the case of trades or businesses which
have commenced after the fourth day of
August, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
for all accounting periods ending after
the fourth day of August, nineteen
hundred and fifteen, and in the case of
any
trades
other
the
accounting period
completion of the first year in respect
of which that trade or business has been
liable to that duty ; and

businesses,
ending

for
after

or

(c) the excess mineral rights duty under
section forty-three of the Finance (No. 2)
Act, 1915, shall be an amount equal to
sixty per centum, instead of fifty per
centum, of the excess rent in the case of
minerals which have become subject to a
mining lease after the fourth day of

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48

August, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
for all accounting years, and in the case
of other minerals, for any accounting year
ending after the completion of the first
accounting year.

Excess Profits in case of Companies where
Directors have Controlling Interest.
20. That companies or other bodies corporate
whose directors (including managers) who are
remunerated out of the funds of the company
or body corporate have a controlling interest
may be treated, for the purposes of
excess
profits duty for any accounting period (including
a past accounting period), as if they were firms
and not companies or bodies corporate.

Explanatory Provisions as to Accounting
Periods and Accumulating Profits.

21. That it is expedient to declare

(a) that any period for which the books
of a trade or business have been made
Up for any purpose, so that the profits
for the period can be readily ascertained,
may be treated as an accounting period
for the purposes of excess profits duty ;
and

(b) that the profits accumulating during
the accounting period are not
to be
treated, for the purposes of excess profits
duty, as accumulated profits or as capital
employed in the trade or business.
ExCess Profits Duty on Sale of Assets.
22. That there shall be charged on any sum
by which the price given on the sale of any
asset capable of producing profits exceeds the
pre-war value of that asset a duty of sixty per
centum of the excess.

Extended Power to Borrow:
23. That the Treasury may borrow, for the
Firpose of raising any sums which they are
authorised to issue under any Consolidated
Fund Act or Appropriation Act, or for the
purpose of paying off any securities issued
under any such Act, in the same manner as
they are authorised to borrow under sub-
section (1) of section one of the War Loan
Act, 1915.

The first seven Resolutions, being read a

second time, were agreed to.

Ordered, That. a Bill be bropght in upon the
said Resolutions : And that the Chairman of
Ways and Means, Mr. Chancellor of
the
Exchequer, and Mr. Montagu do prepare and
bring it in.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly
presented a Bill to impose Duties in respect of
admission to Entertainments, Railway Fares,
Matches, Table Waters and other beverages,
and Cider, and for purposes connected therewith :
And the same wag read the first time, and
ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

Excess Profits
in case of
Companies
where
Directors have
Controlling
Interest.

Explanatory
Provisions
as to
Accounting
Periods and
Accumulating
Profits.

Excess Profits
Duty on Sale
of Assets.

Extended
Power to
Borrow.

Finance
(New Duties.)

Finance
(New Duties)
Bill.
. Bill 18.

Ways and
Means
[4th April]
Report.

Ordered; That the Eighth and subsequent
Resolutions, which were reported from the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means this day, be taken
into further consideration to-morrow.

5th April.

1916.
of certain Expenses incurred by local or police
authorities in carrying out any arrangement in
connection with any duty payable under any
Act of the present Session to impose duties in
respect of admission to entertainments.(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.

The Order of the day being read, for the Pacific Islands

Committee on the PacifiC Islands Regulations Regulations
(
(Validation) Bill ;
BillValidation)

.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriage
into a Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) (Scoll. tland)
Bill.

Bi

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 5 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 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 War Risks
Committee on the War Risks (Insurance by Trustees)
Trustees) Bill [Lords] ;

(Insurance by

Bill [Lords.]

Resolved, That, thiS House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said COmmittee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Imperial
institute
m
(Manage
nt
Bill.
Resolved, That this House will, to- morrow,

the Imperial Institute (Manage-

e
iB tt
lel ;on
i

m
)

Meoe

Bement)

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Local G-evernment (Emer-
gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Local
Government
( Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

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 Conimittee.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of r3
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

March]

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Finance
(New Duties)
[Expenses.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on Finance (New Duties)
[Expenses].

(In the Committee.)

Ordered, That so much of the Lords' Message Consolidation

of the 30th day of March last as relates to the Bills.
appointment of a Joint Committee to consider
. all Consolidation Bills of the present Session be
now taken into consideration.

Resolved; That it is expedient to authorise the
payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament,

The House accordingly proceeded to take the

said Messao-e into consideration.

5th--6th April.

49
furnished to the Chief Secretary to the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland.

6 GEO. V.

Ordered, That a Select Committee of Five
Members be appointed to join with a Committee
appointed by the Lords, as mentioned in their
Lordships' Message'of the 30th day of March
last, to consider all Consolidation Bills of the
present Session.--(Mr. Gulland.)

Ordered, That a Message be sent to.the Lords
to acquaint them therewith : And that the Clerk
do carry the said Message.

Mr. Nield, Mr. John O'Connor, Mr. RadArd,
Mr. Charles Roberts, and Mr. Solicitor General
were nominated Members of the Select Com-
mittee.

Ordered, That Three be the quorum of the

Committee.(Mr. Gulland.)

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do -now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Order of
the House of the 22nd day of February
last, it being-then eighteen-minutes before
Ten of the clock; till to-morrow.

l'hursclwy,, 6th April 1 916.

PRAYERS.
THE Order of the day being read, for the
the North British

Second Reading of

Railway (substituted) Bill:;

North British
hallway
(substituted)
Bill.

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

Local
Government
(Ireland)
Provisional
Order
(No. 1) Bill.
Bill 19.

Mr. Birrell presented a, Bill

to confirm a
Provisional Order of the Local Government
Board for Ireland relating to the City of Dublin :
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.

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

Public
Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His
Examination
of Mails
Majesty's Command,Copy of Memorandum
(Miscellaneous, presented by His Majesty's Government and
No. 9, 1916.)
the French Government to Neutral Govern-
ments regarding the examination of Parcels and
Letter Mails.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Pensions
(Governors of
Dominions,
&c.) Act,
1911.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, pursuant
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Return of Pensions granted to Gover-
nors of Dominions, &c. between 16th July 1914
and 19th January 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Militia Act,
1882 (Deputy
Lieutenants)
(Ireland.)

Mr. Birrell presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Return of
the several descriptions of qualifications under
the Militia Act, 1882, lodged with the Clerk of
General Meetings of Lieutenancy in Ireland by
Deputy Lieutenants during the year 1915, as

Vol.,. 171.

Copy Of Rules and Sehedule containing the Intermediate

Programme of ExaMinations relative to Inter Education
( re an .)
mediate Education (Ireland) for 1917.

No. 53.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to Inter-
mediate Education (Ireland) be printed.

Mr. Runciman presented,Return to an Order, Output of Coal
dated the 5th day of' this instant April, for a in the United
Return relative to the Output of Coal in the Kingdom.
United Kingdom.

No. 54.

Mr. Runciman also presented, pursuant to the Trading with

directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of thAe Ee
List of Persons, Firms, and Companies as .to 1,emt, 1- 916.
whom orders have been made under Section 1
(1) of the Trading with the Enemy ( Amend
ment) Act, 1916. '

)

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and that the said Return be printed.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported South
Metrop
Gas Bilollit

from the Committee on the South Metropolitan
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, to
be true ; and had gone through the Bill and made
Amendments thereunto.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported

the Colonial Bank Bill,. without Amendment.

Colonial Bank
Bill.

-Ordered, That `the Report :do lie upon the
Table.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the 'third time.

Ordered, That the proceedings on the Motion Business of
relating to Members' Salaries and Allowances the House
have precedence this day of the Business of (Supply').
Supply.(The Prime Minister.)

and
Allowances

A Motion was made, and the Question being Members'

not

shall

receive

a Salary

proposed, That a Member of the House of Sa l
Commons
and
allowance as a Member of the House and,, in
addition, full Pay as a Meriaber of His _Majesty's
Naval or Military Forces for the same period ;
and that in such a case a Member shall be
entitled to elect whether he receives his salary
and allowance as a Member of the House or
his pay as a Member of His Majesty's Naval
or Military Forces(Mr. Chancellor of the
Exchequer);

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Question, in 1. 3, by leaving out from the
word " House " to the end of the Question.
(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

And the Question being put, That the words
left out stand part of the

proposed to he
Question ;

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the Mr. Gulla/zd,

Yeas,

I Lord Edmund Talbot :
Tellers for the Sir Frederich Banbury,

'

Noes,

I Mr. Rawlinson:

247'

32.

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

again pro-

posed ;

61h-lOth April.

1916.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

50

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof
the words " or his salary as a holder of any office
paid out of public funds."(Colonel Craig.)

And the Question being propcsed, That those

words be there added ;

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the said proposed Amendment, by inserting,
after the word "public," the words " or civic.".
(Mr. Ashley.)

And the Question being proposed, That the
words " or civic" be there inserted in the said
proposed Amendment :The Amendment to the
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the
House, withdrawn.

And the said proposed Amendment

and
Motion were severally, with leave of the House,
withdrawn.

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.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

War Risks
(insurance by
Trustees)
Bill [Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the War Risks (Insurance by
Trustees) Bill [Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Pacific Islands
Regulations
(Validation)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Pacific Islands Regulations
(Validation) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Imperial
Institute
(Management)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Imperial Institute (M anage-
ment ) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Local Government (Emer-
gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

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

d) Bill. Meals) (Ireland) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Ways and
Means
[5th April]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Ways and
Means of the 5th day of this instant April ;

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 ;

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Finance (New Duties)
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

Finance
(New Duties)
Bill.

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Eighth and subsequent
Resolutions which, upon the 5th day of this
instant April, were reported from the Committee
of Ways and Means of the 4th day of this
instant April ;

Ordered, That ti t. said Resolutions be taken

into further consideration upon Monday next.

Ways and
Means
[4th April]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee on Finance
(New Duties) [Expenses] ;

Finance
(New Duties)
[Expenses.]

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Speaker
adjourned the House without Question
put, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last, it being
then three minutes after Eight of the
clock, till Monday next, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last.

Monday, 10th April 1916.

PRAYERS.

MR. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Private Bills
1/l from one of the Examiners of Petitions [Lords]
for Private Bills, That in the case of the follow- Irtci,envds
not
ing Bills, originating in the Lords, and referred previously
ed
on the First Reading thereof,
coqumpied
Orders not previously inquired into, which are with.)
applicable thereto, have been complied with,
viz.:

the Standing in

lir

into

Canada Company Bill [Lords].
Van Diemen's Land Company Bill [Lords].
Imperial Continental Gas Association 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 (octdae
Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, the applicable
Standing Orders which are applicable thereto com
plied
have been complied with, viz. :

twl7trbe:

snrds

Electric Lighting Provisional Order Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill be real a second. time

to-morrow.

The Metropolitan Electric Tramways Bill Metropolitan

was, according -to Order, read the third time Electric
and passed.

Tramways

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

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10th April.

1

Plymouth and
Stonehouse
Gas Bill.

The Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas 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.

Uxbridge
Gas Bill.

The Uxbridge Gas Bill was, according to

Order, read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Rill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Wakefield
Corporation
Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Wakefield Corpora-
tion Bill, as amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Weston-super-
Mare Grand
Pier Bill
r,.Lords.]
Surrey County
(North
Eastern or
Wimbledon
Division)
Writ.

Public
Petitions,
Vide First
Report.
Shops Act,
1912.

Greek Loan
of 1898.

Egyptian
Guaranteed
Loan of 1885.

The Weston - super - Mare Grand Pier Bill
[Lords] was read a second time, and committed.

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 Surrey (North Eastern or Wimbledon Divi-
sion), in the room of the Right Honourable
Henry Chaplin, who, since his Election for the
said county, hath accepted the Office of Steward
or Bailiff of His Majesty's Three Chiltern Hun-
dreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Burnham, in
the County of Buckingham. (Mr. Bridgeman.)

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant, to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,--Copy of
Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by the
Council of the undermentioned Local Authority,
and confirmed, with amendment, by the Secretary
of State for the Home Department :
Urban District of Rhondda.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the

directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Account of the Greek Loan of 1898, up to
31st March 1916.

Account of the Egyptian Guaranteed Loan of

1885, up to the 31st March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Irish
Universities
Act, 1908.

No. 55.

Mr. Birrell presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of
Statute 1V. for University College, Dublin,
made under the Irish Universities Act, 1908.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

East India
(Trade.)

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Review of the
Trade of India in 1914-15.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

University of
Edinburgh.

University of
Edinburgh.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to the
'directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Annual Statistical Report by the University
Court of the University of Edinburgh for the
year ended 30th September 1915.

Copy of Report on the state of the Finances
of the University of Edinburgh, made by the
the year ended, 31st
University Court,
August 1915.
VoL. 171.

for

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- Thames
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon conservancy.
the Table by the Clerk of the House :-- General No. 56.
Report of the proceedings of the Conservators
of the River Thames during the year 1915, with
a Statement of the Accounts of the Conservators
for that year.

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on
Finance (New Duties) [Expenses] a Resolution ;
which was read, as followeth :

Finance
(New Duties)
[Expenses.]

That it is expedient to authorise the payment,
out of moneys provided by Parliament, of certain
Expenses incurred by local or police authorities
in carrying out any arrangement in connection
with any duty payable under any Act of the
present Session to impose duties in respect of
admission to entertainments.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

The Finance (New Duties) Billw as, according Finance

to Order, read a second time, and committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.

(N e w Duties)
Bill'

The Order of the day being read, for the Imperial
Committee on the Imperial Institute (Manage- Institute
merit) Bill ;

='

(Management)
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Pacific Islands

Committee on the Pacific islands Regulations Regulations
(Validation)
(Validation') Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the War Risks

Committee on the 'War Risks (Insurance by (In
Trustees) Bill [Lords] ;

nsura

e by

Bill [Lords.]

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee,

The Order of the day being read, for the Local

Committee on the Local Government (Emer- Government
(Emergency
gency Provisions) Bill ;
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill*

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 Ways and

.

into consideration the Eighth and subsequent Means
i
Resolutions which, upon the 5th day of this
instant. April, were reported from the Committee eB°
of Ways and Means of the 4th day of.this instant
April ;

nAstpril]

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken

into further consideration to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Ways and

the Report from the Committee of Ways and Means
5th April]
Means of the 5th day of this instant April ;
Re[port.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

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10th-11th April.

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
r 30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Education
(Provision of
Meals)
(Ireland)
Bill.

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

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the -day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

North British
Railway
(substituted)
Bill.

Adjournment.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the North British Railway
(substituted) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time
to- morrow, at a quarter of an hour after Eight
of the clock.

to the
. Whereupon Mr. :Speaker, pursuant
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put : It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Tuesday, 11th April 1916.

PRA YERS.

Colonial Bank A VERBAL Amendment was made to the
Bill.

Colonial Bank Bill.

The Bill was read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Electric
Lighting
Provisional
Order Bill.

The Electric Lighting Provisional Order Bill
was, according to Order, read- a second time,
and committed.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his
Queen's
County (Ossory Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland,
Division)
to make out a new Writ for the electing of a
Writ.
Member to serve in this present Parliament for
Queen's County (Ossory Division), in the room
of William Delany, Esquire, deceased.(Mr.
Patrick O'Brien.)

National
Gallery
(Ireland.)

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Report of the Director of
Ireland for the year
the National Gallery of
1915.

Ordered; That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Colonial
Probates Act,

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Order in Council, dated 30th March

1916.
1916, under the Colonial Probates Act, 1892,
applying the Act to Sierra Leone.
Copy of Order in Council under the Naval Naval and
and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, dated Mne
Marine Pay
30th March 1916, relative to. the Royal Naval Act, 18751.ons
Air Service.

Copy of Order in Council under the Foreign Foreign
Jurisdiction Act, 1890, dated 30th March-1916, Jurisdiction
Act, 1890.
relative to various Protectorates.

Copies of Three Orders in Council under the Foreign

Foreign Jurisdiction. Acts,
dated 30th March 1916, applying the Colonial and
Probates A ct, 1892, and the Colonial Prisoners
Removal Act, 1869, to various Colonies.

1890

1913,

and

Juris diionct
Aldcts,i9118930,

he i.
Copy of Order in Council under the Merchant Merchant
Shipping Act, 1894, and the Merchant Shipping Shipping
(Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898, relative me;,:and
to Light Dues.

Shipping
(Mercantile

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Marine Fnri4

Act, 1898.

Table.

Mr. Birrell presented, pursuant to the direc- munitions
tions of an Act of Parliament, -- Copy of Tribunals
Munitions Tribunals (Appeal) Rules (Ireland),
1916, dated 6th March 1916.

1

1
(Ireland),1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 agreed to the Army (Annual)

Bill, without any Amendment.

Mr. Montagu, supported by Mr. Hayes Fisher,
presented a Bill to facilitate the investment of
Savings in securities issued for the purpose of
the present War by means of the establishment
of Municipal- Savings Banks : And the same was
ordered to- be read a second time to-morrow ;-
and to be printed.

Message from
the Lords.

Army
(Animal) Bill.

Municipal
Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
Bill.

Bill 20.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Imperial
into a Committee on the Imperial Institute institute
( M an age ment) Bill..

(Management)

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
Schedule.
Amendment proposed, in p...3, 1. 5, to leave
out the word " two," in order to insert the word
"four." (Sir J. D. Rees.)

Question proposed, That the word " two "
stand part of the Schedule :--Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 16,
after the word "fourteen," to add the words "-of
whom one shall he a member of the Governing
Body of the Imperial College of Technology
and one a member of the-Senate of the University
ofLondon."(Sir Philip Magnus.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added : -- 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.

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llth
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Pacific Islands
Regulations
(Validation)
Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolVed itself
into a Committee on the Pacific Islands Regula-
,tions (Validation) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 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.

War Risks
(insurance by
Trustees)
Bill [Lords.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the War Risks (Insurance
by Trustees) 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.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the. Local. .Government
(Emergency Provisions) Bill..

(In\ the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Payment to officers, &c. of local

authorities in naval or military service).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 16, to leave
out the words " the amount of his naval or
military.pay and allowances," in order to insert
the words

" (i) in the case of a married man, the amount
of his naval or military allowances and the
amount of the compulsory deductions from

(ii) in the case of an unmarried man; the
amount of his naval or, military pay."

(Sir John Harmood-Banner.)

Question proposed, That the words " the
part of

amount of" stand
_Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

the Clause :

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1; 1. 16,
the words
in respect of."

the word " of," to insert

after,
" seven shillings
(Mr. Albion Richard-son.)

a week

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 19,
the words

the word " of;" to insert

after
" notification of.",--(Mr. Barnes.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

VoL. 171.

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An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed; in. p. 1, 1.'21,
to leave out the words " previously paid to hith,
her, or them," in order to insert the words "paid
to him during his civil employment by such local
authority."(Mr. Albion Richardson.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause,, put, and agreed to.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 26,
to leave out the ,words " up to the date of the
this Act." (Sir William Ryland
passing of
Adkins.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
left out stand part of the Clause. :

to be
Amendment, by leave,. withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 28,
at the end, to insert the words "Provided further,
that nothing in this subsection shall be construed
as restricting the application of this section."7-
( M r. King.)

Question proposed, That those words .be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 31,

at the end, to add the words

" (4) Where any local :authOrity has adopted
a scale of payments for its officers And servants
serving in or with His Majesty's forces, in
accordance with or not exceeding the scale of
payments laid down for officers and servants
of His Majesty's, Civil Service so serving, it
shall not
any such , local
authority to obtain the sanction of the Local
Government Board as required by this, section,
and any payments made in accordance with
such scale shall be deemed to . be and to have
been lawfully made."(Mr. Percy Harris.),.

be necessary for

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :

the

proposed
the end,'

Amendment
Amendment, at

to
proposed
to add the words
Provided that if the scale of payments laid
down for officers and servants of His Majesty's
Civil Service shall be changed, the scale adopted
by a local authority shall' also be changed, to
accord with the Civil Service scale."(Mr.
Hayes Fisher.)

Question proposed, That those words be there
added to the proposed Amendment:Amend-
ment to the proposed Amendment; by
withdrawn.

.

.

Proposed words there added.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 amended,' and agreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Reckoning service for super-

annuation).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 2, after the
the' words''" or on

word " forces," to insert
munition or other work for the Government."
( Mr. Albion Richardson.)'

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 4 (Allowances to persons appointed

as temporary substitute).

Amendment proposed.; in p. 3,

]. 24,- after
" 1896," to insert the words "or any other
Superannuation Act or scheme."(Mr. Albion
Richardson.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

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191(
Proposed Amendment amended, in 1. 3, by
leaving out the words " (including a metro-
politan borough) ."( M r. flaiyes Fisher.)

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Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 5 (Provisions as to notification of

diseases).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 38, after the
word " shall," to insert the words " in the case
of measles."( Sir Philip Magnus.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 14,
after the word "shilling," to insert the words
" and no more."=(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted --Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No.
6

(Use of

local

authority's

premises and officers for military purposes).

Amendment proposed, in p. 4,1. 17, to leave
out from the beginning of the Clause to the
word " the," in 1. 18.(Sir John Harmood-
Banner.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No.
7
Asylums Board):

(Expenses of Metropolitan

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 39, at the
end, to add the words " Provided that
the
masters of the bench, treasurer, governors, or
other body or persons having the chief control or
authority of the Inner Temple, Middle Temple,
Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn, shall contribute
annually to the managers of the Metropolitan
the Local
Asylums District
Government Board may certify to be equal to
the sum properly applicable to the expenses of
the said managers out of the sums contributed
by the authorities aforesaid to the Metropolitan
Common Poor Fund for the year ending on the
thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and
fifteen."(Mr. Percy Harris.)

such sums as

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 8 agreed to.
Clause No. 9 (Calculation of amounts payable

in respect of pauper lunatics).

Amendment proposed, in P. 5, 1. 16, to leave
out the words " the London," in order to insert
the word " a."(Mr. Jonathan Samuel.)

Question proposed, That

the words " the
London " stand part of the Clause :A mend-
ment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause disagreed to.
Clauses No. 10 to No. 12 agreed to.
Clause No. 13 amended, and agreed to.
Clauses No. 14 to No. 16 agreed to.
Clause No. 17 (Amendment of 5 & 6 Geo. 5,

c. 76, s. 1).

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 9, at the end,

to add the words

" (2) The Elections and Registration Act,
1915, shall be deemed to have had effect so as
to extend by one year in all cases the term of
office of an alderman of a municipal borough
a metropolitan borough)."(Mr.
(including
Montague Barlow.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added:

Proposed words, as amended, there added.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 18 (Sanction of expenditure under

6 Geo. 5, c. 4).

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 21, to leave

out the words " not as such. " (Mr.

(Mr. Teuton.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :

to be left out stand part
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

of

Amendments Made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 7,
at the end, to insert the words "The expression
dependants,' when used in relation to an officer
or servant of a local authority, includes such
persons as the local authority shall ascertain to
be wholly or in part dependent, or to have been
wholly or in part dependent, as the case may
be; upon the earnings of the officer or servant."
(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 11,
at the end, to add the words " Except the
expression
requires,
context otherwise
soldier' includes every person who is subject
to military law, and the expression
sailor '
includes every person who is subject to the
Naval Discipline Act."--(Mr. King.)

the

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 19 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 20 (Application to Scotland),
An Amendment made.
And it being a quarter of an hour after Eight
of the clock, and there being Private Business
of Ways
set down by direction of the
and Means under Standing Order No. 8, further
proceeding was postponed without Question put.

being

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

The North British Railway (substituted) Bill North British

was, according to Order, read a second time ; Railway
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Bilbstituted)
Private Bills.

(su

l.

The House again resolved itself into a Com- Local

again

Government (Emergency

mittee on the
Provisions) Bill.

Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Postponed Clause No.

agreed to.

20,

as

amended,

Clause No. 21 amended, and agreed to.
A Clause (Sanction of expenditure under
6 Geo. 5, c. 4)(Mr. Hayes Fisher)brought
up, and read the first and second time, and added
to the Bill.

Another Clause (Calculation of amounts pay-
able in respect of pauper lunatics)(Mr. Percy
Harris)brought up, and read the first and
second time, and added to the Bill.
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
taken into consideration to-

Committee, be
morrow.

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55
'Districts Joint Small-pox Hospital District, and
the District of the Wath and Bolton Gas Board :
And the same was read the first time.

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Finance
(New Duties)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Finance (New Duties) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Ways and
Means.

Ways and
Means
[4th April]
Report.

Ways and
Means
[5th*A pril]
Repoi t.

Supply.

The Order of the clay 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 taking
into consideration the Eighth and subsequent
Resolutions which, upon the 5th day of this
instant April, were reported from the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means of the 4th day of
this instant April ;

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken

intointo turtner consideration to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Ways and
Means of the 5th day of this instant April;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

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 receiving
Supply
[30th March] the Report from the Conimittee of Supply of
Report.

the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Education
(Provision of
Meals)
(Ireland) Bill.

The Education (Provision of Meals) (Ireland)
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.
(Mr. George Roberts.)

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Wednesday, 12th April 1916.

PRAYERS.

South
Metropolitan
Gas Bill.

rIIHE House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the South Metropolitan Gas Bill, as

amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Local
Government

Orders
(No.2) Bill.
Bill 22.

Mr. Hayes Fisher, supported by Mr. Long,
presented a Bill to confirm certain Provisional
'Orders of the Local Government Board relating'
to Margate, Newbury, Totnes, the Middlesex

Vol- 171.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and
be printed.

Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His Prisoners of
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report by the WYt:ntb g
Government Committee on the treatment by Camp er-
the enemy of British Prisoners of War, regarding (mot.
the conditions obtaining at Wittenberg Camp No.
during the Typhus epidemic of 1915.

10,

o.

(Miscellaneous

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His Colonial
Reports
Majesty's Command,--Copy of Colonial Report, (Annual.)
No. 880 ( Saint Lucia, Report for 1914-15).

Ordered,. That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to Shops Act,

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of 1912.
Order made by the Secretary for Scotland under
the Shops Act, 1912, affecting certain classes of
Shops in the Burgh of Huntly.

Ordered, Thai the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered; That the Local Government (Emer-
gency Provisions) Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be printed.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Bill 21.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Finance
into a Committee on the Finance (New Duties) (New Duties)

ill.
Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Duty on payment for admission

to entertainments).

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1.14, to
leave out the word " May," in order to insert
the word " September."(Mr. Hogge.)

Question, That the word "May " stand part of

the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 17,
after the first word " duty," to insert the words
" of five per cent. on the total receipts of such
entertainment."(Mr. Fell.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, to leave

out Is. 20 and 21.( Mr. John O'Connor.)

Question, That the words " does not exceed "

stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 20,
to leave out the word " 2d.," in order to insert
the words "

',McCallum Scott.)

Question, That the word
the Clause, put, and agreed to.

2d." stand part of

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 20,
to leave out the words " A halfpenny," in order
the words " One farthing."(Mr.
to
Salter.)

insert

Question, That the words " A halfpenny "

stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

B. 4

12th. April.

1916.
. Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :
to be left out stand part of
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1._13,
to leave out the word " of," in order to insert
the words
" not exceeding."( Sir Richard
Cooper.)

Question proposed, That the word "of ".stand
part of the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 30,
to leave out the words " or to any entertainment
during a certain period of time."(Mr. Hogge.)
Question proposed, That the words proposed
to he left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 8, to
leave out from the beginning to the end of 1, 14.
(Mr. Hogue.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :

to be left out stand part of
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause .No. 2 (Supplemental provisions as to

entertainments duty).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 31, to leave

out paragraph (c).(Mr. Hogge.)

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, I. 15,

to leave out subsection (4).( Mr. Hogge.)

Question proposed, That the words' proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 32,
to leave out the word " Administrative (Sir
Frederick Banbury.)

Question propoSed, That the word " Adminis-
trative" stand part of the Clause :--Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Duties on railway fares).
Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 12, after the
word '" persons," to insert the words " other than
commercial travellers."(Mr. Butcher.)

Question propoSect, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause disagreed to.
Clause No. '4 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 5 (Duties on table waters).
Motion made, and Question proposed; That
the Clause be postponed(Sir John, Ili' Cullum) :
Motion; by leave, withdrawn.

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 20, to leave
out from the word " gallon " to the end of
subsection (1).(Mr. Glyn-Jones.)

Question. proposed, That the words proposedto
be left out, to the word " waters," in 1. 21, stand
part of the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 21,
after the word " waters," to insert the words
" made with gas."(Mr. Glyn-Jones.)

Question proposed,. That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 24,
to leave out from the word " waters " to the end
of subsection (2). (Mr. Glyn-Jones.)

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 6 (Duty on cider).
Amendment prOpesed, imp; 7; 1. -31, after the
word " sale," to insert the words " by retail."
(M r. Pennefather.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7,

to leave out the words " four pence," in order to
insert the-words "two pence.",--(Mr. King.)

.

QuestionThat the words " four pence " stand

part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Clause agreed to.
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman 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 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 Municipal
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan
(War Loan Investment) Bill ;
Investment)

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill.

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Local

into consideration the Local Government (Emer- Government
rgency
gency Provisions) Bill,
as
amended in the (PEroveioloas)
Committee ;

,

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration to-morrow.

The Order of the- day being read, for

Committee of Ways and Means ;

the Ways and
Means.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read,-for taking Ways and

into consideration the Eighth and subseqUent 4th sa
Resolutions which, upon the. 5th day of this
instant April, were reported from the CoM-
mittee of Ways and Means of the 4th day of
this instant April ;.

iletporAtlail

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken

into further consideration to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Ways and

the Report from the Committee of Ways and MeansA
Means of the 5th day of this instant April ;
ort.

th
Rep

pril]

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 Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [30th
the 30th day of March last ;

ReportMarch]

.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

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12th-13th April.

Education
(Provision of
Meals)
(Ireland) Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Education (Provision
of Meals) (Ireland) 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.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Adjournment.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock, Mr. Deputy Speaker adjourned
the House without Question put, pur-
suant to the Standing Order, it being
then one minute before Twelve of the
clock, till to-morrow.

Thursday, 13th April 1916.

Wakefield
Corporation
Bill.

PRAYERS.
THE Wakefield Corporation Bill was read

the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Edinburgh
Corporation
Order
Confirmation
Bill.

The Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirma-
tion Bill was, according to Order, read a second
time, and ordered to be taken into consideration
upon Monday next.

Public
Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions
Act, 1865.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order in Council under the Naval and Marine
Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, dated 12th April
1916, approving a Memorial of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Trading with
Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His
the Enemy Majesty's Command,Copy of Correspondence
(Miscellaneous,
11, 1916.)s, with the United States Ambassador respecting
the Trading with the Enemy (Extension of
Powers) Act, 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Public
Records.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command, Copy of the Seventy-
seventh Report of the Deputy Keeper of the
Public Records.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

VOL. 171.

57
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 Rules of the Supreme Court, dated

10th April 1916.

Court

(Rules.)

Copy of Indictment (Criminal Informations Indictment

and Inquisitions) Rules, 1916, dated 10th April Rules.
1916, under the Indictments Act, 1915, made by
the Rule Committee established under the Act.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported SwanseaHour

the Swansea Harbour Bill [Lords], with Amend- Bi
ments.

[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Folkestone

from the Committee on the Folkestone Gas Bill ; Gas Bill.
That they had examined the allegations contained
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the
same verbally and by shortening the recitals,
and found the same, as amended, to be true ;
and had gone through the Bill and made Amend-.
ments thereunto.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

The Deputy Chairman reported the Burnley Burnley

Corporation Bill [Lords], with Amendments.

Corporation
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Bill [Lords.]

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Runciman, supported by Mr. Pretyman, Output of Beer

presented a Bill to put temporary restrictions (Restriction)
on the Output of Beer : And the same was
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday
next ; and to be printed.

Bill 23.
B

Ordered, That the other Government Business Business of
have precedence this day of the Business of the House
(Supply.)
Supply.--(The Prime Minister.)

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Finance
into a Committee on the Finance (New Duties) (New Duties)
Bill.

ill.

B

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 7 (Regulations to be laid before

Parliament).

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 10, to
leave out the words " or cider."(Mr. Penne-
father.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :

to be left out stand part of
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, I. 19, to
leave out the words " an Excise penalty of,"
in order to insert the words " a fine not exceed-
ing."( Captain Clive.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 8 disagreed to.
Clauses No. 9 and 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
Committee, be taken into consideration upon
Monday next ; and be printed.

Bill 24.

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13th--17th April.

1916.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Municipal
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
Bill.

(War Loan Investment) Bill

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Ways and
Means.

Ways anti
Mean s
(4th Aprils
Rep or c.

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Local Government (Emergency Pro-
visions) Bill, as amended in the Committee.
And Amendments were made to the Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be re-
committed to a Committee of the whole House
in respect of an Amendment to Clause 1 dealing
with excess payments, and in respect of a new
Clause (Powers of
in
connection with the storage of furniture).(Mr.
James Hope.)

sanitary authorities

The House immediately resolved itself into the

Committee.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 amended, and agreed to.
A Clause (Power of sanitary authorities in
connection with the storage of furniture) (Mr.
Samuel Roberts) brought up, and read the first
and second time, and added to the Bill.
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
made Amendments thereunto.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended on re-
committal, 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 carrythe Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

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 taking
into consideration the Eighth and subsequent
Resolutions which, upon the 5th day of this
instant April, were reported from the Committee
of Ways and Means of the 4th day of this instant
April ;

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken

into further consideration upon Monday next.

Ways and
Means
[5th April]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Ways and
Means of the 5th day of this instant. April ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
3otR[h marchi
eport,

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

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 propose that the Joint Committee Consolidation

appointed to consider all Consolidation Bills of Bills'
in Committee
the present Session do meet
Room A on Tuesday the 9th day of May next,
at half' an hour after Three of the clock.

The House accordingly proceeded to take

the said Message into consideration.

Ordered, That the Committee of this House
do meet the Lords' Committee, as proposed by
their Lordships.(Mr. Outland.)

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords
to acquaint them therewith : And that the Clerk
do carry the said Message.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twenty-one minutes after
Six of the clock, adjourned till Monday
next, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last.

Monday, 17th April 1916.

THE House being met, the Clerk at the Table
informed the House of the unavoidable
absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting :
Whereupon Mr. Whitley, the Chairman of
Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and,
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, Prayers.
pursuant to the Standing Order.

Absence.

eSnpeeeaker's

Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table, Private Bills

Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions (Standing
for Private Bills, That in the case of the follow-
ino. Bill, referred on the Second Reading thereof, inquired into
the Standing Orders not previously inquired
into, which are applicable thereto, have been with')
complied with, viz. :

complied

pOrreclveiros

North British Railway (substituted) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed.

Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table, Provisional
Order Bills

Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions
for Private Bills, That in the case of the follow- ((iirod:r ding
ing Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, applicable.)
no Standing Orders are applicable, viz. :

Local Government (Ireland) . Provisional

Order (No. 1) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The South Metropolitan Gas Bill was read South

the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Metropolitan
Gas Bill.

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 House proceeded to take into considera- Saint John's
rc
h
u
Ch
on the Saint John's Church, Kingston-upon- K
H
st
g
in
o,n-
Hull, Bill, as amended in the Committee.
upon-Hull,

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill'

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59

read Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc- Companies
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy of t
Account showing Receipts and Expenditure 1908.
on account of proceedings in connection with No. 59.
the winding-up of Companies under the Com-
panies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, during the
year ending 31st March 1916.

(iCoonn)sA ol

Canada
Company
Bill [Lords.]

Imperial
Continental
Gas
Association
Bill [Lords.]
Van Diemen's
Land
Company
Bill [Lords.]

Edinburgh
Corporation
Order
Confirmation
Bill.

Shops Act,
1912.

East India
(Loans raised
in England.)
No. 57.

The Canada Company Bill [Lords] was

a second time, and committed.

The Imperial Continental Gas Association
Bill [Lords] was read a second time, and com-
mitted.

The Van Diemen's Land Company Bill
[Lords] was read a second time, and committed.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Edinburgh Corpora-
tion Order Confirmation Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Mr. Secretary 8amuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,--Copies
of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912,
by the Councils of the undermentioned Local
Authorities, and confirmed by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

County of the West Riding of Yorkshire
(Urban Districts of Barnoldswick, Mex-
Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne,
borough,
and Featherstone).

County of Anglesey (Village of Bryng-

wran).

Copies of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities, and confirmed, with amend-
ment, by the Secretary of State for the Home
Department :

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees.
County of the West Riding of Yorkshire

(Urban District of Guiseley).

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, pur-
suant 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 31st March 1916, 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.

Irish Land
Commission.

Mr. Birrell presented,

by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Return of Advances made
under the Irish Land Purchase Acts during the
month of June 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Patents,
Designs, and
Trade Marks.
No. 58.

Mr. Runciman presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Thirty-third Report of the Comptroller General
of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks, with
Appendices, for the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon,the

Table ; and be printed.

VoL. 171.

Copy of Account showing the Receipts and
Expenditure on account of Bankruptcy pro-
ceedings during the year ended 31st March
1916.

Bankruptcy
Act, 1911
(Proceedings.)
No. 60.

Accounts of the Duchy of Lancaster in respect
of the Development Fund Grant (Methwold
Reclamation Scheme) for the year ended 20th
December 1915 (in continuation of Parlia-
mentary Paper, No. 40 of the present Session,
1916).

Duchy of
Lancaster
(Methwold
Reclamation
Scheme.)

No. 61.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His
Majesty's Cotnmand,---Copy of List of Articles
Contraband of War.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Contraband
of War
(Miscellaneous,
No. 12, 1916.)

Table.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial Report,
No. 881 (East Africa Protectorate, Report for
1914-15).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Table.

Dublin
University
Writ.

Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do issue
his 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 University of Dublin, in the room of the
Right Honourable James Henry Mussen Camp-
bell, King's Counsel, who, since his Election for
the said University, path accepted the Office of
His Majesty's Attorney General for Ireland.
(Mr. Bridgeman.)

Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House Message from

that a Message had been brought from the the Lords.
Lords by one of their Clerks, as followeth :

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Courts

ency
Act to amend the Courts (Emergency Powers)
Act, 1914, in relation to officers and men of (Ameeriisclmeno
His Majesty's Forces ; to which the Lords desire Bill [Lords.]
the concurrence of this House.

e
(New Duties)
Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded
to take into consideration the Finance (New
Duties) Bill, as amended in the Committee.
An Amendment was made to the Bill.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 20, by inserting at the
beginning thereof the words " exceeds Id. and."
(Mr. Dundas White.)

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. 2, 1. 26, by inserting at the end
thereof the words

" (4) Where the amount of payment for
admission to any entertainment is shown on any
ticket, or on any notice or advertisement, and
the amount so shown includes the amount of the
duty, the amount of the duty so included shall
be stated separately on the ticket, notice, or
advertisement.

2

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17th April.

If this provision is not complied with in the
case of any entertainment, the proprietor of
the entertainment shall he liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.'
(Mr. Solicitor General.)

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. 4, by leaving out paragraph
(a).(Mr. Jonathan Samuel.)

And the Question being proposed, That the
words proposed to be left out, to the word
" charitable," in p. 3, 1. 5, 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. 7, by inserting, after the
word " entertainment," the words " more than
twenty per cent. of the gross receipts."(Mr.
Hogge.)

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. 3, 1. 14, by inserting at the end
thereof the words

" or (d) that the entertainment is provided
for partly educational or partly scientific
purposes by a society or institution not
conducted for profit, or is provided by any
such society or institution which has been
founded with the object of reviving national
pastimes, in furtherance of that object."

(Mr. Solicitor General.)

And the Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill ;

The proposed Amendment was amended, in
1. 3, by leaving out the first word " or," and by
inserting, after the word " institution," the words
" or committee "(Mr. Timothy Davies) ; and
by inserting,
the word " conducted,"
the words " or established."(Mr. Solicitor
General.)

after

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the said proposed Amendment, as amended,
in 1. 3, by leaving out from the word " profit "
to the end of the proposed Amendment.(Mr.
Rawlinsoo.)

And the Question being proposed, That the
words proposed to be left out stand part of the
said proposed Amendment :The llAmendment
to the said proposed Amendment, as amended,
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn.

And the Question being put, That the words
" or (d) that the entertainment is provided for
partly educational or partly scientific purposes
by a society,
institution, or committee not
conducted or established for profit, or is provided
by any such society or institution which has
founded with the object of
been
reviving
national pastimes, in furtherance of that object,"
be there inserted in the Bill :It was resolved
in the Affirmative.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 14, by inserting, after the
last inserted, the words " Where the
words
Commissioners are satisfied that the whole of
the profits of an entertainment are devoted to
philanthropic or charitable purposes, and that
the whole of the expenses of the entertainment
do not exceed twenty per cent. of the takings,

1916.
they shall repay to the proprietor the amount
of the entertainments duty paid in respect of
the entertainment."( Mr. Solicitor General.)

The proposed Amendment was amended, in
1. 2, by leaving out the word "profits," and
" net proceeds," instead
inserting the words
thereof ; and in 1. 5, by leaving out the word
" takings," and inserting the word " receipts,"
instead thereof.(Mr. Solicitor General.)

And the Question being put, That the words
" Where the Commissioners are satisfied that
the whole of the net proceeds of an entertain-
ment are devoted to philanthropic or charitable
purposes, and that the whole of the expenses of
the entertainment do not exceed twenty per
cent. of the receipts, they shall repay to the
the entertainments
proprietor the amount of
duty paid in respect of the entertainment " be
there inserted in 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. 3, 1. 15, by leaving out sub-
section (6) of Clause 1.(Mr. Ashley.)

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. 3, 1. 31, by inserting at the end
thereof the words

" (7) Nothing in this section shall be deemed
to impose any entertainments duty on nominal
payments made for a programme or seat at a
musical performance given in any public park
or open space."( Mr. Percy Harris.)

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. 27, by leaving out sub-
section (4) of Clause 2.(Mr. Ashley.)

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. 5,1.22, by leaving out Clause 3.
--(Mr. Fell.)

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. 7, I. 8, by inserting, after the
word " shall," the words " as from the first day
of May, nineteen hundred and sixteen."(Mr.
Solicitor General.)

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 leaving out
the word " May," and inserting the word
" October "( C aptain Clive),instead thereof.

And the Question being put, That the word
" May " stand part
said proposed
of
Amendment :It was resolved in the Affirma-
tive.

the

And the Question being put, That the words
" as from the first day of May, nineteen

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=elided.]

Bill 25.

Ways and
Means
[4th April]
Report.

Cocoa.

Coffee.

Chicory
(Customs.)

Chicory, &c.
(Excise.)

6 GEO. V.
hundred and sixteen," be there inserted in the
Bill :.It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then other Amendments were made to the

Bill.

And the Title of the Bill was amended, by

leaving out the words " Railway Fares."

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow ; and be printed.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into further consideration the Eighth and sub-
sequent Resolutions which, upon the 5th day of
this instant April, were reported from the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means of the 4th day of
this instant April, viz. :

Cocoa.
8. That in lieu of the duties of Customs now
payable on cocoa imported into Great Britain
or Ireland there shall, on and after the fifth day
of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be

charged the following duties (that is to say):

Cocoa
-
Cocoa husks and shells
Cocoa butter,
-

s. d.
the lb.
0
6
the cwt. 0 12
0
the lb.
0
6
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

0

-

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Coffee.
9. That in lieu of the duties of Customs now
payable on coffee imported into Great Britain
or Ireland there shall, on and after the fifth day
of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be

charged the following duties (that is to say) :£ s. d.

ground) -

Coffee (not kiln-dried, roasted, or
the cwt.
-
roasted, or
the lb.
-

Coffee (kiln-dried,

ground) -

-

0
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

2

2

0

6

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of
the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Chicory ( Customs).
10. That in lieu of the duties of Customs now
payable on chicory imported into Great Britain
or Ireland there shall, on and after the fifth day
of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be

charged the following duties (that is to say):£ s. d.

Chicory,

raw or

kiln - dried
the cwt.
ground

or

1 19

8

6

Chicory,

roasted

0
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

the lb.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Chicory, &c. (Excise).
11. That in lieu of the duty of' Excise now
payable on chicory there shall, on and after the
fifth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen,

be charged the following duty (that is to say):

Chicory,

raw or kiln 7 dried
the cwt.

V oL. 171.

s. d.

1 18

6

17th April.

61
and so in proportion for any less quantity ; and
in lieu of the duty of Excise now payable on any
article or substance prepared or manufactured
for the purpose of being in imitation of, or in
any respect to resemble or to serve as a sub-
stitute for, coffee or chicory, or on any mixture
of any such article or substance with coffee or
chicory, there shall, on and after the fifth day
of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be
charged the following duty (that is to say) :
d.

£ s.

For every quarter of a pound of
any such article, substance, or
mixture-
-
-

0

0

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Sugar (Customs).

12. That in lieu of the duties of Customs now Sugar
payable on sugar imported into Great Britain or (Customs.)
Ireland there shall, on and after the fifth day of
April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be charged
the following duties :

-

-

98 degrees

ing 76 degrees

Sugar of a polarisation exceeding
the cwt.
-
Sugar of a polarisation not exceed..
the cwt.
and intermediate duties vary-
ing between 14s. and 6s. 9d.
on sugar of a polarisation
not exceeding 98 and ex-
ceeding 76 degrees.
Molasses (including all sugar and
extracts
from sugar which
cannot be tested by the polari-
scope)

if containing less

if containing 70 per cent. or
more of sweetening matter
the cwt.
than 70
per cent. and more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
the cwt.
matter
if containing not more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
the cwt.
matter

-

-

-

-

Glucose

s.

d.

0 14 0

0

6

9

0 8 102

0

6

0

3

Solid -
Liquid

the cwt.
the cwt.
-
Saccharin (including substances
of a like nature or use) the oz.
4
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

-

0 8 102
42
0
6

6

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of
the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Sugar (Excise).
13. That in lieu of the _duties of Excise now
payable on sugar made in Great Britain or
Ireland there shall, on and after the fifth day of
April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be charged
the following duties :

(Excise.)

£ s.

0

5

d.

8

7

the cwt. 0 11

-

98 degrees

Sugar of a polarisation exceeding
-
Sugar of a polarisation not exceed-
the cwt.
and intermediate duties vary-
in°. between 1 ls. 8d. and
a
5s.

ing 76 degrees

of

-

7d. on sugar
3

17 th April.
s. d.

15. That

Income Tax.

1916.

Income Tax.

62

polarisation not
exceed-
ing 98 and exceeding 76
degrees.

Molasses (including all sugar and
extracts
from sugar which
cannot be tested by the polari-
scope)

if containing less

if containing 70 per cent. or
more of sweetening matter
the cwt.
than 70
per cent. and more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
matter
the cwt.
if containing not more than
50 per cent. of sweetening
matter
the cwt.

-

-

-

0

7

41

0

5

31

0

2

71

Glucose
Solid -
Liquid

-
-

the cwt.
the cwt.

0
0

8 101
41
6

Saccharin (including

substances
of a like nature or use) the oz.
and so in proportion for any less quantity.

0

4

6

Motor Cara.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
the provisions of the
statutory effect under
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

Motor Cars.
14. That in lieu of any Excise duty now
payable for motor cars there shall be charged,
both for Great Britain and Ireland, in each
year (including the year beginning the first day
of January, nineteen hundred and sixteen), for
every motor bicycle, motor tricycle, and for
every other motor car, duties at the following
rates calculated in accordance with horse-power,
the unit of horse-power for the purposes of the
duty being reckoned in accordance with regula-
tions made by the Treasury for the purpose :

Horse Power.

Motor Cars

Not exceeding 6i
-
Exceeding 61 and not

ceeding 12

Exceeding 12 and not

ceeding 16

Exceeding 16 and not

ceeding 26

Exceeding 26 and not

ceeding 33

Exceeding 33 and not
-
Exceeding 40 and not

ceeding 40

-

ceeding 60
Exceeding 60
Motor Cycles-

Duty.

£ s.

d.

4

6

8

4

6

8

18 18

25

4

31 10

63
126

0
0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
0

ex-

ex-
-
ex-

ex-
_

ex-

ex-

-

2

0

Not exceeding 4 -
Exceeding 4

2
- Three-quarters of
the duty which
would be pay-
able in the case
of a motor car.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

(a) Income Tax shall be charged for the
year beginning the sixth day of April,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, at the rate
of five shillings in the pound, and that
the same Super Tax be charged for that
year as was charged for the year beginning
the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred
and fifteen ; and

(b) the like provisions shall have effect with
respect to the Income Tax so charged,
including Super Tax, and the annual
value of property, as had effect under
section ten of the Finance Act, 1915,
and Part II. of the Finance (No. 2).Act,
1915, with respect to the Income Tax
charged for the year beginning the sixth
day of April, nineteen hundred and fifteen,
and the value of property during that
year ; and

(c) it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall
have statutory effect under the provisions
of the Provisional Collection of Taxes
Act, 1913.

16. That

Earned Income.

Earned
income.

(a) the relief given in respect of earned
income shall be modified so as to allow
relief only as follows, namely, relief by
way of reduction of the rate of the tax
to-

2s. 3d. if the total income does not

exceed five hundred pounds ;

2s. 6d. if the total income exceeds five
hundred pounds and does not exceed
one thousand pounds ;

3s.

if the total income exceeds one
thousand pounds and does not exceed
one thousand five hundred pounds;
3s. 8d. if the total income exceeds one
thousand five hundred pounds and
thousand
does
pounds ;

exceed

two

not

4s. 4d. if the total income exceeds two
thousand pounds and does not exceed
two thousand five hundred pounds ;
(b) it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall
have statutory effect under the provisions
of the Provisional Collection of Taxes
Act, 1913.

Unearned Income (Graduated Relief).

17. That

Unearned
Income

(a) the relief given by section six of the (Graduated
Finance Act, 1914, shall cease, but where Relief.)
the total income of an individual from
all sources does not exceed two thousand
pounds, such relief shall be given by way
of repayment as will reduce the rate of
the tax on his unearned income to-

3s. if the total income does not exceed

three hundred pounds ;

3s. 6d.

if

the total income exceeds
three hundred pounds and does not
exceed five hundred pounds;

4s.

if the total income exceeds five
hundred pounds and does not exceed
one thousand pounds ;

4s. 6d. if the total income exceeds one
thousand pounds and does not exceed
two thousand pounds ;

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63

Provision as
to Service in
the Navy or
Army.

Excess Profits
Duty.

(b) it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall
have statutory effect under the provisions
of the . Provisional Collection of Taxes
Act, 1913.

Provision as to Service in the Navy or

Army.

18. That, fOr the purpose of any relief under
the Acts relating to Income Tax, a person shall
not be deemed to have served as a member of
the naval or military forces of the Crown unless
in the year for which relief is claimed he has
served on the active list of the Navy or with the
colours, either out of the British Islands or for
at least one month continuously in the British
Islands.

Excess Profits Duty

19. That

(a) excess profits duty under Part III. of
the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915, shall be
charged for any accounting period ending
on or after the first day of July, nineteen
hundred and fifteen ; and

(b) excess profits duty shall be an amount
equal to sixty per centum, instead of
fifty per centum, of the excess profits in
the case of trades
or businesses which
have commenced after the fourth day of
August, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
for all accounting periods ending after
fourth day of August, nineteen
the
hundred and fifteen, and in the case of
other trades or businesses, for any account-
ing period ending after the completion of
the first year in respect of which that
trade or business has been liable to that
duty ; and

(c) the excess mineral rights duty under
section forty-three of the Finance (No. 2)
Act, 1915, shall be an amount equal to
sixty per centum, instead of fifty per
centum, of the excess rent in the case of
minerals which have become subject to a
the fourth day of
mining lease after
AuguSt, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
for all accounting years, and in the case
of other minerals for any accounting year
ending after the completion of the first
accounting year.

Excess Profits,
in case of
Companies
where
Directors have
Controlling
Interest.

Excess Profits in case of Companies where
Directors have Controlling Interest.

20. That companies or other bodies corporate
whose directors (including managers) who are
remunerated out of the funds of the company or
body corporate have a controlling interest may
be treated, for the purposes of excess profits
duty, for any accounting period (including a
past accounting period) as if they were firms
and not companies or bodies corporate.

Explanatory
Provisions
as to
Accounting
Periods and
Accumulating
Profits.

Explanatory Provisions as to Accounting
Periods and Accumulating Profits.

21. That it is expedient to declare

(a) that any period for which the books
of a trade or business have been made
up for any purpose, so that the profits
for the period can be readily ascertained,
may be treated as an accounting period
for the purposes of excess profits duty ;
and

(b) that the profits accumulating during
the accounting period are not
to be
treated, for the purposes of excess profits
duty, as accumulated profits or as capital
employed in the trade or business.

VOL. 171.

Excess Profits Duty on Sale of Assets.

22. That there shall be charged on any sum Excess
nProfits
by which the price given on the sale of any Duty
sale
on
asset capable of producing profits exceeds the of Assets.
pre-war value of that asset a duty of sixty per
centum of the excess.

Extended Power to Borrow.

23. That the Treasury may borrow for the Extended

purpose of raising any sums which they are Bower
authorised to issue under any Consolidated
Fund Act or Appropriation Act, or for the
purpose of paying off any securities issued
under any such Act, in the same manner as
they are authorised to borrow under
sub-
section (1) of section one of the War Loan
Act, 1915.

The House accordingly proceeded to take
into further consideration the said Resolutions ;
and the said Resolutions, being read a second
time, were agreed to.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means of the 5th day of this instant
April a Resolution ; which was read, as fol-
loweth :

Ways and
Means
[5th April]
Report.

Amendment of Law.

That it

is expedient

to amend the Law
relating to the National Debt, Customs, and
Inland Revenue (including Excise), and to
make further provision in
connection with
Finance.

of

Law.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

and

Means.

(In the Committee.)
Table Waters (Customs).
1. Resolved, That there shall, on and after
the first day of May, nineteen hundred and
sixteen, be charged on all table waters (including
aerated waters and other beverages) imported
into Great Britain or Ireland the following
duties of Customs (namely) :

On table waters which contain as the result
of the ordinary process of manufacture, or
are prepared in the ordinary process of
manufacture with, sugar or other sweetening
material, or which are fermented beverages,
a duty at the rate of four pence per gallon ;
and

On any other table waters, a duty at the rate

of eight pence per gallon ;

and so in proportion for any less quantity.
(Mr. Montagu.)

Cider and Perry (Customs)..
2. Resolved, That there shall, on and after
the first day of May, nineteen hundred and
sixteen, be charged on cider and perry imported
into Great Britain or Ireland a duty of Customs
at the rate of four pence per gallon, and so in
proportion for any less quantity. (Mr. Mon-
tagn.)

Licences for Sale of Table Waters, &c.,
and Cider.
3. Resolved, That there shall be charged, on
a licence to be taken out annually (in such cases
as may be required) by persons who sell table
waters (including aerated waters and other bever-
ages), and by persons who sell cider or perry, an
Excise duty of ten shillings.(Mr. Montagu.)

4

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17th

18th April.

1916.

Tinder Boxes, &c. (Customs).

4. Resolved, That there shall be charged on all
tinder boxes, tinder lighters, and other mechani-
cal and portable contrivances for producing a
flame, imported into Great Britain or Ireland, a
duty of Customs of five shillings.(Mr. Mon-
tagu.)

Tinder Boxes (Excise).
5. Resolved, That there shall be charged on all
tinder boxes, tinder lighters, and other mechani-
cal and portable contrivances for producing a
flame, manufactured in Great Britain or Ireland,
an Excise duty of five shillings.(Mr. Mon-
tagu.)

Resolutions to be reported.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and
the Deputy Chairman reported, That the Com-
mittee had come to several Resolutions.

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.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Municipal
Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
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.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put --It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till half an hour after Seven
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Tuesday, 18th April 1916.

House being met, the Clerk at the Table Mr. Speaker's

informed the House of the unavoidable Absence.

THE
absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting :
Whereupon Mr. Whitley, the Chairman of
Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and,
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, Prayers.
pursuant to the Standing Order.

The Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirma- Edinburgh
tion Bill was, according to Order, read the third Corporation
time and passed.

Order
Confirmation

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Bill.

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Local

Order (No. 1) Bill was, according to Order9(
read a second time, and committed.

Government

Provisional
Order
(No. 1) Bill.

A Bill to regulate the expenditure on capital London
account and lending of money by the London County
County Council during the financial period from council
the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and sixteen, to the thirtieth day of September,
one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and
for other purposes, was presented, and read the
first time ; and referred to the Examiners of
Petitions for Private Bills.

Bill

A Public Petition was presented, and

read ; public

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Resolved, That an humble Address be. pre- Aliens
suited to His Majesty, that He will be graciously (Naturalisa-
pleased to give directions that there be laid tion.)
before this House a Return showing the names
of all Aliens to whom certificates of Naturalisa-
tion have been issued, and whose oaths of allegi-
ance have, during the year ended the 31st day
of December 1915, been registered at the Home
Office, giving the country and place of residence
of the person naturalised, and including informa-
tion as to any Aliens who have, during the same
period, obtained Acts of Naturalisation from the
Legislature (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper, No. 156 of Session 1914-16).(Mr.
Brace.)

Mr. Eugene Wason reported from the Select standing

Committee on Standing Orders a Resolution ;
which was read, as followeth

That in the case of the Great Central and Great Central
Sheffield and District Railways Bill [Lords] and Sheffield
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with
that the parties be permitted to proceed with [Lords.]
their Bill,

aRnadi hyDalsytsr iBc

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

The Finance (New Duties) Bill was, according Finance

to Order, read the third time and passed.

(New Duties)
Bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Mr. Deputy

the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the Bill Speaker's
having been endorsed by Mr. Deputy Speaker Certificate.
with the following Certificate :

I hereby certify that this Bill is a Money
Bill within the meaning of the Parliament
Act, 1911.

JAMES W. LOWTHER,

Speaker).

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18th-19th April.

Ways and
Means
[17th April]
Report.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means of the 17th day of
this
instant April several Resolutions ; which were
read, as follow :

Table Waters
(Customs.)

Cider and
Perry
(Customs.)

Table Waters (Customs).
1. That there shall, on and after the first day
of May, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be
charged on all table waters (including aerated
waters and other beverages) imported into Great
Ireland the following duties of
Britain or
Customs (namely) :

On table waters which contain as the result of
the ordinary process of manufacture, or are
prepared in the ordinary process of manu-
facture with, sugar or other sweetening
material, or which are fermented beverages,
a duty at the rate of four pence per gallon ;
and

On any other table waters, a duty at the rate

of eight pence per gallon ;

and so in proportion for any less quantity.

Cider and Perry (Customs).

2. That there shall, on and after the first day
of May, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be
charged on cider and perry imported into Great
Britain or Ireland a duty of Customs at the rate
of four pence per gallon; and so in proportion
for any less quantity.

Licences for Sale of Table Waters, &c.,
and Cider.

3. That there shall be charged on a licence to
Licences for
sale of Table be taken out annually (in such cases as may be
Waters, &c.,
required) by persons who sell
table waters
and Cider.
(including aerated waters and other beverages),
and by persons who sell cider or perry, an Excise
duty of ten shillings.

Tinder
Boxes, &c.
(Customs.)

Tinder Boxes
(Excise.)

Finance.

Finance Bill.
Bill 26.

Tinder Boxes, &c. (Customs).
4. That there shall be charged on all tinder
boxes, tinder lighters, and other mechanical and
portable contrivances for producing a flame,
imported into Great Britain or Ireland, a duty
of Customs of five shillings.

Tinder Boxes (Excise).
5. That there shall be charged on all tinder
boxes, tinder lighters, and other mechanical and
portable contrivances for producing a flame,
manufactured in Great Britain or Ireland, an
Excise duty of five shillings.

The said Resolutions, being read a second time,

were agreed to.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the
said Resolutions : And that the Chairman of
Ways and Means, Mr. Chancellor of
the
Exchequer, and Mr. Montagu do prepare and
bring it in.

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the
Gentlemen appointed to prepare and bring in
the Bill that they do make provision therein
pursuant to the Eighth and subsequent Resolu-
tions which were reported from the Committee
of Ways and Means on the 5th day of this
instant April, and agreed to by the House on
the 17th day of this instant April, and to the
Resolution reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means on the 17th day of this
instant April, and then agreed to by the House.
Mr. Montagu presented a Bill to grant certain
duties of Customs and Inland Revenue (including
Excise), to alter other duties, and to amend the
Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue
(including Excise), and the National Debt, and

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65
to make further provision in connection with.
Finance ; And the same 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 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
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ;

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal

ff oe Municipal
Second Reading
M
n
(War Loan Investment) Bill ;

of th

l S

i

r,

s Banks

gL soB

auks
av
in
S
r
(
an
W
a
Investment)

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

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious

Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

orderse Relief

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 Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of Report.
the 30th day of March last ;

130th March)

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment.

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Order of
the House of the 22nd day of February
last, it being then one minute after Five
of the clock, till to-morrow.

Wednesday, 19th April 1916.

HE House being met, the Clerk at the Table Mr. Speaker's
informed the House of the unavoidable Absence.

absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting :
Whereupon Mr. Whitley, the Chairman of
Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and,
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, Prayers;
pursuant to the Standing Order.

Mr. Hayes Fisher, supported by Mr. Long, Local

presented a Bill to confirm a Provisional Order Government
Provisional
of the Local Government Board relating to order
Stafford : And the same was read the first time. (NoB.i31)1;32i7.ii.

Ordered, That the Bill he referred to the
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and
be printed.

Mr. Hayes Fisher, supported by Mr. Long, Local

presented a Bill to confirm certain Provisional Government
Provisional
Orders of the Local Government Board relating
to Dover, Hedon, Scarborough, and Sheffield : (No. 4) Bill.
And the same was read the first time.
Bill 28.

66

19th April.

1916.

Ordere 1, That the Bill be referred to the
Examiners of Petitions for Private -Bills ; and
be printed.

Sworn
Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His
Statement by Majesty's Command,--Copy of Sworn State-
Horst;Von
ment by Horst Von der Goltz, alias Bridgeman
der Goltz,
alias
Tay,lor.
Bridgeman
Taylor
(Miscellaneous, Table,
No. 13, 1916.)

Ordered That the said Paper do lie upon the

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant

National
Healtance
(Joint
Committee)
(Regulations.) and by the Insurance Commissioners,

to the
directiong of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Regulations, dated 14th April 1916, made by
the National Health Insurance-Joint Committee
the
Scottish, the Irish, and the Welsh Insurance
Commissioners, entitled the National Health
Insurance .(Approved Societies) Consolidated
Regulations, 1916:

Shops Act,
191..%

.Ordered, That the. said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies
of Orders made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the Councils of
the undermentioned Local
Authorities, and confirmed by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

County of Bedford (Parish of Leighton

Buzzard) ;

Urban Districts of Crompton and Stretford.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Inebriates
Acts
(Inspector's
Report)
(Ireland.)

.M1% Birrell presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Twelfth Report of the
Ireland under
the Inebriates
Inspector, for
Acts, 1879 to 1900, for the year 1915 (with
Appendices).

Ordered, That: the said Paper do: lie upon the

Table.

Education
(Scotland.)

presented,

The Lord Advocate

by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Minute of the
Committee of Council on Education in Scotland,
dated 19th April 1916, amending the Regulations
for the Preliminary Education, Training, and
Certification of Teachers for various grades of
Schools, 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copies of Colonial Reports
Nos. 882 (Imperial Institute, Report for 1914)
and 883 (Nyasaland, Report for 1914-15).

Ordered, That the said Paper do 'lie upon the

Table.

County Court
Ruies.

The following Paper, pursuant to the diree-
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy of
County Court Rules, dated 11th April 1916.

Welsh
University
and Colleges
(Grants in
Aid.)

No. 62.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Copy of Report of the Advisory Committee
on Grants to Universities and Colleges, with
Supplementary Memorandum (26th February
1914), and of Reports of the Departmental
Committee on the National Medical School for
Wales at Cardiff, and of the Treasury Minutes
thereon.(Mr. Montagu.)

Mr. -Montagu accordingly presented the said

Paper.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House (tisictoluatlannsr)7res'

,A.isetcootfult and

a Return of Abstract. Account of the Receipts
and Payments of the Kings and Lord Treasurer's
Remembrancer in Scotland, in the year ended Estates.)
the 31st day of December 1915, in the adminis-
tration of Estates' and Treasure Trove on behalf
And of alphabetical List 'of
of the Crown :
Estates which fell to the Crown as Ultimus
Hteres in Scotland, administered by the King's
and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in the same
y ear. (Mr. Montagu.)

Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House Message from

that a Message had been brought from the Lords the Lords.
by one of their Clerks, as followeth :

The Lords have agreed to the Finance (New

Duties) Bill, without any Amendment.
Duties)

(New Finance

Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the. Education Education
(Provision of Meals) (Ireland) ,Bill,, without, any (Provision of
Meals)
Amendment.
(Ireland) Bill,
Imperial
any Institute

The Lords have agreed to ,the

(Management) Bill, without

.

.

The Lords have agreed to the Pacific Islands Pacific Islands

(Validation) Bill, without

any

Institute
Amendment.

Regulations
Amendment.

(Management)
Bill.

(validation)
Bill.

y

ent

The Lords have agreed to the Marriage marlaatd)e

(Scotland) Bill, without any. Amendment.

(se
mil.
the Local Localael

The Lords

have

agreed

to

Government (Emergency Provisions) Bill, with
to which the Lords desire the
Amendments ;
concurrence of this House.

Ordered, That the Amendments made" by the Local

Lords to the Local Government (Emergency
Provisions) Bill be taken into consideration Vromv
upon Tuesday next ; and be printed.
Bill.

isr nnsej
fee

Bill 29.
A Motion was made, and the Question being Adjournment

proposed, That this House, at its rising this
day, do adjourn till Tuesday next(The Prime
Minister) ;

(Easter.)

A Message was delivered by Thomas Dacres Royal Assent.

Butler, Esquire, Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod :

Mr. Deputy 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 inainediate attendance of this
Honourable House in the House of Peers, to
hear the Commission 'read.

Accordingly Mr. Deputy Speaker, with the
House, went up to the House of Peers :And
having returned ;

Mr. Deputy 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
authorised had declared the Royal Assent to
the said Acts, as follow :

1. Finance (New Duties) Act, 1916.
2. Army (Annual) Act, 1916.
3. War Risks (Insurance by Trustees) Act,

1916.

4. Education (Provision of Meals) (Ireland)

Act, 1916.

5. Imperial Institute (Management) Act, 1916.
6. Pacific Islands Regulations (Validation)

Act, 1916.

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19th-25th April.

67

7. Marriage (Scotland) Act, 1916.
8. Aberdeen Corporation Water Order Con-

firmation Act, 1916.

Tuesday, 25th April 1916.

PRAYERS.

Adjournment
(Easter.)

The Question being again proposed, That this
House, at its rising this day, do adjourn till
Tuesday next ;

Mr. Deputy Speaker called the attention of
directed
to
the House to the continued irrelevance on the
discontinue
part of Mr. Ginnell, Member for North West-.
his Speech
(Irrelevance.) meath, and directed the honourable Member to

discontinue his speech.

And the Question being put ;
Resolved, That this House, at its rising this

day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.

Finance Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Finance Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself' into the said Committee.

Output of
Beer
(Restrict ion)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ;

.Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Municipal
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

(War Loan Investment) Bill ;

upon Tuesday next.

THE House proceeded to take into considera- Burnley

tion the Burnley Corporation

as amended in the Committee.

Bill 'Lords], corporation.
Bill [Lords.
[Lords.].

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

The House proceeded to take into considera- Folkestone

tion the Folkestone Gas Bill, as amended in the Gas Bill.
Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(England.)

Ultimus F1ros
(Scotland)
(Account and
List of
Estates.)

No. 63.

Public
Income and
Expenditure.
No. 64.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Reports of Decisions on
Appeals and Applications under Section 67
Insurance Act,. 1911, and
of
Section 27 of the National Insurance Act, 1913.
Part III.

the National

Mr. Montagu also presented,Return to an
Order, dated the 19th day of this instant April,
for Returns relative to Ultimus Hires (Scotland)
(Account and List of Estates).

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Account
of the Public Income and Expenditure of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
in the year ended 31st March 1916 ; together
with the balances in the Exchequer on the
1st April 1915, the Receipts and Payments (not
being . Income and Expenditure) in the year
ended 31st March 1916, and the balances in the
Exchequer on that day.

Ordered, That. the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Papers relative to Ultimus
Ilwres (Scotland) (Account and List of Estates)
and Public Income and Expenditure be printed.,

The Order of the day being read, for the
Religious
Orders Relief Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief

Bill.;

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 Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Shops. Act

the directions of an Act of Parliament,--Copy 1912.
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912,
by the Council of the undermentioned Local
Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

Urban District
Thrunscoe.

of Cleethorpes - with -

Ordered, That the said Paper do, lie upon the

Table.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from, the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Tuesday next.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House.do now adjourn.

And the Question being put : It was resolved

in the Affirmative..

And accordingly the House, having con-
twenty-one minutes
tinued to sit
before Nine of the clock, adjourned till
Tuesday next, pursuant to the Resolution
of the House of this day.

till

VOL. 171.

Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by Rights of

Baelligerents
(
No. 14, 1916.)

iscellaneous,

and

His Majesty's Command, Copy of further
Correspondence between His Majesty's Govern-
the United States Government
ment
respecting the Rights of Belligerents (in con-
tinuation of Miscellaneous, No. 6, 1915).
Copy of further Correspondence

His Majesty's Government and the United Belligerents
States Government respecting the Rights
Belligerents (in continuation of Miscellaneous,
No. 14, 1916).

N(o.
Ms1c5e111a9n1e6o

s,

between Rights of

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The following Paper, pursuant to the direr- Courts
gency
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon poorer)Act,
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy of
the County Courts (Emergency Powers) Rule,
1916, dated 13th April 1916, made by the Lord
Chancellor under the Courts (Emergency Powers)
Act, 1914.

The following Paper, pursuant to the Report Temporary

of the Select Committee on Expiring Laws in Laws.
Session 1866, was also laid upon the Table by
K 2

No. 65.

25th-26th April.

1916.

68
the Clerk of the House :Register of Tem-
porary Laws for the Sixth Session, Thirtieth
Parliament, of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland (6 & 7 Geo. V. 1916).
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed.

New Member
sworn.

Sir Stuart Auchineloss Coats, Baronet, Member
for the County of Surrey (North Eastern or
Wimbledon Division), was sworn.

Strangers.

And notice being taken that strangers were
present, Mr. Speaker forthwith put the Question,
That strangers be ordered to withdraw.( The
Prime Minister.)

And it was resolved in the Affirmative.

Secret Session. A Motion was made, and the Question being
put, That the remainder of this day's Sitting

be a secret Session(The Prime Minister) :

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Adjournment.

A Motion was made, and the Question was

proposed, That this House do now adjourn.
(The Prime Minister.)

Motion for
Adjournment
of the House
lapses.

And it being Eleven of the clock, the Motion
for the adjournment of the House lapsed, with-
out Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Amendments made by the
Lords to the Local Government (Emergency
Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken

into consideration to-morrow.

Finance Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Finance 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.

Output of
Beer
( Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Municipal
Savings Banks
(War Loan .
Investment)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Supply.

The Order of

Committee of Supply ;

the day being read, for the

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow,

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
Supply
[30th March] the Report from the Committee of Supply of
eport.

the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
three minutes after
tinued to sit
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

till

Wednesday, 26th April 1916.

THE House being met, the Clerk at the Table Mr. Speaker's
informed the House of the unavoidable Absence-

absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting:
Whereupon Mr. Whitley, the Chairman of
Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and,
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, Prayers.
pursuant to the Standing Order.

Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do issue Londonderry

his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in County
to make out a new Writ for the electing
a Member to serve in this present Parliament Writ.

DiofIreland,

°vision P 11)

for the County of Londonderry (South Derry
Division), in the room of the Right Honourable
John Gordon, King's Counsel, who, since his
Election for the said county, hath accepted the
Office of Judge of His Majesty's High Court
of Justice in Ireland.(Mr. Bridgeman.)

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- Soane's
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon Museum.
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy
of Statement of the Funds of the Museum
of the late Sir John Soane on 5th January
1916.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Supreme Court

a Copy of Account of the Receipts and Payments
of the Accountant General of the Supreme Court
of Judicature in Ireland, in respect of the 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 1915; to-
gether with a Statement of Liabilities and Assets.
( Mr. Montagu.)

fr
o
(
I

J
uadniceta
el

)

The Courts (Emergency Powers) (Amend- Courts

went) Bill [Lords] was /read the first time, and
ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ; (irmeerns)dment)
and to be printed.
Bill ['Lords.]
Bill 30,

(Emergency

And notice being taken that strangers were Strangers.

present, Mr. Deputy Speaker forthwith put the
Question, . That strangers be ordered to withdraw.
(The Prime Minister.)

And it was resolved in the Affirmative.

A Motion was made, and the Question being Secret Session.

put, That the remainder of this day's Sitting
be a secret Session(The Prime Minister) :
It was resolved in the Affirmative.

A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournment.

proposed, That this House do now adjourn.
(Mr. Long.)

And it being Eleven of the clock, the Motion Motion for

for the adjournment of the House lapsed, with-
out Question put, pursuant to the Standino.
Order.

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26th 27th April.

69

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Amendments made by the
Lords to the Local Government (Emergency
Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken

into consideration to-morrow.

Finance Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Finance 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.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant Metropolitan

to the directions of an Act of Parliament, Police.
Accounts of the Metropolitan Police and the
Police Pension Funds for the year ended 31st
March 1916.

No. 66.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

.

A Motion was made, and the Question being Sittings of
proposed, That this House, at its rising this day, the House.
do adjourn till Tuesday next
Minister) ;

(The Prime

Mr. Deputy Speaker called the attention of Member

the House to continued irrelevance on the part ddire
of Sir Henry Dalziel, Member for Kirkcaldy hrseso
Burghs, and directed him to discontinue his ( Irrelevance.)
speech.

ctet d to

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

And the Question being put ;
Resolved, That this House, at its rising this

day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the'
Municipal
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(W
nva erstL
Bill.

(War Loan Investment) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

moea 'Int)

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Religious
Orders Relief Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill.

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.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
Supply
[30th March] the Report from the Committee of Supply of
eport.

the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twenty-five minutes after
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till ,to-
morrow.

Thursday, 27th. April 1916.

Mr. Speaker's
Absence.

Prayers.

House being met, the Clerk at the Table
THE
informed the House of the unavoidable
absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting :
Whereupon Mr. Whitley, the Chairman of
Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and,
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker,
pursuant to the Standing Order.

Ordered, That the other Government Business Business of

have precedence this day of the Business of
Supply.( The Prime Minister.)

t
(heep

11
pol yu )e.s

A Motion was made, and the Question was Military
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Service.
to make further provision with respect, to
Military Service during the present War(Mr.
Long) :And the said Motion was, with leave
of the House, withdrawn.

Second Reading of
Powers) (Amendment) Bill [Lords] ;

The Order of the day being read, for the Courts
mer
wers)

the Courts (Emergency (E
Po
(Amendment)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill [Lords.]

gency

upon Tuesday next.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Local

nmn
into consideration the Amendments made by the Government
m
Lords to the Local Government (EmergencY ( E
ro
v
Provisions) Bill ;
Bill.

sc)y

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken,

into consideration upon Tuesday next.

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 Tuesday next.

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

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Means.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being
Second Reading of the Output of
tion) Bill ;

read, for the Output of
Beer (Restric- Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read

upon Tuesday next.

a second time

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) Bill ;

(War Loin
I n vest ment)

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill-

upon Tuesday next.

Saint John's
Church,
Kingston-
upon-Hull,
Bill.

The Saint John's Church, Kingston-upon-

Hull, Bill was read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Vol.,. 171.

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious

Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief.
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

3

27th April.--2nd May.

1916.
the Council of the undermentioned Local Autho-
rity, and confirmed by the Secretary of State for
the Home Department :

76

Stipp ly.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Tuesday next.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to
the Order of the house of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit
three minutes after
Seven of the clock, adjourned till Tuesday
next, pursuant to the Resolution of the
House of this day.

till

Provisional
Order Bills
(Standing
Orders
applicable
thereto
complied
with.)

Tuesday, 2nd May 1916.

PRAYERS.
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

(No. 2) Bill.

Provisional Orders

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

City of Bristol (Stapleton Ward) (two).
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to Naval and
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,-L Myipne Pay
Pensions
Copies of Three Orders in Council under the
Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865,
dated 26th April 1916.

aAnct, 1

Copy of Statutes made under the Universities Universities of

of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1877, by the Oxford and
Governing Body of Christ Church, Oxford; on Act bi 7dye
16th June 1915, amending Statutes XVI. (23) (Oxford.)
and (24) and XVII. (2), and by adding a
twelfth Clause to the last-named Statute.

No. 67.

r8i

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. Acland presented, by His Majesty's
Copy of Agricultural Statistics,
Command,
1915. Volume L. Part I. Acreage and Live
Stock Returns of England and Wales, with
Summaries for the United Kingdom.

Board of
Agriculture
and Fisheries
(Agricultural
Statistics.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented,Return to an Order, British
dated the 16th day of February last, -for a Museum.
Return relative to the British Museum.

No. 68.

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the

Table; and be printed.

Mr. Attorney General presented,

Majesty's Command,Copy of Eighth General
Annual Report of the Public Trustee.

by His Public Trustee.

Burnley
Corporation
Bill [Lords.]

The Burnley Corporation Bill [Lords] was
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
'lath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to
which this House doth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

Folkestone
Gas Bill.

The Folkestone Gas Bill was read the third

time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the. Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Local
Government
(Ireland)
Provisional
Orders
(No. 2) Bill.
Bill 31.

Mr. 7'. W. Russell presented a Bill to confirm
certain Provisional Orders of the Local Govern-
ment Board for Ireland relating to the City of
Dublin and the County of Louth (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.

Local
Government
(Ireland)
Provisional
Order
(Gas) Bill.
Bill 32.

Mr. T. W. Russell presented a Bill to confirm
a Provisional Order of the Local Government
Board for Ireland relating to Bangor : 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.

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies
of Orders made under the Shops Act, 1912, by

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Speaker informed the House that he had Hospital Ship
received from the President of the Russian "Portugal."
Imperial Duma a communication to the effect
that, on the 3rd day of April last, that Assembly
passed a Resolution denouncing the attack which
was made in the Black Sea on the Hospital and
Red Cross Ship " Portugal," as being contrary
to all International Conventions.

A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournment.

proposed, That this House do now adjourn.
(The Prime Minister) :And the said Motion
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn.

The Courts (Emergency Powers) (Amend- Courts
ment) Bill [Lords] was, according to Order, read (Emergency
a second time.

)
(APowersmendment)

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Bill [Lords.]

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Local

take into consideration the Amendments made Government
by the Lords to 'the Local Government (Emer- Prov
(Enl?FencY
isions)
gency Provisions) Bill.
Bill.

The Lords' Amendments as far as the Amend-
ment in p. 5, after Clause 19, being read a second
time, were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p.5, after Clause 19,
insert Clause A (Prohibition of establishment
of new routes for omnibuses), the next Amend-
ment, being read a second time ;

6 GEO. V.

2nd-3rd May.

71

The Lords' Amendment was amended, in 1. 4,
by leaving out the words " twelve months,"
and inserting the words "two years," instead
in 1. 10, by inserting, after the word
thereof ;
" if," the words " in the opinion of the Local
Government Board," and by inserting, after the
refused," the words or if such conditions
word
are unreasonable ;" in 1. 25, by inserting, after
the word " on," the words " or using ;" and in
1. 27, by leaving out the word " solely. " (Mr.
Joynson-Hicks.)

And the Lords' Amendment, as 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
to which this
Lordships, with Ainendments ;
House doth desire the concurrence of their
Lordships.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) 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.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

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.

Finance Bill,

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Finance Bill ;
. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Municipal
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
Bill.

(War Loan Investment) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

tomorrow.

Adjournment, Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put : It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the HOMO, having con;-
tinned to sit till one minute after Nine
of the clock, adjourned till to- morrow.

VOL. 171.

Wednesday, 3rd May 1916.

PRAYERS.

1.

,QTR.TR. 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 Bill
Petitions
[Lords]
(Standing
Orders not
complied
with.)

Clayton Aniline Company

[Lords].

(Railways)

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the

Select Committee on Standing Orders.

The Local Government Provisional Orders Local

(No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read a Government
Provisional
Or
second time, and committed..

Mr. Brace presented a Bill

to confirm a
Provisional Order made by one of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State under the Halifax
Corporation Act, 1911: 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.

(No. 2) Bill.
Halifax
Corporation
Provisional
Order Bill.
Bill 33.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill

to confirm a Marriages

Provisional Order made by one of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State under the Pro-
visional Order (Marriages) Act, 1905 : 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.

Pr
0

rodveirsiB LI
Bill 34.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue

his Gloucester

Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make County
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to Tewktehsebrunuo r
serve in this present Parliament for the County Division)
of Gloucester (Northern or Tewkesbury Diva- Writ.
sion), in the room of Michael Hugh Hicks Beach
(commonly called Viscount Quenington), died of
(Lord Edmund
wounds received in action.
Talbot.)

Merchant
Seamen's
Fund.

Seamen's
Savings Banks;
(Money Orders
and Trans-
mission of
Wages.)

Mr. Rundown presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Account
of the Receipts and Expenditure under the
Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act from 1st
January to 31st December 1915.

Account of all Deposits received and repaid
by the Board of Trade on account of Seamen's
Savings Banks under the Merchant Shipping
Act, 1894, during the year ended 20th November
1914, and of the interest thereon ; Statement
showing the number and amount of Seamen's
Money Orders issued and paid at Ports, in the
United Kingdom and at Ports Abroad from 1855
to 31st March 1915 ; also Statement showing the
Receipts and Payments in connection with the
transmission of Seamen's Wages, Home and
Foreign, from 1878 to 31st March 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law, supported by Mr.
Steel-Maitland, presented a Bill to amend the
British North America Act, 1867 : And the
same was ordered to be read a second time to-
morrow ; and to be printed.

British North
America Bill.
Bill 35.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a
Bill to make further provision with respect to
Military Service during the present War : And
that the Prime Minister, Mr. Secretary Bonar
4

Military
Service.

1916.

72
Law, Mr. Secretary Samuel, Mr. Long, Mr.
Attorney General, Mr. Tennant, and Mr. Forster
do prepare and bring it in.

3rd-4th May.

Military
Service Bill.
Bill 36.

Mr. Long accordingly presented a Bill to
make further provision with respect to Military
Service during the present War : And the same
was read the first time, and ordered to be read
a second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Message from
the Lords.

Burnley
Corporation
Bill [Lords.]

Courts
(Emergency
Powers)
(Amendment)
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 agreed to the Amendments
Made by thin House to the Burnley Corporation
Bill [Lords], without any Amendment.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Courts (Emergency Powers)
( Amendment) Bill [Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ;

Supply.

0th March]

Supply

[ ort.

Rep

Ways and
Means.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

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 receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

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 Bill.

The Order of the day bein read, for the

Second Reading of the Finance Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Municipal
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
Bill.

(War Loan Investment) Bill

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to- morrow.

Publications
and Debates
Reports.

Ordered, That Mr. Godfrey Collins be dis-
charged from the Select Committee on Publica-
tions and Debates Reports.

Ordered, That Mr. Mac Callum Scott be added

to the Committee.

(Mr. Gulland.)

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :--It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Thursday, 4th May 1916.

PRA YER S.

A f R. Lloyd George presented, by His Majesty's Liquor Traffic
111 Command, Copy of Second Report o C(f Con
the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic
appointed under the Defence of the Realm
(Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1915.

1

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to Board of
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy Education
of Report of the Board of Education under the inter
Welsh Intermediate Education Act, 1889, for Education
Act, 1889.)
the year 1915.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the No. 69.

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Joseph Pease presented, by His Majesty's Post Office
Command,Copy of Second Report of a Com- Servants.
mittee appointed to examine the issues arising
out of the Report of the Select Committee of
the House of Commons on Post Office Servants,
1912-13.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Right Honourable James Henry Mussen New Member

Campbell, Member for the Borough of the sworn.
College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of
Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin, was sworn.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Local
from the Committee on the Local Government Government
(Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill ; That Provisional
they had considered the Order therein contained; Order
that the said Order ought to be confirmed (N o.
and that they had directed him to report the Order
Bill, without Amendment, to the House.

[Provisional

confirmed.]

(Ireland)

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 Electric

from the Committee on the Electric Lighting
Provisional Order Bill ; That they had con-
ordveriZi.al
sidered the Order therein contained; that the [Provisional
said Order ought to be confirmed; and that they
had directed him to report the Bill, without
Amendment, to the House.

confirmed.]

PLigolit.

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 mmraersetzsaunper-

the Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Bill [Lords], Pi er Bill
without Amendment.
[Lords.]

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 Van Diemen's

the Van Diemen's Land Company Bill [Lords], Lapang
with Amendments.

nd

Bill [Lords.]

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

rabic.

Canada
Company
Bill [Lords.)

6 GEO. V.

4th-8
The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
the Canada Company Bill [Lords], with Amend-
ments.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

th May.

73

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.

Business of
the House
(Supply.)

Ordered, That the proceedings on the Military
Service Bill have precedence this day of the
Business of Supply.(Mr. Lloyd George.)

Military
Service Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Military Service 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.
Holt.)

And the Question being put, That the word

" now ". stand part of the Question

The Order of the' day being read, for the Municipal

Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) Bill ;

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn.

anks
av
S
irngL soB
(
W
a
an
Investment)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious

Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

orderse Relief

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the 5 Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

( Mr. Bridgeman:

Tellers for the Mr. Holt,

Noes,

/ Mr. Lees Smith :

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till fourteen minutes after
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till Monday
next, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last.

328.

36.

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. Rea.)

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 receiving
Supply
[30th March] the Report from the Committee of Supply of
Report.

the 30th day of March last.

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
British North
America Bill. Second Reading of the British North America

Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Courts
(Emergency Committee on the Courts (Emergency Powers)
Powers)
(Amendment) (Amendment) Bill [Lords];
Bill [Lords.]

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Vol.. 171.

Monday, 8th May 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Electric Lighting Provisional Order Electric
Lighting
Provisional
Order Bill.

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 Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Local

Order (No. 1) Bill was according to Order,
read the third time and passed.

Government
(Ireland)
Provisional

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to (Nrdoe.r1)

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Mr. Runeiman presented, pursuant to the Trade Boards

directions of an Act of Parliament, Copy of Act, 1909.
Regulations, dated 2nd May 1916, made by
the Board of Trade under Section 11 of the
Trade Boards Act; 1909, with respect to the
constitution and proceedings of the Trade Board
for the Linen and Cotton Embroidery Trade
(Ireland).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate

presented, by His Echmation
Majesty's Command,Copy of Minute of the (Scotland.)
Committee of Council on Education in Scotland,
dated 8th May 1916, continuing the operations
of the Code of Regulations for Continuation
Classes, 1915, with certain modifications.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, pursuant East India

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Home Accounts of the Government of
India.

(H

ome

No.

Copy of Finance and Revenue Accounts of East India

the Government of India for the year 1914-15.
L

(Finance and
Revenue
Accounts.)

74

East India
(Estimate.)
No. 71.

Crown's
Nominee
Account.

No. 72.

Army
(Territorial
Force.)

Daylight
Saving.

Copy of Estimate of Revenue and Expendi-
ture of the Government of India for the year
1915-16, compared with the results of 1914-15.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Papers relative to East
India (Home Accounts) and East India (Esti-
mate) be printed.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Abstract
Account of Receipts and Payments of the
Treasury Solicitor, in the year 1915, in the
administration of Estates on behalf of the Crown ;
and alphabetical List of Intestates' Estates in
respect of which Letters of Administration were
granted to the Treasury Solicitor as Crown's
Nominee in the year 1915, 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.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Tennant presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Scheme
made by the Army Council for the establishment
and constitution of an Association for the County
of Stirling under the Territorial and Reserve
Forces Act, 1907.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
put, That, in view especially of the economy in
fuel and its transport that would be effected by
shortening the hours of artificial lighting, this
House would welcome a measure for the ad-
vancement of clock time by one hour during
the summer months of this year--(Sir Henry
Norman) ;

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for thef Sir Henry. Norman,

Yeas,

1 Mr. Peto :
Tellers for the f Sir Frederick Banbury,

Noes,

t Lord Hugh Cecil:,

8 th May

1916.
accept such offer, then this section shall cease to
apply to such tenancy. "-- --(Mr. Denniss.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added:

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 Sir
Frederick Banbury 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 military

Committee on the Military Service Bill ;

Service Bill.

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 receiving Supply
30th
M
Report.

the Report from the Committee of Supply of [
the 30th day of March last ;

arch]

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 British North
Second Reading of the British North America America Bill.
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

170.

The Order of the day being read, for the Output of

Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric- Beer
(Restriction)
tion) Bill ;
mil.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.

to-morrow.

Defence of
the Realm
Regulation.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
put, That, in the opinion of this House, the
interest of the public requires that an immediate
and material modification should be made in the
new Regulation 27A issued under the Defence
of the Realm Act(Sir Henry Dalziel) :It
passed in the Negative.

Courts
(Emergency
Powers)
(Amendment)
Bill [Lords.]

The House, according Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on bthe Courts (Emergency
Powers) (Amendment) Bill [Lords].

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Power of county courts to
determine leases to members of His Majesty's
forces).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1.5, at the end,
to add the words " Provided that if, in the case
of any tenancy to which this section applies, the
landlord shall give notice in writing to the
tenant offering to determine such tenancy at
the expiration of three months from the date of
the notice, and the tenant shall not, within one
calendar month after the date of the notice,

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.

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious

Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief Bill.
Bill ;

orders

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
.three minutes after
tinued to sit
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

till

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75.

Provisional
Order Bills
(Standing
Orders
applicable
thereto
complied
with.)

Provisional
Order Bills
(no Standing
Orders
applicable.)

Tuesday, 9th May 1916.

PRAYERS.

ATR. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report
lit 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

(No. 3) Bill.

Provisional Order

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, no

Standing Orders are applicable, viz. ;

'Government Provisional Orders

Local

(No. 4) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Weston-super-
Mare Grand
Pier Bill
[Lords.]

The Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier 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.

Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 6)- Bill.
Bill 37.

Local
Government
Pro visional
Orders
(No. 5) Bill.
Bill 38.

Mr. Hayes Fisher, supported by Mr. Long,
presented a Bill to confirm a Provisional Order
of the Local Government Board relating to
Lancaster : 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. Hayes Fisher, supported by Mr. Long,
presented a Bill to confirm certain Provisional
Orders of the Local Government Board relating
to Aberavon, Carlisle, Maidstone, Nelson, Saint
Helens, and the Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage
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.

High Court of
Justice and
Court of
Appeal, &c.
No. 73.

Land Registry.
No. 74.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy of
Account showing the Receipts and Expenditure
in respect of the High Court of Justice, the
Court of Appeal, and the Court of Criminal
Appeal during the year ended 31st March 1916.
Account of Receipts and Payments in respect
of the Land Registry for the year ended 31st
March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Summer Time
Bill.

Bill 39.

Mr. Secretary Samuel, supported by Mr.
Solicitor General and Mr. Brace, presented a
Bill to provide for the local time in Great Britain
and Ireland being in advance of Greenwich and
Dublin mean time, respectively, during the
summer months : And the same was ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

Business of
the House.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Govern-
interrupted this night

ment Business be not

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under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House),
and may be entered upon at any time though
opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

The Order of the day being read, for the Military

Committee on the Military Service Bill ;

Service Bill.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put. That it be- an Instruction to the
Committee that they may divide the Bill into
two Bills, one dealing with the enlistment of
married men between the ages of eighteen and
forty-one years, and the other dealing with the
other matters contained in this measure(Mr.
King):It passed in the Negative.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the

Chair.

The House accordingly resolved itself into the

Committee.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No.

1

(Extension and

continued

operation of Military Service Act, 1916).

Amendment ,proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5, after the
word " subject,' to insert the words " not being
the son of an alien enemy."(Mr. Wardle.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5,
to leave out the words " has at any time since,"
in order to insert the words " was on."(Mr.
Whitehouse.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 7;
after the word " in," to insert the words "the
United Kingdom of."(Sir John Lonsdale.)

Question proposed, That those words be thei7e

inserted :

Sir John Lonsdale 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.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 8,
to leave out from the word " attained " to the
word " shall," in 1. 9, in order to insert the words
"military age." (Mr. Ronald MNeill.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " eighteen," stand part of the
Clause, put, and agreed

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 8,
to leave out the word " eighteen," in order
the word " seventeen." (Captain
to insert
Amery.)

Question proposed, That the word " eighteen "
the Clause :Amendment, by

stand part of
leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 8,
to leave out the word " eighteen," in order to
insert the word " nineteen." (Mr. Hogge.)

Question put, That the word " eighteen "

stand part of the Clause.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

1 Mr. Bridgeman:

} 213.

Tellers for the ( Mr. Hogge,

Noes,

1 Mr. Anderson:
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 8,
after the word " years," to insert the words
"or who shall subsequently attain such age at
any time during the continuance of the war. " -
--(Mr. Nield.)

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9th-10th May,

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 " forty-one," in order to
insert the word " forty-five."
(Mr. Hume
Williams.)

Question, That the word " forty-one " stand

part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 9,
after the word " years,'
to insert the words
" before the fifteenth day of August, nineteen
hundred and fifteen."(Mr. Nield.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 14,
after the word " date," to insert the words " or,
being under the age of nineteen, has been
certified by the War Office to be undergoing
sufficient training for the purpose of becoming
an officer
(Mr.
Rawlinson.)

in His Majesty's Army."

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 14,
after the word " date," to insert the words " or
unless an application has been made by or in
respect of him under section two of the principal
Act; and such application has not been finally
disposed of."(Mr. Morrell.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 17,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that
no man who comes within the operation of this
or the principal Act shall be sent to serve
abroad before he reaches the age of nineteen."
(Sir John Simon.)

Question put, That those words be there

inserted.

The Committee proceeded to a Division.

Wednesday, 10th May 1916 :

Tellers for the) Sir Frederick Cawley,
Sr William Ryland
i

Yeas,

Adkins:

Tellers for the f Mr. Geoffrey Howard,

Noes,

Mr. James Hope:

1.

}

46.

124.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 20,
to leave out the word " thirtieth," in order to
insert the word " sixtieth."(Mr. Whitehouse.)
Question, That the word " thirtieth " stand

part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 22,
to leave out the word " thirtieth."(Mr. Ronald
IT Neill.)

Question proposed, That the word " thir-
tieth" stand part of the Clause :Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 25,

to leave out subsection (2).(Mr. King.)

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. 1, to

leave out subsection (3).Captain Amery.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again--(Mr. Long),put, and agreed to.

1916.
Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and
the Deputy Chairman reported, That the Com-
mittee 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 Courts
into a Committee on the Courts (Emergency (Emergency
Powers) (Amendment) Bill [ Lords].

(Amendment)
Bill [Lord8.1

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 2 (Powers of county court to
determine leases to members of His Majesty's
forces).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 5, at the end,
to add the words " Provided that if, in the case
of any tenancy to which this section applies, the
landlord shall give notice in writing to the
tenant offering to determine such tenancy at the
expiration of three months from the date of the
notice, and the tenant shall not, within one
calendar month after the date of the notice,
accept such offer, then this section shall cease to
apply to such tenancy."(Mr. Denniss.)

Question again proposed, That those words be

there added :

Question put, and negatived.
Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 3 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
and acquaint them that this House

the Lords
bath agreed to the same, without Amendment.

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 receiving supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

[30th March]
Report,

Ordered, That the Report be received 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 British Nth
Second Reading of the British North America America Bill.
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Output of

Second Readily, of the Output of Beer (Restric- Beer
(Restriction)
Lion) Bill ;
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Local Government Provisional Orders
(No. 4) Bill was, according to Order, read a
second time, and committed.

John Lalor Fitzpatrick, Esquire, Member for New Member

the Queen's County (Ossory Division), was sworn.
sworn.

Finance Bill.

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The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Finance Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Adjournment.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock on Tuesday evening, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then thirteen minutes
before One of the clock on Wednesday
morning, till this day.

Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 3) Bill.

Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 4) Bill.

Pier and
Harbour
Provisional
Orders Bill.
Bill 40.

Supreme
Court of
Judicature
(Ireland.)

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(England)
(Regulations.)

Wednesday, 10th May 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Local Government Provisional Order
(No. 3) Bill was, according to Order, read

a second time, and committed.

Mr. Pretyman presented a Bill to confirm
certain Provisional Orders made by the Board
of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour
Act, 1861,
relating to Ryde and Wicklow :
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. Montagu presented,--Return to an Order,
dated the 26th day of April last, for a Return
relative to the Supreme Court of Judicature
(Ireland).

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Regulations, dated 6th May 1916, made by the
Insurance Commissioners and the Welsh Insur-
ance Commissioners
the National
Health Insurance (Deposit Contributors' Ad-
ministration Expenses) Regulations, 1916.

entitled

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Penal
Servitude
Acts
(Conditional
Licence.)

Mr.. Secretary. Samuel
the directions of an Act
of a Licence granted to
her from Aylesbury Cons
that she enters a Home.

presented, pursuant to
of Parliament,--Copy
a Convict, discharging
det Prison on condition

Ordered, That the said

Table.

Paper do lie upon the

Arundel Port.

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 1915 to 25th March
1916.

East India
(India Office,
Retirement at
Sixty-five.)

'Resolved, That an humble Address be presented
to His Majesty, that He will be graciously

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77
pleased to give directions that there be laid
before this House a Return of Copy of Minute
by the Secretary of State for India, stating the
circumstances under which a member of his
permanent establishment has been retained in
the Service after he has attained the age of
Sixty-five..(Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.)

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 Amendments Local

made by this House to the Amendments made Government
by the Lords to the Local Government (Emer- p(Erioxi
gency Provisions) Bill, without any Amend- Bill.
ment.

150ennsS

er

1, 1

Mr. Dillon, Member for East Mayo, rose in Adjournment.

his place and asked leave to move the adjourn-
ment of the House for the purpose of discussing
a definite matter of urgent public importance,
viz., the continuance of Executions in Ireland Ireland
on the sanction of secret military tribunals, and (Mar tial Law.)
the apparent want of any proper authority to
control the proceedings of the military in that
country ; 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.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of
Business be not interrupted this night under the the House.
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
may be entered upon at any time though
opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

Military
Service Bill,

Chairman
declines to
4uitestthieon

(Abuse of
Rules.)

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into a Committee on the Military Service Bill.
(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 2 (Prolongation of expiring terms

of service).

Mr. King 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.

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 3, to leave
out the words "subsection (1) of section eighty-
seven of the Army Act, and."(Mr. King.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, I. 10,
after the words last inserted, to add the words
" but this section shall not apply in the case of
an only surviving son of a. parent who has
already lost one or more sons in the present
war."(Mr. Joynson-Hicks.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, I. 10,
after the words last inserted, to add the words
"and for home defence only."(Colonel Lock-
wood.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 10,
after the words last inserted, to add the words
"but a soldier retained in the Army under this
section shall have the right of re-engaging for
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10th May.

1916.
to the same naval or military rank as they held
before the termination of their period of service."
(Mr. Ronald AP

78
such further. period of army service as will
qualify him for pension."(Mr. Shirley Benn.)
Question proposed, That those words be there

added Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Question put,. That the Clause, as amended,

stand part of the Bill.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the 1Mr. Bridgeman,

Yeas.

1 Mr, Geoffrey Howard:

.

1- 232.

Tellers for the 1 Mr. Whitehouse,
Mr. Goldstone :
Clause No. 3 (Modification of exceptions from

j 33.

Noes,

service).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 11, to leave

out subsection (1).(Mr. King.)

Question put, That the words proposed to be
left out, to the word " so," in I. 12, stand part of
the Clause.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the j Mr. James Hope,

Yeas,

1 Mr. Beck :
Tellers for the I Mr. King,

Noes,

1,Sir Ernest Lamb :

159.

39.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 12,
to leave out from the word " effect " to the end
of the subsection.(Captain Amery.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed

to be left out stand part of the Clause :

And it being a quarter of an hour after Eight
of the clock, and leave having been given to
the House under
move the adjournment of
Standing Order No. 10, .further proceeding was
postponed without Question put.

Military
Service Bill.

The 'House again resolved itself
Committee on the Military Service Bill.

into a

(In the Committee.)
Postponed proceeding on Amendment proposed

on consideration of Clause 3 resumed.

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. 14,
after the word " service," to insert the words
" and accordingly in that paragraph the words
to any provision which may
' and subject
hereafter be made by Parliament, men who have
been discharged from the naval or military
service of the Crown on the termination of their
period of service' shall be repealed."(Mr.
King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 14,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that
any man who, by virtue of this subsection, comes
within the operation of subsection (1) of section
one of the principal Act, as amended by this Act,
shall not, unlesS he was discharged from the
military or naval service' of the Crown as or in
connection with a punishment, be placed in the
Army :in any grade lower than that which he
held, or corresponding to that which he held, as
the. case may be, on his discharge from the
military or naval service of the Crown, and shall
not receive pay or emoluments less advantageous
to him than those to which he was entitled at
the time of his discharge."(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 14,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided always
that such men on re-enlistment shall be restored

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, L 14,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that
such men, if discharged from the military service
of the Crown, on re-enlistment shall be restored
to the same military rank as they held before the
termination of their period of service."(Mr.
Tennant.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 14,
at the end, to insert the words " But men who
are called up under this subsection shall have
an option for serving for home defence, instead
of service abroad, if over thirty-five years of
age."( Mr. Barnes.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 15,
to leave out subsection (2).(Mr. Pennefather.)
Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word "unless," in 1. 19,
stand part of the Clause :Debate arising ;

Sir Philip Magnus rose in his place and Closure
claimed to move, That the Question be now put ; cchairman
but the Chairman withheld his assent,
declined then to put that Question :Debate Assent.
resumed.

and withholds his

Sir Frederick Banbury rose in his place and Closure

claimed to move, That the Question be now put ;
but the Chairman withheld his assent,
and
declined then to put that Question :Debate Assent.
resumed.

h

med, but

withholds

an his

Question put, That the words proposed

left out, to the word " unless," in 1.
part of the Clause.

to be
19, stand

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the ( Mr. Bridgeman,

Yeas,

Mr. !?ea :

} 179.

Noes,

Tellers for the Mr. Goldstone,
1 Mr. Morrell:
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 19,
to insert the words
after the word " fifteen,
" unless he has received a certificate that he is
permanently unfit for naval or military service
of the Crown, or."(Mr. Anderson.)

49.

t

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 21,
at the end, to insert the words " previously to
the fifteenth day of June, nineteen hundred and
sixteen."( Mr. Holt.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 21,
at the end, to insert the words " A medical
re-examination shall only take place at the
direction of a properly constituted board, one-
half of the members of which shall be civilian
doctors, and men who are found unfit for active
military duties shall be discharged from the
reserve and given a certificate of absolute
exemption."(Mr. Whitehouse.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

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10th 11th May.

Thursday,,11th May 1916 :,

Question put, and negatived.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 22,
to leave out subsection (3).(Mr. Whitehouse.)
Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of,the Clause, put, and agreed to.
Question put, That the Clause, as amended,

stand part of the Bill.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the J Mr. Geoffrey Howard,

Yeas,

I Mr. James Hope :

Tellers for the (.Mr. Rogge,
1 Mr. King :

Noes,

Clause No. 4 (Provision as to certificates of

exemption).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 25, to , leave

out subsection (1).(Mr. Whitehouse.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
,out, to the,word " thereof," in 1. 27, stand part
of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 31,

to leave out subsection (2).(Mr. King.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " condition," in 1. 32, stand part
of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,

leave out Is. 37 and 38.(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :

to be left out stand part of
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Question put, That. the Clause, as amended,

stand part of the Bill.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the ( Mr. Bridgeman,

Yeas,,

1 Mr. Beck :

1. 141.

Tellers for the ( Mr. Morrell,

Noes,

9.
Clause No. 5 (Amendment of section three (3)

1 Mr. Anderson:

of principal Act).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 40, to leave
out from the word " if " to the first word " the,"
in 1. 41.(Mr. King.)

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Question, That the words proposed to be left
stand part of

out, 'to the word " knowledge,
the Clause, put, and agreed to.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 7 (Duty to' produce certificate of

exemption or to give particulars).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 15, to leave
out from the first word " by " to the word
" produce," in 1. 17.(Mr. Rogge.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " has," in 1. 16, stand part of
the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, L 16,
to leave out the words " has authority," in order
to insert the words " produces to him authority
in writing."(Mr. Hogge.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 21,
to leave out the words " in respect of each
offence."(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Cla,use :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in. p. 3, 1. 23,
to leave out from the word " pounds " to the
end of the Clause.(Mr. Hoyge.)

Question, That the words proposed to, be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

to

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 8 agreed to.
Clause No. 9 (Transfer

,

special circumstances).

.

to reserve under

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 30, after the
word "may," to insert the words "subject to
regulations which shall protect an employed
person against any enforced service of a private
employer, or any other form 'of industrial con-
scription."--(1VIr. Anderson.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Question proposed, That
amended, stand part of the Bill :

the Clause,

as

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again(Mr. Long),put, and agreed to

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2', 1. 40,
after the word " if," to insert the words " the
words."(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

`Question put, That the Clause stand part of,

the Bill.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and
the Deputy Chairman reported, That the Com-
mittee 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 Committee divided.
Tellers for thef Mr. Geoffrey Howard,

Yeas,

I. Mr. James Hope:

The Summer Time Bill was, according to Summer Time

126.

I

Order, read a second time.

Bill.

Tellers for thef Mr. Leif Jones,
iMr. Anderson:
Clause No. :6' (Proof of offences in connection

t 13.

Noes,

with deserters and absentees).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3,:1. 8, to leave
out from the word " though " to the end of the
Clause, in order to insert the words "in para-
graphs (2) and (3) of the first-cited section, and
in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of
the second-cited section, there had been inserted,
after the word
knowing,' the words or having
reason to believe.' "(Mr. King.)

V 0L. 171.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for this day:7-
(Mr. Rea.)

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 receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

[30th March j
Report.

L 4

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10th-11th May.

1916.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Ordered, That the Report be received 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.

British North
America Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the British North America
Bill ;'

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer(Restric-
tion) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill, be read a second time

this day.

Finance Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Finance Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Adjournment.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock on Wednesday evening, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then nineteen minutes
before Four of the clock on Thursday
morning, till this day.

Provisional
Order Bills
(Standing
Orders
applicable
thereto
complied
with.)

Provisional
Order Bills
(no Standing
Orders
applicable.)

Thursday, 11th May 1916.

.

PRAYERS.
MRMR. 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 applic-
able thereto have been complied with, viz. :--

Local Government (Ireland) Provisional

Orders (No. 2) Bill.

Local Government (Ireland) Provisional

Order (Gas) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time

upon Monday next.

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.
Halifax Corporation Provisional Order Bill.
Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time

upon Monday next.

AgricultUral
Statistics
(Ireland.)

Mr. T. W. Russell presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of the Agricultural Statistics
of Ireland, with detailed Report for 1914.

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Police Act,

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy 1890
of Correspondence relative to the refusal of the
Secretary of State's Certificate under Section
17 (2) of the Police Act, 1890, to the Tyne
River Police Force, for the year ended 29th
September 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc- Finance
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of the (No. 2) Act,
Motor Cars (Temporary importation) Regula- (Te
(Temporary
tions, made by the Treasury under Section 13 (6) Importation of
of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915.

Motor Cars.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Local

from the Committee on the Local Government Government
Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill ; That they had
considered the Orders therein contained; that (No. 2) Bill.
the said Orders ought to be confirmed ; and that [ Provisional
they had directed him to report the Bill, without confirmed.]
Amendment, to the House.

Orde

Orders

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 Imperial
the Imperial. Continental Gas Association Bill Continental
Gas
[Lords], with Amendments.
Association.
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Bill [Lords.

Table.

]

Ordered, That the Motion relating to Ireland Business of
(Continuance of Martial Law) and the other the House
Government Business have precedence this day (Supply)
of the Business of Supply.
Minister.)

(The Prime

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of
Business be not interrupted this night under the the House.
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
may be entered upon at any time though
opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

A Motion was made, and the Question being Ireland
put, That, in the interest of peace and good (Continuance
government in Ireland, it is vitally important Law)Martial
that the Government should make immediately
a full statement of their intentions as to the
continuance of executions in that country carried
out as a result of secret military trials, and as to
the continuance of martial law, military rule,
and the searches and wholesale arrests now
going on in various districts of the country
(Mr. Dillon) :It passed in the Negative.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Military

into a Committee on the Military Service Bill.
(In the Committee.)

Service Bill.

Clause No. 9 (Transfer

to reserve under

special circumstances).

Question again proposed, That the Clause,

as amended, stand part of the Bill :
Question put, and agreed to.
Clause No. 10 (Amendment of the Army

(Transfers) Act, 1915).
Amendments made.

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th

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 6,
after the word " apply," to insert the words
" and accordingly in that proviso there shall be
added, after the words 'he shall not,' the words
except the Army Council otherwise directs.' "
(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 11 (Transfer of officers and men

of the territorial force).
Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 8,
after the word " in," to insert the words " the
Army Act or any :Act amending the same, or
in."(Colonel Greig.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Other Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses No. 12 and No. 13 agreed to.
Clause No. 14 amended, and agreed to.
A Clause (Amendment of subsection (2) of

section one of principal Act)(Mr. King)
brought up, and read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time,.put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Power to local tribunal to
make attendance at drill with volunteer corps a
condition of exemption from military service)
(Mr. Percy Harris)--brought up, and read the
first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put,, and negatived.

Another Clause (Exemption on the ground of
conscientious objection)(Mr. Edmund Harvey)
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 section two,
subsection (1), of principal Act)(Mr. Snowden)
brought up, and read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Constitution and procedure
of tribunals)(Mr. Snowden)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 (Proceedings as to appeal
in certain cases)(Mr. Snowden)brought up,
and read the first time.

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81
read the first and second time, and added to the
Bill.

Another Clause (Exemption for Members of
Parliament)(Mr. Holt)brought up, and read
the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Conscientious objector)
(Major Newman)brought up, and read the first
time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another /Clause (Exemption of sole head of
business)(Mr. Yeo)brought up, and read thf
first time.

Motion made, and Question proposed, That
the Clause be read a second time :Motion and
Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Clause (Construction of paragraph
(b) of subsection (1) of section two of prin-
cipal Act)(Mr. Ellis Griffith)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 (Certificate of exemption)
(Mr. Ellis Grth)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 (Amendment of section two

(3) of principal Act)(Sir George Younger)
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 (Certificates of exemption)
(Mr. Tyson Wilson)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.

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 taken into consideration upon
Monday next ; and be printed.

Bill 41

The Order of the day being read, for the Summer Time

Committee on the Summer Time Bill ;

Bill.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Another Clause (Report from Army Medical
Board)(Mr. Edmund Harvey)brought up,
and read the first time.

Motion made, and Question proposed, That

the Clause be read a second time :

Friday, 12th May 1916:

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Clause (Order for alternative service)
(Mr. Morrell)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 (Exception for prisoners of
war, &c.)(Sir John Simon)brought up, and

VOL. 171.

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 British North
Second Reading of the British North America America Bill.
Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the output of
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restrie- Beer
(Restriction
tion) Bill ;
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

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'1916.

Finance Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Finance Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next..

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
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, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Message from
the Lords.

Gas
Provisional
Orders Bill.
Edinburgh
Corporation
Order
Confirmation
Bill.
Colonial
Bank Bill.

Alexander's
Restitution
Bill [Lords.]

Alexander's
Restitution
Bill [.Lords.]

Bill 42.

Adjournment.

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 Gas Provisional

Orders Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh
Corporation Order Confirmation Bill, without
any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Colonial Bank
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords
desire the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled' An
Act for the restitution in blood of the heirs of
the late Reginald Gervase Alexander so far as
relates to the Honour and Dignity of the Barony
of Cobham; to which the. Lords desire the
concurrence of this House.

..Alexander's Restitution Bill [Lords] was read
the first time.

Mr. Long, 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 a second time.
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a

Select Committee. (Mr. Solicitor General.)

The Committee was accordingly nominated of
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Barnes, Sir Edward
Carson, the Chairman of 'Ways and Means, Mr.
Chancellor. of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Finlay,
Mr. Ellis. Grth, Mr. Secretary Samuel, Sir
John Simon, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Eugene
Wason, and Mr. Stuart-Wortley.

Ordered, That Three. be the quorum of the

Committee.(Mr. Solicitor General.)
Ordered, That the Bill be printed.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock. on Thursday evening., Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then seventeen minutes
before Two of the clock on Friday morn-
ing, till Monday next, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February laSt.

Monday, 15th May 1910.

PRAYERS.

R. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report London
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for County
Private Bills, That in the case of the following Conned
Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, the (Standing
Standing Orders which are applicable thereto Orders
applicable
de
have been complied with, viz.:
thereto
complied

London County Council (Money) Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.

Bill

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 ( dlanding
Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, no applicable.)
Standing Orders are applicable, .viz. :

Local Government

(No. 6) Bill.

Provisional Order

Ordered, That the Bill. be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Local Government Provisional Orders Local

(No. 2) Bill was, according to Order,'read 'the Government
Provisional
third time and passed.
Orders

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to (No. 2) Bill.

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The Halifax Corporation Provisional Order Halifax

Bill was according. to Order read a second time''
and committed.

5

Corporation
Provisional
Order Bill.

The Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Local

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

Government
(I
reland)
Provisional
Order
(Gas) Bill.

The Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Local

Orders (No. 2) Bill was'
read a second time, and committed.

to Order, Government
(Ireland)
Provisional
Orders
(No. 2) Bill.

The :Marriages Provisional Order Bill was Marriages
according to Order, read- a second time, and Provisional
Order Bill.
committed.,

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented,. by His Workmen's

Majesty's Command,Copy of Order made by.
the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- Diseases.)
went, dated 6th May. 1916,
provisions
Compensation Act, 1906,- to Other Diseases.

extending the
of Section 8 of 'the Workmen's

(Ciodu

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pursuant Shops Act,

to -the directions of an Act of Parliament,=--. 1912.
Copies of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities,. and confirmed by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department :

Boroughs

Swansea.

of Eastbourne, Lewes,

and

Urban District of Rowley Regis.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr, Secretary Chamberlain

presented,

Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated
the 10th day of this instant May, for a Return
relative to East India (India Office, 'Retirement
at Sixty-five).

East India
(India Office,
Retirement at
Sixty-five.)

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon' the

Table.

The Lord' Advocate presented,

by

-His Royal

Majesty's Command, Copy of the Twenty- (Edinburgh.)
Observatory

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sixth Annual Report of the Astronomer Royal
for Scotland.

15th May.

83
Another Clause was offered to be added to
the Bill (Certificates to extend, to, objection to
-all military service).--(Mr. Edmund Harvey.).

Lancaster
County
(South West)
(Widnes
Division)
Writ.

Ordered, That .the.said.Paper do --lie upon the

Table.

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 Lancaster (South West) (Widnes Division),
in the room of Colonel William Hall Walker,
who, since his Election for the said county, bath
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of His
Majesty's Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke,
Deaborough, and Burnhani;' in the Comity of
B uckingham.(Lord 'Edmund Talbot.)

Sir Stuart Samuel reported from the Corn-
North British
B ailway Bill. mittee on the North British Railway 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 pro-
visions 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 ; and had amended the Title,
as followeth :A Bill for conferring further
powers upon the North British Railway Com-
pany ; for authorising the construction of a
road diversion ; for empowering the Company
and the Haddington County Council to acquire
lands, and for other purposes.

[Title
amended.]

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Business of
the House.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
put, That the proceedings on Government
Business be not interrupted this night under
the Standing Order ( Sittings of the House),
and may be entered upon at any time though
opposed(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer) ;

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

)

Mr. Gulland,
Mr. James Hope :

Tellers for the j Mr. .Hogye,

N oes,

l Mr. Thomas:

163.

F

29.

Military
Service Bill.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.

The House, according to Order, proceeded
to take into consideration the Military Service
Bill, as amended in the Committee.

A Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill (Conscientious objector).(Sir Frederick
Banbury.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read
a second time :The said Motion and Clause
the House,
were
withdrawn.

severally, with

leave of

And the saidClause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read
a second time :The said Motion and Clause
severally, with leave of the House,
were
withdrawn.

Another Clause was offered to be added to
the Bill (Imprisonment in a public prison, and
recognition that the man has not enlisted on
failure
certificate of
terms
exemption).(Mr. Edmund Harvey.)

observe

of

to

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read
a second time :The said Motion and Clause
the .House,
were severally, with
withdrawn.

leave of

Another Clause was offered to he added to
the Bill (Conscientious objection to extend to
all military service).(Mr. Edmund Harvey.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read
a second time : The said Motion and Clause
were.
the House,
withdrawn.

severally, with

leave of

Another Clause was offered to be added to
the Bill (Procedure in cases of conscientious
objection).--( Mr. Edmund Harvey.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read a
second time :And a Debate arising thereupon ;
Mr. Booth 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. Speaker called the attention of the House
to continued irrelevance on the part of Mr.
Outhwaite, Member for Hanley, and directed dh
the honourable Member to discontinue his
speech.

Member
directed to
iscontinue
is Speech
Irrelevance.)

And the Question being put ;
The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the f Mr.
1 Mr.
Tellers for the (Mr.
1Mr.

Yeas,

Noes,

Edmund Harvey,
Morrell :
Geoffrey Howard,
James Hope

Another Clause was offered to be added to
the Bill (Appeal tribunal decisions to conform
with central tribunal decisions).(Mr. Edmund
Harvey.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read
a second time :The said Motion and Clause
the House,
were
withdrawn.

severally, with leave

of

VOL. 171.

So it passed in the Negative.
Another Clause was offered' to be added to the
Bill (Limitation of the number of married men
who may at any time be called to service with
the colours).(Mr. Hat.)

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 read a second
time ;

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16th May.

1916.

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for thei Mr. Holt,

Yeas,

(Mr. Arnold :

Tellers for the IMr. Bridgeman,

Noes,

1Mr. Beck :

} 37.

1 193.

So it passed in the Negative.
Another Clause was offered to be added to
the Bill (Amendment of section two (1) (b) of
principal Act).(Mr. King.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

thefirst time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That the said Clause be read a second
time ;

The House proceeded to a Division.
And the House having continued to sit till
after Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ;
Tuesday, 16th May 1916 :

Title amended.
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 had
amended the Title, as followeth :--A Bill to [Title
provide for
Ireland being in advance of Greenwich and
Dublin mean time, respectively, during the
summer months.

the time in Great Britain and amended.],

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 Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the f Mr. King,

Yeas,

1Mr. Rogge:

Tellers for the' Mr. Bridgeman,

Noes,

Mr. Rea:

f 62.

1- 185.

So it passed in the Negative.
Another Clause was offered to be added to
the Bill (Revision of exemption certificates).
(Mr. .Ellis Griffith.)

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 read a second
time :It passed in the Negative.

Another Clause was offered to be added to

the Bill (Leave to appeal).(Mr. Whitehouse.)

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 read a second
time :It passed in the Negative.

Another Clause (Amendment of section two

(3) of principal Act)(Sir George Younger)
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill.

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill.
Ordered, That the further consideration of the
as amended, be now adjourned.--(Mr.

Bill,
Long.)

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into further consideration
this day.

Summer Time
Bill,

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into a Committee on the Summer Time Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1.
Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 9, at
the end, to insert the words " Provided also that
during the hay and corn harvests farmers be
reckon the working day by
authorised to
Greenwich time."(Sir George Younger.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to..
Clause No. 2 agreed to.

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 clay being read, for the British North
Second Reading of the British North America America Bill.
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Output of

Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric- Beer
tion) Bill ;

(BRestriction)

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

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

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious

Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Bill.

Relief

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this clay.

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 receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of R[ 3e
the 30th day of March last ;

OtohrParch]

Ordered, That the Report be received this

day.

And it being after half-past Eleven of Actium-Inflect.

the clock on Monday evening, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then five minutes after
Two of the clock on Tuesday morning,
till this day.

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16th May.

Tuesday, 16th May 1916.

PRAYERS.

Colonial Bank THE House proceeded to take into con-
sideration the Amendments made by the
Bill.
Lords to the Colonial Bank Bill ; and the same
were twice read, and agreed to.

Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 6) Bill.

Lighthouses,
&c. (Local
Inspections.)

University of
Glasgow.

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 Local Government Provisional Order
(No. 6) Bill was, according to Order, read a
second time, and committed.

Mr. Runciman presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies of
Reports to the Board of Trade by the Trinity
House of Deptford Strond, the Commissioners
of Northern Lighthouses, and the Commissioners
of Irish Lights of their Inspection of Local
Lighthouses, Buoys, and Beacons in 1915.

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 Abstract of Accounts of the University of
Glasgow for the year ended 30th September
1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Civil Services,
1916-17
(Revised
Estimate.)

No. 75.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Revised Estimate of the amount
required in the year ending 31st March 1917 to
pay the Salaries and Expenses of the House of
Commons.

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred

to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

Lunacy.

Business of
the House.

Military
Service Bill.

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 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 the 1st October
1915 and the 31st March 1916.

Ordered, That the proceedings on the Military
Service Bill, if under discussion at Eleven of
the clock this night, be not interrupted under
the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).
(Mr. Secretary Bonar Law.)

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into further consideration the Military
Service Bill, as amended in the Committee.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 8, by leaving out the word
" eighteen," and inserting the word "nineteen "
(Mr. Whitehouse),----instead thereof.

And the Question being proposed, That the
word " eighteen " stand part of the Bill :And
a Debate arising thereupon ;

Sir Philip Magnus 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 ;
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32.

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the ( Sir Philip Magnus,

Yeas,

Mr. Booth:
Tellers for the Mr. Hogge,

Noes,

l Mr. Sherwell:

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
And the Question being accordingly put,
That the word " eighteen " stand part of the
Bill ;

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the 1 Mr. Geoffrey Howard,

Yeas,

iMr. James Hope:

Tellers for thef Mr. Whitehouse,

Noes,

1 Mr. Anderson:

201.

1 49.

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. 1, by leaving out sub-
section (3) of Clause 1.(Mr. Edmund Harvey.)
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. 11, by leaving out the
words " provided the man referred to in such
sections is under the age of forty-one," and
inserting the words "Provided that this section
shall not apply in the case of men who, when
their time for discharge occurs, have served a
period of twelve years or more and have attained
the age of forty-one years " (Mr. Solicitor
General),instead thereof.

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :
It passed in the Negative.

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, in 1. 1, by leaving
out the word " not."(Captain Amery.)

And the Question being put, That the word
" not " stand part of the said proposed Amend-
ment :It was resolved in the Affirmative.

And the Question being put, That the words
" Provided that this section shall not apply in the
case of men who, when their time for discharge
occurs, have served a period of twelve years or
more and have attained the age of forty-one
years " be there inserted in the Bill :It was
resolved in the Affirmative.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 13, by leaving out sub-
section (1) of Clause 3.(Mr. King.)

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out, to the word " effect," in
p. 2, 1. 14, stand part of the Bill :lt was
resolved in the Affirmative.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 14, by leaving out from the
word " effect " to the end of subsection (1) of
Clause 3.(Captain Amery.)

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out, to the word " Provided,"
in p. 2, 1. 16, stand part of the Bill :It was
resolved in the Affirmative.
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86

16th May.

Then another Amendment was made to the

Bill.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 20, by leaving out sub-
section (2) of Clause 3.( Mr. Pringle.)

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out, to the word " August,"
in p. 2, 1. 21, stand part of the Bill ;

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the I Mr. James Hope,

Yeas,

1 Mr. Beck:

Tellers for the f Mr. Pringle,

Noes,

1 Mr. Thomas:

140.

}

48.

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. 26, by inserting at the end
thereof the words " before the first-mentioned
date."(Mr. Long.).

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
leaving out
the words " mentioned date," and inserting the
i
ff
words " day of July, nineteen hundred and
sixteen "(Sir John Simon),instead thereof.

And the Question being proposed, That the
words." mentioned date " stand part of the said
proposed Amendment :The Amendment to the
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of
the House, withdrawn.

And the Question being put, That the words
" before the first-mentioned date " be there
inserted in 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. 3, 1. 3, by leaving out Clause 5.
(Sir John Simon.)

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out, to the end of p. 3, 1. 3,
stand part of the Bill;
The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the f-Mr. Bridgeman,

lf 189.

Yeas,

IMr. Rea :

Tellers for the! Mr. Anderson,
ctMr. Thomas :

Noes,

1- 62.
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. 3, 1. 3, by inserting, after the
words last inserted, the words "apply only in
the case of a man who has been engaged in an
occupation certified by a Government depart-
ment to be work of national importance, or
whose conditions of employment have been
subject to the provisions of the Munitions of
War Acts, 1915 ; and in all other cases the
subsection shall."(Mr. Barnes.)

And the Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill;

The said proposed Amendment was amended,
in 1..4, by inserting, after the first, word " of,"
the words " section seven of," and by leaving

And the Question being

1916.
out the word " Acts," and inserting the word
"Act," instead thereof.(Mr. Solicitor General.)
That the words
"apply only in the case of a man who has been
engaged in an occupation certified by a Govern-
ment department to be work of national import-
ance, or whose conditions of employment have
been subject to the provisions of section seven
of the Munitions of War Act, 1915.; and in all,
other cases the subsection shall " be there inserted
in 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. 4, 1. 18,.by inserting -at the end
thereof the words " hut' no such man -shall 'be
employed under military orders in any trade or
industry."(Mr. Jowett.)

And the Question being put, That those words
'passed in the

be there inserted in the Bill
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
(Mr. Long) ;

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

Mr. Gulland,
1 Mr. Bridgernan :
Tellers for the I Mr. Leif Jones,
1 Mr. Goldstone:

Noes,

5

1- 250.

t

35.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
The Bill was accordingly read the third time

and passed ; and ordered to be printed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Bill 43.

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 British North
Second Reading of the British North America America Bill.
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being, read, for -the output of

Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric- Beer
(Restriction)
tion) Bill ;
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

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 -morro w .

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious
Second Reading of tfie Religious Orders Relief Orders Relief
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.

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16th 17th-18th May.

87

The Order of the, day being read, for receiving
Supply
[30th March] the Report from the Committee of Supply of
Repor

t.

the 30th day of March last ;

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

-Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Lords have agreed to the Summer Time Summer Time

Bill, without any Amendment.

Bill.

Adjournnient. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

A Motion was made, and the Question being Air Service.

this House urges that His
proposed, That
Majesty's Government should without delay
take every possible step to make adequate
provision for a powerful Air Service -- (Mr.
Jognson-Hicks).;

And accordingly the .House, having- con-
tinued to sit till twenty-one minutes after
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
to-
morrow.

A Message was delivered by Admiral, Sir Royal Assent.

Henry Frederick Stephenson, Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod :
Mr. Speaker,

College
Charter Act,
1871.

Fire
Extinguishers
Committee.

Wednesday, 17th May 1916.

PRAYERS.

JR. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to
I the directions of an. Act of Parliament,
Copy of Petition from Mrs. E. M. Sidgwick,
widow, and others, praying for the grant of a
Charter under the College Charter Act, 1871;
to Newnham College, Cambridge ; together with
a Copy of the Draft of the Charter applied for.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command: Copy of Report of the
Committee appointed by the Secretary of State
for the Home Department to conduct experi-:
meets to test the value of dry-powder Fire,
Extinguishers,,as compared with water and other
" first-aid " appliances
extinguishing or
effectively controlling fires such as are likely
to be caused by bombs.

for

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented,

by His
Highlands
and Islands Majesty's Command,Copy of Second Report
(Medical
of the Medical Service Board of the Highlands
Service) Grant
and Islands, for the year .1915.
Act, 1913.

Shops Act,
1912.

The Lord Advocate also presented, pursuant
to the directions of an Act of Parliament, Copy
of Order made by the Secretary for Scotland
under the Shops Act, 1912, affecting certain,
classes of Shops in the Burgh of Ayr.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the.

Table.

Military
Service (Civil
Liabilities)
Committee.

Mr. Long presented, by His Majesty's
Command,--L-Copy of Regulations made by the
Military Service (Civil Liabilities) Committee,.
with the concurrence of the Lords Commis-
sioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Alexander's
Restitution
Bill [.Lords.]

No. 76

No. 76.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
from the Select Committee on Alexander's
Restitution Bill [Lords] ; That they had gone
through the Bill, and directed him- to report
the same, without Amendment.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Ordered, That the Minutes of the .proceedings

of the Committee be printed.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

VOL. 171.

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 Rouse of Peers : And having
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. Local Government (Emergency Pro-

viSiOns) Act, 1916.

2. Courts (Emergency Powers) (Amend-

ment) Act, 1916.
3. Summer Time Act, 1916.
4. Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirma-

tion A ct, 1916.

5. Gas Orders Confirmation Act, 1916.
6. Burnley Corporation Act, 1916.
7. Weston - super - Mare Grand Pier Act,

1916:

The Question beint, affain proposed, That this Air Service.

House urges that His Majesty's Government
should without delay take every possible step to
make adequate 'provision for a powerful Air
Service ;

And notice being taken that Forty Members
were not present, the House was told by
Mr. Speaker; and Forty Members not
being presents and it being then after
Four of the clock, the House was adjourned
by Mr. Speaker, at eight minutes after
Eight of the clock, without a Question
first put, till to-morrow.

Thursday, 18th May 1916.

PRAYERS.
ER. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Provisional
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Order
idaerd it
(Standing

Private Bills, That in the case, of the following
Bill, referred on the III, st Reading thereof, applicable
thereto
the Standing Orders which , are applicable complied
thereto have been complied with, viz.: --

with.)

Local Government Provisional Orders

(No. 5) Bill.

31 4

18th May.

1916.
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 233 of Session
1914-16).(Colonel Yate.)

88

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Alexander's
Restitution
Bill [Lords.]

Alexander's Restitution Bill [Lords] was read

the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk de, carry the Bill to
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment.

Swansea
Harbour Bill
[Lords.]

The House proceeded to take into considera-
as

tion the Swansea Harbour Bill [Lords],
amended in the Committee.

A Clause (Incorporation of Harbours, Docks,
and Piers Clauses Act, 1847) was twice read ;
and made part of the Bill.

Then Amendments were made to the Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Supreme Court Mr. T. W. Russell presented, pursuant to
of Judicature
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
87 (Ireland),
of Order in Council, dated 8th May 1916, under
the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland),
1877, giving effect to Rules of Court.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented,
by
His Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial
Report, No. 884 (Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Protectorate, Report for 1914-15).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Navy and
Army Services,
Warlike
Operations,
and other
Expenditure
arising out of
the War,
1916-17
(Supple.
mentary Vote
of Credit.)

No. 77.

Motor Car
Acts.

Civil Servants
of Military
Age.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Supplementary Estimate of the sum
required to be voted for general Navy and Army
Services, Warlike Operations, and other Expen-
diture arising out of the War.

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred

to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order by the Secretary for Scotland under
the Motor Car Act, .1903, dated 11th May 1916,
inter alia, partially rescinding the Motor Cars
Regulation (County of Midlothian)
1)
Order, 1905.

(No.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Copy of Return showing the number of
persons employed in the various Government
Departments in Great Britain at the outbreak
of war and on the 1st day of April 1916 ; the
number who have joined the Forces ; and the
number of military age remaining on the same
date.(Mr. Montagu.)

Mr. Montagu accordingly presented the said

Paper.

No. 78.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

East India
(Financial
Statement
and Budget.)

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 Indian
Financial Statement and Budget for 1916-17,
and
the Legislative
Council of the Governer General (in continua-

discussions

thereon

in

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Lccal

from the Committee on the Local Government Government
Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill ; That they Forrodveirs: on al
had considered the Orders therein contained ; (No. 4) Bill.
that the said Orders ought to be confirmed ; and [Provisional
that they had directed him to report the Bill Orders
, confirmed.]
without Amendment, to the House.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

Alexandra

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
from the Committee on the Alexandra (Newport
M7hpalael:)1
and South Wales) Docks and Railway Bill ;
Docks and
That they had examined the allegations con- Railway Bill.
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 ; and be printed.

Sir William Middlebrook reported from the Local
Local Legislation Committee ; That in the case Legislation
of the Tynemouth Corporation Bill they had TO mn
mouth
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- Corporation
amble of the Bill, and amended the same so as Bill.
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.

Sir William Middlebrook reported from the Local
Local Legislation Committee ; That they had Legislation
Committee
agreed to a Special Report, which they directed (
him to make to the House.

Report.)

Ordered, That the Special Report do lie upon

the Table ; and be printed.

Ordered, That the Minutes of the proceedings

of the Committee be printed.

No. 79.

No. 79.

Ordered, That the proceedings on the Finance Business of
Bill have precedence this day of the Business of the House
Supply.(Mr. Secretary Bonar Law.)

The Finance Bill was, according to Order, Finance Bill

read a second time, and committed to a Com-
mittee of the whole House for 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 receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of [30th March]
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the British North
Second Reading of the British North America America Bill.
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

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89

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) 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, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Religious
Orders Relief
Bill;

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till a quarter of an hour after
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till Monday
next, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last.

Monday, 22nd May 1916.

PRAYERS.

North British THE House proceeded to take into considera-
Railway
tion the North British Railway (substituted)
(subStituted)
Bill.

Bill, as amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

London
County
Council
(Money) Bill.
Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 4) Bill.

Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 5) Bill.
Fee Fund
(House of
Lords.)

Munitions
Tribunals
(Scotland)
Amendment
Rules, 1916.

East India
(Financial
Statement and
Budget.)

No. 80.

The London County Council (Money) Bill

was read a second time, and committed.

The Local Government Provisional Orders
(No. 4) 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 Local Government Provisional Orders
(No. 5) Bill was, according to Order, read a
second time, and committed.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Account of the Fee Fund
of the House of Lords from the 1st April 1915
to the 31st March 1916.

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 the Munitions. Tribunals (Scotland) Amend-
ment Rules, 1916, dated 18th May 1916, for
amending the Munitions Tribunals (Scotland)
Rules, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain

presented,

Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated
the 18th day of this instant. May, for a Return
relative to East India (Financial Statement and
Budget).

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Irish

the directions of several Acts of Parliament, -- Universities
Copy of Statute V. for University College, Act, 1908.
Dublin, under the Irish Universities Act, 1908.

Copy of Order made under the Shops Act, Shops Act,

1912, by the Council of the undermentioned 1912.
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary
of State for the Home Department :

Borough of Wimbledon.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply

into the Committee of Supply.

[5th allotted
Day.]

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class IL
1. £135,160 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and
of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, including
certain Grants in Aid.

2. £1,030 for

Class I.
the Survey of the United
Kingdom, and for minor Services 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.
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 receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of (30th March]
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

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 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 the British North
Second Reading of the British North America America Bill.
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Output of

Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restr
tion) Bill ;

(1133117isr.triction)

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to- morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious
Second Reading of the Religious. Orders Relief Orders Relief
b
Bill ;

Bill.

0

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Vol,. 171.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

xl

22nd-23rd May.

1916.
rity, and confirmed by the Secretary of State
for the Home Department :

90

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly
tinued to sit
Eleven of the
morrow.

the House, having con-
five minutes before
till
clock, adjourned till to-

Swansea
Harbour
Bill [Lords.]

Tuesday, 23rd May 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Swansea Harbour Bill [Lords] was 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.

Imperial
Continental
G as
Aciation
sso
Bill [Lords.]

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Imperial Continental Gas Association
Bill [Lords], as amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 7) Bill.
Bill 44.

Land
Drainage
(Feltwell)
Provisional
Order Bill.
Bill 45

Mr. _Hayes Fisher, supported by Mr. Long,
presented a Bill to confirm certain Provisional
Orders of the Local Government Board relating
to Westhoughton and the District of the Swinton
and Mexborough Gas Board : 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. Acland presented a Bill to confirm a
Provisional Order made by the Board of Agri-
culture and Fisheries under the Land Drainage
Act, 1914, relating to Feltwell New Fen District
and Feltwell Fen Second District, in the County
of Norfolk : 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.

Public
Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His
Prisoners
Majesty's Command,Copy of further Corre-
of War
(Miscellaneous, spondence with the United States Ambassador
No. 16, 1916.)
respecting the treatment of British Prisoners of
War. and interned Civilians in Germany (in
continuation of Miscellaneous, No. 19, 1915).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

National
Health
Insurance .
(Departmental
Committee.)

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Copy of Interim Report of the
Command,
-.-,ii,epartmental Committee on Approved Society
1 mance and Administration ; and Correspond-
. ence thereon.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the Council of the undermentioned Local Autho-

County Borough of Huddersfield.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- Indictment

(Criminal

Indictment

tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon Rules.
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy
Informations and
of
Inquisitions) Rules, 1916, relating to Criminal
Informations and Inquisitions, dated 23rd May
1916, under the Indictments Act, 1915,' made
by the Rule Committee established under the
Act.

William Frederick Hicks Beach, Esquire,

Member fin- the County of Gloucester (Northern sworn.
or Tewkesbury Division), was' sworn.

New Members

Colonel William Hall Walker, Member for
South West Lancashire (Widnes 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 Military Service Military
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords Service Bill.
desire the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Aberdare and
Act to authorise the Aberdare and Aberaman Aberaman Gas
Consumers Gas Company to raise additional Bill [Lords.]
capital ; to convert their existino. capital ; to con-
struct new works, and for other purposes ; to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Military
Lords to the Military Service Bill be taken Service Bill.
into consideration to-morrow ; and be printed.
Bill 47.

The Aberdare and Aberaman Gas Bill [Lords] Aberdare and
Aberaman Gas
Bill [Lords.]

was read the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Dr. Illaenamara presented a Bill to amend Naval
the Naval Discipline Act with respect to the Discipline
powers and duties of the Commander-in-Chief Powelers
of the Grand Fleet during the present War :
And the same was ordered to be read a second
time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

(Deg) tioli o
ill.
Bill 46.

f

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of
Business be not interrupted this night under the the House.
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and may
be entered upon at any time though opposed.
(The Prime Minister.)

The Order of the day being read, for the Supply
Committee of Supply ( Supplementary Vote of (Supple-
Credit)

;

mentary Vote
of Credit.)

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the
Chair( The Prime Minister) :--It was resolved
in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the

Chair.

The House accordingly resolved itself into the

Committee.

(In the Committee.)
Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17.
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum not
exceeding £300,000,000 be granted to His
Majesty, beyond the ordinary Grants of Parlia-

23rd-24th May.

91

7 GEO. V.
ment, towards defraying the Expenses which
may be incurred during the year ending the 31st
day of March 1917 for general Navy and Army
Services, in so far as specific provision is not
made therefor by Parliament ; for the conduct
of Naval and Military Operations ;
for all
measures which may be taken for the security
of the country ; for assisting the Food Supply,
and
continuance of Trade,
Industry, Business, and Communications, whether
by means of insurance or indemnity against
risk, the financing of the purchase and resale of
Foodstuffs and Materials, or otherwise ;
for
relief of Distress ; and generally for all Ex-
penses, beyond those
the
ordinary Grants of Parliament, arising out of
the existence of a state of War. (Mr. Montagu.)

promoting . the

provided for

in

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.

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.

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
1917, the sum of L300,000,000 be granted out of
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
(Mr. Montagu.)

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.

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.

British North
America Bill.

The British North America 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.
(Mr. Gulland.)

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Supply
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of this instant May ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
Supply
[30th March] the Report from the Committee of Supply of
Report.

the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

VoL. 171.

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 Religious

Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief Orders Relief
Bill ;

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

A Motion being made, That this House will, Finance
(Exchane
to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to Securities.g)
consider of authorising the Treasury to provide
for the issue of new securities for the purpose
of the exchange of securities issued under any
War Loan Act passed during the continuance
of the War, and for the cancellation of the
securities received in exchange, in pursuance of
any Act of the present Session dealing with
Finance( Mr. Gulland);

of

Mr. Montagu, by His Majesty's Command,
acquainted the flouse 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.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the Adjourarnent.

Order of the House of the 22nd.day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Wednesday, 24th .May 1916.

PRAYERS.

THE House proceeded to take into considera- Alexandra

tion the Alexandra (Newport and South

Wales) Docks and Railway Bill, as amended in Docks and s)
the Committee.
Railway Bill.

etAh.pIot laend

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc- sinking Funds.

No. 81.

tions 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
1916 ; also of the particular application 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 Samuel presented, by H. Historical
storical
Majesty's Command,Copy of Diary of Vis- Manuscripts
count Percival in the Manuscripts of the Earl Commission.)
of Egmont. Volume T.

(Royal

i

Copy of a Licence granted to a Convict under Penal

the Penal Servitude Acts, discharging her from Servitude Acts
Aylesbury Convict Prison on condition that she Li
enters a Home.

onit
(Ccendce.) ional

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon, the

Table.

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24th May.

National
Insurance
Act, 1911
(Part II.),
Account.

No. 82.

Supreme Court
(Rules.)

Supreme Court
(Rules.)

Supreme Court
(Rules.)

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

Account showing the nature and amount of the
Securities held by the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt at 31st March
1916 as investment for moneys, forming part of
the Unemployment Fund, paid over to them by
the Board of Trade under Section 92 (3) of the
National Insurance Act., 1911.

Copy of Rules of the Supreme Court (Poor
Persons), 1914, Amendment, 1916, dated 24th
May 1916.

Copy of Rules of the Supreme Court (Friendly
Societies Act Rules), 1916, dated 24th May
1916.

Cou of Rules of the Supreme Court (Indus-
trial and Provident Societies Acts Rules), 1916,
dated 24th May 1916.

Ordered, That the Paper relative to National
Insurance Act, 1911 (Part II.), Account, be
printed.

Message trom Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that a
the Lords. Message had been brought from the Lords by

one of their Clerks, as followeth

City of Dublin
Steam Packet
Company Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the City of Dublin
any

Steam Packet Company Bill, without
Amendment.

Cardiff
Railway Bill.

Swansea
Harbour Bill
[Lords.]

Consolidation
Bil Is.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.
Bill 48.

Business of
he House.

Military
Service Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Cardiff Railway

Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the Swansea Harbour
Bill [Lords], without any Amendment.

The Lords have referred the Government
of India Bill to the Joint Committee of both
Houses appointed to consider all Consolidation
Bills of the present Session. The Lords have
added Three Lords to the said Committee for
the consideration of the said Bill, and request
this House to add an equal number of their
Members.

Mr. Pretyman presented a Bill to amend the
Anglo - Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act.,
1914 : And the same was ordered to be read a
second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government
Business be not interrupted this night under the
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
may be entered upon at any time though opposed.
(The Prime Minister.)

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendments made
by the Lords to the Military Service Bill.
as

the
Amendment in p. 3,1. 17, being read a second
time, were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendments

far

as

The Lords' Amendment in p. 3, 1. 17, at the

end, insert the following new subsections :

(" (3) It is hereby declared that the power to
grant special certificates of exemption in the
case of an application on conscientious grounds
under subsection (3) of section 2 of the principal
Act is additional to, and not in derogation of, the
general power conferred by that Act to grant. an
absolute, conditional, or temporary certificate in
such cases ;

(4) Paragraph (6) of the Second Schedule
to the principal Act shall have effect as if for
the expression local tribunals,' wherever that
expression occurs, there were substituted the
word 'tribunals

1916.
(5) Regulations made under the Second
Schedule of the principal Act may provide
for permitting the rehearing of a case by a
tribunal in cases specified in the regulations "),
the next Amendment, being read a
second
time

The Lords' Amendment. was divided.
So much of the Lords' Amendment as relates
to the insertion of subsection (3) was agreed to.
So much of the Lords' Amendment as relates
to the insertion of subsection (4) was agreed to.
So much of the Lords' Amendment as relates
to the insertion of subsection (5) was agreed to.
The Lords' Amendment in p. 3, 1. 21, leave
out ("re-entering "), and insert (" entering "),
the next Amendment, being read a second time,
was agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 3, ls. 27 and 28,
leave out (" a man who has "), and insert (",men
who have "), the next Amendment, being read
la second time ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That this House cloth agree with the
Lords in the said Amendment (Mr. Long);

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

Yeas,

I Mr. .Bridgeman :

Tellers for the t Mr. Parker,

Noes,

t Mr. Goldstone:

} 160.

69.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
Then the subsequent Lords' Amendments as
far as the Amendment after Clause 6, being
read a second time, were agreed to.

.

.

for

claims

The Lords' Amendment, after Clause 6, insert
Clause A (Provisions as to exemption of medical
practitioners) :
-

(" Regulations made under the Second Schedule
the principal Act shall provide for the
to
establishment of professional committees to deal
exemption made by duly
with
qualified medical practitioners ; and any appli-
cation made by such a medical practitioner on
any ground, other than that of conscientious
objection, for a certificate of exemption shall
be referred by the tribunal to whom it is made
to such a committee in accordance with those
regulations ; and the recommendation of the
committee on the application shall be binding
on any tribunal constituted under the principal
Act "), the next 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(Mr. Long) ;

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

Yeas,

Noes,

Tellers for the ( Mr. Holt,

Mr. Pringle:

( Mr. Geoffrey Howard:

} 163.

}

42.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
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
bath agreed to the Amendments made by their
Lordships.

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24th May.

93

Supply
[23rd May]
Report.

Mr. Gulland reported from the Committee of
Supply of the 23rd day of this instant May
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth

Supple-
mentary Vote
of Credit,
1916-17.

Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17.
That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
£300,000,000 be granted to His Majesty, beyond
the ordinary Grants of Parliament, towards
defraying the Expenses which may be incurred
during the year ending the 31st day of March
1917 for general Navy and Army Services, in
so far as specific provision is not made therefor
by Parliament ; for the conduct of Naval and
Military Operations; for all measures which
may be taken for the security of the country ;
for assisting the Food Supply, and promoting
the continuance of Trade, Industry, Business,
and Communications, whether by means of
insurance
the
financing of the purchase and resale of Food-
stuffs and Materials, or otherwise ; for relief
of Distress ; and generally for all Expenses,
in the ordinary
beyond those provided for
Grants of Parliament,
out of
the
existence of a state of 'War.

indemnity against

arising

risk,

or

Ways and
Means
[23rd May]
Report.

Consolidated
Fund (No. 3.)

Consolidated
Fund
(No. 3) Bill.
Bill 49.

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

Mr. Gulland reported from the Committee
of Ways and Means of the 23rd day of this
instant May 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 1917, the
sum of £300,000,000 be granted out of the
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

The said 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. Montagu do prepare and
bring it in.

Mr. Montagu 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 seventeen : Arid the same was read the first
time, and ordered to be read a second time to-
morrow ; and to be printed.

British North
America Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the British North America
Bill.

(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 desire their concurrence..

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

Means.

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 Output of
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric- (Restriction)
tion) Bill ;

(eer
Bill.

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 [22nd May]
the 22nd day of this instant May ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
orRept.

the Report from the Committee of Supply of [30t
the 30th day of March last ;

h March]

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious

Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief R
Bill ;

rs Relief

Or d
.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Finance
into a Committee on Finance (Exchange of (Exchange of
Securities).

Securities.)

(In the Committee.)
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the
Treasury to provide, during the continuance of
the present War and six months thereafter, for
the issue of new securities for the-purpose of the
exchange of securities issued under any War
Loan Act passed during the continuance of the
War, and for the cancellation of the securities
received in exchange, in pursuance of any Act
of the present Session dealing with Finance.
( Mr. Montagu.)

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.

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-
eight minutes before Twelve of the clock,
till to-morrow.

Adjournment.

Naval
Discipline
(Delegation of
Powers) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Naval Discipline (Dele-
gation of Powers) Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Vor.. 171.

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25th May.

1916_,

Thursday, 25th May 1916.

Provisional
Order Bills
(no Standing
Orders
applicable.)

PRAYERS.
V1R. 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.:

Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

North British
Railway
(substituted)
Bill.

The North British Railway (substituted) Bill

was read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Public
Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Public
Accounts and
Charges Act,
1891.

East India
(Military.)

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Treasury
Minute, dated 5th February 1916, directing that
Fees, &c. payable to the Registry of Friendly
Societies shall be applied as Appropriations in
Aid of the Vote for that Department.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, by His
Majesty's Command,---Copy of Papers relating
to Major-General C. V. F. Townshend's appre-
ciation of the position after the Battle of Kut-
el-Amara.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Board of
Agriculture
and Fisheries.

Mr. Adam/ presented, by His Majesty's Com-
mand,Copy of Annual Report of the Chief
Veterinary Officer of the Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries for the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 1) Bill.
[Provisional
Orders
confirmed.]

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
from the Committee on the Local Government
Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill ; 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.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 6) Bill.
[Provisional
Order
confirmed.]

The Chairman of Ways and .Means reported
from the Committee on the Local Government
Provisional Order (No. 6) 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
Committee, be taken into consideration upon
Monday next.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Halifax
from the Committee on the Halifax Corporation Corporation
Provisional Order Bill ; That they had con-
sidered the Order therein contained ; that the [Provisional
said Order ought to be confirmed ; and that they
had directed him to report the Bill, without nfird.]
Amendment, to the House.

Order

PorrodveirsiBoinlat

me

co

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 Marriages
from the Committee on the Marriages Pro- Provisional
v.iBsiiol. anll
visional Order Bill ; That they had considered
[Provisional
the Order
Order ought to be confirmed ; and that they confirmed,]
had directed him to report the Bill, without
Amendment, to the House.

that the said Order

therein contained ;

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 Local
from the Committee on the Local Government Government
(Ireland) Provisional Order (Gas) Bill ; That (Ireland)
Provisional
they had considered the Order therein contained ; Order
that the said Order ought to be confirmed ; (Gas) Bill.
and that they had directed him to report the Wrrdoerisional
Bill, without Amendment, to the House.
confirmed.]

'

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 Local

from the Committee on the Local Government Government
rela
(Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill ; That (_jrovisiond)al
they had considered the Orders :therein con- Orders
the said Orders ought to be (No. 2)
tained ;
[Provisional
confirmed ; and that they had directed him to orders
report the Bill, without Amendment, to the confirmed.]
House.

that

Ordered,. That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

Sir Robert Williams reported from the Com- Public
mittee of Public Accounts ; That they had made Accounts
(mrsinittee
Progress in the matters to them referred, and CFo
directed him to make a Report thereof to the Report.)
House.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the No. 83.

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that a litee

irMessae had been brought from the Lords by
one of their Clerks, as followeth :

s age f r o m
Lords.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Municipal
Act to confirm a Scheme made by a Committee Corporations
of the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council
under the Municipal Corporation Acts, 1882 Con firmation)
and 1885, relating to Buxton ; to which the Bill [401'd8.]
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Irvine's
Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Honourable Divorce Bill
'Flora Fitzmaurice Irvine with Edward Saint [Lords')
George Tottenham. Irvine, her now husband,
and to enable her to marry again, and for other
purposes ; to which the Lords desire the con-
currence of this House.

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95

Municipal
Corporations
(Buxton
Scheme
Confirmation)
Bill [Lords.]
Bill 50.

The Municipal Corporations (Buxton Scheme
Confirmation) Bill [Lords] was read the first
time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and
be printed.

Irvine's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

Irvine's Divorce Bill

[Lords] was read the
time, and ordered to be read a second

first
time.

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 receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [22nd May]
the 22nd day of this instant May.;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Courts
(Emergency
Powers)
(Amendment)
(No. 2) Bill.
Bill 51.

Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to give
to Courts in connection with the present War
further powers of granting relief : And the
same was ordered to be read a second time
upon Monday next ; and to be printed.

Business of
the House
(Supply.)

Ordered, That the proceedings on the Con-
solidated Fund (No. :3) Bill have precedence
this day of the Business of Supply.(The Prime
Minister.)

Consolidated
Fund
(No. 3) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 3)
Bill ;

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

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 having
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
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts,
as follow :

1. Military Service Act, 1916 (Session 2).
2. Colonial Bank Act, 1916.
3. Swansea Harbour Act, 1916.
4. City of Dublin Steam Packet Company's

Act, 1916.

5. Cardiff Railway Act, 1916.
6. An Act for the restitution in blood of the
heirs of
late Reginald Gervase
Alexander so far as relates to the Honour
and Dignity of the Barony of Cobham.

the

Consolidated
Fund
(No. 3) Bill.

And the Question being again proposed, That
the Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Bill be now read
a second time ;

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 Monday next.

VOL. 171.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of [30th March]
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

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 Anglo-
Second Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com- Portuguese
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Naval

the Naval Discipline (Dele _ Discipline

,
Second Reading
(ration of Powers) Bill ;
b

(Delegation of
Powers) Bid.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the output of

Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric- Beer
(Restriction)
tion) Bill ;
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, fOr the Religious
Second;end Reading of the Religious Orders Relief Orders Relief
Bill

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Finance
the Report from the Committee on Finance (Exchange of
(Exchange of Securities) ;

Securities.)

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

A nd accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit
till twenty-seven minutes
before Eight of the clock, adjourned till
Monday next, pursuant to the Order of
the House of the 22nd day of February
last.

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Monday, 29th May 1916.

29th May.

1916.,
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and
be printed.

Imperia
Continental
Gas
Association
Bill [Lords.]

PRAYERS.
THE Imperial Continental Gas Association
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.

Tynemouth
Corporation
Bill.

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Tynemouth Corporation Bill, as amended
in the Committee.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Amendments in the Regulations for the
nomination and selection of Members of the
Punjab Legislative Council.

East India
(Punjab
Legislative
Council.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Runeiman 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 in the United
Kingdom during the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Railway
Accidents.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Table.

Halifax
Corporation
Pro visional
Order Bill.

Local
Government
(Ireland)
Provisional
Order
Gas; Bill.

Local
Government
(Ireland)
Provisional
Orders
(No. 2) Bill.

Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 1) Bill.

Marriages
Provisional
Order Bill.

The Halifax Corporation 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 Local Government (Ireland) Provisional
Order (Gas) 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 Local Government (Ireland) Provisional
Orders (No. 2) 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 Local Government Provisional Orders
(No. 1) 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 Marriages 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.

Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 6) Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Local Government
Provisional Order (No. 6) Bill, as amended in
the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill he read the third time

to-morrow.

Pier and
Harbour
Provisional
Orders Bill.

Land
Drainage
(Welland)
Provisional
Order Bill.
Bill 52.

The Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time,
and committed.

Mr. Acland presented a Bill to confirm a
Provisional Order made by the Board of Agri-
culture and Fisheries under the Land Drainage
Act, 1914, relating to the Rivers Welland and
Glen : 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.

Land
Drainage
(Lilleshall)
Provisional
Order Bill.
Bill 53.

Mr. Acland presented a Bill to confirm a
Provisional Order made by the Board of Agri-
culture and Fisheries under the Land Drainage
Act, 1861, relating to a proposed Drainage
District in the County of Salop : And the same
was read the first time.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Twenty-seventh
Annual Report of the Railway and Canal
Commission, with Appendix.

Railway and
Canal Traffic
Acts, 1854
to 1894.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's Civil Service
Command,Copy of Sixtieth Report of His Commission.
Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners, with
Appendices.

Copy of List of certain Commissions and Commissions

Committees set up to deal with Public Ques- and
tions arising out of the War (in continuation of oCnomQmueitstens
Questions
[Cd. 7855]).
arising out of
the

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

War.

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to the Universities

directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of (AS:to
University Court Ordinance, No. 50 (Edinburgh, (Ordinance.)
No. 16) (Institution of a Degree m the Theory,
No. 84.
History, and Practice of Education, and relative
Regulations), of the Commissioners, under the
Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889.

a88n9d)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Denis Stanislaus Henry, Esquire, K.C., Mem- New Member
the County of Londonderry (South sworn.

ber for
Derry Division), was sworn.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated

into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Fund(
(No. 3) Bill.

No. 3) 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 read the third time

to-morrow.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself ways and

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

(In the Committee.)
Additional Income Tax on Income from
certain Securities.

Resolved, That there shall be charged for the
year beginning the sixth day of April, nineteen
hundred and sixteen, and for any subsequent
year for which income tax is charged, on the
income derived from any stocks, shares, or other

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Ordered, That the Report be received to-

7 GEO. V.
securities which the Treasury have declared that
they are willing to purchase in connection with
any arrangements for the regulation and main-
tenance of the Foreign Exchanges, an additional
duty of Income Tax at the rate of two shillings
in the pound, and that no person shall be entitled
to any exemption, abatement, or relief under the
Income Tax Acts in respect of such additional
Income 'Fax.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

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.

Naval
Discipline
(Delegation of
Powers) Bill.

The Naval Discipline (Delegation of Powers)
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.
(Mr. Rea.)

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Anglo - Portuguese Commercial Treaty
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.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Output of Beer (Restric
tion) 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. 'Oretton.)

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.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

Courts
(Emergency
Powers)
(Amendment)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Courts (Emergency Powers) (Amend-
ment) (No. 2) 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.
(Mr. .Rea.)

Finance
(Exchange of
Securities.)

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee on Finance
(Exchange of Securities);

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Finance Bill.

Committee on the Finance Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday

next, 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 receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [22nd May]
the 22nd day of this instant May ;

Report.

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 Reportmaral
the 30th day of March last ;

Laoth

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Religious
Second Reading of the Religious Orders Relief Orders Relief
Bill ;

Bill

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the Horse of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit
twenty-three minutes
after Ten of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

till

Tuesday, 30th May 1916.

PRAYERS.

UR. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Private Bills
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for [Lords]
1.11.
Private Bills, That in the case of the following orders no
13111, originating in the Lords, and referred on previously
the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders
not previously inquired into. which are applicable
thereto, have been complied with, viz. :

into

Aherdare and A bernman Gas Bill [Lords].
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.

The Alexandra ( Newport and South Wales) Alexandra
Docks and Railway Bill was read the third time (Newport and
South Wales)
and passed.
Docks and

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Railway Bill.

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Irvine's Divorce Bill
second time, and committed.

[Lords] was read a

Bill

The Local Government Provisional Order Local

(No. 6) Bill was, acc.rding to Order, read the Government
Previsional
third time and passed.
Order

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to (No. 6) Bill.

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

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98

Education
(Ireland.)

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Copy of the Annual
Majesty's Command,
Report of the Commissioners of Education in
Ireland for the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

(Traof

Prisoners
War
ns

Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His
fer to Majesty's Cornmand,Copy of Correspondence
Switzerland) with the United States Ambassador respecting
(Miscellaneous, the transfer to Switzerland of British and Ger-
No. 17, 1916.) man wounded and sick combatant Prisoners of

War.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

London
County
Council
(Money) Bill.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
the London County Council (Money) Bill, with
Amendments.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Business of
the House
(Government
Business.)

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government
Business he not interrupted this night under
the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
may be entered upon at any hour though opposed.
(The Prime Minister.)

Consolidated
Fund
(No. 3) Bill.

Mr. Speaker's
Certificate.

The Consolidated Fund (No. 3) 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 Bill
having been endorsed by Mr. Speaker with the
following Certificate:

1 hereby certify that this Bill is a Money
Bill within the meaning of the Parliament
Act, 1911.

JAMES W. LOWTHER,

Speaker).

Naval
Discipline
(Delegation of
Powers) Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Naval Discipline
( Delegation of Powers) Bill.

(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 desire their concurrence.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Anglo - Portuguese
Commercial Treaty Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 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
and directed him to report the same, without
Amendment.

to-morrow.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts
e
into a Committee on the Courts (Emergency Powers)
Powers) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill.

ncy

(Amendment)
(No. 2) Bill.

(In the'Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Amendment of principal Act

as to mortgagees and companies).
Amendment proposed, in p.

I. 9, at the
end, to insert the words " and the expression
mortgagee in possession' shall have a corre
sponding meaning."(idr. Ellis Davies.)

1,

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Power of county court to
remove restrictions imposed by 5 & 6 Geo. 5,
c. 97, s. 1 (2) ).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 4, to leave
out from the word " tenancy " to the word
" and," in p. 2, 1. 6, in order to insert the words
" are fair and reasonable, both parties agreeing."
(Mr. Boyton.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses No. 3 and No. 4 amended, and

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.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The Order of the day being read, for the output of

Committee on the Output of Beer (Restriction) Beer
(Restriction)
Bill ;
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

(Exchange
Securities.)

Mr. George Roberts reported from the Corn-

mittee on Finance (Exchange of Securities)
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth :

That it is expedient to authorise the Treasury
to provide, during the continuance of the present
War and six months thereafter, for the issue of
new securities for the purpose of the exchange
of securities issued under any War Loan Act
passed during the continuance of the War, and
for the cancellation of the securities received in
exchange, in pursuance of any Act of the present
Session dealing with Finance.

The said Resolution being read a second

time ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That this House cloth agree
with the Committee in the said Resolution :
And a Debate arising thereupon ;

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99

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned
(Mr. Gni land):It was resolved in the Affirma-
tive.

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed to-

morrow.

Resolved, That an humble Address be pre- East India
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously (Income and
pleased to give directions that there be laid Expenditure.)
before this House a Return of the net Income
and Expenditure of British, India, under certain
specified heads, for the three years from 1912 -13.
to 1914-15.(Sir Herbert Roberts.)

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
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of this instant May ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to

morrow.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

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.

Ways and
Means
[29th May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Ways and
Means of the 29th day of this instant May ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :--It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House', having con-
tinued to sit
till twenty-nine minutes
before Ten of the clock, adjourned till
to-morrow.

Divorce Bills.

Wednesday, 31st May 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Lord Advocate, Mr. Ellis Grlfith, Mr.
Henry Percy Harris, Mr. King, Mr. Perkins,
Mr. T. W. Russell, Mr. Neville, Mr. Theodore
Taylor, and Mr. John Wood were nominated
Members of the Select Committee on Divorce

Gulland.)

Trading with
the Enemy

A(ctmend1916.

Mr. Runcirnan presented, pursuant
to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,--Copy of
ent) Supplementary List of Persons, Firms, and
Companies as to whom orders have been made
under Section 1 (1) of the Trading with the
Enemy (Amendment) Act, 1916.

Public Record
Office.

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 additional Rule for the disposal of Docu-
ments which are not considered of sufficient
public value to justify their preservation in the
Public Record Office.

VOL. 171.

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 Amendments Imperial
made by this House to the Imperial Continental Continental
[Lords], without any Association
Gas Association Bill
Amendment.
Bill [Lords.]

C
Gas

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Yeadon Water

Act to confer further powers upon the Yeadon Bill [Lords..]
Waterworks Company, and for other purposes ;
to which the Lords desire tne concurrence of
this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Ferndale Gas
Act to confer further powers upon the Ferndale Bill [Lords.]
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 ETornsey Gas
Act to define the boundary between the limits Bill [Lords.]
of the Hornsey Gas Company and the Gas
Light and Coke Company for the supply of gas,
to which the Lords
and for other purposes ;
desire the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Colclaester Gas
Act to confer further powers upon the Col- Bill [Lord4.]
chester Gas Cempany, and to ext, nd their limits
of supply, and for other purposes ; to which the
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

The Yeadon Water Bill [Lords] was read the Yeadon Water
Bill [Lords.]

first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The Ferndale Gas Bill [Lords] was read the Ferndale:GO
Bill [Lords.]

first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The Hornsey Gas Bill [Lords] was read the fli

first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The Colchester Gas Bill [Lords] was read the Colchester

Lestne1Gas

first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Mr. Ginnell, Member for North Westmeath, Adjournment.

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 continuance of Martial Law Martial
in Ireland and its administration ; but the leave
of the House not having been signified; the
House proceeded to the Business of the day.

i

.a
Ireland.

Resolved, That this House do meet to-morrow
at Twelve of the clock.(The Prime Minister.).

the House.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself S
The

into the Committee of Supply.

[Lphpalytiotted
Day]

(In the Committee.)
Army Estimates, 1916-17.

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a
sum not exceeding £1,000 be granted to His
O2

31st May.-1st June.

1916.

100
Majesty, to defray the Expense or the War
Office, which will come in course of payment
during the year ending on the 31st day of March
1917 :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
a sum not exceeding £900 be granted for the
said Service(Sir Ivor Herbert), --- put, and
negatived.

Original Question put, and agreed 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.

Supply
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report .from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of this instant May ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Ways and
Means.

Ways and
Means
[29th May]
Report.

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 receiving
the Report from the Committee of Ways and
Means of the 29th day of this instant May ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Finance
(Exchange of
Securities)
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for resuming
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed
upon the 30th day of this instant May, That this
House loth agree with the Committee in the
Resolution reported from the Committee on
Finance (Exchange of Securities) ;

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned

till to-morrow.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

Thursday, 1st June 1916.

The House met at Twelve of the clock.

PRAYERS.

Ai R. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Provisional
Al from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Order Bills
banrs
srtde ding
Private Bills, That in the case of the following
Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof; the applicable
Standing Orders which are applicable thereto thereto
complied
have been complied with, viz. :
with.)

Local Government

(No. 7) Bill.

Provisional Orders

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time
upon Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June.

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 fbllowing (OnrodeSrtsauding
Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, no applicable.)
Standing Orders are applicable, viz. :

Land Drainage (Feltwell) Provisional Order

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time
upon Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June.

The Tynemouth Corporation Bill was, accord- Tynemouth
Corporation
Bill.

ing 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 Van Dieman's

take into consideration the Van Dieman's Land Coa Lnd
Company Bill
Committee.

as amended in the

[Lords],

parry
Bill [Lords.]

And Amendments were made to the Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His West Africa.

Copy of Report of a
Majesty's Command,
Committee on Edible and Oil-producing Nuts
and Seeds, with a Despatch from the Secretary
of State for the Colonies.

Copy of Minutes of Evidence of a Committee

on Edible and Oil- producing Nuts and Seeds.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

West Africa.

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented,Return East India
to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 31st (Income and
day of May last, for a Return relative to East Expenditure.)
No. 85.
India (Income and Expenditure).

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Lord Advocate presented, by His Education
Forty-third (Scotland.)

Majesty's Command,Copy of
Annual Report by the Accountant for Scotland
to the Scotch Education Department.

The Lord Advocate also presented, pursuant Universities
Isasid)te.)

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of University Court Ordinance, No. 51 (Saint
Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh,
General, No. 3) (Regulations as to Preliminary
Examinations), under the Universities (Scotland)
Act, 1889.

(Sc
(Scotland)

No. 86.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till one minute before Eleven
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

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

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to Nmaavrianleanpday

the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copies of Two Orders in Council under the

ions

186a

Act,

7 GEO. V.
Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865,
dated 23rd May 1916.

1st June.

101
for other purposes connected therewith : And
the same was ordered to be read a second time
upon Monday next ; and to be printed.

Merchant
Shipping
Act, 1894, and
Merchant
Shipping
(Convention)
Act, 1914.
Naval
Discipline
Act, 1866.

Foreign
Jurisdiction
Acts, 1890
and 1913.

Copy of Order in Council under the Merchant
Shipping Act, 1894, and the Merchant Shipping
(Convention) Act, 1914, dated 23rd May 1916,
postponing the operation of the Act of 1914 to
1st January 1917.

Copy of Order in Council under the Naval
Discipline Act, 1866, dated 23rd May 1911i,
provisionally approving certain Revised General
Orders regulating the procedure and practice
of Naval Courts- Martial.

Copy. of Order in Council under the Foreign
Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913, dated 23rd May
1916, applying the Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900,
to the High Court and Protectorate of Southern
Rhodesia.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Intermediate
Education
(Ireland.),

No. 87.

The following Paper, pursuant to the direct
tions of an Act of Parliament, was 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 1915 ;
together with the Report of the Comptroller and
Auditor General thereon.

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 :

The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated

Fund (No. 3) Bill, without any. Amendment.

Consolidated
Fund
(No. 3) Bill.
British North
America Bill. America Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the British North

have

agreed

The Lords

(Delegation of Powers) Bill, without

The Lords have agreed to the Naval Discipline
any

to the Courts
(Emergency Powers) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Bill, without any Amendment.

Naval
Discipline
(Delegation of Amendment.
Powers) Bill.
Courts
(Emergency
Powers)
(Amendment)
(No. 2) Bill.
The Lords have agreed to the South Metro -
South
Metropolitan politan Gas Bill, with Amendments.; to which
Gas Bill.
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
The Lords have passed a ,Bill, intituled An
the South Eastern Railway
Company to alter and strengthen part of the
Charing Cross railway bridge ;
to authorise
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company to increase the rate of interest on
debentures or debenture stock authorised by the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Act,
to which the
1915, and for other purposes ;
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

South Eastern
and London, Act to enable
Chatham,
and Dover
Railways Bill
[Lords.]

South Eastern
and London,
Chatham,
and Dover
Railways Bill
[Lords.]

The South Eastern and London, Chatham,
and Dover Railways Bill [Lords] was read the
first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.
Bill 54.

Mr. Pretynzan presented a Bill to authorise,
as respects Gas undertakings, the substitution of
a standard of calorific power for a standard of
illuminating power : And the same was ordered
to be read a second time upon Monday next ;
and to be printed.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.
Bill 55.

Mr. Solicitor General, supported by Mr. Lloyd
George, Dr. Addison, Dr. Macnamara, and
Mr. Forster, presented a Bill to make provision
with respect to the possession and acquisition of
Land occupied or used for the defence of the
realm in connection with the. present War, and

VOL. 171.

Mr. Secretary Samuel, supported by Mr. Brace, (Police,

the enactments
to amend
presented a Bill
relating to the Police, and certain other enact-
ments with the administration of which the
Secretary of State for the Home Department
is concerned : And the same was ordered to be
read a second time upon Monday next ; and to
he printed.

Insten) eot.

BPl

rilovis

Bill 56.

Ordered, That the proceedings on the Motion
House
ofee
for the adjournment of the House (Whitsun-
tide) have precedence this day of the Business (apply.)Y.)
of Supply.(The Prime Minister.)

A Motion was made, and the Question being Adjournment
proposed, That this House, at its rising this (Whitsuntide.)
day, do adjourn till Tuesday the 20th day of
this instant June(The Prime Minister) ;

A Message was delivered by Captain Thomas Royal Assent

nacres Butler, 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 :And having
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
authorised had declared the Royal Assent to
the said Acts, as follow :

1. Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act, 1916.
2. British North America Act, 1916.
3. Naval Discipline (Delegation of Powers)

Act, 1916.

4. Courts (Emergency Powers) (No. 2) Act,

1916.

5. imperial Continental Gas Association Act,

1916.

The Question being again proposed, That this Adjournment
Whsunti
de.)

House, at its rising this day, do adjourn till (
Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June ;

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

The Order of the day being read,

Committee of Supply ;

for the Supply.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday
the 20th day of this instant June, resolve itself
into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
[22nd
the Report from the Committee of Supply of ReportMay]
the 22nd day of May last ;

.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
[30th March]
Report.

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

03

102

1st June.

1916.

Ways and
Means.

Ways and
Means
[29th May]
Report.

Finance Bill.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday
the 20th day of this instant June, resolve itself
into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Ways and
Means of the 29th day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Finance Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes-
day the 21st day of this instant June, resolve
itself into the said Committee.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Output of Beer (Restriction)
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes-
day the 21st day of this instant June, resolve
itself into the said Committee.

Supply
[31st May]
Report:

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 31st day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time
upon Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June.

Finance
(Exchange of
Securities.)

Consolidation
Bills.

The Order of the clay being read, for resuming
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed
upon the 30th day of May last, That this House
doth agree with the Committee in the Resolution
reported from the Committee on Finance (Ex-
change of Securities) ;

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned
till Tuesday the 20th day of this instant June.

Ordered,- That-so much of the Lords' Message
of the 24th day of May last as requests this
House to add Three Members to the Joint
Committee on Consolidation Bills for the .con-
sideration of the Government of
India Bill
[Lords] be now considered.(Mr. Gotland.)

The HouSe accordingly proceeded to take the

said Message into consideration.

Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed
by this House to join with a Committee of the
Lords do consist of Eight Members for the
consideration of the Government of India Bill
[Lords].(Mr. Gotland.)

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords
to acquaint them therewith : And that the Clerk
do carry the said Message.

Ordered, That Mr. Nield and Mr. Radford be
discharged from further attendance on the Com-
mittee in respect of the Government of India
Bill' [Lo'rdsl, and that Sir John Jardine, Mr.
Ramsay Macdonald, Sir J. D. Rees, Sir Herbert
Roberts, and Colonel Yate be added to the
Committee in respect of the said Bill.(Mr.
Gotland.)

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Adjournment.

the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put : It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till ten minutes before Nine
of the clock, adjourned till Tuesday the
20th day of this instant June, pursuant
to the Resolution of the House of this
day.

Tuesday, 20th June 1916.

PRAYERS.

IV ER. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Private Bills
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for (Lords]

11.11
Private Bills, That in the case of the following srtia
sards inogt
Bills, originating in the Lords, and referred previously
on the First Reading thereof,
Orders not previously inquired into, which are complied
applicable thereto, have been complied with,
viz.:

the Standing inquired into

Ferndale Gas Bill [Lords].
Hornsey Gas Bill [Lords].
Colchester Gas 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
rertsanding
Private Bills, That in the case of the following
Bills, referred on the First Reading thereof, no applicable.)
Standing )rders are applicable, viz. :

Land Drainage
Order Bill.
Land Drainage
Order Bill.

(Welland)

Provisional

(Lilleshall) Provisional

Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time

to-morrow.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to South

take into consideration the Amendments made Metropolitan
by the Lords to the South Metropolitan Gas Gas Bill.
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- London
tion the London County Council (Money) Bill, cintY
C(mouncil
as amended in the Committee.
(Money) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

The Aberdare and Aberaman Gas Bill [Lords] Aberdare and
Aberaman Gas
. Bill [Lords.]

was read a second time, and committed.

The Land Drainage (Feltwell) Provisional T.and

Order Bill was, according to Order, read
time, and committed.

a second Drainage
(Feltwell)
Provisional
Order Bill.

The Local Government Provisional
(No. 7) Bill was, according to Order,
second time, and committed.

Orders Local
read a Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 7) Bill.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ; Public

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Petitions.
Vide First
Report.

20th June.

103
works executed, other than general repairs, for
the same period.

7 GEO. V.

Parliamentary
Papers
(Recess.)

Diet at
Ruhleben
Internment
Camp
(Miscellaneous,
No. 18, 1916.)
Prisoners of
War
(Miscellaneous,
No. 19, 1916.)
Board of
Education.

Trade of
Canada.

Trade of New
Zealand.

British Trade
after the War.

Boiler
Explosions
Acts, 1882
and 1890.

Explosives.

Aliens
(Na turalisa-
tion.)

No. 88.

Shops Act,
1912.

The following Papers, presented by His.
Majesty's Command during the Whitsuntide
Recess, were delivered to the Librarian of the
House of Commons during the Recess, pursuant,
to Standing Order No. 95 :

Copy of Report by Dr. A. E. Taylor on the
conditions of Diet and Nutrition in the intern-
ment Cainp at Ruhleben received through the
United States Ambassador.

Copy

of Correspondence

the
employment. of British and German Prisoners of
War in POland and France, respectively.

respecting

Copies of Reports for 1915 on the Science
Museum and on the Geological Survey and
Museum of Practical Geology.

Copy of Report of the Board of Trade on the
Trade of the Dominion of Canada for the year
1915, by Mr. C. Hamilton Wickes, His Majesty's'
Trade Commissioner in the Dominion of Canada
and Newfoundland.

Copy of Report of the Board of Trade on the
Trade of New Zealand for the year 1915, with
Supplementary Report on the Trade Returns
for 1914, by Mr. W. G. Wickham, His Majesty's
Trade Commissioner for the Dominion of New
Zealand.

Copy of Summaries of the Evidence taken by
a Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee to
the Board of Trade on Commercial Intelligence
in the course of their inquiry with respect to
measures for securing the position after the War
of certain branches of British Industry (in con-
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, [Cd. 8181] of
1916).

Copy of Report to the Secretary of the Board
of Trade upon the working of the Boiler
Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890, during the
year ending 30th June 1915, with Appen-
dices (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper,
[Cd. 7797]).

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,--Copy of
the Fortieth
Annual Report of His Majesty's Inspectors of
Explosives, for the year 1915.

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented,Return
to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 18th
day of April last, for a Return relative to Aliens
(Naturalisation).

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pursuant

to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copies of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities,
the
and
confirmed
the Home Depart-
Secretary of State for
ment :

by

County of Surrey (Urban District of Merton

and Morden).

City of Cardiff (Central Ward).
County Borough of Birkenhead.
Boroughs of Damen and Stratford-on-Avon.
Urban District of Tottenham.

Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned
Local Authority, and confirmed, with amendment,
by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment:

Borough of Lancaster.

Shops Act,
1912.

Account of moneys received and paid by the
Metropolitan!
Cattle Market. Chamberlain of the City of London for the
year. 1915 ; also an Account of extraordinary

Vol,. 171.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and that the said Return be printed.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Order in Council under the Crown
Office Act, 1877, dated 8th June 1916, pro-
visionally approving an amended Rule as to the
publication of Royal Proclamations.

Crown 1877:e
Act,

Copy of Order in Council under the Military Military
Service Act, 1916, dated 31 th March 1916, Service Act,
amending the Regulations made by Order of 1916'
3rd February 1916 as to Tribunals.

Copy of Order in Council under the Military Military
Service Act, 1916, dated 1st June 1916, makino. Service Act,
Regulations as to Tribunals and revoking the 1916.
Orders in Council of the 3rd and 15th February
and 30th March 1916.

Copy of Order in Council under the Military Military
Service Acts, dated 1st June 1916, entitled the Service Acts.
Military Service ( Professional Committees Regu-
lations) Order, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant

to the Public Works
directions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy Loan Board.
of Forty-first Annual Report of the Public No. 89.
Works Loan Board, for 1915-16, with Appen-
dices.

Copy of Treasury Warrant, dated 14th June Income Tax.

1916, appointing Mr. Percy Williamson to be a
Special Commissioner of Income Tax.

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 6th June Foreshores.

1916, directing the application of moneys received
by the Board of Trade, in the year ended
31st March 1916, in respect of the rights and
interests of the Crown in the Foreshores of the
United Kingdom.

Copy of Regulation, dated 31st May 1916,
made by the National Health Insurance Joint
Committee,
Insurance (Arrears) Consolidated Regulations, Committee)
1916.

the National Health (Joint

entitled

National

IFInesaulrt

(Regulations.)

Copy of Regulations, dated 31st May 1916, National
made by the National Health Insurance Joint IT1resalth-
Committee, acting jointly with the insurance (ao'iuota,nee
Insurance Committee)
the Welsh
Commissioners
Commissioners, entitled the National Health (Regulations.)
Insurance (Panel and Pharmaceutical Com-
mittee) Regulations (England and Wales),
1916.

and

Copy of Regulations, dated 2nd June 1916, National

made by the Scottish Insurance Commissioners, IHnealt h
entitled the National Health Insurance Deposit (Csoestonatmlaainnsesier
Contributors' Administration Expenses Regu-
lations (Scotland), 1916 (No. 2).

(Regulations.)

Copy of Report of the Arklow Harbour Arklow
Harbour.

Commissioners and Abstract of Accounts for
1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to Public
Works Loan Board be printed.

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's Economic
Command, Copy of the Recommendations of Conference of
the Economic Conference of the Allies held at the Allies.
Paris, 14th to 17th June 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

04

20th. June.

1916.
Britain and Ireland, her noble Ally, and pays a
tribute of sorrow and gratitude to the memory
of Lord Kitchener, who gave his services to
1870, and became
the brilliant
France in
organiser of the mighty British Army.

104

National
Insurance
Act, 1911
(Part 1,),
Account.

No. 90.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Amendment)
Act, 1915.

Courts
(Emergency
Powers),
England
(County
Courts.)

Coroners
Act, 1887
(Form of
Inquisition.)

Irvine's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

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

Account showing the nature and amount of
the Securities held by the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt at 31st Decem-
ber 1915, as investments for moneys forminff
part of the National Health Insurance Fund,
paid over to
them by the Insurance Com-
missioners for England, Wales, Scotland, and
Ireland, respectively, under section 54 (3) of
the National Insurance Act, 1911.

Copy of the Trading with the Enemy (Vesting
and Application of Property) Amendment Rules,
1916 (No. 2), dated 6th June 1916, made by the
Lord Chancellor under the Trading with the
Enemy (Amendment) Act, 1915.

Copy of

the County Courts (Emergency
Powers) Rules, 1916 ( No. 2), dated 1st June
1916, made by the Lord Chancellor for County
Courts under the Courts, ( Emergency Powers)
Acts, 1914 and 1916.

Copy of Form of Inquisition prescribed by
the Lord 'Chancellor under the Coroners Act,
1887.

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the National
Insurance Act, 1911 (Part I.), Account be
printed.

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords
to request that their Lordships will be pleased
to communicate to this House Copies of the
:Minutes of Evidence and Proceedings, together
with Documents deposited, in the case of Irvine's
Divorce Bill [Lords]. (The Lord Advocate.)
And that the Clerk do carry the

said

Message.

Death of
Field-Marshal
Earl
Kitchener,

Mr. Speaker informed the House that he had
received the following communications relative
to the death of Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener,
X.G., which he read to the House, as follow :

In the name of the Chamber of Deputies of
Greece I have the honour to beg your Excellency
to convey to the House of Commons the lively
sympathy felt by the Hellenic Parliament in the
mourning of the British Nation. By the death
of Lord Kitchener Britain loses not only one
of her most famous sons, but one of the most
strikingfigures of our age, whose name will be
held in grateful remembrance by the Hellenes
as that of a true friend of their country.
THEOTOKY,

(Signed)

President of the Chamber of Deputies.

Telegram, Petrograd, 15th June.

Speaker,

House of Commons, London.

The Duma of the Empire, deeply impressed
by the news of Lord Kitchener's tragic death,
charges me to express to the Members of
Parliament
of
sincere
sympathy and sorrow for the cruel loss which
England has sustained through the death of the
Great Reformer of the glorious English Army
and friend of Russia.

feelings

utmost

the

President of the Duma,

MICHAL RODZIANE(0.

Resolution passed by the French Chamber of
Deputies on 8th June 1916.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply

into the Committee of Supply.

[7th allotted
Day.]

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.

Class VII.
1. £148,709, for the Salaries and Expenses
of the National Health Insurance Joint Com-
mittee (including sundry Grants in Aid).

2. £3,167,239, for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Insurance Commission (England), and
for sundry Contributions and Grants in respect
of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of admin-
istration tinder the National Insurance Acts,
1911 to 1915 ( including certain Grants in Aid).
3. £204,923, for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Insurance Commission (Vales), and for
sundry Contributions and Grants in respect of
the cost of Benefits and Expenses of admin-
istration under the National Insurance Acts,
1911 to 1915 (including certain Grants in Aid).
4. £426,902, for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Insurance Commission (Scotland), and
for sundry Contributions and Grants in respect
of the.cost of Benefits and Expenses of admin-
istration under the National Insurance Acts,
1911 to 1915 (including certain Grants in Aid).
5. £273,45, for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Insurance Commission (Ireland), and for
sundry Contributions and Grants in respect of
the cost of Benefits and Expenses of admin-
istration under the National Insurance Acts,
1911 to 1915 (including certain Grants in Aid).
6. £54,000, for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Audit Staff under the National Insurance
Act, 1911.

for

7. £275,000,

the payment of Grants
towards the cost of the extension of Sanato-
dependants of insured
rium benefit
persons under the,Nationai Insurance Act, 1911,
and of the treatment of Tuberculosis generally.

to the

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.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [2 nd
Reor
p
the 22nd day of May last ;

May]
t.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receivinu. Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of [30th March]

Report.

The Chamber of Deputies, interpreting the the 30th day of March last ;

sentiments of France, associates itself in the
mourning of

the United Kingdom of Great morrow.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

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20th-21st June.

Supply
f 31st May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 31st day of May last ;

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.

Ways and
Means
[29th May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Ways and
Means of the 29th day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

. morrow.

Finance
(Exchange of
Securities)
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for resuming
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed
upon the 36th day of 'lay last, That this House
doth agree with the Committee in the Resolu-
tion reported from the Committee on Finance
(Exchange of Securities) ;

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned

till to-morrow.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Gas (Standard The Order of the day being read, for the
of Calorific
Second Reading of the Gas (Standard of Calorific
Power) Bill.
Power) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Police, &c.
(31i8"11"'"/ Second Readin, of the Police, &c. (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Bill.

Provisions) Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Order of
the House of the 22nd day of February
last, it being then twenty-one minutes
before Nine of the clock, till to-morrow.

105
The Land Drainage (Welland) Provisional
Order Bill was, according to Order, read a second
time, and committed.

Land
Drainage
(Welland)
Provisional
Order Bill.
Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, by His Board of
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the Education.
Board of Education for the year 1914-15.

Tramways
and Light
Railways
(Street and
Road) and
Trackless
Trolley
Undertakings.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Order made upon the 28th day of April
in the last Session of Parliament, That there he
laid before this House a Return of Street and
Road Tramways and Light Railways authorised
by Act or Order, showing the amount of capital
authorised, paid up, and expended ; the length
of line authorised and the length open for public
traffic down- to the 31st day of December 1914
in respect of companies, and the 31st day of
March 1915 in respect of local authorities ; the
gross receipts, working expenditure, net receipts,
and appropriations ; the number of passengers
the number of miles run by cars and
conveyed ;
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 Par-
liamentary Paper, No. 463 of Session 1914) :
also similar particulars relating to Trackless
Trolley Undertakings; was read and discharged.
(Mr. Pretyman.)

The Order made upon the 28th day of July Gas

in the last Session of Parliament, That there Undertakings.
be laid before this House a Return relating to
all authorised Gas Undertakings in the United
Kingdom, other than those belonging to Local
Authorities, for the year ended the 31st day of
December 1914 (in continuation of Parlia-
mentary Paper, No. 311 of Session 1914- 16),
was read and discharged.(Mr. Pretyman.)

The Order made upon the 28th day of July Gas

in the last Session of Parliament, That there Undertakings
be laid before this House a Return relating to Authorities.)
all authorised Gas Undertakings in the United
Kingdom belonging to Local Authorities, for
the year ended the 31st day of March 1915 (in
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 312
of Session 1914-16), was read and discharged.
( Mr. Pretyman.)

(Local

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 Newcastle-
Act to extend the limits for the supply of gas upon-Tyne
of the Newcastle - upon - Tyne and Gateshead 4
Gas Company ; to confer further powers upon
[L
the Company in connection with their under-
taking, and for other purposes ; to which the
Lords desire the concurrence of this House;

Gat
as Bill
ords.]

and

eshead

The Newcastle - upon - Tyne and Gateshead Newcsstle-
upon-Tyne
and Gateshead

Gas Bill [Lords] was read the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Gas Bill
[Loafs.]

Examiners of' Petitions for Private Bills.

Wednesday, 21st June 1916.

. Land

Drainage
(Lilleshall)
Provish nal
Order Bill.

PRAYERS.
THE Land Drainage (Lilleshall) Provisional
Order Bill was, according to Order, read a

second time, and committed.

VOL. 171.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Memorial to
resolve itself into a Committee to consider an Field-Marsha:
humble Address to His Majesty, praying that Earl
His Majesty will give directions that a monument
be erected at the public charge to the memory of
the late Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener, with an
inscription expressing the admiration of this
House for his illustrious military career and its
gratitude for his devoted services to the State.
(The Prime Minister.)
P

Kitchener.

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21st June.

1916.

Finance Bili.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into a Committee on the Finance Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Increased duties on cocoa).
Amendment proposed, in p. 1, I. 20, at the

end, to insert the words--

I s.

d.

2

2 0"

" Cocoa (not dark-husked or kiln-
the cwt.
-

-

dried)
(Mr. Lough.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses No. 2 to No. 4 agreed to.
Clause No. 5 (Increased Customs duties on

sugar).

Question put, That the Clause stand part of

the Bill.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the j Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

1 Mr. Bridgeman:

Tellers for the j Mr. Lough,
1 Mr. Arnold :

Noes,

} 170.

}

37.

Clauses No. 6 to No. 8 agreed to.
Clause No. 9 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 10 (Duties on tinder boxes, &c.).
An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 40,
after the word "flame," to insert the words
"other than electric."(Mr. Lough.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in. p. 3, 1. 41,
at the end, to insert the words " or thirty-three
and one-third per cent. ad valorem, whichever is
the smaller."( Mr. Lough.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 11 (Increased duty on licences for

motor cars).

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 11, after the
word " shall," to insert the words " save as
regards motor cars used by clergymen of all
denominations in the ordinary discharge of their
duties."(Mr. Joynson-Hicks.)

Question proposed, That those words he there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause disagreed to.
Clauses No. 12 to No. 14 agreed to.
Clause No. 15 (Income tax for 1916-17).
Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 5, to leave
out the word " five," in order to insert the word
"four. " (Mr. Fell.)

Question proposed, That the word " five "
Amendment, by

stand part. of the Clause :
leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 16 agreed to.
Clause No. 17 (Graduation of tax on unearned
income in case of incomes not exceeding £2,000).
Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 25, to leave
out from the beginning to the end of 1. 32, in
order to insert the words

" 3s. if the total income does not exceed five

hundred pounds ;

3s. 6d. if the total income exceeds five hundred
pounds and does not exceed one thousand
pounds ;

4s. if the total income exceeds one thousand
pounds and does not exceed one thousand
five hundred pounds ;

4s. 6d. if the total income exceeds one thousand
five hundred pounds and does not exceed
two thousand pounds."

( M r. Montagu.)

Question, That the words proposed to be
left out stand part of the Clause, put, and
negatived.

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

proposed

Amendment

proposed
Amendment, at the beginning, to insert the
words " 2s. 6d. if the total income does not
exceed three hundred pounds."--( Mr. Jonathan
Samuel.)

the

to

Question, That those words be there inserted
in the proposed Amendment, put, and negatived.

Proposed words there inserted.
Another Amendment proposed, after the words
last inserted, to insert as a new subsection the
words

" (3) The relief given under subsection (1) of
this section shall extend to the income of
any corporation or municipal council, so far
as such income is not derived from rates."

(Mr. Dalrymple.)

Question, That those words be 'there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 18 agreed to.
Clause No. 19 (Relief when income of year is

less than assessed income).

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 36, to leave
out the word "individual," in order to insert
the word "person."(Mr. Pennelather.)

Question proposed, That the word " indi-
vidual" stand part of the Clause :Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.
Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 20 (Right of soldiers and sailors

in respect of their pay).

Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 6, to leave

out the word " who."(Mr. Peto.)

Question, That the word " who " stand part

of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9,.1. 9,
after the word " war," to insert the words "or'
is a prisoner of war."( Mr. John Henderson.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 9,
to leave out the words "for which payment is
made out of money provided by Parliament"
(Mr. Peto.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses No. 21 to No. 26 agreed to.
Clause No. 27 amended, and agreed to.
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman 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

7 GEO. V.
the Committee had made Progress in the Bill ;
and that he was directed to move, That the
Committee may have leave to sit again.

21 st-22 nd June.

The Order of the day being
Second Reading of the Defence
(Acquisition of Land) Bill;

107
read, for the Defence of
of the Realm the Realm

(Acquisition
of Land) Bill

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

again resolve itself into the said Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read

a second time

to-morrow.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Output of Beer (Restriction)
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Police, &c.
Second Reading of the Police, &c. (Miscellaneous (scelln
Provisios)
(Mist
Provisions) Bill ;
Bill.

neous

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Supply
[20th June]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of this instant June ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment.

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
last, proposed the Question, That this

House do now adjourn.
House

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till seventeen minutes after
to-
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
morrow.

ly
Sup
[22npd
Report.

May]

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of May last ;

Thursday, 22nd June 1916.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

PRAYERS.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[31st May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 31st day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and M Cans ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Ways and
Means
[29th May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Ways and
Means of the 29th day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Finance
(Excnange of
Securities)
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for resuming
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed
upon the 30th day of May last, That this House
doth agree with the Committee in the Resolu-
tion reported from the Committee on Finance
(Exchange of Securities) ;

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned

till te-morrow.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Gas (Standard of Calorific
Power) Bill.;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Void. 171.

R. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Private Bills
from one of the Examiners of Petitions [Lords]

.1 I
in the case of th4rdersZ
for Private Bills, That
following Bill, or;ginating in the Lords, and previously
referred on the First Reading thereof,
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, ewo juzfied
which are applicable thereto, have been com-
plied with, viz. :

the inquired into

South Eastern and London, Chatham, and

Dover Railways Bill [Lords].

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.

The Van Diemen's Land Company Bill Van Diemen's

[Lords] was read the third time and passed, with Co
Amendments.

ompany
Bill [Lords.)

4 I ered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House
to
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ;
which this House cloth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc- National

an Act of Parliament,.

tions of
Insurance
Regulations, dated 21st June 1916, made by Commission
the Irish Insurance C rnmissioners, entitled the (Ireland)
National Health Insurance (Deposit Contri- (Regulations.)'i
butors' Administration Expenses) Regulations
(Ireland), 1916.

Copy of Health

Copy of Regulations, dated 9th June 1916, National
made by the Insurance Commissioners,
iHnesaulrtahe
ranee
Scottish, the Irish, and the Welsh Insurance Commission
Commissioners, entitled the National Health (England)
Insurance (Naval and Military Forces, Service (Regulations.)
during War) Regulations, 1916.

the

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Aeland presented, pursuant to the direc- Diseases of
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copies of Orders Animals Acts.
the Diseases of Animals Acts, 9754,
under
dated 30th May 1916, postponing the operation
of the two Orders described in the Schedule
thereto until the 15th June 1916 ; and 9760,
dated 14th June 1916, further postponing the
operation of the two Orders in question until
the 29th June 1916.

P 2

22nd June.

1916.
The said Resolution being read a second

time ;

108

Message from
the Lords.

Irvine's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

Divorce Bills.

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 communicate

the Minutes of
Evidence taken before this House, together with
the proceedings and documents deposited, in the
case of Irvine's Divorce Bill [Lords], as desired
by this House, and request that the same may be
returned.

The Lord Advocate reported from the Select
Committee on Divorce Bills ; That it was essen-
tial that they should hear the evidence of Dr.
Robert James Harvey, of 9, Upper Mount
Street, Dublin ; and it having been proved that
his attendance could not be procured without the
intervention of the House, he ha,1 been instructed
to move that the said Robert James Harvey do
attend the said Committee on Thursday next,
at Four of the clock.

Ordered, That Dr. Robert James Harvey do
attend the Select Committee on Divorce Bills
on Thursday next, at Four of the clock.

Business of
the House
(Supply.)

Ordered, That the other Government Business
have precedence this day of the Business of
Supply.(The Prime Minister.)

Memorial to
Field-Marshal
Earl
Kitchener.

Ways and
Means
[291h May ]
Report.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Memorial to Field-
Marshal Earl Kitchener.

(In the Committee.)
Resolved, That an humble Address be pre-
sented to His Majesty, praying that His M ajesty
will give directions that a monument be erected
at the public charge to the memory of the late
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, with an inscrip-
tion expressing the admiration of this House for
his illustrious military career and its gratitude
for his devoted services to the State ; and to
assure His Majesty that this House will make
good the expenses attending the same.(The
Prime Minister.)

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.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means of the 29th day of May last
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth:
Additional Income Tax on Income from
certain Securities.

That there shall be charged for

the year
beginning the sixth day of April, nineteen
hundred and sixteen, and for any subsequent
year for which income tax is charged, on the
income derived from any stocks, shares, or other
securities which the Treasury have declared that
they are willing to purchase in connection with
any arrangements for the regulation and main-
tenance of the Foreign Exchanges, an additional
duty of income tax at the rate of two shillings
in the pound ; and that no person shall be entitled
to any exemption, abatement, or relief under the
Income Tax Acts iu respect of such additional
income tax.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the
public interest that this Resolution shall have
statutory effect under the provisions of
the
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.

The Resolution was amended, in 1. 2, by
leaving out from the word " sixteen " to the
word " on," in 1. 3.(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the said Resolution, in 1. 3, by inserting, after
the word " any," the word " American."--7(Sir
Frederick Banbury.)

And the Question being proposed, That the
word " American" be there inserted in the said
Resolution :The said proposed Amendment was,
with leave of the House, withdrawn.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the said Resolution, in 1.4, by inserting, after
the word " purchase," the words " or borrow."
(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

And the Question being proposed, That those

words be. there inserted in the said Resolution ;

And it appearing from the Debate that the Mr.

proposed Amendment would increase the charge
Mr. Speaker laded the Amendment to be out of
order.

out

men
Order.

And the Question being put, That this House
doth agree with the Committee in the said
Resolution, as amended :It was resolved in the
Affirmative.

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the
Committee on the Finance Bill that they have
power to make provision therein pursuant to the
said Resolution.

(Exchnge of

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Finance
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Securitaies)
upon the 30th day of May last, That this House Report.
doth agree with the Committee in the Resolution,
That it is expedient to authorise the Treasury
to provide, during the continuance of the present
war and six months thereafter, for the issue of
new securities for the purpose of the exchange of
securities issued under any War Loan Act passed
during the continuance of the war, and for the
cancellation of the securities received in exchange,
in pursuance of any Act of the present Session
dealing with Finance ;

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, resolved itself Ways and

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

Means.

(In the Committee.)
Continuance of Duties.
(1) Customs Duties.
1. Resolved, That the following duties of
Customs, imposed by Part I. of the Finance
(No. 2) Act, 1915, until the first day of August,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall continue
to be charged until the first day of August,
nineteen hundred and seventeen (that is to
say) :--

Duty.

Increased duty on tea -
Additional duties on dried fruit
Additional duties on tobacco
Additional duty on motor spirit
New import duties

Section of
Act.

1

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

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(2) Excise Duties.

2. Resolved, That

the following duties of
Excise, imposed by Part I. of
the Finance
(No. 2) Act, 1915, until the first day of August,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall continue
to be charged until the first day of August,
is to
nineteen hundred and seventeen (that
say) :

Duty.

Section of
Act.

Additional duties on tobacco -
Additional duty on motor spirit
Additional medicine duties

-

9 (2)
10 (2)
11

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Motor Spirit Licence Duty.
3. Resolved, That there shall be charged on a
licence to be taken out by any person who
desires to be supplied with motor spirit a duty
at the rate of six pence for every gallon with
which he is authorised to be supplied by the
licence.( Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Excess Profits Duty (Sale of Ships).
4. Resolved, That it is expedient, in calculating
excess profits duty in cases where a ship has been
sold since the fourth day of August, nineteen
hundred and fourteen, to take the pre-war
standard of profits to be

(1) where the standard adopted is a profits
standard, the profits arising from the use
of the ship during the pre-war trade years ;
and

(2) where the standard adopted is a percentage
standard, the same standard as if the ship
had not been sold, or, in the case of a ship
which was used for the first time after the
fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and
fourteen, the capital
represented by the
ship at the date when it was first used ;
and to make further provisions as a consequence
of the alteration of the standard.(Mr. Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer.)

22nd June.

109
(3) contracts for deferred annuities where
(a) the contract is limited to the payment
of an annuity commencing at an age
not less than sixty years ; and

(b) there is an interval of at least twenty
years between the date of the contract
and the date on which the annuity
commences ;

and that the relief under that section, by way of
repayment of tax and the deductions from
income allowed for the purposes of super tax
under subsection (2) of section sixty six of
the Finance (1909-10) Act,
shall be
accordingly limited.(Mr. Chancellor of
the
Exchequer.)

1910,

(2) Tax on Surrenders, &c.
6. Resolved, That where relief has been given
under section fifty-four of the Income Tax Act,
1853, as amended by any subsequent enactment,
in respect of premiums or other sums payable on
insurances or contracts for deferred annuities,
and the policy of insurance or the contract for a
deferred annuity is surrendered or alienated,
there shall be paid, as a debt due to His Majesty,
a sum equal to that which would be payable if
income tax (including super tax) were charged
on the amount received in respect of the surrender
or alienation of the policy or contract at the
rates at which the relief was last given in respect
of the premiums or other sums payable.( 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 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, according to Order, resolved itself Finance Bill.

into a Committee on the Finance Bill.

Insurance Premiums.

(In the Committee.)

(1) Restriction of Relief.
5. Resolved, That the relief given under section
fifty-four of the Income Tax Act, 1853, as
amended by any subsequent enactment, shall
not, as respects
insurances or contracts for
deferred annuities made after the twenty-second
day of June, nineteen hundred and sixteen, he
given; except in respect of premiums or payments
for

(1) an insurance limited to the payment of a

capital sum on death ; or

(2) an insurance limited to the payment of a
capital sum on death and the payment of
a sum on reaching a certain age, so long
as
(a) the age is not less than sixty years ;

arid

(b) there is an interval of at least twenty
years between the date of the contract
of insurance and the date on which the
sum becomes payable ; and

(c) the sum payable on attaining the
required age is not greater than the
sum payable on death ;

Vw... 171.

Clause No. 28 (Relief in respect of colonial

income tax).

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, I. 17, after the
word " person," to insert the words " or body
corporate."(Sir John Rees.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, I. 19,
to the end
to leave out from the word " income '
of 1. 28, in order to insert the words " proves to
the satisfaction of the Special Commissioners
that he has also paid any income tax levied in
any of His Majesty's dominions, colonies, or
dependencies, colonial income tax, not being an
income tax imposed locally for local purposes, in
respect of the same part of his income, he shall
be entitled to repayment of a part of the United
Kingdom income tax paid by him equal to the
amount of the colonial income tax paid by him,
or the whole of the United Kingdom income tax
when the colonial income tax rate is not less
than the rate for the time being in force in the
United Kingdom."(Mr. Annan Bryce.)

Question put, That the words proposed to be

left out stand part of the Clause.

r3

22nd-26th June.

1916.
Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

110

The Committees divided.
Tellers for the j Mr. Geoffrey Howard,

Yeas,

I Mr. James Hope :
Tellers for the Mr. Annon Bryce,

Noes,

I Mr. Stewart :

128.

}

32.

Clause agreed to.
Clause. No. 29 (Continuance and increase of

rate of excess profits duty).

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, L 39, after the
word " apply," to insert the words " except as to
controlled establishments under the Munitions of
War Act, 1915, during the period they are under
such control."(Mr. Samuel Roberts.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again--(Sir Henry Dalziel),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, upon Monday
next, again resolve itself into the said Com-
mittee.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Gas (Standard of Calorific
Power) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill. VICC1

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm
z
Bill
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

uisition of Land)

;

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Police; &c.
(Miscellaneous Second Reading of the Police, &c. (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Bill.

Provisions) 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, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Supply
[20th June]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of this instant June ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Supply
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of Ri31st May]
the 31st day of May last ;

eport.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

And it being half an hour after Eleven-Of Adjournment.

the clock, Mr. Deputy Speaker adjourned
the House without Question put, pur-
suant to the Standing Order, till Monday
next, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last.

Monday, 26th June 1916.

PRAYERS.

111 R. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Private Bill
I

from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Petitions
Private Bills, That in the ease of the Petition (standing
for the following Bill, originating in the Lords, Orders notnot
the Standing Orders have not been complied colhied
with, viz. :

ith.)

L

Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water

Supply [Lords].

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the

Select Committee on Standing Orders.

The Order made upon Thursday the 2nd day Beighton and
of March last, That the Beighton and District District Gas
Gas Bill be committed, was
charged.

read anti dis- Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn.

Secretary Sir Edward Grey presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Note from the
United States Government regarding the ex-
amination of Parcels and Letter Mails.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Examination
of Mails
(Miscellaneous,
No. 20, 1916.)

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented,' pur- East India
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, (Civil Service.)
Copy of Provisional Rule, dated 17th 'June'
1916, made by the Secretary of State for India
in Council under the Government -of India Act,
1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, pursuant to the Electric
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy f,LAielhs tif8g82
Report by the Board of Trade respecting the t, 1909
applications to, and proceedings of, the BoarCF(Proreedings.)
of Trade under -the Electric Lighting Acts,: No. 91.
1882 to 1909, during the past year.

1

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented,

by His Factories and

Majesty's Command, Copy of Annual Report Workshops.
of the Chief In,pector of Factories and 1/1/ ork-
shops for the year 1915.

Copy of Report of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Ireland of all his proceedings under the Ireland Development
p
Gn.t
Development Grant Act, 1903, for the year 1903.
ended 31st March 1916.

ct,

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pursuant Intermediate

to the directions of several Acts of Parliament, Education
(Ireland.)
of Rule determining the number of

Superintendents to be appointed, i.91ti.

7 GEO. V.

26th Jane.

111

Intermediate
Education
(Ireland.)
Irish
Universities
Act, 1908.

No. 92.
Shops Act,
1912.

Shops Act,
1912.

Copy of Rule appointing Places of Examina-

tion, 1916.

Copy of Statute VIII. of

the National
University of Ireland, made under the Irish
Universities Act, 1908.

Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
191:2, by the Council of the Borough of Clitheroe,
and confirmed, with amendment, by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department.

Copies of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities, and confirmed by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department :

Urban Districts of Ilford, Acton, Edmonton,

Barry, and Ashington.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to the Irish
Universities Act, 1908, be printed.

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Wales)
(Regulations.)

Finance
Accounts.

No. 93.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy of
Regulations, dated 23rd June 1916, made by the
Welsh Insurance Commissioners, entitled the
National Health Insurance (Insurance Com-
mittees) Regulations (Wales), 1916.

Copy of Finance Accounts of the United

Kingdom for the year ended 31st March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to Finance
Accounts be printed.

Settlement
and
Employment
of Discharged
Sailors and
Soldiers on
the Land
(Departmental
Committee.)

Mr. Ael and presented, by His Majesty's
II. of the Final
Comrnand, Copy of Part
Report of the Departmental Committee appointed
by the President of the Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries to consider the settlement and
employment on the Land in England and Wales
of discharged Sailors and ,Soldiers.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Copies of Orders numbered D.I.P. 362 and
363, declaring the areas described in the respec-
tive Schedules thereto to be infected with
American Gooseberry Mildew, and infected
areas for the purposes of the American Goose-
berry Mildew (Infected Areas) Order of 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

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.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of Ways and

Ways and Means of the 22nd day of this instant
June several Resolutions ; which were read, as
follow :

M
iteplonds Jane]
t
Report.

Continuance of Duties.
(I) Customs Duties.

1. That the following duties of Customs, imposed continuance

or Duties,

by Part I. of the Finance (No. 2) Act,
until the first day of August, nineteen hundred
and sixteen, shall continue to be charged until
the first day of August, nineteen hundred and
seventeen (that is to say) :

Duty.

Section of
A Ct.

Increased duty on tea -
Additional duties on dried fruits
Additional duties on tobacco -
Additional duty on motor spirit
New import duties

1
8
9 (1)
10 (1)
12

(2) Excise Duties.
2. That the following duties of Excise, imposed
by Part I. of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915,
until the first day of August, nineteen hundred
and sixteen, shall continue to be charged until
the first day of August, nineteen hundred and
seventeen (that is to say) :

Duty.

Additional duties on tobacco -
Additional duty on motor spirit
Additional medicine duties

-

Section of
Act.

9(2)
10(2)
1

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc-
Medway
Conservancy. dons of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon
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 1916.

Motor Spirit Licence Duty.

3. That there shall be charged on a licence to Motor Spirit
be taken out by any person who desires to be Licence Duty,
supplied with motor spirit a duty at the rate of
six pence for every gallon with which he is
authorised to be supplied by the licence.

Royal Marines
Bill.

Bill 57.

Dr. Maenamara, supported by Mr. Balfour,
presented a Bill to extend further the term of
service of the Royal Marine Force during the
present War : And the same Was ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

Excess Profits Duty (Sale of Ships).

4. That it is expedient, in calculating excess Excess Profits

profits duty in cases where a ship has been sold Duty (Sale
since the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred of Ships.)
and fourteen, to take the pre-war standard of
profits to be

Memorial to
Field-Marshal
Earl
Kitchener.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on
Memorial to Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener a
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth :

That an humble Address be presented to His
Majesty, praying that His Majesty will give
directions that a monument be erected at the
public charge to the memory of the late Field-
Marshal Earl Kitchener, with an inscription
expressing the admiration of this Houze for his
illustrious military career and its gratitude for
his devoted services to the State ; and to assure
His Majesty that this House will make good the
expenses attending the same.

(11 where the standard adopted is a profits
standard, the profits arising from the use of
the ship during the pre-war trade years ;
and

(2) where the standard adopted is a percentage
standard, the same standard as if the ship
had not been sold, or, in the case of e ship
which was used for the first time after the
fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and
fourteen, the capital represented by the
ship at the date when it was first used ;
and to make further provisions as a consequence
of the alteration of the standard.

VoL. 171.

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1916.
power to make provision therein pursuant to the
said Resolutions.

112

insurance
Premiums.

Insurance Premiums.
(1) Restriction of Relief.
5. That the relief given under section fifty-
four of the Income Tax Act, 1853, as amended
by any subsequent enactment,
as
respects insurances or contracts for deferred
annuities made after the twenty-second day of
June, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be given,
except in respect of premiums or payments
for

shall not,

(1) an insurance limited to the payment of a

capital sum on death ; or

(2) an insurance limited to the payment of a
capital sum on death and the payment of a
sum on reaching a certain age, so long
as
(a) the age is not less than sixty years ;

and

(h) there is an interval of at least twenty
years between the date of the contract
of insurance and the date on which the
sum becomes payable ; and

(c) the sum payable on attaining the
required age is not greater than the
sum payable on death ;

(3) contracts for deferred annuities, where
(a) the contract is limited to the payment
of an annuity commencing at an age
not less than sixty years ; and

(b) there is an interval of at least twenty
years between the date of the contract
and the date on which the annuity
commences ;

and that the relief under that section by way of
repayment of tax and the deductions from
income allowed for the purposes of super tax
under subsection (2) of
section sixty-six of
the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, shall be
accordingly limited.

(2) Tax on Surrenders, &c.
6. That where relief has been given under
Tax on
Surrenders &e' section fifty four of the Income Tax Act, 1853,
as amended by any subsequent enactment, in
respect of premiums or other sums payable on
insurances or contracts for deferred annuities
and the policy of insurance or the contract for a
deferred annuity is surrendered or alienated,
there shall be paid, as a debt due to His Majesty,
a sum equal to that which would be payable if
income tax (including super tax) were charged
on the amount received in respect of
the
surrender or alienation of the policy or contract
at the rates at which the relief was last given
in respect of the premiums or other
sums
payable.

The first two Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

The Third Resolution being read a second

time ;

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Resolution, in 1. 3, by leaving out the words
" authorised to be," and inserting the word
" actually "--(Mr. Lough ), instead thereof.

And the Question being proposed, That the
words proposed to be
stand part
of the said Resolution :The said proposed
Amendment was, with leave of the House,
withdrawn.

left out

And the Resolution was agreed to.
Then the remaining Resolutions, being read a

second time, were agreed to.

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the
Committee on the Finance Bill that they have

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Finance

into a Committee on the Finance Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 29 (Continuance and increase of
rate of excess profits duty, 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 89).
Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 39, after the
word " apply," to insert the words " except as
to controlled establishments under the Munitions
of War Act, 1915, during the period they are
under such control."(Mr. Samuel Roberts.)

Question again proposed, That those words be

there inserted :
Question put.
The Committee divided.

Tellers for the
Yeas,

Mr. Samuel Roberts,
Sir John Tudor

Walters :

Tellers for the Mr. Geoffrey Howard,

Noes,

Mr. Bridgeman:

72.

} 158.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 39,
to leave out the words " until Parliament other-
wise determines, to any," in order to insert the
words " to the."(Mr. Lough.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
left out stand part of the Clause :

to
Amendment, by leave, withdraWn.

be

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 5,
to leave out the words " in any accounting
period beginning," in order to insert the words
" on or."(Mr. Pennefather.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 20,
to leave out from the word " and" to the end of
the paragraph, in order to insert the words
" fifteen, the rate of duty shall he fifty per cent.
of the excess in respect of the first accounting
period, and at the rate of sixty per cent. for any
(Mr. John
subsequent accounting period."
Henderson.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 24,
to leave out from the beginning to the end of
I. 33.--(Sir John Harmoodf Banner.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.
Another Amendment proposed, hi p. 13, 1. 33,
at the end, to insert the words " This subsection
shall not apply to any trade or business which is
subject
(Sir William Pearce.)

to munitions Exchequer payments."

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.
Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 30 (Increase of rate of excess

mineral rights duty).

Amendment' proposed, in p. 14, 1. 16, at the

end, to insert the words

" (2) Section forty-three of the principal Act

shall have effect as if it provided as follows :

(a) Excess mineral rights duty shall not be
rent
payable by any person unless the
payable to him in the accounting year
exceeds the actual pre-war standard of that
rent ;

(b) The actual pre-war standard of rent shall,
for the purpose of this section, be taken to
be the average of any two of the three last

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26th June.

I. 1, at the

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

pre-war rents to be selected by the tax-
payer ;

(c) The pre-war rents shall, as respects each
of the three years immediately preceding
the first accounting year, be taken to be the
sum actually payable in respect of rent for
the year in question ;

(d) The amount of excess mineral rights duty
payable by any person shall, where neces-
sary, be reduced so as not to exceed the
difference between the rent for the year of
accounting and the actual pre-war standard
of rent."
(Mr. Currie.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.
Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 31 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 32 (Adjustment of excess profits
duty and munitions Exchequer payments in case
of controlled establishments).

Amendment proposed, in p. 16,

beginning, to insert the words

" (1) Notwithstanding any Act of Parliament
to the contrary, the entire responsibility and
final decision in all matters relating both to
excess profits duty and munitions Exchequer
payments shall rest with the Treasury and not
with the Minister of Munitions ; and there shall
be no dual assessment in respect of such excess
profits duty and munitions Exchequer payments."
(Mr. Evelyn Cecil.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 16, 1. 1,
to leave out the word " may," in order to insert
the word " shall."(Mr. Joy/son-Hicks.)

Question proposed, That the word " may "
stand part of the Clause :Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 16, 1. 21,
at the end, to insert the words " If any taxpayer
is dissatisfied with the decision of the Commis-
sioners on any matter arising under this sub-
section, he may require the Commissioners to
refer the case to a Board of Referees to be
appointed for the purposes of this Part of this
Act by the Treasury, and that Board shall con-
sider any case so referred and have the same
powers with respect thereto as the Commissioners
have."(Sir John Harmood-Banner.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 16, 1. 21,

at the end, to insert the words

" (2) Notwithstanding anything in the prin-
cipal Act, any allowances agreed to between
the owners of a controlled establishment and the
Minister of Munitions, or awarded by a referee
appointed by him, on account of

(a) Exceptional wear and tear

buildings, and machinery ;

of plant,

(b) Capital expenditure specially incurred for

the purposes of munitions work ;

(c) The probable value to the controlled
owner at the end of the "period of control of
any plant, buildings, or machinery erected
or installed, or other expenditure incurred
fbr munitions work since the fourth day of
August, nineteen hundred and fourteen ;
(d) Special provisions or terms of any con-
tracts entered into between the Government
and the controlled owner ;
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113
(e) Any exceptional services rendered by the
controlled owner in connection with the
controlled establishment ;

(f) Any increase in salaries or other emolu-
any persons engaged in the
ments of
management or direction of the controlled
establishment made since the end of the
standard period, or any steps taken since
the end of that period which might operate
to decrease net profits ;

(g) Any other matter which may appear to
the Minister, or to the referee, as the case
may be, material to be taken into account ;

in order to determine the net profits on which
munition Exchequer payments
are payable,
shall, on the application of such owners, be also.
allowed by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
in order to determine the net profits on which
excess profits duty is payable, due adjustment
being made in respect of anv difference in the
(Sir John
respective
Hannood-Banner.)

accounting

periods."

Clause agreed to.
Clauses No. 33 and No. 34 agreed to.
Clause No. 35 (Provision as to accumulating

profits).

Amendment proposed, in p. 17, I. 23, to leave

out the word " not."(Mr. Gretton.)

Question proposed, That the word " not "
stand part of the Clause :Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clauses No. 36 to No. 42 agreed to.
Clause No. 43 (Transfer of stock on authority

of order of a court).

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 19, 1. 10,
after the word " stock," to insert the words
"Colonial Government stock, India stock, or other
investment or property."(Mr. Currie.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses No. 44 and No. 45 agreed to.
A Clause (Extension of relief in respect of
children)(Mr. Montagu)brought up, and
read the first and second time, and added to the
Bill.

Another Clause (Provisions as to motor cars

and as to hackney carriages)(Mr. Montagu)
brought up, and read the first and second time,
and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Extension of relief in respect
of motor car licence duty) (Mr. Montagu)
brought up, and read the first and second time.

Amendment proposed to the proposed Clause, in
1. 6, to leave out subsection (2).(Sir Frederick.
Banbury.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word `,` exclusively," in 1. 9,,
stand part of the proposed Clause :Amend-
ment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Provision as to Government
securities issued free of tax)(Mr. Montagu)- -
brought up, and read the first and second time,
and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Deposit of sums for payment
of excess profits duty)(Mr. Montagu)brought

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up, and read the first and second time, and
added to the Bill.

26th

Another Clause (Power to transfer Exchequer
bonds in satisfaction of death duties).(Mr.
Montagu,)brought up, and read the first and
second time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause
(Payment of interest on
Exchequer bonds
certain cases without
in
deduction of income tax)( Mr. Montagu)-
brought up, and read the first and second time,
and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Extension of section two of

the Government War Obligations Act, 1915)
(Mr. Montagu) -- brought up, and read the first
and second time, and added to the Bill.

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask
leave to sit again ( Mr. Montagu),--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.

"Output of
Beer
(Restriction) Bill ;
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Output of Beer (Restriction)

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tkred-
said

into the

resolve

itself

nesday next,
Committee.

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow,

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Gas (Standard of Calorific
Power) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition of (Acquisition of Land) Bill
Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm

Ordered, That the Bill be read a

to-morrow.

second time

The Order of the day being read, for the
Police, &c.
(Miscellaneous Second Reading of the Police, 8;:c. (Miscellaneous
Pro
Bi.

Provisions) Bill ;

llvisions)

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

27th June.

1916.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [22nd May]
the 22nd day of May last ;

Report.

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 [30th March]
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

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
the 31st day of May last ;

[31st .May]
Repoit.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twenty-nine minutes after
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

Tuesday, 27th June 1916.

PRAYERS.

1,tit R. Speaker laid upon the Table, Report Private Bills
1 from one of the Examiners of Petitions for [Lords]
Private
Private Bills, That in the case of the following ._,srdenrsdinnegt
Bills, originating in the Lords, and referred on previously
the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders inquired into
not previously inquired into, which are applic- witmh.)ied
able thereto, have been complied with, viz. :

copl

Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas

Bill [Lords].

Yeadon Water 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 Petition ,i-Lroding
Private
Standing
for the following Bill, originating in the Lords, Orders
he has certified that no Standing Orders are applicable.)
applicable, viz. :--

Petitions

Rhodes Estate [Lords].

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 -s--t`iardeV,,,g
for the following Bill, originating in the Lords, Orders not
the Standing Orders have not been complied complied
with, viz. :

with.)

Supply.

The Order of the, day being read, for the

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow,

Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Stafford-

shire Electric Power [Lords].

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the

Select Committee on Standing Orders.

Bupply
f 20th June]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of this instant June ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The London County Council (Money) Bill London
County
Council

was :read the third time and passed.

'Ordel, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to (Money) Bill.

m

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

7 Gto. V.

Canada
Company
Bill [Lords.

The House proceeded to take into considera-
[Lords], as

ton the Canada Company Bill
amended in the Committee.

And Amendments were made to the Bill.
Ordered, That the. Bill be read the third time.

Colchester
Gas Bill
[Lords.)

The Colchester Gas Bill [ Lords] was read a

second time, and committed.

Ferndale Gas
Bill [Lords.]

The Ferndale Gas Bill [Lords] was read a

second time, and committed.

Hornsey Gas
.Bill [Lords.]

The Hornsey Gas Bill [Lords] was read a

'second time, and committed.

Rebellion in
Ireland
(Royal
Commission.)

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
Royal Commission on the Rebellion in Ireland.
Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pur-
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary

of State for the Home Department:

County of Surrey (Parish of Merton).
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Education
(Scotland.)

Civil List
Pensions.

No. 94.

The Lord Advocate

presented, by His
Majesty's Command,---Copy of Report of the
Committee of Council on Education in Scotland
in 1915-16.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
List of all Pensions granted during the year
ended 31st March 1916, and payable under the
provisions of Section 9 (1) of the Civil List
Act, 1910.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Electric
The Order made upon the 26th day of this
Lighting
instant June, That the Paper relative to the
Acts, 1882
Electric Lighting Acts, 1082 to 1909 (Pro-
to 1909
(Proceedings.) ceedings), be printed, was read and discharged.

Finance Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into a Committee on the Finance Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Another Clause (Motor spirit licence duty)
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)brought
up, and read the first and second time.

Amendment proposed to proposed Clause, in

I. 21, at the end, to insert the words " and

(c) Ministers of religion, farmers residing at
a distance from a station, and other persons
who, under
special circumstances to be
defined by regulations, require motor spirit
for a motor car or motor cycle used for
purposes defined by such regulations to be
such as to bring them within this subsection,
may be authorised by such regulations to
claim, and may be allowed, relief from a
portion (not exceeding one-half) of the
amount of duty payable under this section
in respect of such amount of the motor
spirit as shall be specified in the licence to
be allocated to that particular purpose."

--(Sir William Beale.)

VOL. 171.

27th June.

115
Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1. 21, at the end, to insert the words
" and

(c) Allowance shall be made in subsequent
licences for any spirit not used before the
date on which any licence runs out, and if
the spirit is not required the amount paid
for duty will be refunded."

(Mr. Lough.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Supplemental provisions as
to motor spirit licence duty)(Mr. Chancellor
of the Exchequer)--brought up, and read the
first and second time.

Amendment proposed to the proposed Clause,
in 1. 1, after the word " not," to insert the word
" knowingly." (Mr. Lough.)

Question, That the word "knowingly " be

there inserted, put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1. 17, to leave out the .words ." an
Excise penalty of one hundred pounds," in
order to insert the words " a fine not exceeding
ten pounds. " (Mr. Joynson-Hicks.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the proposed Clause, put, and
agreed to.

Clause added to the Bill.
Another Clause

(Continuance of Customs
duties imposed under the Finance (No. 2) Act,
1915)(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)--
brought up, and read the first and second time,
and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Continuance of Excise duties
imposed under the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915)
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)brought
up, and read the first and second time, and
added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Additional income tax on
securities which the Treasury are willing to
purchase)(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)
brought up, and read the first and second
time.

Whereupon Motion made, and Question That
the Chairman 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 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 Royal Marines

Second Reading of the Royal Marines Bill ;

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.

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27th-28th June.

1916.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Gas ( Standard of Calorific
Power) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Defence of
the Realm
{Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Police, &c.
{Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Police, &c. (Miscellaneous
Provisions) 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.

Supply
[20th June]
Report..

The Order of the day being read, fOr receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of this instant June ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
Supply
130th March] the Report from the Committee of Supply of
Report.

the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
131st May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 31st day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put.:It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
till twelve minutes before
to-

tinued to sit
Seven of the clock, adjourned till
morrow.

The Order made upon the 21st day of this Land

instant June, That the Land Drainage (Welland)
Provisional Order Bill be committed, was read Provisional
Order Bill.
andand discharged.

e

Ordered, That the Bill be. withdraw n. (The

Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, by His Board of
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report for the Education.
year 1915 on the Victoria and Albert Museum
and the Bethnal Green Museum.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant

to the National
directions of an Act of Parliament Cony of Health
nee
Provisional Regulations, dated 27th June 1916, Commission
made by the Irish Insurance Commissioners, (Ireland)
entitled the National Health Insurance (Insur- (Regulations.)
ante Committees : Representation of Insured
Persons) Amendment Regulations (Ireland),
1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, pursuant East India

ised

n India.

No. 91.

to the directions of an Act of Parliament, in
Return of all Loans raised in India under the
provisions of any Acts of Parliament, charge-
able on theRevenues of India, outstanding at
the commencement of the half-year ended on the
31st March 1916, 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 ;
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.

the close

of

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy of
Ninety-fourth Report of the Commissioners of
Woods Forests, and Land Revenues, dated
29th June 1916.

Woods,
Forests,
and Land
Revenues.

No. 95.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Copy of Order under the Destructive Insects
and Pests Acts, numbered D.I.P. 364, declaring
an area described in the Schedule thereto to be
infected with American Gooseberry Mildew,
and an infected area for the purposes of the
American Gooseberry Mildew (Infected Areas)
()icier of 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to Woods,
Forests, and Land Revenues be printed.

The Lord Advocate presented,

Majesty's Command,Copy of Annual Report
of the Prison Commissioners f
the year 1915.

or Scotland for Act

by His Prisons

oand)
tl1877.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Wednesday, 28th June 1916.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Finance Bill.

into a Committee on the Finance Bill.

PRAYERS.
ORDERED, That the South Eastern and
London, Chatham, and Dover Railways

Bill [Lords] be read a second time to-morrow.

(In the Committee.)
Another Clause (Additional income tax on
securities which the Treasury are willing to
purchase) further considered.

South Eastern
and London,
Chatham,
and Dover
Railways Bill

Lords.]

7 (1-Eo. V.

28th June.

Amendment proposed to the proposed Clause,
in 1. 5, after the word " applies," to insert the
words "and to whom the official notice has been
sent."(Mr.. Lough.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another .Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1.-19, after the word " thereafter," to
insert the words " but not earlier than the twenty-
ninth day of July, nineteen hundred and sixteen."
( Sir Frederick Banbury.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1. 23, to leave out the words " placed
at the absolute disposal of," in order to insert
the words "offered on sale or deposit
to."
(Mr. Lough.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the proposed Clause, put, and
agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1. 33, after the word " securities," to
inserts the words " or from other circumstances
which, in the opinion of the Treasury, justify
them in allowing relief from the additional duty."
(Mr. Dickinson.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

-inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed

Clause, in 1. 54, at the end, to add the words
" (h) In respect of income derived from any
such securities which are deposited with
trustees in any country outside the United
Kingdom, under the provisions of any deed
made in accordance with the laws of such
country, in any case where some of the
beneficiaries are not affected by this Act,
or where the trustees or beneficiaries have
no power of disposal, or where the laws of
such country prohibit the sale or pledging
of such securities."
--(Mr. Annan Bryce.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Proposed Clause added to the Bill.
Other Clauses

(Limitation of relief from
income tax in respect of insurance premiums)
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer) ;
and
(Amendment of section forty (3) of the principal
Act)(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)
brought up, and read the first and second time,
:and added to the Bill.

Another Clause ( Assessment of income for
:super tax)(Mr. Peto)brought up, and read
the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Allowance and repayment of
.duty in respect of motor spirit used by ministers
of religion)(Mr. Petu) brought up, and read
the fiist time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

he read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Amendment of section five
of the Finance Act, 1914)--(Mr. Annan Bryce)
brought up, and read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Interest to he allowed on
advance payments of income tax)(Mr. Need -
.ham)-- brought up, and -read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

he read a second time, put, and negatived.

VOL. 171.

117
(Computation of pre-war
standard of profits in certain cases)(Mr. James
Mason)brought up, and read the first time.

Another Clause

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Collection of motor tax )
(Mr. Coote)brought up, and read the first
time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Drawback to be allowed on
beer for export on deposit in bond in respect of
sugar and glucose used in its manufacture)
(Sir George Younger ) brought up, and read
the first and second time, and added to the Bill.
Another Clause ( Provision as to assessment
of lands used for bowling)(Mr. Watson)
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 section thirty-
eight of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915)(Mr.
Lewis Haslam)brought up, and read the first
time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Provision as to fixing pre-
war standard of profits)(Mr. John Henderson)
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

mendment of section thirty-

three (2) of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915)
(Mr. Denniss)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 (Allowances in case of new
trades)(Mr. Needham)brought up, and read
the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Exemption from entertain-
ments duty)(Mr. Lough)--brought up, and
read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Income tax on unearned
brought up,

(Mr. David Mason)

incomes)
and read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Amendment of section forty-
six, subsection (3), of the Finance (No. 2) Act,
1915)(Sir Frederick Cawley)
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 (Amendment of 5 & 6 Geo. 5,
c. 89, Fourth Schedule)(Sir John Harmood-
Banner)brought up, and read the first and
second time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause'(Annual value of woodlands
for the purpose of exemption and abatement
from income tax under Schedule B)
(Mr.
Mac Callum Scott)--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.

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28th

29th June.

1916.

Another Clause (Amendment of 5 & 6 Geo. 5,
c. 89, Fourth Schedule)(Sir John Harmood-
Banner)brought up, and read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Exemption from excess
profits duty of businesses carried on under the
court)( Mr. John Henderson)brought up, and
read the first and second time, and added to the
Bill.

Another Clause (Exemption from table water
brought up, and

duties)(Mr. Glyn- Jones)
read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Exemption from taxation of
municipal securities issued in America)( Mr.
Pennef ather)brought up, and read the first
and second time, and added to the Bill.

Schedule 1 agreed to.
Schedule 2 disagreed to.
Schedule 3 amended, and 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 taken into consideration upon
Monday next ; and be printed.

Bill 58.

Output cf
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Output of Beer (Restriction)
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Police, &c.
(Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Police, &c. (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Royal Marines
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Royal Marines Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Gas (Standard of Calorific
Power) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being
Second Reading of the Defence
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read

to-morrow.

read, for the
of the Realm

a second time

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.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day, being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third 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 Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of (20th June]
the 20th day of this instant June ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received t

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [22nd
Report.
the 22nd day of May last ;

Mayl

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 [ 30th March].
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

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 [31st May]
the 31st day of May last ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit
till twenty -eight minutes
before Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
to-morrow.

Thursday, 29th June 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Vice-Chamberlain of His Majesty's Memorial to
Household reported to the House, That Field-Marshal

their Address of the 26th day of this instant Earl
June, relative to a Memorial to Field-Marshal
Earl Kitchener, 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 :

Kitchener.

I have received your Address praying that I
will give directions that a monument be erected
at the public expense to the memory of the late
Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener, with an inscrip-
tion expressing the admiration of the House of
Commons for his illustrious military career and
its gratitude for his devoted services to the
State, and assuring Me that you will make good
the expenses attending the same.

I will gladly give directions for carrying into
effect your proposal to do honour to the memory
of a most distinguished servant of the State, who
has achieved so much for his country in this
great crisis of its history.

The Order of the clay being read, for the South Eastern

Second Reading of the South Eastern and
, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill
London
[Lords] ;

and London,

andIDopviner,
Railways Bill
[Lords.]

7 GEO. V.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a
upon Monday next, at a quarter
after Eight of the clock.

29th June.

119

second time
of an hour Committee on the Local Government Provi- Government

The Deputy. Chairman reported from the Local

nl t

Liquor Traffic
Finance
Committee
(England and
Wales.)

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Report of the Advisory
Committee on proposals for the State purchase
of the Licensed Liquor Trade.

Post Office

Mr. Montagu also presented, pursuant to the
Savings Banks. directions of several Acts of Parliament,
No. 96. Accounts of all Deposits received and paid
during the year 1915, together with a Statement
showing
sbowino. the aggregate amount of the Liabilities
of the
to Depositors in the Post
Office Savings Banks on the 31st December
1915, 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.

Isle of Man.
No. 97.

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 Passenger Tax and Harbour Dues,
for the year ended 31st March 1916, with the
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
thereon.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Papers relative to Post
Office Savings Banks and the Isle of Man be
printed.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial Report,
No. 885 (Weihaiwei, Report for 1915).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Return of Revenues drawn from the Crown
Rights in the Channel Islands in each year
during the years 1909-10 to 1915-16, distin-
guishing for each island, separately, the amounts
received from tithes, from fines on transfer of
property, from seigneurial dues, and from other
sources ; and stating the cost of collection, the
several payments made for local purposes, and
the net amount paid into the Exchequer (in
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 153
of Session 1910).--(Mr. Annan Bryce.)

The Deputy Chairman reported from the
Committee on the Local Government Provisional
Order (No. 3) Bill ; That they had considered
the Order therein contained ;
the said
Order ought to be confirmed ; and that they
had directed him to report
the Bill, with
Amendments, to the House.

that

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into consideration upon
Monday next.

sional Orders (No. 5) Bill ; That they had DP
considered the Orders therein contained ; that
the Aberavon Order ought not to be confirmed
that the remaining Orders ought to be con- ZirsinOtal
firmed ; and that they had directed him to confirmed
report the Bill, with Amendments,
to the remaining
Provisional
House.
Orders

ome

The Deputy Chairman further reported from "nfirmed.]

the Committee ; That they had amended the Title,
as followeth :---A Bill to confirm certain Pro- [Title
visional Orders relating to Carlisle, Maidstone. amended.]
Nelson, Saint Helens, and the Wandle Valley
Joint Sewerage Board.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into consideration upon
Monday next.

The Deputy Chairman 'reported from the
Committee on the Land Drainage (Feltwell)
Provisional Order Bill; That they had con-
sidered 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.

Land
Drainage

lvtiws ieolnl )a

Order Bill.
[Provisional
Order
confirmed.]

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into consideration upon
Monday next.

The Deputy Chairman reported from the Laraninage
Committee on the Land Drainage (Lilleshall) Drainage
Provisional Order Bill ; That they had con-
WO,1=1121
sidered the Order therein contained ;
that the Order Bill.
said Order ought to be confirmed ; and that [Provisional
eOrdnerrnied.i
they had directed him to report the Bill, without On
Amendment, to the House.

d

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

The Lord Advocate reported from the Select Irvine's
Committee on Divorce Bills ; That they had Divorce Bill
examined the allegations of Irvine's Divorce [Lords.]
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
through the Bill, and directed him to report
the same, without Amendment.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

'Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.,

The Deputy Chairman reported from the
Committee on the Local Government Provi-
sional Orders (No. 7) Bill ; 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.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

VOL. 171.

Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence and Irvine's
proceedings in the House of Lords on the Divorce Bill
Second Reading of Irvine's Divorce Bill [Lords], [Lords.]
together with the documents deposited in the
case, be returned to the House of Lords.(The
Lord Advocate.)

Mr. Pretyman, supported by Mr. Harcourt National
and Dr. Addison, pre-e otocl a Bill to extend the Insurance
provisions of the N ati4
a1 Insurance Act, 19113 (MunitI.)ion
relating to unemployment insurance to certain Workers) Bill.

(Part

Q 4

Bill 59.

Channel
Islands
(Crown
Rights.)

Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 3) Bill.
[Provisional
Order
confirmed.]

Local
'Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 7) Bill.
[Provisional
Orders
confirmed.]

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trades and employments in connection with the
present War : And the same was ordered to be
read a second time upon Monday next ; and
to be printed.

29th June.

1916.
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put,
That Item A (Salaries, Wages, and Allowances),
be reduced by £100.(Mr. Jo ynson- Hicks.)

Message from
the Lords.

Electric
Lighting
Provisional
Order Bill.
Local
Government
(Ireland)
Provisional
Order
(No. 1) Bill.
Alexandra
(Newport and
South Wales)
Docks and
Railway Bill.
Metropolitan
Electric
Tramways
Bill.

Uxbridge
Gas Bill.

Plymcuth and
Stonehouse
Gas Bill.

Folkestone
Gas Bill.

Van Diemen's
Land
Company
Bill [Lords.]
Lecky's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

Great Central
and Sheffield
District
Railways 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 agreed to the Electric
Lighting Provisional Order Bill, without any
Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern-
ment (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill,
without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Alexandra
(Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway
Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan.
Electric Tramways Bill, with an Amendment ;
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of
this House.

The Lords have agreed to the Uxbridge Gas
to which the Lords

Bill, with Amendments ;
desire the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have agreed to the Plymouth and
to
Stonehouse Gas Bill, with Amendments ;
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

The Lords have agreed to the Folkestone
to which the

Gas Bill, with Amendments ;
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the Van Diemen's Land
Company Bill [Lords], without any Amendment.
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An
Act to dissolve the Marriage of Hugh Lecky
with Annie Margaret Lecky, his present wife,
and to enable him to marry again, and for other
purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concur-
rence of this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An
A ct to confirm an agreement between the Great
Central Railway Company and the Sheffield
District Railway Company with reference to
the latter Company's railway, and for other
purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concur-
rence of this House.

Lecky's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

Lecky's Divorce Bill [Lords] was read the
first time ; and ordered to be read a second
time.

Great Central
and Sheffield
District
Railways Bill
[Lords.]

Supply
[8th allotted
Day.]

The Great Central

and Sheffield District

Railways Bill [Lords] was read the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The House, according- to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a
sum not exceeding £166,801 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
1917 for the Salaries and Expenses of the Office
of His Majesty's Secretary of State for the
Home Department and subordinate Offices :

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the I Mr. Ponsonby,

Yeas,

iMr. Jowett :
Tellers for thefMr. Gulland,

Noes,

Lord Edmund Talbot :

}

5°

Original Question again proposed :
And it being after Eleven of the clock, 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 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 receiving supply
[20th
Report.

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of this instant June ;

June

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 [22nd May]
Report.
the 22nd day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving supply
[30th
eport.

the Report from the Committee of Supply of R
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

March'

Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [31st Ma
Report.
R
the 31St day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

y]

Monday next.

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

Means.

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 BOutput of
Committee on the Output of Beer (Restriction) (Restriction)
Bill.;

Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Police,

Miscellan
Reading of the Police, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Provisions)
Bill.

Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Royal marines

Second Reading of the Royal Marines Bill ;

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Gas (Standard.

Second Reading of the Gas (Standard of Calorific of Calorific
Power) Bill.
Power) Bill ;

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29th June.-3rd July.

121

Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time

upon Monday next.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition of (Aca isition of Land) Bill ;
Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm

-.11

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till nine minutes after Eleven
of the clock, adjourned till Monday next,
pursuant to the Order of the House of
the 22nd day of February last.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Local
take into consideration the Local Government Government
r ovisio nal
Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill, as amended in Orders
the Committee.

(No. 5) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Wednesday 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 further Corre-
spondence respecting the conditions of Diet and
Nutrition in the Internment Camp at Ruhleben
(in continuation of Miscellaneous, No. 18, 1916,
[C d. 8259]).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Public
Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Diet at
Ruhleben
Internment
Camp
(Miscellaneous,
No. 21, 1916.)

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Annual Statement of the
Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign
Countries and British Possessions for 1915, Possessions.)
compared with the
Volume I.

four preceding years.

(Foreign
B,,oriutnisthries and

Copy of Report to the Board of Trade on Trade of
the Trade of Australia for the year 1915, by Australia.
His Majesty's Trade Commissioner for Australia
(Mr. G. T. Milne).

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Monday, 3rd July 1916.

Table.

Canada
Company
Bill [Lords.]

Newcastle-
upon-Tyne
and Gateshead
Gas Bill
[Lords.]
Yeadon Water
Bill [Lords.1

Land
Drainage
(Lilleshall)
Provisional
Order Bill.

PRAYERS.
THE Canada Company Bill [Lords] was 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.

The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead
Gas Bill [Lords] was read a second time, and
committed.

The Yeadon Water Bill [Lords] was read a

second time, and committed.

The Land Drainage (Lilleshall) 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.

Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 7) Bill.

The Local Government Provisional Orders
(No. 7) 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.

Land
Drainage
(Feitwell)
Provisional
Order Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Land Drainage
(Feitwell) Provisional Order Bill, as amended
in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Wednesday next.

Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 3) Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Local Government
Provisional Order (No. 3) Bill, as amended in
the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Wednesday next.

VoL. 171.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His National
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report to His Relief Fund.
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by the
Executive Committee of the National Relief
Fund on the administration of the Fund up to
31st March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Order made upon the 7th day of March University of

last, That the Paper relative to the University Glasgow.
of Glasgow be printed, was read and dis-
charged.

The Order made upon the 26th day of June Irish
be printed, was read and Act,

last, That the Paper relative to the Irish Univer-
sities Act, 1908,
discharged.

Universities

Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act,
1915 : And the same was ordered to be read a Bill.
second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Subjects

sties)

Bill 60.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself supply

into the Committee of Supply.

[9th allotted
Day.]

(In the Committee.)

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Revenue Departments.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a
sum not exceeding £14,537,145 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 1917 for the Salaries and Ex-
penses of the Post Office, including Telegraphs
and Telephones :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, That a sum not exceeding £14,537,045

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be granted for the said Service(Mr. Edmund
Harvey) : Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
Original Question put, and agreed to.
Resolution to be reported.

3rd July.

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 receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of June last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply

Report.

June]une]

Supply
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[31st May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 31st day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be 'received to-

morrow.

Finance Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Finance Bill, as amended
in the Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill he taken into con-

sideration to-morrow.

National
Insurance
(Part H.)
(Munition
Workers) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Readinp, of the National Insurance
(Part II )- (Munition Workers) Bill ;

1916.

The Order of the day being read, for the. Royal Marines

Second Reading of the Royal Marines Bill ;

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second. time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Gas (Standard

Second Reading of the Gas (Standard of Calorific of Calorific
Power) Bill.
Power) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Defence of
Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com- Portuguese
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being- read, for the South Eastern

Second Reading of
London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill and
[Lords];

the South Eastern and aihidtLondon,

Railways Bill

And a Motion being made, and the Question [Lords.]

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."
(Sir
Walter Essex.)

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 thef Mr. Stuart- Wortley,

Yeas,

I, Mr. Rowlands :

Tellers for the j Mr. Percy Alfred Harris,1
[ Mr. Montague Barlow: f

Noes,

25.

67.

So it passed in the Negative.
And the Question being put, That the words
" upon this day three 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

to- morrow.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon this day three months.

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the clay being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Output of Beer (Restriction)
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the Committee.

Police, &c.
(Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Police, &c. (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time

to-morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till a quarter of an hour
after Ten of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

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123

Private Bills
[Lords]
(Standing
Orders not
previously
inquired into
complied
with.)

Provisional
Order Bills
[Lords]
(no Standing
Orders
applicable.)

Tuesday, 4th July 1916.

PRAYERS.
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
not previously inquired into, which are applic-
able thereto, have been complied with, viz. :

Great Central and Sheffield District Rail-

ways 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
Bill, brought from the Lords, and referred on
the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders
are applicable, viz. :

Municipal Corporations (Buxton Scheme

Confirmation) Bill [Lords].

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Metropolitan
Electric
Tramways
Bill.

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the
Metropolitan Electric Tramways 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.

Plymouth and
Stonehouse
Gas Bill.

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the
Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill; and the
same were twice read, and agreed to.

Uxbridge
Gas Bill.

Irvine's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

Lecky's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

Public
Petitions.
Vide First
Report.

Coal
Shipments.

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
Uxbridge 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.

Irvine's Divorce 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
bath agreed to the same, without Amendment.

Lecky's Divorce Bill [Lords] was read a

second time, and committed.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Tables giving details as to
Shipments of Coal abroad, coastwise, and as
bunkers, from each port of the United Kingdom
for each of the years 1914 and 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Void. 171.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant Naval and
to the directions of several Acts of Parliament, Marine Pay
Copies of Four Orders in Council, dated 27th Act 1865.
June 1916, made under the Naval and Marine
Pay and Pensions Act, 1865.

Act

Pensions

Copy of Order in Council under the Green- Greenwich

with Hospital Act, 1865, dated 27th June 1916, Hospital
approving a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners Act, 1865.
of the Admiralty praying sanction to increased
salary to the Superintendent of the Royal
Hospital School, Greenwich.

Copies of Two Orders in Council, dated 27th Foreign
June 1916, made under the Foreign Jurisdiction Jurisdiction
Act, 1890.

Act, 1890.

. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Long presented, pursuant to the directions Housing,

of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Draft Order Town
Planning, &c.
of the Local Government Board under the
Act,
Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act,
1909,
approving, with modifications, the Chesterfield
(Chester Street Area) Town Planning Scheme.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Shops Act,

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy 1912.
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the Council of the undermentioned Local Autho-
rity, and confirmed, with amendment, by the
Secretary of State for the Home Department :
Urban District Council of Bedlingtonshire.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Magistrates
a Return showing the names, addresses, occupa- (Ireland.)
tions, or descriptions of the persons appointed to
the Commission of the Peace in Ireland since
the 31st day of December 1913, including all
appointments to the end of 1915 (in continuation
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 461 of Session:
1914-16).--(Mr. Rupert Gwynne.)

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Anglo-Persian
a Copy of the Directors' Report and Balance Oil Company.
Sheet of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for
the year ended the 31st day of March 1915.
(Mr. Montagu.)

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords
to request that their Lordships will be pleased
to communicate to this House Copies of the [Lords.]
Minutes of Evidence and proceedings, together
in the case of
with
(The Lord
Lecky's Divorce Bill
Advocate.)

documents deposited,

[Lords].

Divorce Bill

And that the Clerk do carry the said Message.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Output of

into a Committee on the Output of Beer (Re- Beer
(Restriction)
striction) Bill.
Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Limit on brewers' output).
Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 18,
at the end, to add the words " nor to beer
if exported."
brewed
(Colonel Gretton.)

solely for

export,

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Standard barrelage).

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4th July.

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 27, to leave
out the words " thirtieth day of September,
nineteen hundred and fifteen," in order
to
insert the words " thirty-first day of March,
nineteen
and
(Colonel
Gretton.)

sixteen."

hundred

Question, That the words proposed to be
left out stand part of the Clause, put, and
agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 28,
to leave out the word " fifteen," in order to
insert the word " fourteen."(Mr. Peto.)

Question proposed, That the word " fifteen "
stand part of the Clause :Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, I. 2,
after the word " brewed," to insert the words
" by the brewer."(Mr. Edward Strauss.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 32,
after the word " privilege," to insert the words
" as from the date of such Order in Council. "
( Sir George Younger.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 36,
to leave out the first word " a," in order to
insert the words " the required."(Sir George
Younger.)

Question proposed, That the word " a " stand
part of the Clause :Amendinent, by leave,
withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 41,

at the end, to add the words
"(4) Provided that where

a brewer has
ceased to brew at a particular brewery and
continues to brew at another brewery, or has
contracted with another brewery to brew for
him, the barrela,re of the brewery at which such
brewer has ceased to brew shall, so long as such
arrangement remains in force, for the purposes
of this section, be deemed to be part of the
barrelage of the brewery at which such brewer
continues to brew, or of the brewer who has
contracted to brew for such brewer.
In the
event of the contract of the brewer who has
ceased to brew being terminated he shall he
entitled to transfer such barrelage to any other
brewer with whom he may make a fresh con-
tract."( Mr. Edward Strauss.)

Question, That those words be there added,

put, and negatived.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Restrictions on establishment

of new breweries).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 4, after the
word " licence," to insert the words " or to his
successor in business." (Sir George Younger.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendrnent, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, I. 5,
at the end, to acid the words " or for premises
substituted for those premises."(Mr. Pray-
man.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment propo=ed, in p. 3, I. 4,
to leave out the word "as," in order to insert
the words " or other premises in connection
with."(Sir George Younger.)

1916.
Question proposed, That the word " as " stand
part of the Clause : Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 4 (Effect of Act on contracts).
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, I. 6, to leave
out from the word " with " to the word " that,"
in 1. 9, in order to insert the words " the per-
formances of any contract to deliver beer, or in
connection with the delivery of beer, or of any
condition, express or implied, in any tenancy
agreement or other contract made by a brewer
before the first day of April, nineteen hundred
and sixteen."(Sir George Younger.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word " deliver," in 1. 8,
stand part of the Clause :Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 8,
to leave out the words " in connection with the
delivery of beer." (Sir Francis Lowe.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 5 (Supply of beer to free licensed

houses).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 21, to leave
out subsections (1) and (2), in order to insert the
words

" (1) Any licence-holder, in so far as he is not
bound by any covenant, agreement, or under-
taking to obtain a supply of beer from any
particular brewer, and who has at any time
during the year ended the thirty-first day of
March, nineteen hundred and sixteen, been
supplied with beer by any brewer or brewers,
shall be entitled to obtain from such brewer
or brewers particulars of the quantities and
gravities of
the beer supplied, and also a
certificate or certificates stating the total number
represented by the beer
of standard barrels
supplied during each quarter of the year ended
the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred
and sixteen, or such shorter period as the supply
has continued.

(2) The licence-holder shall, after forwarding
any such certificate to the Commissioners, be
entitled to obtain the same number of standard
barrels (reduced by fifteen per cent.) from any
other brewer who may be willing to supply him
therewith, and in every such case the maximum
barrelage of the brewer ceasing to supply the
licence-holder shall be reduced by the amount
stated in the certificate (less fifteen per cent.),
and that amount shall be transferred to the
brewer who has undertaken to supply."(Sir
Francis Lowe.)

Question, That the word "Where " stand part

of the Clause, put, and negatived.

Remaining words omitted.
Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment, in 1. 1, at the beginning, to insert the
words" A registered club or."(Mr. Nield.)

Question, That those words be there inserted
in the proposed Amendment, put, and negatived.
A nother Amendment proposed to the proposed
Amendment, in 1. 3, to leave out the words
thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred
the words

sixteen," in order

to insert

and

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"thirtieth day of September, nineteen hundred
and fifteen."(Colonel Gretton.)

4th July.

Question proposed, That the words proposed
stand part of the proposed
the proposed

to be
Amendment :Amendment
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

left out

to

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Amendment, in 1. 4, after the word " brewers,"
to insert the words " failing agreement with such
brewer or brewers. "

(Colonel Gretton.)

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
to leave out the words

Amendment, in 1. 5,
"and gravities."(Sir George Younger.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the proposed Amendment, put,
and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Amendment, at the end,
to add the words
" Provided that where the licensed holder is
himself a brewer for sale the certificate shall
not be used to obtain a transfer of barrelage to
himself. "

(Colonel Gretton.)

Question, That those words be there added to

the proposed Amendment, put, and agreed to.
Proposed words, as amended, there inserted.
Other Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 6 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 7 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..

Bill 61.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
taken into consideration to-

Committee,
morrow ; and he printed.

be

National
Insurance
(Part II.)
(Munition
Workers) Bill.

The National Insurance (Part II.) ( Munition
Workers) 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.
(Mr. Rea.)

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.

The Gas (Standard of Calorific Power) 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. Rea.)

Police, &c.
(Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Bill.

The Police, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions)
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.
--(Mr. Gallan.d.)

Marriage of
British
Subjects
(Facilities)
Bill.

Supply.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Marriage of British
Subjects (Facilities) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

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.

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125

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [3rd July]
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
h J
Repo
Report.

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of June last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
[22nd
R

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of May last ;

epoit.

Mayi

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
the 30th day of March last ;

[30th
Repo

March]
rt.

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 [31-st Nay]
the 31st day of May last ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Finance Bill.

into consideration the Finance Bill, as amended
in the Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration to-morrow.

The Order of the day being
Committee of Ways and Means ;

read, for the 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 Royal Marines

Second Reading of the Royal Marines Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Defence of
Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the A nglo-

Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
rnercial Treaty Bill ;

Commercial
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

to-morrow.

A Motion being made, That this House will,

to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- Insurance
(National
sider of authorising the payment, out of moneys (munition
provided by Parliament, of contributions towards workers)
the cost of benefits conferred by any Act of [Expenses.]
the present Session to extend the provisions of
the National Insurance Act, 1911, relating to
unemployment insurance, to certain trades and
employments in connection with the present
War, and of any excess in the payments out of
the unemployment fund over the receipts of that
fund under such Act (Mr. Gulland);

Mr. Secretary Samuel, 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.

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1916.

Adjournment.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :--It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till ten minutes after Ten
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Folkestone
Gas Bill.

Wednesday, 5th July 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Amendments made by the Lords
to the Folkestone 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.

Land
Drainage
(Feltwell)
Previsional
Order Bill.

The Land Drainage (Feltwell) 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.

Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 3) Bill.

The Local Government Provisional Order
(No. 3) 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.

Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 5) Bill.

The Local Government Provisional Orders
(No. 5) 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.

Municipal
Corporations
(Buxton
Scheme
Confirmation)
Bill [Lords.]
Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Diseases of
Animals Acts.

The Municipal Corporations (Buxton Scheme
Confirmation) Bill [Lords] was, according to
Order, read a second time, and committed.

. Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,--Copy of
Order under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.1.P. 364, dated 19th June
1916, entitled the American Gooseberry Mildew
(Importation of Fruit) Order of 1916.

Copy of Order 9767, dated 29th June 1916,
under the Diseases of Animals Acts, postponing
the operation of the two Orders described in
the Schedule thereto until the 1st August 1916.
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

National
Portrait
Gallery.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Fifty-ninth Annual Report
of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery,
1915-16.

Anglo-Persian Mr. Montagu also presented,Return to an
Oil Company.
Order, dated the 4th day of this instant July,
for a Return relative to the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His War Charities
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the (Departmental
Committee appointed by the Secretary of State Committee.
for the Home Department to consider repre-
sentations made concerning charitable funds for
objects connected with the War, and to advise
as to the control and supervision of such funds.

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pursuant Shops Act.

to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 1912.
Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary
of State for the Home Department :

County of Somerset (Parish of Dulverton).
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, pur- East India

(Progress and
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
dition.)
Con
Copy of Statement exhibiting the moral and
material Progress and Condition of India during No. 36.
the year 1914-15. Fifty-first Number.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the.

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Long presented, pursuant to the direc- Alkali, Sze.

tions of an Act of Parliament,--Copy of the
Fifty-second Annual Report on Alkali,
Works, by the Chief Inspector under the Alkali,
&c. Works Regulation Act, 1906, of proceedings
during the year 1915, presented to the Local
:Government Board and to the Secretary for
Scotland.

orrli

anon

&c. RAce

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Order made upon the 28th day of June Destructive
last, That the Paper relative to the Destructive Insects and
Insects and Pests Acts do lie upon the Table, Pests Acts.
was read and discharged.

Ordered, That the said Paper be withdrawn.

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 Saint John's Saint John's

Church, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bill, with Amend-
ments; to which the Lords desire the concur-
rence of this House.

upon -Hull,
Bihll.

The Lords have agreed to the Wakefield Wakefield

Corporation Bill, with Amendments ;
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Bill.

to which Corporation

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Canada
made by this. House to the Canada Company BCompany
Bill [Lords], without any Amendment.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Small Holding

Act to provide for the acquisition and manage- Colonies Bill
ment of land by the State for experimental [L°I.d]
Small Holding Colonies, and to extend the
powers of acquisition and management of land
by certain Government departments under the
Development and Road Improvement Funds
Act, 1909, and for other purposes connected
therewith ; to which the Lords desire the con-
currence of this House.

The Lords propose that the Joint Committee Government of

appointed to consider the Government of India India Bill
Bill [Lords] do meet in Committee Room A on
Wednesday the 19th of July, at Eleven of the
clock.

Ordered, That so much of the Lords' Message
as relates to the Government of India Bill
[Lords] be now taken into consideration.

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127

Ordered, That the Committee of this House
do meet the Committee of the Lords as pro-
. posed by their Lordships.(Mr. Gulland.)

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords
to acquaint them therewith : And that the Clerk
do carry the said Message..

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Corn- Portuguese
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Small Holding The Small Holding Colonies Bill [Lords] was
Colonies Bill
read the first time, and ordered to be read a
[Lords.]
second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Bill 62.

Standing
Orders.

Clayton
Aniline
Company,
Limited
(Railways)
[Lords.]

Conway and
Colwyn Bay
Joint Water
Supply Board
[Lords.]

Shropshire,
Worcestershire
and
Staffordshire
Electric

Lords.]

Mr. Vaughan-Davies reported from the Select
Committee on Standing Orders several Resolu-
tions ; which were read, as follow

1. That in the case of the Clayton Aniline
Company, Limited (Railways) [Lords], Petition
to be
for Bill,
that the parties be permitted to,
dispensed with ;
proceed with their Bill.

the Standing Orders ought

2. That in the case Of the Conway and Colwyn
Bay Joint Water Supply Board [ Lords], Petition
for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis-
that the parties be permitted to
pensed with ;
proceed with their Bill.

3. That in the case of the Shropshire, Wor-
' cestershire, and Staffordshire Electric Power
[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.

Royal Marines
Bill.

The Royal Marines Bill was, according to

Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill he committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition of
Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm
Acquisition of Land 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.
Molteno.)

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. Gulland,

Yeas,

(Lord Edmund Talbot:
Tellers for the) Sir Frederick Banbury,

Noes,

l Mr. Rawlinson:

99.

24.

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 cf the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. James Hope.)

Marriage of
British
Subjects
(Facilities)
Bill.

The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities)
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.
( Mr. James Hope.)

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The Order of the day being read, for taking Output of

into consideration the Output of Beer
tion) Bill, as amended in the Committee ;

(Restric- Beer

(Restriction)
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration to- morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the National
Committee on the National Insurance (Part IL) Insurance
1 (Part II.)
(Munition Workers) Bill ;
(Munition

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Workers) Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the. Gas (Standard

Committee on the Gas (Standard of Calorific of Calorific
Power) Bill.
Power) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Police, &c.
Committee on the Police, &c. (Miscellaneous (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Bill ;

Provisions)

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 receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of Reportort.
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

Ju ly]

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 Report.
the 20th day of June last ;

[20th J une]

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 a[2d
the 22nd day of May last ;

e2pnor

1 a y

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
the 30th day of March last ;

[30th March]
Report.

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 [31st May]
the 31st day of May last ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Finance Bill.

into consideration the Finance 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 Ways and

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Means.

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Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

specify those which
preservation.

1916.
seem most worthy of

National
Insurance
(Part II.)
(Munition
Workers)
[Expenses.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on National Insurance (Part
II.) (Munition Workers) [Expenses].

(In the Committee.)

Copy of Return giving particulars of cases
in which persons have been reinstated with the
assistance of the Estates Commissioners during
the quarters ended 30th June, 30th September,
and 31st December 1915.

Evicted
Tenants
(Ireland)
Act, 1907.

Resolved, That it

is expedient to authorise
the payment, out of moneys provided by Parlia-
ment, of contributions towards the cost of benefits
conferred by any Act of the present Session to
extend the provisions of the National Insurance
Act, 1911, relating to unemployment insurance,
to certain trades and employments in connection
with the present War, and of any excess in the
payments out of the unemployment fund over
the receipts into that fund under such Act.-
(Mr. Pretynian.)

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.

A Motion being made, That this House will,
to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to
consider of authorising the payment, out of
moneys to be provided by Parliament, of all com-
pensation and purchase moneys payable by a
Government department under any Act of the
present Session to make provision with respect
to the possession and acquisition of Land occu-
pied or used for the defence of the realth in
connection with the present War, and of all
other Expenses incurred by any Government
department thereunder(Mr. Gulland) ;

Mr. MKinnon Wood, 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.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Thursday, 6th July 1916.

PRAYERS.
/JR.. Arthur Henderson presented, by His
Copy of Interim
on

the Consultative Committee

Majesty's Command,

Report of
Scholarships for Higher Education.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land)
[Expenses.]

Adjournment.

Board of
Education.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ancient
Monuments
in Wales and
Monmouth-
shire (Royal
Commission.)

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,--Copy of Seventh Report
of the Commissioners appointed to inventory the
Ancient and Historical Monuments and Con-
structions of Wales and Monmouthshire, and to

Copy of Fifteenth Annual General Report Department of
the year land Technical
Instruction for
Ireland,

of the Department of Agriculture and Tech-
meal
1914-15.

Instruction for Ireland,

Agriculture

for

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pur- Fines, &c.
(Ireland.)

suant to the directions of several Acts of
Parliament,Copy of Abstract of Accounts of
Fines accounted for by the Registrar of Petty
Sessions Clerks for the year 1914.

Copy of Accounts of Receipts and Expendi- Dogs
ture under the Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Act, Regulation
(Ireland)
1865, for the year 1915.
Act, 1865.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Sir William Middlebrook reported from the Aberdare and
Committee on the Aberdare and Aberaman Gas Aberaman Gas
[Lords] ; That they had examined the Bill [Lords.]
Bill
allecrbatior.s 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 Pier and
from the Committee on the Pier and Harbour Harbour
Provisional Orders Bill ; That they had con-
sidered the Orders therein contained ;
said Orders ought to be confirmed ; and that Orders
they had directed him. to report the Bill, with confirmed.]
Amendments, to the House.

Bit.
that the [Provisional

OP

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into consideration upon.
Monday next.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported hornsey Gas
the Hornsey Gas Bill [Lords], with Amend-. Bill [Lords.]
ments.

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 theft. Clerks, as followeth :

M Message
the

s agef
Lords.

r o

The Lords communicate the Minutes

of Lecky's
Evidence taken before this House, together with Divorce Bill
the proceedings and documents deposited, in the [Lords.]
case of Lecky's Divorce Bill [Lords], as desired
by this House, and request that the same may
be returned.

Mr. Pretyman presented a Bill to make pro- Trading with

vision with respect to Copyrights which would, the Enemy
had a state of war not existed, have vested in (8Cilolpyright)
enemies : And the same was ordered to be read
Bill 63.
a second time upon Monday next ; and to be
printed.

Ordered, That the other Government Business Business of
have precedence this day of the Business of the House
(Supply.)
Supply.(The Prime Minister.)

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129

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

National
Insurance
(Part II.)
(Munition
Workers)
[Ex penses.]

The House, according to Order, proceeded
to take into consideration the Output of Beer
(Restriction) Bill, as amended in the Com-
mittee.

And Amendments were made to the Bill.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 2, I. 28, by leaving out the
word " thirty," and inserting t
twenty-
five "(Mr. Peto),instead thereof.

w, rd

And the Question being put, That the word
" thirty " stand part of the Bill :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.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on
National
(Part
(Munition
Workers) [Expenses] a Resolution ; which was
read, as followeth :

Insurance

II.)

That it is expedient to authorise the payment,
out of moneys provided by Parliament, of con-
tributions towards the cost of benefits conferred
by any Act of the present Session to extend
the provisions of the National Insurance Act,
1911, relating to unemployment insurance, to
certain trades and employments in connection
with the present War, and of any excess in the
payments out of the unemployment fund over
the receipts into that fund under such Act.

The said Resolution being read a second time ;
An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the said Resolution, in 1. 2, by inserting, after
the word " contributions," the words " not ex-
ceeding two million pounds." (Mr. King.)

And the Question being put, That those words

be there inserted :It passed in the Negative.

Then the Resolution was agreed to.

National
Insurance
(Part II.)
(Munition
Workers) Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the National Insurance
(Part II.) (Munition Workers) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. -1 to No. 4 agreed to.
Clause No. 5 (Short title and commence-

ment).

to insert

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 1, to leave
out the words "fourth day of September," in
the words
order
second day of
October."(Mr. William Thorne.)

to be left out stand part of the Clause :

Question proposed, That the words proposed

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Schedules 1 and 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 desire their concurrence.

Vol.,. 171.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Gas (Standard

into a Committee on the Gas ( Standard of of
Calorific Power) Bill.

al"ific
Power) (fill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Power to substitute standard
of calorific power for standard of illuminating
power).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 23, to leave
out the word " and," in order to insert the word
"or. " (Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That the word " and "
the Clause :Amendment, by

stand part of
leave, withdrawn.

conditions may be

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 8,
at the end, to insert the words " In any order
made under this section; which is made having
special regard, to the production of benzol and
imposed on the
toluol,
undertakers that they shall show by their
accounts the relative cost of their production
of gas and of benzol and toluol, and to preserve
the rights of the consumers to a supply of
gas at a cost commensurate with the cost of
the production of
supplied."( Mr.
the gas
King.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 19,

at the end, to insert the words

" (4) In any order made under this section
due regard shall be had to the interests of
the consumers of gas for domestic and trade
purposes ; and a maximum price to
such
consumers may be fixed by the order, which
the appropriate Government department from
time to time may vary, having regard to the
cost of gas production and other material
circumstances."(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause 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.

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 Police, &c.
into a Committee on the Police, &c. (Miscella (Miscellaneous.
neous Provisions) Bill.

visions)

Pro
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Payments to constables serving

in the naval and military forces).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 10, at the end,
to insert the words " In the case of any constable
who dies whilst employed on naval or military
service the police authority shall have power to
return to any of his dependants, as defined in
section one of the Police Reservists (Allowances)
Act, 1914, the rateable deductions which have
been made from his pay towards pension,"(Mr.
Wiles.)

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6th July.

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment, in 1. 1, at the end, to insert the words
" in respect of whom no pension or gratuity is
payable from the police fund."( Mr. Secretary
Samuel.)

Question, That those words be there inserted
in the proposed Amendment, put, and agreed
to.

Proposed words, as amended, there inserted.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1, 10,
the

inserted, to insert

after the words last
words

" (2) For the purpose of section one of the
Police (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1915, every
police constable who enlisted in His Majesty's
forces prior to the passing of the above Act, and
who resigned from the police force for the pur-
pose of so enlisting, shall be considered to have
joined His Majesty's forces with the consent of
the chief officer of the force to which he belonged."
(Mr. Samuel Samuel.)

Question proposed, That those words he there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 4 (Amendment of 51 & 52 Vict.

c. 41, s. 24 (1), (i) and (j) ).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 35, after. the
word " pay," to insert the words " pension and
compensation."(Mr. Perkins.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 37,
at the end, to add the words " And the expres-
clothing of the police' shall be deemed to
sion
include equipment of special constables."(Mr.
King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 5 (Regulation of street collec-

tions).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 4, after the
word " if." to insert the words " or fails to com-
ply with. " (Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 6 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 7 (Provisions for securing welfare

of workers in factories and workshops).

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, to leave out

Is. 16 and 17.(Mr. Whitehouse.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 8 (Abolition of investigations of

accidents by certifying surgeons).

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, I. 24, at the end,
to insert the words " Provided also that it shall
continue to be the duty of the certifying sur-
geon to investigate and report upon cases of.
injury caused by exposure to gas fumes, or
other noxious substances, or due to any other
special cause specified in instructions of the

1916.
Secretary of State as requiring medical investi-
gation, and the Secretary of State shall issue
instructions defining the causes of injury to
which this provision is to apply, and requiring
the inspector of the district to refer to the
certifying surgeon all such cases reported to
him. The certifying surgeon shall have, for the
purpose of the investigation in any such case, the
same powers, and shall be entitled to receive
the same fee, as he would if the case had been a
case to which section seventy-three applies."
(Mr. Secretary Samuel.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

in 1. 3,

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
to leave out from the word
ment,
" cause " to the first word " The," in 1. 7, in
order to insert the words " which, in the discharge
of his duties, he may consider necessary."(Sir
Philip Magnus.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " medical," in 1. 4, stand part of
the proposed Amendment, put, and agreed to.

Amendments made to the proposed Amend-

ment.

Another Amendment proposed to the pro-
posed Amendment, at the end thereof to add
the words " Provided also that the Secretary of
State may by special order direct that the Factory
and Workshop Acts, 1901 to 1911, shall con-
tinue to apply to any factory or workshop as
though this section had not been enacted."- -
(Mr. Whitehouse.)

Question proposed, That those words be there
added to the proposed Amendment : Amend-
ment to the proposed Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Proposed words, as amended, there inserted.
Question put, That the Clause, as amended,

stand part of the Bill.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the j Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

t Lord Edmund Talbot :

Tellers for the; Sir Philip Magnus,
Mr. Stephen Walsh:

Noes,

} 55.

23.

Clauses No. 9 to No. 11 agreed to.
Clause No. 12 disagreed to.
Clause No. 13 (Short title).
Amendment proposed, in p. 6,

end, to add the words

1. 22, at the

" (2) The Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901
to 1911, and Part II. of this Act, may be jointly
cited as the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901
to 1916."(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
A Clause (Amendment of 4 & 5 Geo. 5,
c. 58, s. 3)(Mr. Secretary Samuel)brought
up, and read the first and second time, and added
to the Bill.

Schedule agreed to.
Bill, as amended, to be reported.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and the
Deputy Chairman reported, That the Com-
mittee had gone through the Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Bill 64.

Committee, be taken into consideration upon
Monday next ; and be printed.

GEo. V.
The House, according to Order, resolved itself

6thlOth July.

into a Committee on the Royal Marines Bill.

Royal Marines
Bill.

Marriage of
British
Subjects
(Facilities)
Bill.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
Bill to be reported.

Mr. Speaker regunlecl 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
into a Committee on the Marriage of British
Subjects (Facilities) Bill.

(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 desire their concurrence.

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Realm

on the Defence of

Committee
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Ang]o-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

Finance Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Finance Bill, as amended
in the Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration upon Monday next.

Small Holding
Colonies Rill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Small Holding Colonies
Bill [Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land)
[Expenses.]

Supply.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on Defence of the Realm (Acquisi-
tion of Land) [Expenses] ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

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.

VOL. 171.

131

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon
Ordered,
Monday next.

The Order. of the day being read, for receiving Supply
h
the Report from the Committee' of Supply of [20t June]
the 20th day of June last ;

[
Report.

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 Report.
the 22nd day of May last ;

[22n d May]

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 [30th March]
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

.

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 [ 31st may]
the 31st day of May last ;

Report.

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.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till sixteen minutes before
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till Mon-
day next, pursuant to the Order of the
House of the 22nd day of February last.

Monday, 10th July 1916.

PRAYERS.

THE House proceeded to take into considera- Saint John's
tion the Amendments made by the Lords KCilircth,

to the Saint John's Church, Kingston-uponupon -Hull,
Hull, Bill ; and the same were twice read, and Bill.
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 Great Central and Sheffield District Great Central

Railways Bill [Lords] was read a second time,
and committed.

District
R[ iolrwciasyJs Bill

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Pier and. Harbour
Provisional Orders Bill, as
amended in the
Committee.

Pier and
Harbour
Provisional
Orders Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

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10th July.

1916.

Berwick
County Writ.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War-
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 County
of Berwick, in the room of the Right Honour-
able Harold John Tennant, who, since his Elec-
tion for the said county, hath accepted the Office
of His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland.(Mr.
Gulland.)

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's
Mercantile
Marine
Command,Copy of Report on the Examinations
(Examinations
of candidates for Certificates of Competency
for Certifi-
in the Mercantile Marine and the Sea-Fishing
cates of
Competency.) Service for the year 1915 (in continuation of

[Cd. 7993] ).

Mr. Runciman also presented, pursuant to the
Merchant
Shipping Acts,
1894 to 1906 directions of several Acts of Parliament, Copy
of Report by the Board of Trade of the cases in
(Dispensing
which they have exercised their poWers under
Powers.)
Section 78 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906,
during the year ended 31st May 1916 (in con-
tinuation of H.C. 299 of 1915).

No. 92.

Harwich
Harbour.

Copy of Abstract of the Accounts of the
Receipts and Expenditure of the Harwich Har-
bour Conservancy Board from the time of their
incorporation down to and inclusive of the 31st
March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to the Mer-
chant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1906 (Dispensing
Powers), be printed.

Local
Government
Board
(Scotland.)

Agriculture
(Scotland.)

The Lord Advocate

presented, by His
Majesty's Command,
Copy of Twenty-first
Annual Report of the Local Government Board
for Scotland, 1915.

Copy of Fourth Report of the Board of

Agriculture for Scotland, for the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Shops Act,
1912.

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Scotland.)

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the Council of the undermentioned Local Autho-
rity, and confirmed by the Secretary of State
for the Home Department :
City of Liverpool.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made by the National Health Insur-
ance Joint Committee and the Scottish Insurance
Commissioners, acting jointly, dated 31st May
1916, entitled the National Health Insurance
(Subsidiary Employments) Order (Scotland),
1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Suez Canal
(Commercial,
No. 1, 1916.)

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's
Command, Copy of Returns of Shipping and
Tonnage passing through the Suez Canal in the
years 1913, 1914, and 1915 (in continuation of
Commercial, No. 1, 1915 [Cd. 8010]).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Small Holding
Colonies
Bill [Lords.]

The Small Holding Colonies 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. Acland.)

The Order of the day being read, for the Trading with

Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy the Ene
(Copyright) Bill ;

my
(Copyright)
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Police, &c.
take into consideration the Police, &c. (Miscel- (Miscellaneous
laneous Provisions) Bill, as amended in the BPi
Committee.

]olvisions)

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.

The Order of the day being read, for the Defence of
lm
Reauisition

Committee on Defence of the Realm (Acquisi-
tion of Land) [Expenses] ;

the
Acq
of Land)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, [Expenses.]

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Defence of
Committee on the Defence of the Realm (Acqui - the Realm
sition of Land) Bill ;

(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the

mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

ortuguesCoCo-
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Finance Bill.

into consideration the Finance Bill, as amended
in the Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill he taken into con-

sideration to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for thesuppiy.

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 Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [3rd July]
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

Report.

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 [20th J une]
the 20th day of June last ;

2
e ort.
R
pt

Ordered, That the Report he received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [22nd May]
the 22nd day of May last ;

Report.

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
the 30th day of March last ;

[30th March]
Report

.

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 [31st May]
the 31st day of May last ;

Report.

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10th --11 th July.

133

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.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
four minutes before
to-

tinued to sit
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
morrow.

till

Wakefield
Corporation
Bill.

Pier and
Harbour
Provisional
Orders Bill.

Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions
Act, 1865.

Naval
Discipline
Act, 1866.

Shops Act,
1912.

Army
(Territorial
Force.)

Tuesday, 11th July 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to
the Wakefield 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
bath agreed to the Amendments made by their
Lordships.

The Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders
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.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Order in Council, dated 7th July 1916,
made under the Naval and Marine Pay and
Pensions Act, 1865.

0

Copy of Order in Council under the Naval
Discipline Act, 1.866, dated 7th July 1916,
finally approving revised General Orders
for
regulatino, the procedure and practice of Naval
C ou rt s- Afar tial .

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912,
by the Council of the undermentioned Local
Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

County of Essex (Urban District of Burn-

ham-on-Crouch).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

to the directions

Mr. Secre,tary Lloyd George

presented,
pursuant
of
Parliament,Copies of Schemes made by the
Army Council
the
and
constitution of Associations for the County of
Devon and the County of Essex under the
Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907.

of an Act

establishment

for

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 :

VOL. 171.

Copy of the County Courts (Emergency Courts

Powers) Rules, 1916 (No,. 3), dated 26th June _E

made by the Lord Chancellor for County England
Courts under the Courts (Emergency Powers) (County
Courts.)
Acts, 1914 to 1916.

(Emergency

Copy of Increase of Rent and Mortgage Increase of
and
Mortgage
Interest

Interest (War Restrictions) Rules, 1916 (No. 2),
dated 26th June 1916, made by the. Lord
Chancellor under the Increase of Rent and Restrictions),
Mortgage
1915, as amended by the Courts (Emergency
Powers) (No. 2) Act, 1916.

Interest (War Restrictions) Act, England.

.

before

Ordered, That there be laid

this Imperial
House a Return relating. to Imperial Revenue Revenue
(Collection and Expenditure) (Great Britain arid
and Ireland) for the year ending the 31st day Expenditure)
of March 1916 (in continuation of Parliamentary (Great Britain
and Ireland.)
Paper, No. 308 of Session 1914 -16).
Joseph Pease.)

(Mr.

section

$.]

'

The Lord Advocate reported from the Select Lecky's
Committee on Divorce Bills ; That they had Divorce Bill
examined the allegations of Lecky's Divorce [I
Bill [Lords] as to the marriage of the parties,
the adultery charged as the ground for dissolving
the marriage, the verdict at law, 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 satisfac-
tory 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 through the
Bill, and directed him to report 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 Lecky's
proceedings in the House of Lords on the Divo e Bill
rc
Second Reading of Lecky's Divorce Bill
[Lords], together with the documents deposited
in the case, be returned to the House of Lords.
(The Lord Advocate.)

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that a
Message had been brought from the Lords by
one of their Clerks, as followeth :
one

the Lords.

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern- Local

melt Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill, without
any Amendment.

Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. I) Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the North British N

Railway Bill, with Amendments ;
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

to which the

Railway Bill.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An River GlGlen
Act to confer powers upon the Glen Bank Bin [Lords.]
Trustees; and for other purposes ; to which the
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

The River Glen Bill [Lords] was read the River Glen

Bill [Lords.'

first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

and

(ln the Committee.)
Resolved, That the relief' given under section
fifty-four of the Income Tax Act, 1853, as
amended by any subsequent enactment,
in
respect of insurances and contracts for deferred
annuities, shall not

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(a) be given at a greater rate than that of

three shillings in the pound ; or

(b) be given for the purposes of super tax ;
and that the said relief shall not, as respects
insurances or contracts for deferred annuities
made after
the twenty-second day of June,
nineteen hundred and sixteen

(a) be given except in respect of premiums
or other payments payable on policies for
securing a capital sum on death, whether in
conjunction with any other benefit or not ;
or

(b) be given in respect of premiums or
payments payable on a policy which becomes
fully operative only after the expiration of
a certain period until after the expiration
of that period.

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

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.

11th July.

1916.
Amendment proposed, in 1. 2, after the word
" money," to insert the words " not exceeding
in the whole ten million pounds."(Mr. King.)
Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Main Question put, and agreed 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 Order of the day being read, for the Small Holding-

Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Bill C
[Lords];

zoloColoniesdisosi Bill

Resolved, That this House will, upon,Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Trading with

Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy the Enemy
(Copyright)
(Copyright) Bill ;
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for

the Defence of
Committee on the Defence of the Realm (Acqui- the Realm
sition of Land) Bill ;

(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

again resolve itself into the said Committee.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Supply.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.
£166,797 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Local Government Board.
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 the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Corn - Portuguese
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Finance Bill.

into consideration the Finance 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 receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of [
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

3rd July]
Report.

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 [2 0th June]
Rert.
po
the 20th day of June last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land)
[Expenses.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) [Expenses].
(In the Committee.)

The Order of the day being read, for receiving supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [22nd May]
the 22nd day of May last ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Motion made, and Question proposed, That it
is expedient to authorise the payment, out of
money provided by Parliament, of all com-
pensation and purchase money payable by a
Government department under any Act of the
present Session to make provision with respect
to the possession and acquisition of land occu-
pied or used for the defence of the realm
in connection with the present war, and of
all other Expenses incurred by any Govern-
ment department thereunder.(Mr. Solicitor
General.)

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of [ 30th March]
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

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 [31st May]
the 31st day of May last ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

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135
insurances and contracts for deferred annuities,
shall not

7 GEO. V.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, 'having con-
tinued to sit
till twenty-seven minutes
after Eight of the clock, adjourned till
to-morrow.

Shops Act,
1912.

Army
(Territorial
Force.)

Wednesday, 12th July 1916.

PRAYERS.

Af R. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
..11 the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary
of State for the Home Department :
Borough of Chorley (two).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Forster presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament, Copy of Scheme
made by the Army Council for the establishment
and constitution of an Association for the County
of Berks under the Territorial and Reserve
Forces Act, 1907.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Rouse of
Commons
(Kitchen and
Refreshment
Rooms.)
Special
Report.

No. 98.

Colonel. Lockwood reported from the Select
Committee on House of Commons (Kitchen and
Refreshment Rooms) ; That they had considered
the matters to them referred, and directed him
to make a Report and Special Report thereof to
the House.

Ordered, That the Report and Special Report

do lie upon the Table ; and be printed.

Municipal
Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
(No. 2) Bill.
Bill 66.

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood, supported by Mr.
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Solicitor
General, presented a Bill to facilitate the invest-
ment of savings in securities issued for the
purposes of the present War by means of the
establishment of Municipal Savings Banks :
And the same was ordered to be read a second
time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Re-election
of Ministers.

Re-election
of Ministers
Bill.

Bill 65.

Ways and
Means
[11th July]
Report.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a
Bill to make temporary provision rendering
unnecessary the re-election of Members of the
House of Commons on acceptance of certain
Offices : And that the Prime Minister and Mr.
Solicitor General do prepare and bring it in.

The Prime Minister accordingly presented a
Bill to make temporary provision rendering
unnecessary the re-election of Members of the
House of Commons on acceptance of certain
Offices : And the same was read the first time,
and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means of
the 11th day of this
instant July a Resolution ; which was read,
as followeth

That the relief given under section fifty-four
of the Income Tax Act, 1853, as amended
by any subsequent enactment, in respect of

VOL. 171.

(a) be given at a greater rate than that of

three shillings in the pound ; or

(b) be given for the purposes of super tax ;
and that the said relief shall not, as respects
insurances or contracts for deferred annuities
made after the twenty-second day of June,
nineteen hundred and sixteen

(a) be given except in respect of premiums
or other payments payable on policies for
securing a capital sum on death, whether
in conjunction with any other benefit or
not ; or

(b) be

payable

given in respect of premiums or
payments
policy which
becomes fully operative only after
the
expiration of a certain period until after
the expiration of that period.

on

a

The said Resolution being read a second

time ;

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Resolution, in 1. 3, by inserting, after the
word " annuities," the words " entered into after
the eleventh day of July, nineteen hundred and
sixteen."(Sir J. D. Rees.)

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

And the Resolution was agreed to.
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the
Committee on the Finance (recommitted) Bill
that they have power to make provision therein
pursuant to the said Resolution.

The House, according to Order, proceeded Finance Bill.

to take into consideration the Finance Bill, as
amended in the Committee.

A Clause (Further provision as to profits
applied in extinction of previous
losses) -
-(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)---:was
twice read ; and made part of the Bill.

(Drawback

Another Clause

exported
coffee and chicory and mixtures of coffee and
chicory) (Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill.

on

Another Clause was offered to be added to

the Bill (Reduction of duty on herb beer).
(Mr; lifKinn.on Wood.)

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 I. 6, by inserting at the
end thereof the words " other than fermented
ginger beer sold in stone jars containing not
less than half a gallon."(Sir Joseph Walton.)

And the Question being put, That those words

be there added :It passed in the Negative.
And the Clause was added to the Bill.
Another Clause was offered to be added to
the Bill (Exemption of newly planted wood-
land).(Captain Charles Bathurst.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read a
second time :The said Motion and Clause
the House,
were
withdrawn.

severally, with

leave of

Another Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill (Assessment of income tax of controlled
establishments).(Mr. James Mason.)

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1916.
Then another Amendment was made to the

Bill.

136

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read a
second time :The said Motion and Clause
were severally, with
the House,
withdrawn.

leave

of

Another Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill (Computation of excess profits duty in
certain cases).(Mr. John Henderson.)

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 read a second
time :--It passed in the Negative.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill ( Modification of entertainments duty)..
(Mr. Rogge.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read a
second time :The said Motion and Clause
were
the House,
withdrawn.

severally, with leave of

Another Clause was offered to be added to
the Bill (Rebate for superannuation funds).
(Mr. Edmund Harvey.)

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 read a second
time :It passed in the Negative.

Another Clause (Exemption of school enter-
tainments from entertainments duty)( Mr.
Goldstone)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. 5,
1. 12, by inserting, after
the word " to," the words " clergymen of all
denominations and."(Sir Robert Finlay.)

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 thef Sir Robert Finlay,

Yeas,

tMr. Morton:
Tellers for the f Mr. Gulland,

Noes,

t Mr. Bridgeman:

r 37.

93.

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. 5, 1. 40, by inserting, after the
word " Any," the words " clergyman of any
denomination."(Sir Robert Finlay.)

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. 12, I. 17, by inserting, after
the word " trustees," the words " or guardians."
(Mr. Brady.)

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. 12, 1. 18, by leaving out from
the word " trust " to the word " and," in 1. 19,
and inserting the words " or by the laws of the
country from investing money in securities
outside the country " ( Sir George Younger),
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 another Amendment was made to the

Bill.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 14, I. 7, by leaving out subsection
(7) of Clause 24.(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. 15, 1. 28, by leaving out " 3d."
(Mr. Peto.)

And the Question being put, That " 3d."
stand part of the Bill :It was resolved in the
Affirmative.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 16, 1. 3, by leaving out from the
word " and " to the end of 4.(Mr. Peto.)

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. 16, I. 12, by inserting, after the
word " from," the words " income other than."
(Mr. Peto.)

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. Peto,

Yeas,

t Mr. Pollock:

Tellers for thef Lord Edmund Talbot,
(Mr. Geoffrey Howard:

Noes,

} 15.

79..

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. 21, by leaving out Is. 24 to 29,,
inclusive.(Sir J. D. Rees.)

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. 22, I. 16, by inserting at the end
thereof the words
" Provided that no person
shall be liable to pay excess mineral rights duty
whose mineral rent in the accounting year is less.
than the average of any two of the three last
pre-war rent values ; and any person to whom
proviso applies who has already been
this
assessed, or has already paid excess mineral
rights duty, shall be entitled to repayment or
relief accordingly as the case requires."(Mr.
Currie.)

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.

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12th-13th July.

137

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 25, 1. 28, by inserting, after the
word " actually," the words " or can be."(Sir
John Harnzood-Banner.)

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. 25, I. 37. by in,erting at the end
thereof the words " Provided that where there
has not been one pre-war trade year, and where
the actual profits of a trade or business for a
portion of a year prior to the fifth day of August,
nineteen hundred and fourteen, amounted to
more than the percentage standard for the same
period as defined by the principal Act, the pre-
war standard of profits shall be taken to be
the amount of the actual profits earned prior to
the fifth day of August, nineteen hundred and
fourteen, and the first accounting period shall be
apportioned accordingly. " ( Sir John Harrnood-
Banner.)

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 recommitted to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow, in
respect of Clause 33 and of new Clauses moved
by the Government, and relating to

The limitation of relief from income tax in

respect of insurance premiums ;

Income tax relief on war insurance premiums ;
Amendments of law with respect to income tax

on woodlands ; and

The repayment of income tax on sums deducted
from profits under the Munitions of War
Act, 1915.

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [3rd Julyj
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

Repo rt.

'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 [20th
the 20th day of June last ;

Report.

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 [22nd May]
the 22nd day of May last ;

Report.

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 [30th March'
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report froth the Committee of Supply of [31st May]
the 31st day of May last ;

Repo

rt.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

And it being after half-past Eleven of Adjournment.

the clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the
House .without Question put, pursuant to
the Standing Order, it being then eighteen
minutes before Twelve of the clock, till
to-morrow.

Thursday, 13th July 1916.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land)
[Expenses. j

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee on Defence of
the Realm (Acquisition of Land) [Expenses] ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

PRAYERS.
ORDER ED, That the Aberdare and Abera- Aberdare and
man Gas Bill [Lords], as amended in the Aberaman

Committee, be taken into consideration upon Gas Bill
[Lords.]
Wednesday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow,

The House proceeded to take into considera- II
tion the Hornsey Gas Bill [Lords], as amended sin
in the Committee.

yo

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Supply
[Ilth July]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, fonreceiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 11th day of this instant July ;

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.

Trading with
the. Enemy
(Copyright)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy
(Copyright) Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the AngloPortuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's Declaration of

Command,Copy of Note addressed by His London
Majesty's Government to Neutral Representa-.
tives in London respecting the withdrawal of
the Declaration of London Orders in Council.

c
c 11
2

a
1

n
e
9
6
1

u

.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Penal

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of a Licence granted to a Convict, discharoino.
her from Aylesbury Convict Prison on condition Licence.)
that she enters a Home.

Acts
(Conditional

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, by His Majesty's Board of

Copy of Agricultural Statistics, Agriculture

Command,

Fisheries

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

duce of Crops in England and Wales, with Statistics.)
Summaries for the United Kingdom.

VOL. 171.

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13th July.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Mr. Acland also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Order under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.Y. 365, declaring an area
described in the Schedule thereto to be infected
with American Gooseberry Mildew, and an
infected area for the purposes of the American
Gooseberry Mildew (Infected Areas) Order of
1914.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Ferndale Gas
Bill [Lords.]

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
the Ferndale Gas Bill [Lords], with Amend-
ments.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Colchester Gas
Bill [Lords.]

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
the Colchester Gas Bill [Lords], with Amend-
ments.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Message from
the Lords.

Marriages
Provisional
Order 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 Marriages
Provisional Order Bill, without any Amend-
ment.

The Lords have agreed to the Halifax Cor-
poration Provisional Order 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 Goyern-
ment Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill, without
any Amendment.

Halifax
Corporation
Provisional
Order Bill.
Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 2) Bill.
Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 4) Bill.
Local
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 6) Bill.
Local
Government m
(Ireland)
Provisional without any Amendment.
Order
(Gas) Bill.
Public Works Mr. 111Kinnon Wood presented a Bill to
grant money for the purpose of certain Local
Loans Bill.
Bill 67. 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
upon Monday next ; and to be printed.

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern-
ment Provisional Order (No. 6) Bill, without
any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern -
ent (Ireland) Provisional Order (Gas) Bill,

business of
the House
(Supply.)

Ordered, That the other Government Business
have precedence this day of the Business of
Supply.(Mr. Secretary Bonar Law.)

Business of
the House
(Finance Bill.)

A MOtion was made, and the Question was
proposed, That the Finance Bill, immediately
.on its being reported to the House, as amended
on recommittal, may be considered, notwith-
standing the practice of the House as to the
interval between the various stages of a Bill
relating to Finance--(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
Re-election of
Ministers Bill. Second Reading of the Re-election of .linisters

Bill ;

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

1916.
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."(Sir Arthur
Markham.)

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 J Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

1 Lord Edmund Talbot :

Tellers for the Mr. Hogge,
1 Mr. Watt :

Noes,

158,

I

CI

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.

Resolved, That this House will immediately
resolve itself into the Committee on the Bill.
( Mr. Rea.)

The House accordingly resolved itself into the

Committee.

(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 desire their concurrence.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Finance Bill.

into a Committee on the Finance (recommitted)
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 33 disagreed to.
A Clause (Limitation of relief from income
tax in respect of insurance premiums)(Mr.
Chancellor of the Exchequer)brought up, and
read the first and second time ; and amended, in
1. 3, after the word " not," by inserting the words
" as regards insurances or contracts for deferred
annuities made after the twenty-second day of
June, nineteen hundred and sixteen "(Mr.
Chancellor of the Exchequer) ; and in ls. 3 and
4, by leaving out the words "or (b)," and
inserting the words " and shall not, as regards
a deferred
any insurance
annuity. " (Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)
Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, as amended, in 1. 18, at the end, to add
the words " or on any policy taken out by a
teacher in a secondary school:"(11r. Rawlinson.)
Question proposed, That those words be there

contract

for

or

added : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause, as amended, added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Income tax on war insurance
premiums)(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)
brought up, and read the first and second
time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Amendments of law with
tax
respect
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)brought

on woodlands)

income

to

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up, and read the first and second time, and
added to the Bill.

13th-17th July.

Another Clause (Repayment of income tax
on sums deducted from profits under Munitions
Act, 1915)(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)
brought up, and read the first and second
time, and added to the Bill.

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 on re-
committal, be taken into consideration upon
Monday next ; and be printed.

Bill 65.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land)
[Expenses.]

The Order of the day'being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee on Defence of
the Realm (Acquisition of Land) [Expenses] ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Small Holding
Colonies Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, :for the
Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Bill
[Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Defence of the Realm

Committee on
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Municipal
Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday. next.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy
(Copyright) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill,

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday 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.

Supply
[11th July]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 11th day of this instant July ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Supply
[3rd July]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Supply

Report.

June]
June]

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of June last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.
VOL. 171.

139

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
[22nd
the Report from the Committee of Supply of Repor
May]
t.
the 22nd day of May last ;
Ordered, That the Report be received. upon

Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
[30th
the Report from the Committee of Supply of Repo
the 30th day of March last ;

rt.

March'

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 [31st Mayl
the 31st day of May last ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

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

Committee of Ways and .N1 cans ;

Means.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the Adjournment..

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till sixteen minutes before
Eight of the clock, adjourned till Monday
next, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last.

Monday, 17th July 1916.

PRAYERS.
ORDERED, That the Amendments made by North British
the Lords to the North British Railway Railway Bill.

Bill be taken into consideration to-morrow.

Lecky's Divorce Bill [Lords] was read .the Lecky's
Divorce
[Lords.]

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.

Bill

Several Public Petitions were presented, and

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Petitions.
Vide First
Report.

Mr. .111`Kinnon Wood

presented, by His Civil Services

Majesty's Command,Estimate of further sum (insesPtP1?-
required to be voted for the Civil Services for
the year ending 31st March 1917.

E
1916-17.)

No. 100.

Mr. IIPKinnon Wood also presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Regulations, dated 14th July 1916,
made by the ''National Health Insurance Joint
Committee and the Insurance Commissioners,
entitled the National Health Insurance (Insur-
ance Committees) Consolidated Regulations,
1916.

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.

National
Health
Insurance
(Joint
Committee)
(Regulations.)

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to

the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Examiners' Rules made by the Inter-
mediate Education Board for Ireland.

Intermediate
Education
(Ireland.)

T2

140

17th July.

1916.

Intermediate
Education
(Ireland.)

Irish
Universities
Act, 1908.

Copy of Rules as

to the employment of
Centre Superintendents in Ireland made by the
Intermediate Education Board for Ireland.

Copy of Statute VII. of University College,

Cork, under the Irish Universities Act, 1908.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Board of.
Education.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, by His
Majesty's Command,
Copy of Summary of
Returns as to School Attendance and Employ-
ment in Agriculture supplied by Local Educa-
tiontion Authorities of children excused from School
for employment in Agriculture on 31st May
1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordnance
Survey.

Mr. Acland presented, by His Majesty's Corn-
mand,Copy of Report of the Progress of the
Ordnance Survey to the 31st March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Railway
Accidents.

Private
Legislation
Procedure
(Scotland)
Act, 1899.

Consolidation
Bills (Joint
Committee.)
Larceny
Bill [Lords.]

No. 99.

Business of
the House
(Finance Bil

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of General Report to the
Board of Trade upon the Accidents that have
occurred on the Railways of the United Kingdom
during the year 1915.

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
Report by the Chairman of Committees of the
House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways
and Means in the House of Commons, under
Section 2 of the Private Legislation Procedure
(Scotland) Act, 1899, that they are of opinion
that the Draft Provisional Orders for which
Petitions have been presented be allowed to
proceed, subject
to such recommendations as
they may hereafter make with respect to the
several Orders.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Charles Roberts reported from the Select
Committee appointed to join with a Committee
of the House of Lords on Consolidation Bills ;
That in the case of the Larceny Bill [Lords],
now pending in the House of Lords,
the
Committee had considered 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
put, That the Third Reading of the Finance Bill
1.) may be proceeded with this day after the Bill
has been reported to the House, as amended on
recommittal, notwithstanding the practice of the
House as to the interval between the various
relating to Finance(Mr.
stages of a Bill
Chancellor of the Exchequer);

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

Yeas,

I Lord Edmund Talbot :
Tellers for the Sir Frederick Banbury,

Noes,

) Sir Henry Dalziel:

147.

}

29.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Finance Bill.

take into consideration the Finance Bill, as
amended in the Committee, on recommittal of
the Bill.

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Bill, in p. 20, 1. 8, by leaving out Clause 36.
(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out, to the end of 1. 32,
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. 21, 1. 9, by leaving out Clause
38.(Mr. Dunda.s White.)

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.

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.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on Defence of
Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) the Realm
[Expenses] a Resolution ; which was read, as (LAa cnqdlisition of
followeth:

[Expenses.]

That it is expedient to authorise the payment,
out of money provided by Parliament, of all
compensation and purchase money payable by a
Government department under any Act of the
present Session to make provision with respect
to the possession and acquisition of Land occu-
pied or used for the defence of the realm in
connection with the present War, and of all
other Expenses incurred by any Government
department thereunder.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Defence of
into a Committee on the Defence of the Realm the Realm
(Acquisition
(Acquisition of Land) Bill.
Land) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Continuation of possession of
land occupied for purposes of the defence of the
realm).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5, to leave
out the words " during the course of the present
war."--( Mr. Solicitor General.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :

to be left out stand part of
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 11,
after the word " shall," to insert the words " in
the absence of agreement to the contrary."
(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 17,
to leave out the words " Railway and Canal," in
order to insert the words " Defence of the Realm
Losses."(Mr. Moltenu.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.

Another Amendment made.

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Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 20,
after the word " thereto," to insert the words
" on the ground that the occupying department
has not
to complete
arrangements
(Mr. Ashley.)

time
for giving up possession."

had reasonable

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1, 22,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that
no land or property belonging to a local authority
shall be subject to this section if required by
the local authority to carry out efficiently its
statutory duties, or unless proper substituted
provision is made by the Government depart-
ment concerned for that purpose." ( Sir William
Ryland Adkins.)

Question proposed, That those Words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 5,
to leave out subsection (3), in order to insert the
words

" (3) The occupying department shall pay
such rent in respect,of any land which continues
in their possession, and such continuance shall
be upon and subject to such terms and conditions
as may be agreed between the department and
the persons interested in the land, or as, failing
agreement, shall be determined by the Corn-
mission."( Mr. Boyton.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and negatived.
Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment, in 1. 1, after the word " that," to insert
the words " and compensation."(Mr.
son.)

Question proposed, That those words be there
inserted in the proposed Amendment :Amend-
ment to the proposed Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Proposed words there inserted.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,

.5,
after the words last inserted, to insert the words
Provided that the amount of such rent shall
not be greater than the annual value of the laud
as adopted for the purposes of local rating at
the time when the occupancy thereof by the
department began."(Mr. Dundas White.)

1.

Question put, That those words be there

inserted.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the Mr. Dundas White,

Yeas,

1. Mr. Anderson:

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141
any queStion arising between himself and any
Government Department out, or in the course,
or as a result, of the occupation of the land."
( Mr. Prothero.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 3,
to leave out the words " at their option," in order
to insert the words " as, in default of agreement,
may be determined by the Commission."(Sir
Frederick Banbury.)

Question proposed; That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
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. 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.

The Order of the day being read, for the Public Works

Second Reading of the Public Works Loans Loans Bill.
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time .

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Small
Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Bill Holding
Colonies Bill
[Lords] ;
[Lords.]

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 Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;

b

b

(Swavairn

gs Banks

Investment)
(No. 2) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Tirioa(Lihingoinwyith
Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy (Copyright)
(Copyright) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Corn- Portuguese
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

38.

to-morrow.

Tellers for the (Mr. Gulland,

Noes,

t Lord Edmund Talbot :

86.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 10,
(Sir William

to leave out subsection (4).
Ryland Adkins.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed

to be left out stand part of the Clause:

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Power to remove buildings and

works).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 41, at the
end, to insert the words " Provided also that any
person interested in the land shall be entitled, in
default of agreement to the contrary, to submit
for the decision and award of the Commission

VoL. 171.

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 Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 11th day of this instant July ;

[11th J uly]
Report.

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 [3 eprd u
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

RorJt. ly]

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

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171h-18th July.

1916.

Supply
[20th June]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of June last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
Supply
[30th March] the Report from the. Committee of Supply of
Report.

the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[31st May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Rep6rt from the Committee of Supply of
the 31st day of May last ;

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.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of'
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till one minute after Eleven
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Tuesday, 18th July 1916.

PRAYERS.

Private Bills
[Lords]
(Standing
Orders not
previously
inquired into
complied
with.)

ATR. 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
not previously inquired into, which are applic-
able thereto, have been complied with, viz. :

River Glen Bill [Lords].

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.

Hornsey Gas
Bill [Lords.]

The Hornsey Gas Bill [Lords] was read the

third time and passed, with Amendments.

North British
Railway Bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House
bath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to
which this House doth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendments made
by the Lords to the North British 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. Runciinan presented, by His Majesty's Trading with

Command,Copy of Summary of cases dealt the Enemy
with under the Trading with the Enemy Amend- Amt,

melt Act, 1916, by the Advisory Committee upAc.

1916endment

to the 2nd June 1916, inclusive, and of the
Recommendations made therein.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. 1Y1'

nnon Wood presented, pursuant to comity
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Account
officers
Courts
of Receipts and Payments under the County (Ireland)
Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877, during Act, 1877.
the year ended 31st March 1916.

No. 101.

and

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Acland presented, by His Majesty's Board of

Copy of Report on the recent
Command,
development of German Agriculture, by T. H.
Middleton, C.B., Assistant Secretary, Board of
Agriculture and Fisheries.

and Fisheries_

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Forster presented, pursuant to the direc- Army
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Scheme (Territorial
made by the Army Council for the establish- Force.)
ment and constitution of an Association for the
County of Ayr under the Territorial and Reserve
Forces Act, 1907.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- Chamber of

tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon London.
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Annual
Accounts of the Chamberlain of London for the
years ending 31st December 1915 and 31st March
1916.

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that a Message from

Message had been brought from the Lords b the Lords.
one of their Clerks, as followeth :

The Lords have agreed to the National National
Insurance (Part II.) (Munition Workers) Bill, Insurance
(Part II.)
without any Amendment.
(Munition
Workers)

The Lords have agreed to the Marriage of Marriage of

British Subjects (Facilities) Bill, without any
Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the London County London

Council (Money) Bill, without any Amendment.

Subjects
(Facilities)
Bill.

Council
(Money) Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Tynemouth Tynemouth

to which
Corporation Bill, with Amendments ;
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

:

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Hornsey Gas
made by this House to the Hornsey Gas Bill Bill [Lords.]
[Lords], without any Amendment.

The Lords have passed a Bill,

intituled Gore's

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Reginald Bill
Edward Gore with the Honourable Nellie Viola
Castalia Florence Gore (commonly called Lady
Viola Gore), his now wife, and to enable him
to marry again, and for other purposes ;
to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

Divorce-

[Lords.]

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Conway and
Act to authorise the construction of a reservoir JC:j2wtYwn Bay
by means of a dam across the Afon Ddu, and the Supnply Bold
taking of water by the Conway and Colwyn Bill [Lords.]
Bay Joint Water Supply Board and by the
lAluminium Corporation, Limited, for power

7 GEO. V.
purposes, and for other purposes ;
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

to which the

18th July,

The Order of the day being read; for receiving Supply

the Report frOm the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

[30th March]
Report
.

143

-Gore's Divorce Gore's Divorce Bill [Lords] was read the
Bill [Lords.]
first time, and ordered to be read a second
time.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

-Conway and
Colwyn Bay
Joint Water
Supply Board
Bill [Lords.]

The Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water
Supply Board Bill [Lords] was read the first
time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

.

Mr. Joseph Pease, supported by Mr. Pike Pease,
Telegraph
(Construction) presented a Bill to amend the Telegraph Acts,
Bill.
1863 to 1915, with respect to the construction
and maintenance of telegraphic lines : And the
same was ordered to be read a second time
to-morrow; and to be printed.

Bill 69.

Supply
[10th allotted
Day.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class IV.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a
sum not exceeding £9,736,732 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 1917 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Board of Education, and of various
Establishments connected therewith, including
sundry Grants in Aid :

And it being Eleven of the clock, the Chair-
man left the Chair to make his Report to the
House.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and
the Chairman of Ways and Means acquainted
the House that the Committee had made Pro-
gress 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 receiving supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [31st May]
the 31st day of May last ;

Report.

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 Defence of
the Realm the Realm

of

Committee on the Defence
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

(Acquisition of
Land) Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Public Works

Second Reading of the Public Works Loans Loans Bill.
Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Small Elolding
Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Bill Colonies Bill
[Lords] ;

[Lords.]

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal
Banks
oan

Second Reading of
Banks (War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;

gs
L
investment)
I
No.
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No' 2) Bill*

the Municipal Savings Savi

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
Bill.

Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy
(Copyright) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow,

Supply
[11th July]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the llth day of this instant July ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
ThirdThird Reading of the Anglo - Portuguese Corn- Portuguese
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Supply
[3rd July]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Adjournment.

the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

Suppl

Report.

June]une]

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of June last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till one minute after Eleven
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Supply
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

VOL. 171.

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19th July.

1916.
conduct an Election upon such register during
the war ; and, if this is found practicable and
desirable, to recommend the changes in the
electoral Laws which would be necessary or
expedient for
(Mr. Secretary
the purpose
Samuel):And a Debate arising thereupon ;

144

Wednesday, 19th July 1.916.

PRAYERS.

Aberdare and THE House, according to Order, proceeded
Aberaman Gas
to take into consideration the Aberdare and
Bill [Lards.] Aberaman Gas Bill [Lords], as amended in the

Committee.

And Amendments were made to the Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Mr. MKinnon Wood presented, by His
Navy and
Army Services, Majesty's Command,Supplementary Estimate
Warlike
of the sum required to be voted for Navy and
Operations,
Army Services, Warlike Operations, and other
and other
Expenditure
Expenditure arising out of the War.
arising out of
the War,
1916-17
(Supple-
mentary Vote
of Credit.)

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred

to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

No, 102.
Naval Prize
Money.

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Balfour presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Account
showing the Receipt and Expenditure of Naval
Prize, Bounty, Salvage, and other Moneys
between 1st April 1915 and 31st March 1916.

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 Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the undermentioned Local Authority, and con-
firmed by the Secretary for Scotland, dated 17th

July 1916, affecting certain classes of Shops:

Burgh of Greenock.

Public Works
Loans Bill.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Copy of Statement of particulars of Loans of
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. M'Icionon Wood.)

Yeadon Water
Bill [Lords.]

Sir William Middlebrook reported the Yeadon

Water Bill [Lords], with Amendments.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Message from
the Lords.

Finance 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 Finance Bill,

without any Amendment.

Royal Marines
Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Royal Marines

Bill, without any Amendment.

Re-election of
Ministers Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Re-election of

Ministers Bill, without any Amendment.

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Gas (Standard
of Calorific Power) Bill, with Amendments ;
to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

Isle of Man
(Customs) Bill.
Bill 70.

Mr. 31' Kinnon Wood presented a Bill to amend
the Law with respect to Customs Duties in the
Isle of Man : And the same was ordered to be
read a second time to-morrow'; and to be printed.

Registration
and Election.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed
to consider and report whether it is practicable
and desirable to prepare a new electoral register
which would include adequate representation for
those engaged in the war or in war work, and to

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That
the Debate be now
(Sir Henry Dalziel) :The said
adjourned
Motion was, with leave of the House, with-
drawn.

And the Original Question being again pro-
posed :The said Motion was, with leave of the
House, withdrawn.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself small
into a Committee on the Small Holdino- Colonies Holding
Colonies Bill
Bill [Lords].
[Lords.]

a

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Power of Board to acquire

land for small holding colonies).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 6, to leave
out the words " twelve Months," in order to
insert the words " five years."(Sir Richard
Winfrey.)

Question, That the words " twelve months "

stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 8,
to leave out the word "experimental." (Sir
Richard Winfrey.)
Question, That

the word " experimental "

stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 8,
to leave out the word " may," in order to insert
the word " shall."(Sir Richard Winfrey.)

Question, That the word " may " stand part of

the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 22,
after the word "land," to insert the words " and
for a further sum not exceeding one year's rent
for indirect loss due to the quitting of the
holding."(Sir Ivor Herbert.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Whereupon, the Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod having come with a Message for the House
to attend the Lords Commissioners, the Chairman
left the Chair.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

A Message was delivered by Captain Thomas Royal Assent.

Dacres Butler, Yeoman Usher of
Rod :

the Black

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 having
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
authorised had declared the Royal Assent to
the said Acts, as follow:

7 GEO. V.

19th July.

1. Finance Act, 1916.
2. National Insurance (Part II.) (Munition

Workers) Act, 1916.

3. Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities)

Amendment Act, 1916.

4. Re-election of Ministers Act, 1916.
5. Royal Marines Act, 1916.
6. Electric Lighting Order Confirmation Act,

1916.

7. Local Government Board (Ireland) Pro-
visional Order Confirmation (No. 1) Act,
1916.

8. Local Government Board (Ireland) Pro-
visional Order Confirmation (Gas) Act.
1916.

9. Local Government Board's Provisional
Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act, 1916.
10. Local Government Board's Provisional

Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act, 1916.

11. Local Government Board's Provisional

Orders Confirmation (No. 4) Act, 1916.

12. Local Government Board's Provisional

Order Confirmation (No. 6) Act, 1916.

13. Provisional Order (Marriages) Confirma-

tion Act, 1916.

14. Halifax Corporation Act Provisional Order

Confirmation Act, 1916.

15. South Metropolitan Gas Act, 1916.
16. Van Diemen's Land Company's Act, 1916.
17. Alexandra (Newport and South Wales)

Docks and Railway Act, 1916.

18. Canada Company's Act, 1916.
19. Metropolitan Electric Tramways Act,

1916.

20. Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Act, 1916.
21. Uxbridge Gas Act, 1916.
22. Folkestone Gas Act, 1916.
23. Saint John's Church, Kingston-upon-Hull,

Act, 1916.

24. Wakefield Corporation Act, 1916.
25. London County Council (Money) Act,

1916.

26. North British Railway Act, 1916.
27. Hornsey Gas Act, 1916.
28. Irvine's Divorce Act, 1916.
29. Lecky's Divorce Act, 1916.

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37

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the Lord Edmund Talbot,
Mr. Geoffrey Howard :

Yeas,

1

Tellers for thef Sir Richard Winfrey,

Noes,

1 Mr. Anderson:
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, I. 17,
after the word " acres," to insert the words
" of which two thousand acres shall be located
in Wales."-( Mr. John.)

I

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Amendment amended, by adding at the end
thereof the words " including Monmouthshire."
-( Sir Ivor Herbert.)

Question put, That those words, as amended,

be there inserted.
The Committee
Tellers for the,
Yeas,
Tellers for the
Noes,

divided.
Mr. John,
Mr. Hinds :
Mr. James Hope,
Mr. Rea :
Another Amendment made.

51.

46.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 25,
at the end, to insert the words "and so much of
section sixty-nine as relates to the application of
deposited moneys to ' the purchase of other
lands to be conveyed, limited, and settled upon
the like uses, trusts, and purposes, and in the
same manner as the lands in respect of which
such moneys shall have been paid stood settled.' "
-(Sir William Beale.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :-Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Power of Board to promote
co-operation in connection with small holding
colonies).

Amendments made.
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, upon Monday
next, again resolve itself into the said Com-
mittee.

Small
Holding
Colonies Bill
[Lords.]

The House again resolved itself into the
on the Small Holding Colonies

Committee
Bill [Lords].

(In the Committee.)

Question again proposed, That the words
" and for a further sum not exceeding one year's
rent for indirect loss due to the quitting of the
holding " be there inserted :

Question put.
The Committee divided.
Tellers for the ( Sir Ivor Herbert,
Captain Stonier:
1
Tellers for the ( Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

}

33.

Noes,

1 Lord Edmund Talbot :} 113'
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 17,
to leave out the word " six," in order to insert
the word " sixty."-(Mr. Jesse Collings.)

Question put, That the word " six " stand

part of the Clause.

VOL. 171.

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

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 receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 11th day of this instant July ;

July]

xeport.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving supply
Supply of [
July1
3rd
epo.
rt
R

the Report from the Committee of
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

146

19th--20th July.

1916.

Ordered, That the 'Report be received to-

morrow.

Sul
[20thh une]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of June last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[22nd May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd 'day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[30th March]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[31st May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 31st day of May last ;

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.

Public Works
Loans Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Public Works Loans
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Municipal
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill
Investment)
(No. 2) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy
(Copyright) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to- morrow.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Thursday, 20th July 1916.

PRAYERS.

APUBLIC Petition was presented, and read ; Public

111 Kinnon Wood

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Peti tions.
Vide First
Report.
presented, by His Revenuetume
Majesty's Command,Estimate of further sum
for the Revenue Departments required 'to be (nal,
voted for the service of the year ending 31st
March 1917.

1916 -17.)

Mr.

No. 103.
Mr. MICinnon Wood also presented,Return Public Works

to an Order, dated the 19th day of this instant Loans Bill.
July, for a Return relative to the Public Works No. 104.
Loans Bill.

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred
to the Committee of Supply, and he printed ; and
that the said Return do lie upon the Table,
and be printed.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, by His Public Services

Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the Vta
Royal Commission appointed to examine and corn-mission.)
report upon certain matters in connection with
the Public Services in India.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- Caledonian
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon Canal.
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy No. 105.
of One Hundred and Eleventh Report of the
Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal.

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Great Central
and Sheffield
from the Committee on the Great Central and
Sheffield District Railways Bill [Lords] ; That Railways Bill
they had examined the allegations contained in [Lords.]
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 there-
unto ; and amended the Title, as followeth :
An Act to confirm agreements between the Great [Title
Central Railway Company and the Sheffield amended.]
District Railway Company with reference to
the latter Company's Railway, and for other
purposes.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Right Honourable Harold John Tennant,
Member for the County of Berwick, was sworn.

sworn.

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that a Message from
Mr.

Message had been brought from the Lords by the Lords.
one of their Clerks, as followeth

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Clayton
Aniline
Compaailw ny
ay

Act to authorise the construction by the Clay-
ton Aniline Company, Limited,
railways for the conveyance of traffic between Bill [Lords.]
their works and the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway, and for other purposes ; to which the
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

of branch (R

s)

Bill [Lords] was read the first time.

The Clayton Aniline Company (Railways) Clayton
Aniline
Company
(Railways)

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to th Bill [Lords.]

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

7 GEO. V.

20th---24th July.

147

Adjournment.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
put,- That this House do now adjourn(The
Prime Minister) :It passed in the Negative.

Supply

Report.

July]uly]

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 11th day of this instant July ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Suppl
[3rd Juyly]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee. of Supply of
the 3rd day of this instant July

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Supply
[20th June
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 20th day of June last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Supply
[22nd- May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 22nd day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
Supply
[30th March] the Report from the Committee of Supply of
Report.

the 30th day of March last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Supply
[31st May]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 31st day of May last ;

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

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

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill. (Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Realm

Committee on the Defence of

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Isle of Man
(Customs)
Bill.

The Isle of Man (Customs) 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. Rea.)

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

Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Public Works
Loans Bill.

The Public Works Loans 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. Rea.)
VOL. 171.

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan
(War. Loan Investment) No, 2) Bill ;
Investment)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Trading with

Second Reading of the Trading with the the Enemy
(Copyright)
Enemy (Copyright) Bill
Bill.

;
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Corn- Portuguese
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

A Motion being made, That this House will, Public Works

upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee Loans
to consider of authorising the remission of certain ,,f De[btiss S
Debts in pursuance of any Act of the present
Session relating to Local Loans(Mr. Rea)

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood, 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, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till four minutes after Seven
of the clock, adjourned till Monday next,
pursuant to the Order of the House of
the 22nd day of February last.

Monday, 24th July 1916.

PRA YE It S.

R. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Private Bills

lrl from one of the Examiners of Petitions for [Lords]dds
Private Bills, That in the case of the followino.
Bills, originating in the Lords, and referred' previously
on the First Reading thereof, the Standing inquirlieddinto
Orders not previously inquired into, which are cworthp.)e
applicable thereto, have been complied with,
viz. :

ini

Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water

Supply Board Bill [Lords].

Clayton Aniline Company (Railways) Rill

[Lords].

Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time.

The House proceeded to take into considera- Tynemouth
corporation

tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the
Tynemouth 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 Aberdare and Aberaman Gas Bill [Lords] Aberdare and

was, according to Order, read the third time and
passed, with Amendments.
u 2

AGbas Ba

erman

Lords.]

148

24th July.

1916.

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 cloth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

Colchester Gas The House proceeded to take into considera-
Bill [Lords.]
as

[Lords],

tion the Colchester Gas Bill
amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill he read the third time.

Gore's Divorce
Bill [Lords.]

Gore's Divorce Bill [Lords] was read a second

time, and committed.

River Glen
Bill [Lords.]

The River Glen Bill [Lords] was read a

second time, and committed.

Examination
of Mails
(Miscellaneous
No. 23, 1916.)

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Note addressed to the
United States Ambassador regarding the ex-
amination of Parcels and Letter Mails (in
continuation of Miscellaneous, No. 20, 1916,
[Cd. 8261]).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

East India
(Punjab
Legislative
Council.)

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Amendment in the Regulations for the
nomination and selection of Members of the
Punjab Legislative Council.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

European
War.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copies of. Papers relating
to German Atrocities and breaches of the Rules
of War in Africa.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Local
Government
Board.

Mr. Long presented, by His Majesty's Corn-
mand,Copy of Forty -fifth Report of
the
Local Government. Board, 1915-16. Part II.
Housing and Town Planning.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Army
(Excesses),
1914-15.

No. 106.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, by
His Majesty's Command,Copy of Statement
of the sum required to be voted in order to
make good excesses of Army Expenditure
beyond the Grants for the year ended 31st
March 1915.

Army
(Ordnance
Factories)
(Excesses.)

Copy of Statement of the sum required to be
voted in order to make good excesses of Army
(Ordnance Factories) Expenditure beyond the

No. 107. Grants for the year ended 31st March 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to

the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the Council of the undermentioned Local Autho-
rity, and confirmed, with amendment, by the
Secretary of State for the Home Department :

City of Kingston-upon-Hull.

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 :--

Copy of Statement of Accounts of the Con- Medway
servators of the Upper Medway for the year Conservancy.
ending 31st March 1916.

Copy of Return to the Lord Chancellor of Lunacy.

the number of Visits made and the number of
Patients seen by the several Commissioners in
Lunacy during the six months ending on 30th
June 1916.

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords Gore's Divorce
to request that their Lordships will be pleased Bill [Lords.]
to communicate to this House Copies of the
Minutes of Evidence and proceedings, together
with documents deposited, in the case of Gore's
Divorce Bill [Lords].(The Lord Advocate.)

And That the Clerk do carry the said

Message.

Mr. John Redmond, Member for Waterford Adjournment.

City, 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 rapidly growing unrest in Ireland
Ireland, and the deplorable effect on the Irish (Government
situation which must result from the fact that Proposals.)
the Government do not propose to carry out in
their entirety the terms proposed by them for
the temporary settlement of the Irish difficulty,
and which were accepted by Irish parties ; 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.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government
Business be not interrupted this night under the
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
any hour though
may be entered upon at
opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

Business of
the House
(Government
Business.)

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a
to
to constitute Special Commissions
Bill
inquire into the conduct of operations of War
in the Dardanelles and into the conduct of
operations of War in Mesopotamia : And that
the Prime Minister, Mr. Secretary Bonar Law,
Mr. Secretary Lloyd George, Mr. Secretary
Chamberlain, Mr. Balfour, and Mr. Attorney
General do prepare and bring it in.

The Prime Minister accordingly presented a
Bill to constitute Special Commissions to inquire
into the conduct of operations of War in the
Dardanelles and into the conduct of operations
of War in Mesopotamia : And the same was
read the first time, and ordered to be read a
second time to- morrow.; and to be printed.

Special
Commissions
(Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia.)

Special
Commissions
(Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia)
Bill.

Bill 71.

The Order of the day being read, for the Supply
Committee of Supply ( Supplementary Vote of (Supple-
mentary Vote
m
Credit);
of Credit.)

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That. Mr. Speaker do now leave
the Chair(The Prime Minister) ;

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. John Redmond.)

Standing
Order N o. to)
(Ireland)
(Government
Proposals.)

And it being Eleven of the clock, the Motion Motion nf

the adjournment of the House lapsed,

morenftsheeHouset

for

lapses.

7 GEO. V.
without Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order.

24th July.

149
Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Supply
(Supple-
mentary Vote
,.cof Credit.)

The postponed proceeding on the Question,
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair, for
Committee of Supply (Supplementary Vote of
Credit), was resumed.

And the Question being put :--It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

The House accordingly resolved itself into the

Committee.

(In the Committee.)

Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17-.
Resolved, That a Supplementary suns not
exceeding £450,000,000 be granted to His
Majesty, beyond the ordinary Grants of Parlia-
ment, towards defraying the Expenses which
may be incurred during the year ending the
31st day of March 1917 for general Navy and
Army Services, in so .far as specific provision
is not made therefor by Parliament ; for the
conduct of Naval and Military Operations ; for
all measures which may be takenfor the security
of the country ; for assisting the Food Supply,
and promoting the continuance of Trade, Industry,
Business, and Communications, whether by means
of insurance or indemnity against
the
financing of the purchase and resale of Food-
stuffs and Materials, or otherwise ; for relief of
Distress ; and generally for all Expenses, beyond
those provided for in the ordinary Grants of
Parliament, arising out of the existence of a state
of War.(Mr. .11PKinnon Wood.)

risk,

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.

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
1917, the sum of £470,262,480 be granted out of
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
(Mr. 31Kinizon Wood.)

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.

Small Holding
Colonies Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Small Holding Colonies
Bill [Lords] ;
VoL. 171.

The Order of the day being read, for the Isle of Man
(Customs)
Bill.

Committee on the Isle of Man ( Customs) Bill;
Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

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 Municipal
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;

(War Loan
Investment)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

to-morrow.

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

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the clay being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [11th July]
the 11th day of this instant July ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Committee of Supply of Report.

the Report from
the 3rd day of this instant July ;

[3rd

Ju ly]

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
the 20th day of June last ;

[20th
Repor

J une]
t.

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 [2211t1t.
por
the 22nd day of May last ;*

Re

May]

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 [30th March]
the 30th day of March last ;

Report.

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 [ 31st
the 31st day of May last.;

ReporMay]

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Trading with
Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy t(CopYrt)
(Copyright) Bill ;

he Enemigh y

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com- Portuguese
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered. That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

1J 3

150

24th =25th July.

1916.:

Public Works
Loans
[Remission
of Debt.]

The Order .of the day being read, for the
Committee on Public Works Loans [Remission
of Debt] ;

Resolred, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
twenty-one minutes
tinued to sit
after Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
to-morrow.

till

River Glen
Bill [Lords.

Public
Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Shops Act,
1912.

Navy
(Excesses),
1914-15.)

No. 108.

Army.

Tuesday, 25th July 1916.

PRAYERS.
ORDERED, That in the case of the River
Glen Bill [Lords] Standing Order 211 be
suspended, and that the Committee on unopposed
Bills have leave to sit and proceed with the Bill
upon Thursday next.(The Chairman of Ways
and Means.)

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the Council of the 'undermentioned Local Autho-
rity, and confirmed by the Secretary of State for
the Home Department :

County of Merioneth (Parish of Dolgelly).
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Balfour presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Statement of the sum
required to be voted in order to make good
excesses of Navy Expenditure beyond the
Grants for the year ended 31st March 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to

the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, by
His Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
Committee on the Royal Aircraft Factory, and
Report to the War Committee by the Air Board
on the subject of the Royal Aircraft Factory.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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

without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern -
Local
Government ment (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill,
(Ireland)
Provisional
Orders
(No. 2) Bill.
Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.
Rhodes
Estate Bill
[Lords.]

The Lords have agreed to the Output of Beer
(Restriction) Bill, with Amendments;` to which
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An
Act to revoke a codicil to the Will of the late
Right Honourable Cecil John Rhodes, and for
other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the
concurrence of this House.

The Rhodes Estate Bill [Lords] was read, Rhodes
Estate Bill
[Lords.]

the first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Mr. YPICI7111012 Wood presented a Bill to eon- Expiring Lel a

tinue various expiring Laws : And the same wa s Continuance
ordered to be read a second time to-Morrow; Bill'
Bill 72.
and to be printed.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of
Business be not interrupted this night under the the House
sns
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and may
be entered upon at any hour though opposed.
(The Prime Minister.)

Res m. lent

The Order of the day being read, for the Special
Second Reading of the Special Commissions Commissions
(Dardanelles
(Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Bill ;
and

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Mesopotamia)

Bill.

to-morrow.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Supply of the 24th day, of this instant July
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth :

Supply
[24th July]
Report.

Supple-
mentary Vote
of Credit,
1916-17.

Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17.
That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
£450,000,000 be granted -to His Majesty, beyond
the ordinary Grants of Parliament, towards
defraying the Expenses which may be incurred
during the year ending the 31-st day of March
1917 for general Navy and Army Services, in
so far as specific provision is not made therefor
by Parliament; for the conduct of Naval and
for all measures which
Military Operations ;
may be taken for the security of the country ;
for assisting the Food Supply, and promoting
the continuance of Trade, Industry, Business,
and Communications, whether by means of insur-
ance or indemnity against risk, the financing
of the purchase and resale of Foodstuffs and
Materials, or otherwise ; for relief of Distress ;
and generally for all Expenses, beyond those
provided for in the ordinary Grants of Parlia-
ment, arising out of the existence of a state of
War.

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee Supply

the 30th day of March last [30th March]

of Supply of
several Resolutions ; which were
follow :

read,

as Report.

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class I.

1. That a sum not exceeding £32,700 be Royal Palaces._

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 1917 for
in respect of Royal Palaces,
Expenditure
including a Grant in Aid.
2. That a sum not

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 1917 for.
Expenditure in respect of Osborne.

exceeding' £3,100 be Osborne.

3. That a sum not exceeding £54,000 be Royal Parks
granted to His Majesty, to complete the stun and Pleasure
necessary to defray the charge which will Gardens.
come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917 for
the Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens.

,.7 GEO. V.

25th July.

Houses of
Parliament
Buildings.

Miscellaneous
Legal
Buildings.

Art, and
Science
Buildings,
Great Britain.

Diploniatic
and Consular
Buildings, &c.

Customs and
Excise, &c.

Insurance
and Labour
Exchange
Buildings,
Great Britain.

Public
Buildings
(Great
Britain.)

Office of the
Commissioners
of His
Majesty's
Works and
Public
Buildings.

4. That a sum not exceeding £24,600 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 1917 for
Houses of Parliament Buildings.

5. That a sum not exceeding £23,000 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 1917 for
Expenditure in respect of Miscellaneous Legal
Buildings.

6. That a sum not exceeding £43,200 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 1917 for
Expenditure in respect of Art and Science
Buildings, Great Britain.

7. That a sum not exceeding £17,900 be
granted to His Majesty, to complete the um
necessary to defray the charge which will
come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917 for
Expenditure in respect
of Diplomatic and
Consular Buildings, and for the maintenance
of certain Cemeteries abroad.

8. That a sum not exceeding £350,600 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 1917 for
Customs and Excise, Inland Revenue, Post
in Great
Office
Britain, and certain Post Offices Abroad.

and Telegraph Buildings

9. That a sum not exceeding £91,900 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 1917 in
respect of Insurance and Labour Exchange
Buildings, Great Britain.

10. That a sum not exceeding £141,400 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 1917 in
respect of sundry Public Buildings in Great
Britain, not provided for on other Votes.

Class II.
11. That a sum not exceeding £88,700 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners
of His Majesty's Works and. Public Buildings.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

ply
Bu
[22pnd
Report.

May]

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee
of Supply of the 22nd day of May last several
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow :

13dard of
Agriculture
and Fisheries.

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.
1. That a sum not exceeding £135,160 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries, and of the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, including certain Grants in Aid.

Vol,. 171.

Class I.

2. That a sum not

exceeding £1,030 be Survey of
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum United
necessary to defray the charge which will come Kingdom.
in course of payment during the year ending
on the 31st day of March 1917 for the Survey
of the United Kingdom, and for minor Services
connected therewith.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

Mr. James Hope. reported from the Committee Supply
of Supply of the 31st day of May last a Resolu- Report,
tion, which was read, as followeth :

May]

Army Estimates, 1916-17.

That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be granted War Office.

to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the
War Office, which will come in course of pay-
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of
March 1917.

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee r2uoptplyjunei

of Supply of
several Resolutions ; which were
follow

the 20th day of June last Report.

read, as

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class VII.
1. That a sum not exceeding £148,709 be
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum
necessary to defray the charge which will (Joint
come in course of payment during the year Committee.)
ending on the 31st day of March 1917 for.
the National
the Salaries and Expenses of
Health Insurance Joint Committee (including
sundry Grants in Aid).

IHnesaalrtahn

2. That a sum not exceeding £3,167,239 be National

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum
necessary to defray the charge which will
come in course of payment during the year (England.)
ending on the 31st day of March 1917 for
the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance
Commission (England), and for sundry Con-
tributions and Grants in respect of the cost
of Benefits and Expenses of administration
under the National Insurance Acts, 1911 to
1915 (including certain Grants in Aid).

3. That a sum not exceeding £204,923 be National

iHnesaulrtalin

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum
necessary to defray the charge which wi..
come in course of payment during the year (wales.)
ending on the 31st day of March 1917 for
the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance
Commission (Wales), and for sundry Contri-
butions and Grants in respect of the cost of
Benefits and Expenses of administration under
Insurance Acts, 1.911 to 1915
the National
(including certain Grants in Aid).

Commission

4. That a sum not exceeding £426,902 be National
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Insurance
necessary to defray the charge which will Cammiion
come in course of payment during the year (Scotland.)
ending on the 31st day of March 1917 for
the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance
Commission (Scotland), and for sundry Con-
tributions and Grants in respect of the cost
of Benefits and Expenses of administration
under the National Insurance Acts, 1911 to
1915 (including certain Grants in Aid).

5. That a sum not exceeding £273,475 be National
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Health
Insurance
necessary to defray the charge which will come Commission
in course of payment during the year ending on (Ireland.)

u 4

.25th July.

1916.

152
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of
the Insurance Commission
(Ireland), and for
sundry Contributions and
Grants in respect of the cost of Benefits and
Expenses of administration under the National
Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1915 (including certain
Grants in Aid).

National
Insurance
Audit
Department.

6. That a sum not exceeding £54,000 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the A udit Staff under the National
Insurance Act, 1911.

7. That a sum not exceeding £275,000 be
Treatment of
Tuberculosis granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum
(Special
necessary to defray the charge which will come
Grants.)
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the payment of
Grants towards the cost of the extension of
Sanatorium Benefit to the dependants of insured
Insurance Act,
persons under
the National
the treatment of Tuberculosis
1911, and of
generally.

The first four Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

The Fifth 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 c Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

I Lord Edmund Talbot :
Tellers for the Mr. Patrick Meehan,

Noes,

I

Mr. Landon:

104.

}

23.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read

a second time, were agreed to.

Supply
[3rd July]
Report.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee
of Supply of the 3rd day of this instant July a
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth :

Post Office.

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Revenue Departments.
That a sum not exceeding £14,537,145 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Post Office, including
Telegraphs and Telephones.

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

Supply
[11th July]
Report.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee
of Supply of the 11th day of this instant July
a Resolution, which was read, as followeth

Local
Government
Board.

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.
That a sum not exceeding £166,797 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 1917 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Local Government Board.

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee Ways and

of Ways and Means of the 24th day of this means
[24th J
instant July a Resolution ; which was read, as Report
eport.

uly]

That, towards making

the Supply
granted to His Majesty for the service of the
year endino. on the 31st day of March 1917,
be granted out of the
the sum of
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom..

ending

good

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon Consolidated
the said Resolution : And that the Chairman Fund (No. 4.)
of Ways and Means, Mr. Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and Mr. ii'Kinnon Wood do prepare
and bring it in.

Mr. 31' Kinnon Wood accordingly presented a Consolidated
Bill to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund (No. 4)
Fund to the service of the year ending on the
thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen : And the same was read
the first time, and ordered to be read a second
time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

in. 73.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Works

into a Committee on Public Works Loans Loans
[Remission of Debt].

W

[Remission
of Debt.]

(In the Committee.)
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the
remission of arrears of principal and interest due
to the Public Works Loans Commissioners in
respect of Eyemouth Harbour, in pursuance of
any Act of the present Session relating to Local
Loans.---(Mr. M' Kinnon Wood.)
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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Isle of man

into a Committee on the Isle of Man (Customs) (customs)
Bill.

Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 10 agreed to.
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.

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal
Second Reading of the. Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;
InvestmentI
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

to-morrow.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Small Holding

into a Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Colonies Bill
Bill [Lords].

[Lords.]

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 2.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 4, at
the end, to add the words " and the Board, where
they think fit, may transfer to such society the

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153
Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.-

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

} 76.

7 GEO. V.
whole or any portion of any colony of small
holdings provided under this Act upon such
terms and conditions as the Board may think fit."
(Mr. Leslie Scott.)

Question put, That those words be there

added.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the 1Mr. Leslie Scott,
Sir Luke IV hite :

Yeas,

Tellers for thef Mr. Higham,

Noes,

[Mr. Anderson:
Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress,
and ask leave to sit again(Mr. Acland),put,
and agreed to.

46.

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.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition of
Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Defence of the Realm ( Acqui-
sition of Land) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

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.

Public Works
Loans Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Public Works Loans Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

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

Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy
(Copyright) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Education
(Fee Grant.)

A Motion being made, That this House will,
to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to
consider of authorising the payment, out of
moneys to be provided by Parliament, in respect
of children of the age of fifteen years and
upwards, of the Fee Grant payable under
the Elementary Education Act, 1891(Mr.
Gulland) ;

Mr. Secretary. Samuel, 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.

VoL. 171.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till ten minutes after Eleven
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Wednesday, 26th July 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE House proceeded to take into considera- Ferndale Gas
tion the Ferndale Gas Bill [Lords], as Bill [Lords.]

amended in the Committee.

And Amendments were made to the Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

The House proceeded to take into considera- Great Central
and Sheffield
tion the Great Central and Sheffield District
District
Railways Bill [Lords], as amended in the Corn- Railways Bill
mittee.

[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His Government
Majesty's Command,Copy of Headings of a of Ireland.
Settlement as to the Government of Ireland.

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pursuant Shops Act,

to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 1912.
Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department :

City of Bradford.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- Supreme Court

tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon (Rules.)
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy
of Rules of the Supreme Court ( Vacations iu
Courts and Offices), 1916, dated 25th July
1916.

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 Local Govern-
ment Provisional Order (No. 3) Bill, without
any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern-
ment Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill, without
any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern-
ment Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill, without
any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the Aberdare and
any
Aberaman Gas Bill
Amendment.

[Lords], without

Message from
the Lords.

Local.
Government
Provisional
Order
(No. 3) Bill.
Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 5) Bill.
Local
Government
Provisional
Orders
(No. 7) Bill.
Aberdare and
Aberaman Gas
Bill [Lords.]

The Lords communicate the Minutes

Evidence taken upon the Second. Reading of Bin. [Lords.]
together with
Gore's Divorce Bill [Lords],
the proceedings and documents deposited, as
x

of Gore's Divorce

154
desired by this House, and request that the
same may be returned.

26th July.

Consolidation
Bills
(Joint
Committee.)

reported

Mr. Charles Roberts

from the
Select Committee of the House of Lords on
Consolidation Bills ; That
case of
the Government of India (Amendment) Bill
[Lords], now pending in the House of Lords,
the Committee hail considered the Bill and
made Amendments thereunto.

the

in

No. 109.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

Bill 76.

Law and
Procedure
(Emergency
Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.
Bill 74.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
Lords to the Output of Beer (Restriction) Bill
be taken into consideration upon Monday next ;
and be printed.

.Mr, Attorney General for Ireland, supported
by Mr. Secretary Samuel, presented a Bill to
amend the Law and the procedure of Civil
in Ireland in relation to conditions
Courts
arising out of the recent disturbance's in that
country : And the same was ordered to be read
a second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill.
Bill 75.

Mr. Pretyman, supported by Mr. Solicitor
General, presented a Bill to make provision
with respect
to Copyright
first
published or made in an enemy country during
the present War: And the same was ordered
to be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

in works

Special
Commissions
(Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia)
Bill.

The Special Commissions (Dardanelles and
according to Order,

Mesopotamia) Bill was,
read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
( M r. Rea.)

'Consolidated
Fund
(No. 4) Bill.

The Consolidated Fund (No. 4) Bill was,
according to Order, read a second time, and
committed to a Committee of the whole House
for to-morrow.

Public Works
Loans
[Remission
of Debt.]

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee on Public
Works Loans [Remission of Debt] ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Public Works
Loans Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Public Works Loans Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow,

Isle of Man
(Customs)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Isle of Man (Customs)
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Education
[Fee Grant.] Committee on Education [Fee Grant] ;

The Order of the day being read, for the

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Small Holding
Colonies Bill
[Lords.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Small Holding Colonies
Bill [Lords].

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 2 (Power of Board to promote
co-operation in connection with small holding
colonies).

1916.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 4,
after the words last added, to add the words
" Provided that the Board shall not make such
transference except on full repaTment of all
expenses incurred by the Board in relation to
the acquisition and equipment of the property so
transferred."(Mr. Raffa 21. )

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Powers in relation to acquisition

of land).

Question put, That the Clause stand part of

the Bill.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the Lord. Edmund Talbot,

Yeas,

'1 Mr. Gulland

92.

Tellers for the Major Wedgwood,

Noes,

t Mr. Ill' Ghee :
Clause No. 4 (Powers of management of land

27.

acquired).

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
Deputy Chairman reported, That the Com-
mittee 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 Telegraph
Second Reading of the Telegraph (Construction) (Construction)
Bill ;

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com- Portuguese
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Trading with

Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy the Enemy
(Copyright)
(Copyright) Bill ;
Bill.

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn.

The Order of the day being read, for the Expiring Laws

Second Reading of the Expiring Laws Con- Continuance
tinuance 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 Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;

Investment)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

Loan

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 sand

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Means.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

7 GEo. V.

261h-27th July.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :-- It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twenty-nine minutes after
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

Thursday, 27th July 1916.

PRAYERS.

Colchester Gas THE Colchester Gas Bill [Lords] was read
Bill [Lords.]
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.

Yeadon Water The House proceeded to take into con-
Bill [Lords.]
sideration the Yeadon Water Bill
[Lords],
as amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's
Occupied
Allied
Command,Copy of Correspondence with the
Terri
(Miscellaneous, United States Ambassador regarding the relief
No. 24, 1916.) of Allied Territories in the occupation of the

tones
ories

Enemy.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table,

Education
(Scotland.)

The Lord Advocate

presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Amendment
of the Superannuation Scheme for Teachers,
1916 (Scotland).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Aeronautics.

Public
Records
(Supreme
Court of
Judicature.)

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for the
year 1915-46.

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
Schedule containing a list and particulars of
classes of Documents existing or accruing in
the Office of the Registrars of the Chancery
Division, and in other Departments of
the
Supreme Court of Judicature, which are not
considered of sufficient public value to justify
their preservation in the Public Record Office.

155
but Mr. Ginnell persisted in his disorderly
named
conduct ; whereupon Air. Speaker
Mr. Ginnell for disregarding the authority of
the Chair.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
put, That Mr. Ginnell be suspended from the
service of the House(The Prime Minister) :
It was resolved in the Affirmative.

he

Mr. Speaker then directed Mr. Ginnell to Member

refused directed to
withdraw from the House, but
to obey his order ; whereupon Mr. Speaker withdraw°
directed the Serjeant-at-Arms to cause the
said Member to be removed from the House,
and suspended the Sitting of the House, under sitting
Standino. Order No. 21, until this should have suspended
(under S.0
been done.
No. 21.)
The

honourable Member was

removed

accordingly.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

Ordered, That the other Government Business Business of
House
o
ly
p

have precedence this day of the Business of
Supply.(The Prime Minister.)

the

up

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of
Business be not interrupted this night under the the House
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and Business.)
may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

(Government

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated

into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Fund
(No. 4) Bill.

(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
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

upon Monday next.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Special Commissions
(Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Appointment of Commissioners).
An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5,
after the words last inserted, to insert the words
" and Mr. Walter Hoch, Member of Parliament."
(Sir Henry Dalziel.)

Question put, That those words be there

inserted.

Special
Commissions
Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia)
Bill.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the Sir Henry Dalziel,

Yeas,

( M r. Llewelyn Williams : f

1 105

River Glen
Bill [Lords.]

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
the River Glen Bill [Lords], with Amendments.
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Member
suspended.

Mr. Ginnell, Member for North Westmeath,
having conducted himself in a grossly disorderly
manner, Mr. Speaker, pursuant
to Standing
Order No. 20, relative to disorderly conduct,
ordered him to withdraw immediately from the
House during the remainder of this day's Sitting,

Vol,. 171,

Tellers for the Mr. Eugene Wason,
t Sir Francis Lowe :

Noes,

t 92.

Another Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 7,
after the first word " the," to insert the words
" circumstances in which and the authority upon
which the naval and military expeditions to the
Dardanelles and Gallipoli were undertaken."
(Mr. Churchill.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

x 2

27th July.

1916.
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 26, after the
the words
word " Commissioners," to insert
" or any of their number to whom such authority
may be delegated."(Mr. Watt.)

156

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 4,
after the word "those," to insert the words
" officers and."(Sir John Jardine.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Powers of Commissioners).
Amendment proposed, in p. 2,

1. 16, after
the word " documents," to insert the words
communications."(Sir
" including
Henry Dalziel.)

unofficial

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 18,
the words " or more of the
to leave out
Commissioners," in order to insert the word
" C ommissioner."( M r. Hume-Williams.)

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. 21,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that
where a person summoned to attend abroad for
the purposes of a Commission or a request to
examine witnesses issued under this Act fails to
attend, then, if such person, when summoned, is
employed in service under the British Crown,
his failure to attend shall be deemed to amount
to contempt of court, and
shall be liable to
be dealt with accordingly on his return to British
territory."( Mr. Hume-Williams.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 28,
to leave out subsection (3).(Sir Henry Dalziel.)
Question put, That the words proposed to be
left out, to the word " counsel," in p. 2, I. 29,
stand part of the Clause.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the( Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

,Lord Edmund Talbot :

Tellers for the f Mr. Hazleton,

Noes,

1Mr. Lynch :

165.

35.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 29,
after the word " counsel," to insert the word
"pleader." (Sir John Jardine.)

Question proposed, That the word " pleader "
inserted :Amendment, by leave,

there

be
withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Discretion to hold proceedings

either in public or in private).

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 38,
at the beginning, to insert the words " during
the war." (Sir Henry
the
Dalziel.)

continuance

of

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 4 (Indemnity to witnesses).
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 5, to leave

out subsection (1).( Mr. Peto.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 5 (Sittings outside United King-

dom).

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 26,
after the word " sittings," to insert the words
" in Mesopotamia and elsewhere."(Sir J. D.
Rees.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 27,
after the word " India," to insert the words
" Mesopotamia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, or
Arabia."( Colonel Yate.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 6 (Reports).
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, I. 33, to leave
out the word " may," in order to insert the word
" shall."(Sir J. D. Rees.)

Question proposed, That the word " may "
stand part of the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 33,
at the end, to add the words " and shall in any
event issue a report within three months after
the passing of this Act, and their final report
within six months after the passing of this Act,
unless this period shall be extended by Resolution
of the House of Commons."(Mr. Watt.)

Question, That those words be there added,

put, and negatived.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 7 agreed to.
A Clause (Australian citizens) (Mr. Lynch)

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 (Power to suspend officers for
inefficiency)(Mr. Hazleton)brought up, and
read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Title amended, by inserting, after the first
word " the," the words " origin, inception, and,"
and by inserting, after the third word " the," the
words "origin, inception, and."(Mr. Secretary
Chamberlain.)

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
amended the Title, as followeth :A Bill to
constitute Special Commissions to inquire into
the origin, inception, and conduct of Operations
of War in the Dardanelles, and into the origin,
inception, and conduct of Operations of War in
Mesopotamia.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into consideration upon
Monday next ; and be printed.

[Title
amended.]

Bill 77.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

7 GE O. V.

27th

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 2 (Power to remove buildings and

works).

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 3,
to leave out the words " at their option, either,"
in order to insert the words " at the option of
the persons interested."(Mr. Ashley.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and negatived.
Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, I. 8,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that
in the case of any common, open space, or allot-
ment the land shall be so restored as aforesaid
to the satisfaction of the Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries."(Mr. Solicitor General.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment, to leave out from the word " aforesaid" to
the end thereof.(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the proposed Amendment, put,
and agreed to.

Proposed words there inserted.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 8,

at the end, to insert the words

" (4) The occupying department, within three
years after the termination of the present war,
shall remove all buildings and works, whether of
a permanent or temporary character, which have
been erected or constructed for purposes con-
nected with the present war on, over, or under
any common, open space, or allotment set out for
any public purpose under
an Inclosure Act or
award."(Mr. Brunner.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Power to acquire land per-

manently).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 19, after the
word " lawful," to insert the words " for a
Government department by Provisional Order
confirmed by Parliament."(Mr. Dickinson.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment, after the first word " by," to insert the
words " Act of Parliament or by."(Sir George
Younger.)

Question, That those words be there inserted
in the proposed Amendment, put, and agreed to.
Question put, That those words, as amended,

be there inserted.

The Committee divided.
'Fellers for thef Mr. Dickinson,

Yeas,

Sir George Younger:

Tellers for thef Lord Edmund Talbot,

Noes,

1Mr. Gulland

37.

j

81.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 33,
to leave out subsection (2).(Sir Frederick
Banbury.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Question : --
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 34,
after the word " acquired," to insert the words
" and is to be used for the same purpose as when
originally acquired."(Mr. Laurence Hardy.)

V0L. 171.

28th July.

157
Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 4,

at the end, to insert the words

" (4) All mines of coal, ironstone, slate, and
other minerals under any lands acquired under
this Act shall be deemed to be excluded out of
the conveyance of such lands, unless they shall
have been expressly named therein and conveyed
thereby."(Sir John Harmood-Banner.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted ; Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 10,
to leave out the words " whilst the department
is in possession," in order to insert the words
" within two years after the termination of the
present war."(Mr. Laurence Hardy.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
A mendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 17,
to leave out the words "subject to the modifica-
tions set out in the Schedule to this Act."
(Mr. Laurence Hardy.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed

to be left out stand part of the Clause :

Friday, 28th July 1916 :

Question put.
The Committee divided.
Tellers for the'. Mr. Bridgeman,

Yeas,

{Mr. Geoffrey Howard:
Tellers for thef Mr. Laurence Hardy,

}

Noes,

l Mr. Rawlinson :
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again(Mr. Solicitor General),.put, and
agreed to.

55.

22.

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 receiving Public Works

the Report from the Committee on Public Loans
Works Loans [Remission of Debt] ;

[Remission
of Debt.]

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Monday next.

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
'

for the Isle of Man
Third Reading of the Isle of 14.1.an (Customs) (Customs)
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Expiring Laws

Second Reading of the Expiring Laws Con- continuance

sill.

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 Savings Savings Banks
Banks (War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;

Investment)
(No:, 2) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

x 3

27th-28th 31st July.

1916.
which this House cloth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

158

Law and
Procedure
(Emergency
Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Law and Procedure
(Emergency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill.

Education
[Fee Grant.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
the

Second Reading of the Trading with
Enemy (Copyright) (No. 2) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on Education [Fee Grant] ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Small Holding
Colonies Bill Committee on the Small Holding Colonies
[Lords.]

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
Telegraph
(Construction) Se Cond Reading of the Tel earavh (Construction)
Bill.

Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Anglo-
Port uguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill

Supply.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

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.

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.

Adjournment.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock on Thursday evening, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then twelve minutes after
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning,
till Monday next, pursuant to the Order
of the House of the 22nd day of February
last.

[Lords] was

The Clayton Aniline Company (Railways) Clayton
second time, and Aniline
Company
(Railways)
Bill [Lords.]

Bill
committed.

read a'

The Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint
Supply Board Bill [Lords] was' read a
time, and committed.

Water Conway ay
Bay
second Joint Water
Supply Board
Bill [Lords.]
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his,Northnnaber-
ty
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make laBned, we
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member Upon-Tweed
to serve in this present Parliament
County of Northumberland (Berwick - upon - writ.
Tweed Division), in the room of the Right
Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, K.G.,
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. Gulland.)

the Division)

for

Several Public. Petitions were presented, and Public

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's Diet at
Command,
respecting the conditions of Diet and Nutrition Icnatmerpnment
in the Internment Camp at Ruhleben, and the (Miscellaneous,.
proposed release of Interned Civilians (in con- No. 25,
tinuation
[Cd. 8262].

Copy of further Correspondence Rubleben

of Miscellaneous, No.

21, 1916)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His Rebellion in

Majesty's Command,
Evidence, with Appendix, of the Royal Corn- Commission.)
mission on the Rebellion in Ireland.

Copy of Minutes of (Royal

Copy of Report of the Committee on the Licensing of
Licensing of partially disabled men as Drivers Motor Drivers.
of Public Motor Vehicles.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented, by His small
holders
Majesty's Command,Copy of Fourth Report
by the Scottish Land Court, for the year 1915. Acts. "d)
The Lord Advocate also presented, pursuant 189b102p.s Act,

(

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned
Local Authority, and confirmed, with amend-
ment, by the Secretary for Scotland :

Burgh of HaWick.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Ferndale Gas
Bill [Lords.]

Monday, 31st July 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Ferndale 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 cloth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

Great Central
and Sheffield
District
Railways. Bill
[Lords.]

The Great Central and Sheffield District
Railways 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

Mr. 1VPKinnon Wood presented, pursuant to Itrovement

apd

the directions of several Acts of Parliament, FunNo.
d.
Copy of Abstract Account of Receipts into and
,
Payments out of the Road Improvement Fund
together
for the year ended 31st March 1916 ;
with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor
General thereon.

110.

n
dieFtirieesn. dly
oe

Account, for the year ended 31st December Savings Banks
1915, showing the interest accrued in respect
of the securities standing in the names of the No 111.
Commissioners 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
1915, showing the interest accrued in respect of

31st July.

159
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.

7 GEO. V.
the securities standing in the names of
the
Commissioners 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 1915, showing
the interest accrued in respect of the securities
standing in the names of the Commissioners for
the National Debt to the
the Reduction of
credit of the Fund for Friendly Societies, and
the interest paid and credited to the trustees of
Friendly Societies.

Divorce Bills.

Gore's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Lord Advocate reported from the Select
Committee on Divorce Bills ; That they had
examined the allegations of Gore's Divorce Bill
[Lords] as to the marriage of the parties, the
adultery charged as the ground for dissolving the
marriage, the verdict at law, and the sentence of
divorce a mensc 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 alle-
gations to be true, and they saw no reason to
suspect collusion between the parties ; and that
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same, without Amend-
ment.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Gore's
Divorce Bill
[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence and
proceedings in the House of Lords on the
Second Reading of Gore's Divorce Bill [Lords],
together with the documents deposited in the
case, be returned to the House of Lords.
(The Lord Advocate.)

War Charities
Bill.

Bill 78.

Mr. Brace, supported by Mr. Secretary Samuel,
presented a Bill to provide for the registration
of Charities for purposes connected with the
present War ; And the same was ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

Business of
the House
<Government
Business.)

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government
Business be not interrupted this night under the
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
may be entered upon at any hour though opposed.
( The Prime Minister.)

Government
of Ireland.

Resolved, That, in view of the announcement
by the Government that they do not intend to
introduce their long-promised Bill to settle the
Government of Ireland, it is vitally necessary
and urgent that the Government should imme-
diately disclose to the House their plans for the
future Government Of Ireland during the con-
tinuance of the War.(Mr. Dillon.)

`Special
-Commissions
(Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration
the Special Commissions
(Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Bill, as amended
in the Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration" to-morrow.

"Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendments made
by the Lords to the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Bill ; and the same were twice read, and
agreed to.

Vol.. 171.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on Public Works

Public Works Loans [Remission of Debt] a 1'i/rem/btsm.=
Resolution; which was read, as followeth

of

De

]

.

That it is expedient to authorise the remission
of arrears of principal and interest due to the
Public Works Loans Commissioners in respect
of Eyemouth Harbour, in pursuance of any
Act of the present Session relating to Local
Loans.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Works

into a Committee on the Public Works Loans Loans Bill.
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Grants for public works).
Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 10, after the
word "pounds," to insert the words " of which
the sum allotted to Scotland shall be three-
fifteenths of the whole sum so issued."(Mr.
Watt.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.
Clause agreed to.
Clauses No. 2 to No. 4 agreed to.
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 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 Isle of Man (Customs) Bill was, according Isle of Man
(Customs)
Bill.

to Order, read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Mr. Speaker's

the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the Bill Certificate.
having been endorsed by Mr. Speaker with the
following Certificate :

I hereby certify that this Bill is a Money
Bill within the meaning of the Parliament
Act, 1911.

JAMES W. LOWTHER,

Speaker).

The Expiring Laws Continuance Bill was, Expiring Laws

according to Order, read a second time.

Continuance

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to- morrow.

( Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;

(War Loan
Investment)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Consolidated

Third Reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 4) Fund
Bill ;

(No. 4) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Ure

Law and
Proced
( Emergency
Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

160

31st July.
The Order of the day being read, for the
the Defence of the Realm

Committee
on
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

1st August.

1916.

Tuesday, 1st August 1916.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

PRAYERS.

Second Readin
Reading
a
,
(Emer
(Emergency

The Order of the day being read, for the
of the Law and Procedure

Provisions) (Ireland) Bill ;
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

.,

to-morrow.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy
(Copyright) (No. 2) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Education
[Fee Grant.] Committee on Education [Fee Grant] ;

The Order of the day being read, for the

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Small Holding
Colonies Bill Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Bill
[Lords.]

[Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

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

Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Angl o-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third 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.

Gas (Standard
of Calorific
Power) Bill.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
Lords to the Gas (Standard of Calorific Power)
Bill be now taken into consideration.

Adjournment.

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.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twenty-nine minutes after
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
to-
morrow.

R. Speaker laid upon the Table,Report Private Bills
from one of the Examiners of Petitions [Lords]

for Private Bills, That in the case of the follow- Ordersshot
ing Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred previously
on the First Reading thereof, Standing Order
No. 60, not previously inquired into, has been
complied with, viz. :

in u
c

hp Tied

Rhodes Estate Bill [Lords].

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.

Ordered, That in the case of the Conway and Conway and
Colwyn Bay Joint Water Supply Board Bill Colwyn Bay
[Lords] Standing Order 211 be suspended, and Js
SupplypWBaBoard
that the Committee on unopposed Bills have leave Bill [Lords.]
to sit and proceed with the Bill upon Thursday
next.(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

A Public Petition was presented, and read; Public

and ordered to 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 agreed to the Police, &c.
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (now Police,
Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill),
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire
the concurrence of this House.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
Lords to the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscel-
laneous Provisions) Bill (changed from Police,
&c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill) be taken
into consideration to-morrow ; and be printed.

Petitions.
Vide First
Report.
Message from
the Lords.

Police, &c.
(Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Rill (now
Police,
Factories, &c.
(Miscellaneous.
Provisions)
Bill.)
Police,
Factories, &c.
(Miscellaneous:
Provisions)
Bill
(changed from
Police, &c.
(Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Bill.)

Bill 81.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George, supported by Army Act
Mr. Forster, presented a Bill to amend sub- (Amendment)
section five of section seventy of the Army Act: Bill.
And the same was ordered . to be read a second
time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Bill 79.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Govern- Business of
ment Business be not interrupted this night the House
Bus.)
(Sittings of the
under the Standing Order
House), and may be entered upon at any hour
though opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

(Gnsinesrrnment

A Motion was made, and the Question being Business of
proposed, That, for the purpose of concluding the House
the Business of Supply for the present Session, (81IPPIY*).
thirteen days, either before or after the fifth
day of August, shall be allotted under Standing
Order No. 15 for the consideration of the
annual Estimates for the Army, Navy, and
Civil Services, including Votes on Account ;
and, as respects the present Session, that Stand-
ing Order shall have effect as if in paragraph 7
of that Standing Order the twelfth day were
substituted for the last day but one of the days
so allotted, and as if in paragraph 8 of that
Standing Order the thirteenth day were sub-
stituted for the twentieth day so allotted(The
Prime Minister);

The Question was amended, in 1. 2, by leaving
out the word " thirteen," and inserting the word
" fifteen," instead thereof ; in 1. 6, by leaving
out the word " twelfth," and inserting the word

7 GEo. V.
"fourteenth," instead thereof ; and in 1. 8, by
leaving out the word "thirteenth," and inserting
the word " fifteenth," instead thereof.(Sir
Frederick Banbury.)

1st August.

161
" (3) The Commissioners may authorise the
representation before them of any person appear-
ing to them to be interested by counsel, or
solicitor, or otherwise, if they consider that any
injustice would ensue if that person were not
so represented "(Mr. Secretary Chamberlain),
instead thereof.

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out stand part, of the Bill :
It passed in the Negative.

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, in 1. 2,
by leaving out from the word " otherwise " to the
end thereof.(Mr. Hume-Williams.)

And the Question being proposed, That the
words proposed to be left out stand part of the
said proposed Amendment to the Bill :The
Amendment to the said proposed Amendment
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn.

And the Question being put, That the words
" (3) The Commissioners may authorise the
representation before them of any person appear-
ing to them to be interested by counsel, or
solicitor, or otherwise, if they consider that any
injustice would ensue if that person were not so
represented," be there inserted in the Bill :It
was resolved in the Affirmative.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 3, I. 2, by inserting, at the end
of subsection (4), the words " but the Commis-
sioners may delegate to any two or more of their
number their powers of holding sittings for the
purpose of making inquiries and taking evidence
abroad, and any powers in relation thereto."
(Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.)

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, in 1. 2,
by leaving out the word " two," and inserting
the word " three "
instead
thereof.

(Colonel. Yate),

And the Question being put, That the word
" two " stand part of the said proposed Amend-
ment to the Bill :
It was resolved in the
Affirmative.

And the Question being put, That the words
"but the Commissioners may delegate to any
two or more of their number their powers of
holding sittings for
the purpose of making
inquiries and taking evidence abroad, and any
powers in relation thereto," be there inserted in
the Bill :It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then other Amendments were made to the

Bill.

And the Title was amended, by inserting, gitie
after the word "Dardanelles," the words " and amended.]
Gallipoli."

Ordered, That the
time :The Bill was
time and passed. ;

Bill be now read the third
accordingly read the third

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The Order of the day being read, for the Consolidated

Third Reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 4) Fund
Bill ;

{No. 4 Bill.

And the Main Question, so amended, being

puts

Ordered, That, for the purpose of concluding
the Business of Supply for the present Session,
fifteen days, either before or after the fifth day of
August, shall be allotted under Standing Order
No. 15 for the consideration of the annual
Estimates for the Army, Navy, and Civil Ser-
vices, including Votes on Account ;
and, as
respects the present Session, that Standing
Order shall have effect as if in paragraph 7 of
that Standing Order the fourteenth day were
substituted for the last day but one of the days so
allotted, and as if in paragraph 8 of that Standing
Order the fifteenth day were substituted for the
twentieth day so allotted.

Time
{Ireland.)

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 assimilate the Time adopted for use in
Ireland to that adopted for use in Great Britain
(Mr. Secretary Samuel) ;

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 forth
with, pursuant to. Standing Order No. 11.

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the j Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

1 Lord Edmund Talbot :}- 178.

Tellers for the Mr. Lundon,
1 Mr. Hazleton:

Noes,

54.

}

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That Mr. Secretary Samuel, Mr.
T. W. Russell, and Mr. Brace do prepare and
bring in the Bill.

Mr. Secretary Samuel accordingly presented
a Bill to assimilate the Time adopted for use in
Ireland to that adopted for use in Great Britain :
And the same was read the first
and
ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

time,

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Special ComMissions
(Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Bill, as amended
in the Committee.

And Amendments were made to the. Bill.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 18, by leaving out the word
" origin."( Sir Henry Dalziel.)

And the Questio being proposed, That the
word " origin " sta d part of the Bill :The
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the
House, withdrawn.

i

Then other. Amendments were made to the

Bill.

Time
(Ireland) Bill.
Bill 80.

Special
Commissions
(Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia)
Bill.

nt was proposed to be made
11, by leaving out the word
. Rees.)
being proposed, That the
d part of the Bill :The
merit was, with leave of the

Another Amendm
to the Bill, in p.. 2, 1
" origin."(Sir J.
And the Questio
word " origin " sta
said proposed Amen
House, withdrawn.

Another Amendm

to the Bill, in p.
section (3), and inse

Vol,. 171.

nt was proposed to be made
1. 38, by leaving out sub-

ting the words--

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

162

1st--2nd August.

1916.

And the House having ,continued to sit, till
the clock on. Wednesday

after Twelve of
morning

Wednesday, 2nd August 1916 :

And the Question being puti
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 Bill
having been endorsed by Mr. Speaker with the
following Certificate :--

I hereby certify that this Bill

is a Money
Bill within the meaning of the Parliament
Act, 1911.

Mr. Speaker's
Certificate.

JAMES W. LOWTHER,

Speaker).

Expiring Laws
Continuance
Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Expiring Laws Con-
tinuance Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1.
Motion made, and Question put, That the
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to
sit again.(Mr. Hazleton.)
The Committee divided.
Tellers for the j Mr. Lyndon,
1 Mr. Nugent :
Tellers for the j Mr. Gulland,
1 Lord Edmund

Talbot :}

Yeas,

68.

10.

Noes,
Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 2 agreed to.
Schedule agreed to.
Preainble 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.

Municipal
Savings Banks
(War Loan
Investment)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Telegraph
(Construction) accordino. to Order, read a second time.
Bill.

The Telegraph

(Construction) Bill was,

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a

Committee of the whole House for this day.
(Mr. Rea.)

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Trading with the Enemy (Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read a
second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a

Committee of the whole House for this day.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for the Defence of
Committee on the Defence of the Realm (Acqui- the Realm
sition of Land) Bill ;

(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the War Charities

Second Reading of the War Charities Bill ;

Bill.

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,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

The Order of the day being read, for the Law and
Second Reading of the Law and Procedure Procedure
(Emergency
(Emergency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill ;
Provisions)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (freland)

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Education

Committee on Education [Fee Grant] ;

[Fee Grant.]

Resolved, That

this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

The Order of the day being read, for the AP

Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com- Commercial
Portuguese
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

this day.

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

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That

this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

Means.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the Adjournment.

clock on Tuesday evening, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then three minutes after
Five of the clock on Wednesday morning,
till this day.

Wednesday, 2nd August 1916.

PRAYERS.

T HE Yeadon Water Bill [Lords] was read Yeadou Water

the third time and passed, with Amend-

Bill [ Lords.]

ments.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House
to
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ;
which this House doth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

The House proceeded to take into considera- RiverGolren8
tion the River Glen Bill [Lords], as amended Bill [.Lords.]
in the Committee.

Ordered,. That the Bill be read the third time.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Small Holding
Colonies Bill Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Bill
[Lords.]

[Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Ordered, That in the case of the Clayton Clayton
(Railways) Bill
y
Aniline
Aniline Company
Standing Orders 211 and 236 be suspended, and (Railways)
that the Committee on unopposed Bills have Bill [Lords.]
leave to sit and proceed with the Bill to-morrow.
(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

[Lords]

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2nd August.

163

Public
Petitions.
Vide Second
Report.
Trading with
the Enemy
(Amendment)
Act, 1916.

Army
(Reserve and
Special
Reserve)
(Regulations.)

Revenue and
Expenditure
(England,
Scotland, and
Ireland.)

Exeter
Borough
Writ.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Mr. Runriman presented, pursuant

to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Supplementary List of persons,
and
companies as to whom Orders have been made
under Section 1 (1) of the Trading with the
Enemy (Amendment) Act, 1916.

firms,

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd
to the

presented,
directions of an Act of
pursuant
Parliament,Copy of further Regulations for
the Army Reserve and Special Reserve.

George

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Return showing, for the year ended the 31st
day of March 1916, (1) the amount contributed
by England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively,
to the Revenue collected by the 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. 309
of Session 1914-16).--(Mr. John O'Connor.)

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 Exeter, in the room of the Right
Honourable Henry Edward Duke, King's
Counsel, who, since his Election for the said
borough, hath accepted the Office of Chief
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.--
(Lord Edmund Talbot.)

'Sir William Bull reported from the Select
Public
Petitions
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had
(First Report.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th
day of February last, the 15th and 22nd days
of March last, the 6th, 10th, 13th, and 18th
days of April last, the 23rd and 25th days of
May last, the 20th and 28th days of June last,
the 3rd, 4th, 17th, 20th, 25th, and 31st days of
July last, and the 1st day of this instant August ;
and directed him to make a Report thereof to
the House.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table; and be printed.

Publications
and Debates
Reports.

No. 112.

Sir George Toulmin reported from the Select
Committee on Publications and Debates Reports ;
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

Table ; and be printed.

Bill 82.

Mr. Secretary Samuel, supported by Mr.
Dublin
Reconstruction Attorney General for Ireland, presented a Bill
(Emergency
to amend the Law as to the erection of buildings
Provisions)
and the making and improvement of streets in
Bill.
connection with the reconstruction of areas,
streets,
recently damaged or
destroyed in Dublin, and for other purposes
incidental thereto : And the same was ordered
to be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

and buildings

VOL. 171.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of
Business be not interrupted this night under the Housea t
the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)
and may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed.(Mr. Secretary Bomar Law.)

Gos

A Motion was made, and the Question was Adjournment.

proposed, That this House do now adjourn
(The Prime Minister) :And the said Motion'
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

Means.

(In the Committee.)

Exchequer Bonds.
Resolved, That the proviso to section fifty-
eight of the Finance Apt, 1916, shall not apply
to Exchequer bonds issued on and after the
second day of August, nineteen hundred and
sixteen, and before the fifth day of October,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, where the date
of repayment of the bonds is expressed to be
the fifth day of October, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one.(Mr. IIPKinnon Wood.)

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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Education

into a Committee on Education [Fee Grant].

[Fee Grant.].

(In the Committee.)

is expedient

Resolved, That it

to authorise
the payment, out of moneys to be provided by
Parliament, in respect of children of the age of
fifteen years and upwards, of the Fee Grant
payable under the Elementary Education Act,
1891.(Mr. Herbert Lewis.)
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 Order of the day being read, for the Army Act
Second Reading of the Army Act (Amendment) (Amendment)
Bill ;

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The War Charities Bill was, according to"War Charities

Order, read a second time.

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to- morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for the Telegraph

Committee on the Telegraph (Construction) (B C
i
Bill ;

struction)
n
o
.
11

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

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2nd-3rd August.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Order- of the, day being read, for the
Committee on the _ Trading with the Enemy
(Copyright) (No. 2) Bill

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Pdlice,
Factories, &c.
(Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Bill.

The House, according to Order proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendments made
by the Lords to the Police, Factories, &c.
(Miscellaneous Provisions) 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.

Time
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Time (Ireland) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Municipal
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(war Loan
Investment)
(No. 2) Bill.

(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) 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.

Law and
Procedure
(Emergency
Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

Adjournment.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Law and Procedure
(Emergency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

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 seven
minutes before Twelve of the clock, till
to-morrow.

Public Works
(Ireland.)

Thursday, 3rd August 1916.

PRAYERS.

M Kinnon Wood presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 28th July
1916, sanctioning the sale of certain Kingstown
Harbour Property to the Dalkey Urban Dis-
trict Council.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Army (Pay,
Non-effective
Pay, and
Allowances.)

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented,. by
His Majesty's Command, Copy of List of
Exceptions to the Army Regulations as to Pay,
Non-effective Pay, and Allowances sanctioned
during the year 1915-16.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

1916.
Mr, Long presented, by His Majesty's Corn-)
mand,Copy of Draft Regulations (Part I.)
for Grants to supplement Pensions, Grants, and
separation allowances payable out of public funds,
and for other Grants and allowances, made by
the Statutory Committee of the Royal Patriotic
Fund Corporation constituted under the Naval,
and Military War Pensions, &c. Act, 1915.

Laisznuatiooryns,

mit

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Con wa and
Btay

the Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water Joint
Supply Board Bill [Lords], with Amendments. Supply Bold
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Bill [Lords.]

y

Table.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Clayton
in
the Clayton Aniline Company (Railways) Bill Comp
[Lords], with Amendments.

(Railways)

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Bill

lords.]

Table ; and be printed.

Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions Dublin

for Private Bills do examine
Reconstruction ( Emergency Provisions)
with respect to compliance with the Standing Bill.
Orders relative to Private Bills.

the Dublin Reconstruction

Bill, (PEr em-r7eigen7

rene

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that a
Message had been brought from the Lords by
one of their Clerks, as followeth :

M Message
s s
the

sef o m

The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated FCuonnsdolidated
(No. 4) Bill.

Fund (No. 4) Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Isle of Man

(Customs) Bill, without any Amendment.

inMsa)11

Customs)
Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Public Works Public Works
The

Loans Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Expiring Laws Expiring Laws

Continuance Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Pier and
Harbour Provisional Orders Bill, without any
Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Land Drainage
(Feltwell) Provisional Order Bill, without any
Amendment.

Loans Bill.

Continuance
Bill.

ier and
Harbour
Provisional
Orders Bill,
Land
Drainage
(Feltwell)
Provisional
Order Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Land Drainage Land
(Lilleshall) Provisional Order Bill, without any (Lilleshall)
Amendment.
Provisional
Order Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Colch[zesotredrsGss

made by this House to the Colchester Gas Bill Bill
[Lords], without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Ferndale Gas
made by this House to the Ferndale Gas Bill Bill [Lords.]
[Lords], without any Amendment.

Ceeffinet

Bill [Lords.]
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Government

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments aGrde
made by this House to the Great Central and District
Sheffield District Railways Bill [Lords], without Railways
any Amendment.
Act to amend certain enactments relating to the ofAInedl
Government of India, and to remove doubts as to
the validity of certain Orders in Council made
to which the Lords desire the
for
concurrence of this House.

India ;

m
[Lords.]

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An craven Estates

the Bill [Lords.]

Act for charging on the inheritance of
estates in the Counties of London and Middlesex
known as the Craven Estates certain incum
interest of
now affecting the life
brances
,Augustus William Craven therein, and for, the
rearrangement of certain policies of assurance

7 GEO. V.
on his life, and for other purposes connected
with the said estates ;
to which the Lords
desire the concurrence of this House.

3rd August.

Craven Estates
Bill [Lords.]

The. Craven Estates Bill [Lords] was read the

first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Government
of India
(Amendment)
Bill [ Lords.]
Bill 83.

Supply
[11th allotted
Day.]

The Government of India (Amendment) 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, resolved itself

into the Committee of Supply.

the

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That
a sum not exceeding £35,850 be granted to His
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 1917 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 pro-
posed, That a sum not exceeding £35,750 be
granted for the said Service.-(Mr. Leif Jones.)
the Yeoman Usher of the
Black Rod having come with a Message for the
House to attend the Lords Commissioners, the
Chairman left the Chair.

Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

Royal Assent.

A Message was delivered by. 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
hear the Commission read.

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House,
went up to the House of Peers :-And having
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
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts,
as follow :

1. Consolidated Fund (No. 4) Act, 1916.
2. Gas (Standard of Calorific Power) Act,

1916.

3. Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916.
4. Isle of Man (Customs) Act, 1916.
5. Public Works Loans Act, 1916.
6. Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Pro-

visions) Act, 1916.

7. Expiring Laws Continuance Act, 1916.
8. Local Government Board (Ireland) Pro-
visional Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act,
1916.
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165
9. Local Government Board's Provisional
Order Confirmation (No. 3) Act, 1916.

10. Local Government Board's Provisional

Orders Confirmation (No. 5) Act, 1916.

11. Local Government Board's Provisional

Orders Confirmation (No. 7) Act, 1916.

12. Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation

Act, 1916.
13. Land Drainage

Order Confirmation Act, 1916.

(Feltwell)

Provisional

14. Land Drainage

(Lilleshall) Provisional

Order Confirmation Act, 1916.
15. Aberdare and _Aberaman Gas Act, 1916.
16. Tynemouth Corporation Act, 1916.
17. Colchester Gas Act, 1916.
18. Ferndale Gas Act, 1916.
19. Great Central and Sheffield District Rail-

ways Act, 1916.

The House again resolved itself into the Supply.

Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)
Question again proposed, That a sum not
the said

exceeding £35,750 be granted for
Service :

Question put.
The Committee divided.
Tellers for the Mr. Wiles,

Yeas,

1 Mr. Richard Lambert :}

Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund Talbot,
Mr. Geoffrey Howard :

Noes,

1

32,

74.

Original Question put, and agreed to.
Resolution to be reported.

Mr. Deputy 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 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 Dublin

Second Reading of the Dublin Reconstruction
(Emergency Provisions) Bill ;

Reconstruction
(Emergency
Provision

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill.

upon Monday next:

Mr. Rea reported from the -Committee of Ways and

Ways and Means of the 2nd day of this instant
August a Resolution; which was read, as fol-
lovveth

Me

sA

Report,
nadn

ugust3

Exchequer-Bonds.

That the proViso to section fifty-eight of the Exchequer

Finance Act, 1916, shall not apply to Exchequer Bonds.
bonds issued on and after the second day of
August, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and before
the fifth day of October, nineteen hundred and
'sixteen, where, the date of repayment of the
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bonds- is -expressed to be the fifth day of
October; nineteen hundred .and twenty-one.

3rd-7th August.

191a.
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Finance
(Exchequer
Bonds)
Amendment.

Finance
(Exchequer
Bonds)
Amendment
Bill.

Bill 84.

Education
[Fee Grant.]

Education
(Fee Grant.)

Education
(Fee Grant)
Bill.

Bill 85.

The said 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. M'Kinnon Wood, Mr.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Rea do
prepare and bring it in.

Mr. Rea accordingly presented a Bill to amend
section fifty-eight of the Finance Act, 1916,
With respect to the issue of certain Exchequer
Bonds : And the same was .read the first time,
and ordered to be read a second time upon
Monday next ; and to be printed.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee- on
Education [Fee Grant] 'a. Resolution ; which
was read, as followeth :

That it is expedient to authorise the payment,
out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, in
respect of children of the age of fifteen years
and upwards, of the Fee Grant payable under
the Elementary Education Act, 1891.

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. Herbert Lewis;
Mr. Arthur Henderson, and Mr. M'Kinnon
Wood do prepare and bring it in.

Mr, Herbert Lewis accordingly .presented a
Bill to alter the limitation on the ages of child-
ren in respect of whom a Fee Grant is payable :
And the same was read the firstlime, and ordered
to be read a second time upon Monday next ;
and to be printed.

Army Act
(Amendment)
Bill.

The Order of the da.y being read, for the
Second Reading of the Army Act (Amendment)
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a. second time

upon Monday next.

War Charities
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the War Charities Bill ;

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) Committee on the _Telegraph (Construction)
Bill.

Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next,resolve itself into the said Committee.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the. Trading with the Enemy
(Copyright) (No. 2) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Time
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Time (Ireland) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

The.. Order of the, day being read, for the
Municipal
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
( War Loan
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;
investment)
(No. 2) Bill,

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Law and
Procedure
(Emovergency
Prisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading, of the Law and Procedure
(Emergency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill ;

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Analo-Portuguese Corn- Portuguese,
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill ;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative:

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till ten minutes after Eleven
of the clock, adjourned till Monday next,
pursuant to the Order of the House of
the 22nd day of Febritary last.

Monday, :7 thAugust 1916.

PRAYERS.

ATI R. Speaker laid upon the Table, Report' Private Bills
111 from one of the Examiners of Petitions for [Lords]
Private Bills, That in the case of the followin
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on applicable.)
the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders
are applicable, .viz. :

reSdr-tsa ljnding

Craven Estates Bill [Lords].

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.

Mr. Speaker- laid-----upan the Table,Report Dublin

from one of the ExaminerS of Petitions for Reconstruction
Private Bills, That in the case of the following (Emergency
Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, Bruolvi.s178)
pursuant to the Order .of the House of the (no Standing
3rd day of this instant August, no Standing orders
Orders are applicable, viz. :

b applicable.)

Dublin Reconstruction (Emergency. Pro-

visions) Bill.

Gore's Divorce Bill [Lords] was read the Gore's Divorce

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 River Glen Bill [Lords] was read the River Glen

third 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 agreed to the same,' with Amendments ; to
which this House doth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

Ordered, That the Rhodes Estate Bill [Lords]' Rhodes Estate:

be read a second time to-morrow.

Bill [Lords.]

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Shops Act,

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies 1912.
of Orders made under the Shops Act, 1912,
by the Councils of the undermentioned Local
Authorities, and confirmed by the Secretary 'of
State for the Home Department ':=

City of Birmingham.
City of Exeter.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Diseases of
Animals Acts.

7 C4E0. V.

Mr. Acland presented,

7th A
to the
directions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy
of Order 9777, under the Diseases of Animals
Acts, dated 28th July 1.916, postponing the
operation of the two Orders described in the
Schedule thereto until the 1st November 1916.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

pursuant

Table.

Local
Taxation
(Scotland)
Account.

Mental
Deficiency
and Lunacy
(Scotland)
Act, 1913.
Liquor Trade
Finance
Committee
(Scotland.)

Newcastle-
upon-Tyne
and Gateshead
Gas Bill
[Lords.]

National
Physical
Laboratory.

The Lord Advocate presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Return showing
(1) the principal statutory provisions affecting
payments into and out of the Local Taxation
(Scotland) Account, and (2) the amount of such
payments for the financial year 1915-16.

Copy of Second Annual Report of the General
Board of Control for Scotland under the Mental
Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913.

.

Copy of Report of the Advisory Committee
the State Purchase of the

on proposals for
Licensed Liquor Trade in Scotland.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas
Bill [Lords], with Amendments.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Copy of Accounts of Receipts and Expenditure,
with Balance Sheet, of the National Physical
Laboratory for the year ending the 31st day of
March 1916.( Mr. 111"Kinnon Wood.)

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167
Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " who," in p. 1, 1, 17, stand part
of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, I. 18,
after the word "court," to insert the words " of
a judge who may be the president and."(Mr.
Ashley.)

Question, That those 'words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Other Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 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.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The Finance (Exchequer Bonds) Amend- Finance
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second (Exchequer
Bonds)
time
Amendment

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Bill.

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
( Mr. Rea.)

Business of
the House
(Government
Business.)

A Motion was made, and the Question being
put, That the proceedings on Government
Business be not interrupted this night under
the Standing Order (Sittings of the House);
and may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed(Mr. Secretary Bonar Law);

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;

(War Loan
Investment)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

to-morrow.

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

Mr. Gulland,

I Lord Edmund Talbot :
5

'Tellers for the Mr. Rogge,

(

Commander Wedg-

Noes,

wood:

136.

3.

Army Act
(Amendment)
Bill.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.

The Army Act (Amendment) Bill was,

according to Order, read a second time.

Resolved, That this House will immediately
resolve itself into the Committee on the Bill.
(Mr. Secretary Lloyd George.)

The House accordingly resolved itself into the

Committee.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Rules of procedure of courts

of inquiry).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 15, to leave
out the word " may, ' in order to insert the word
" shall."(Mr. Robhouse.)

Question proposed, That the word ",may "
stand part of the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 14,
to leave out from the word " martial " to the end
of the Clause.(Commander Bellairs.)

V °L. 171.

The Law and Procedure (Emergency Pro- Law and

visions) (Ireland) Bill was, according to Order,
read a second time.

gceerduernecy

(Emergency
Provisions)

Ordered, That the. Bill be committed to a (Ireland) Bill.

Committee of the whole House for to- morrow.
(Mr. George Roberts.)

The Order of the day being read, for the Dublin

Second Reading of the Dublin Reconstruction Reconstruction
(Emergency Provisions) Bill
;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill.

to-morrow.

The Education (Fee Grant) Bill was, according Education

to Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.--
(Mr. George Roberts.)

(Fee Grant)
Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Telegraph
into a Committee on the Telegraph (Construction) (Construction)
Bill.

Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (User of land and buildings for

telegraphic lines).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5, to leave
out from the beginning to the word " a," in
1. 9, in order to insert the words " Where any
telegraphic line of the Postmaster General has
been lawfully placed under, in, upon, over, along,
or across any land or building, and the owner,
-y 4

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168
lessee, or occupier of such land or building shall
duly require its removal, such requisition to
remove shall, if the Postmaster General objects
to such removal, be deemed to be a failure to
consent under section three of the Telegraph
Act, 1878, and."(Mr. James Mason.)

Question, That the word " If " stand part of

the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5,
the word " If," to insert
the words
after
" the Postmaster General considers that
the
any public
any district
inhabitants
authority are debarred from the convenience
the
of telegraphic communication owing to
refusal or failure
(Colonel Gretton.)

of any person being."

of

or

August.

1916.

(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 desire their concurrence.

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5,
to leave out the words " lessee or occupier."
(Maj or Newman.)

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 the word " one," in order to insert
the word" three."(Major Newman.)

Question, That the word " one " stand part of

Clause, put, and negatived.

Question, That the word " three" be there

inserted, put, and negatived.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 13,
at the end, to add the words " Provided that the
to which the difference is referred
tribunal
under those sections shall not give its consent
to the placing of the line unless satisfied that
such refusal or failure is contrary to the national
interest."(Mr. Joseph Pease.)

Question proposed, That those words, be there

added :

Proposed Amendment amended, in the last
the word " national,"
line, by leaving out
and inserting the word "public. " -- -(Sir George
Toulmin.)

Proposed words, as amended, there added.
Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses No. 2 to No. 4 agreed to.
A Clause (Restriction on power of
construction and maintenance)(Sir
Banbury)brought up, and read the
second time, and added to the Bill.

entry for
Frederick
first and

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
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.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Clouse, according to Order, resolved itself
into Committee on the Trading with the Enemy
...,opyright) (No. 2) Bill.

.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself War Charities

Bill.

into a Committee on the War Charities Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No.

1

(Prohibition against raising

money for war charities unless registered).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 8, to leave out
from the beginning to the word " charity," in
1. 11, in order to insert the words " collect or
receive money or goods for any such charity
unless it has been registered under this Act, or
for any person to solicit or receive goods or money,
or to promote or assist in promoting any bazaar,
sale, exhibition, or entertainment on behalf of
any war charity, unless the approval of a governing
body or committee or sub-committee, or official
or agent of such."(Mr. Pennefather.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word "sale," in 1. 9, stand
the Clause :Amendment, by. leave,
part of
withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 9,
after the word "sale," to insert the words " flag
day."(Mr. Jonathan Samuel.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment propdsed, in p. 1, 1. 9,
after the word " means," to insert the words " or
to use or disburse money already raised for any
such charity."(Mr. Anderson.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave; withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 10,
after the word "registered," to insert the word

annually."(Mr. Percy Harris.)
Question proposed, That the word " annually"
inserted :Amendment, by leave,

there

be
withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1.'10,
after the word " approval, ' to insert the words
registration authority and."(Mr.
" of
.Rawlinson.)

the

Question proposed, That. those words be there

inserted

Tuesday, 8th August 1916 :

Question put, and negatived.
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again(Mr. Brace),put, and agreed to.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and
Mr. Dickinson reported; That the Committee
had made Progress in the Bill ; and that he was
direeted to move, That the Committee may have
leave to sit again.

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8th August.

169

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wed-
nesday next, again resolve itself into the said
Committee.

Small Holding The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Bill
Bill
[Lords];

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial
Treaty Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com-
mercial Treaty Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

this day.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

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.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Realm

Committee on the Defence of
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The House proceeded to take into considera- Conway and
tion the Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water yooilii-tyLBtaY;
Supply Board Bill, as amended in the Coin -. Supply
mittee.

Bill [Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

The Order of the day being read, for the Rhodes Estate

Second Reading of the Rhodes Estate Bill Bill
[Lords];

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

The Order made upon the 24th day of Feb- Northwich
ruary last, That the Northwich Urban District tICor ubnanci)(Warsi)ct
Council (Gas) Bill be committed, was read and ill.
discharged.

B

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn.(The

Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Ordered, That Mr. Deputy Speaker do issue Cornwall
his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make County (South
tInn or
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member BEoas
to serve in this present Parliament for the Division)
County of Cornwall (South Eastern or Bodmin Writ.
Division), in the room of Lieutenant-General
Sir Reginald Pole-Carew, 'c.c.s., 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.
(Lord Edmund Talbot.)

Time
(Ireland) Bill. Second Reading of the Time (Ireland) Bill ;

The Order' of the day being read, for the

Several Public Petitions were presented, and

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Petitions.
Vide Second
Report.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Government
of India
(Amendment)
Bill [Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Government of India
(Amendment) Bill [Lords];

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Supply
[3rd August]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 3rd day of this instant August ;

Ordered, That the Report be received this

day.

Adjournment.

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 six minutes after
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning,
till this day.

Tuesday , 8th August 1916.

Mr. Speaker's
Absence.

Prayers.

THE House being met, the Clerk at the Table
informed the House of the unavoidable
absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting :
--Whereupon Mr. Whitley, the Chairman of
Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and,
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker,
pursuant to the Standing Order.

Clayton
Aniline
Company
(Railways)
Bill [Lords.]

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Clayton Aniline Company (Railways)
Bill [Lords], as amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

VoL. 171.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to

Jurisdiction
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Order in Council under the Foreign Act, 1890.
Jurisdiction Act, 1890, dated 28th July 1916,
respecting Southern Rhodesia.

Copy of Order in Council under the Crown Crownct87Officeffi c e

Office Act, 1877, dated 28th July 1916, finally Act,
approving an amended Rule 7 to the Order of
the 22nd February 1878 respecting the publica-
tion of Royal Proclamations.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood presented,Return to National
an Order, dated the 7th day of this instant Physical
August, for a Return relative to the National Laboratory.
No. 113.
Physical Laboratory.

irnaatl

Mr. iii`Kinizon Wood also presented, pursuant Road Board.
to the directions of several Acts of Parliament, No. 114.
Copy of Sixth Annual Report of proceedings
of the Road Board.

Copy of Regulations, dated 4th August 1916, National

made by the National Health Insurance Joint Health
Committee, the Insurance Commissioners, the (osiunrtance
Scottish and the Welsh Insurance Commis- Committee)
sioners, entitled the National Health Insurance
(Exempt Persons) Consolidated Regulations,
1916.

(Regulations.)

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Papers relative to the
National Physical Laboratory and the Road
Board be printed.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His Charitable
n
DodnaBtios
Bequests.

Copy of Seventy-first

Majesty's Command,
Report of
Donations and Bequests for Ireland for the year
1915.

the Commissioners of Charitable a(Inreiane

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

1918.

170

8th August,
by His

National
Galleries of
Scotland Act,
1906.

The Lord Advocate

presented,

Majesty's Command,Copy of Ninth Report Committee of Ways and Means;
to the Secretary for Scotland by the Board of
Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland,
for the year ending 31st March 1916.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

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

Means.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

New Member
sworn.

The Right Honourable Henry Edward Duke,
K.C., Member for the Borough of Exeter, was
sworn.

Public
Accounts
Committee
(Second
Report.)

No. 115.

Sir Robert Williams reported from the Com-
mittee of Public Accounts ; That they had made
further Progress in 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

Table ; and be printed.

Message from
the Lords.

Larceny Bill
[Lords.]

Mr. Deputy 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 and simplify the Law relating
to Larceny triable on indictment and kindred
offences ; to which the Lords desire the con-
currence of this House.

Merchant
Shipping
(Salvage) Bill.
Bill 86.

Dr. Maenamara, supported by Mr. Pretyman,
to authorise the recovery of
presented a Bill
rendered by
Salvage in respect of
certain Ships belonging to His Majesty : And
the same was ordered to be read a second time
to-morrow ; and to be printed.

services

Supply
[12th allotted
Day.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class VI.

Motion made, and Question proposed, That
a sum not exceeding £1,150 be granted to His
to complete the sum necessary to
Majesty,
defray the charge which will come in course of
payment during the year ending on the 31st day
of March 1917 for the Salary of the Vice-
Chairman of the Statutory Committee of the
Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, That a sum not exceeding £1,050 be
granted for the said Service(Mr. Hogye):
Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

Original Question put, and agreed to.
Resolution to be reported.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Finance
into a Committee on the Finance (Exchequer (Exchequer
Bonds)
Bonds) Amendment Bill.
Amendment
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
Bill 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,
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 Education

into a Committee on the Education (Fee Grant)
Bill.

(F
Bi

ee Grant)
l.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
Bill to be reported.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and
reported,
the Chairman of Ways and Means
That the Cominittee 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 Order of the day being read, for the municipal

Second Reading of
Banks (War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill.

the Municipal Savings S.
(
W
Investment)
2) Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (
No

irngL soB

ranks

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Law and
Committee on the Law and Procedure (Ewer- Procedure
(Emergency
gency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill ;
Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Dublin
Second Reading of the Dublin Reconstruction (Emergency
(Emergency Provisions) Bill ;
provisions)

Reconstruction

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill.

to-morrow.

Mr. Deputy 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-

The Order of the day being read, for the Anglo-
Third Reading of the Anglo- Portuguese Com_ Portuguese
ri
Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill;
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

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.

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Time

Second Reading of the Time (Ireland) Bill;

(Ireland) Bill.

Ordered, That ,the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Supply
[3rd August]
;Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 3rd day of this instant August ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Go
Second Reading of the Government of India of
(Amendment) Bill [Lords];

m
ia
Indvernent
(Amendment)
Bill
{ Lords.)

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

7 GEO. V.

8th -9th. August.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to
the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit
till twenty-seven minutes
after Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
to-morrow.

Wednesday, 9th August 1916.

PRAYERS.

Old Age
Pensions.

MR. 111Kinnon Wood presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Adminis-

trative Concessions to Old Age Pensioners.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command, Copy of Colonial Re-
port, No. 886 (Zanzibar, Annual Report for
1915).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Message from
the Lords.

Special
Commissions
(Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia)
Bill.
River Glen
Bill [Lords.]

Yeadon Water
Bill [ Lords.]

Registration
of Business.
Names Bill
[Lords.]

Shropshire,
Worcester-
shire, and
Staffordshire
Electric
Power 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 agreed to the Special Com-
missions (Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Bill,
with an Amendment ; to which the Lords desire
the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the River Glen Bill
[Lords], without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the Yeadon Water Bill
[Lords], without any Amendment.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An
Act to provide for the Registration of firms and
persons carrying on Business under Business
Names ; to which the Lords desire the concur-
rence of this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An
Act to confer further powers upon the Shrop-
shire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire Electric
Power Company, and for other purposes ;
to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

Shropshire,
Worcester-
shire, and
Staffordshire
Electric
Power Bill
[Lords.]

The Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Stafford-
shire Electric Power Bill [Lords] was read the
first time.

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.

Special
Commissions
(Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia)
Bill.

Bill 87.
Adjournment.

Air Raid.

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the
Lords to the Special Commissions (Dardanelles,
and Mesopotamia) Bill be taken into considera
tion upon Monday next ; and be printed.

Mr. Pemberton Billing, Member for the County
of Hertford (Eastern or Hertford 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 deaths of the woman and
children killed in the enemy Air Raid last night,
and the still inadequate state of our air defence ;

Vol.. 171.

171
but the pleasure of the House not having been
signified, Mr. Speaker called on those Members
who supported the Motion to rise in their places,
and less than Forty Members having accordingly
risen, the House proceeded to the Business of
the day.

A Motion was made, and the Question was Business of
proposed, That the proceedings on Government the House
Business be not interrupted this night under the (Government
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and Business.)
may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed(Mr. Secretary Lloyd George) : -And
the said Motion was, with leave of the House,
withdrawn.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply
[13th
Day
.]

into the Committee of Supply.

allotted'

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.
1. £43,959 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, including
certain Grants in Aid.

Class III.
2. £4,853 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Office of the Scottish Land Court.

Class IV.
3. £1,544,742 for Public Education in Scot-

land, and for Science and Art in Scotland.

4. £2,522 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Scottish National
the National Gallery,
Portrait. Gallery, and the Museum of Antiqui-
ties.

Class II.
5. Motion made, and Question put, That
a sum not exceeding £8,493 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 1917 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Office of His Majesty's Secretary for
Scotland and subordinate Offices, Expenses
under the Inebriates Acts, 1879 to 1900, and
Expenses under the Private Legislation Pro-
cedure (Scotland) Act, 1899.

The Committee
Tellers for the
Yeas,
Tellers for the
Noes,

divided.
Lord Edmund Talbot,
Mr. Gulland:
Sir John Jardine,
Mr. Hogge :
6. i11,969 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Fishery Board for Scotland, and for Grants
in Aid of Piers or Quays.

34.

6.

j

(

7. £18,568 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the General Board of Control for Scotland.

8. £4,096 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Department of the Registrar General of
Births, &c. in Scotland.

9. £16,924 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Local Government Board for Scotland, and
also Expenses in respect of Advances under the
Housing Act, 1914.

Class III.

10. £53,746 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Lord Advocate's Department, and other
Law Charges, and the Salaries and Expenses of
the Courts of Law and Justice in Scotland.

Resolutions to be reported.

z 2

172

9th-10th August.

1916.
The Order of the day being read, for the

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a
sum not exceeding £24,789 be granted- to His
to complete the sum necessary to
Majesty,
defray the charge which Will come in course of
payment during the year ending on the 31st day
of March 1917 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Offices in His Majesty's General Register
House, Edinburgh :

And it being Eleven of the clock, the Chair-
man left the Chair to make his Report to the
H ouse.

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.

Supply
[3rd August]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 3rd day of this instant August ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Supply
[8th August]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 8th day of this instant August ;

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.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Second Reading of the Dublin Reconstruction
Pr
Bill.

(Emergency Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

ovimes ioges)

cy

to-morrow.

Law and
Procedure
(Emergency
Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Law and Procedure (Emer-
gency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Time
(Ireland) Bill. Second Reading of the Time (Ireland) Bill ;

The Order of the day being read, for the

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Portuguese
Third Reading of the Anglo-Portuguese Com- Commercial
mercial Treaty Bill; ;
Treaty Bill.

a

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Second Reading of
Banks (War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal
Savin gs Banks
the Municipal
(war Loan
I vestment)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

Saving

s

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the War Charities

Committee on the War Charities Bill ;

Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day, being read, for the Merchant
the Merchant Shipping Shipping

(Salvage) Bill.

Second Reading of
(Salvage) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Adjournment.

the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
till two minutes after
to-

tinued to
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
morrow.

sit

Thursday, 10th August 1916.

PRAYERS.

MR. M' Kinnon Wood presented,

Majesty's Command,Copy of Treasury
Minute, dated 20th July 1916, making arrange-
ments for financing the purchase of Sugar and
Meat abroad on behalf of His Majesty's Govern-
ment.

by His Meat and

PSuugrcahrases.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to Shops Act,

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy 1912.
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912,
by the Council of the undermentioned Local
Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary for
Scotland :

Burgh of Perth.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Finance
(Exchequer
Bonds)
Amendment
Bill.

Education
(Fee Grant)
Bill.

Government
of India
,(Amendment)
Bill [Lords.]

The Finance (Exchequer Bonds) Amendment
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 Education (Fee Grant) 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.

Resolved, That an humble Address be pre- Experiments

sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously on Living
pleased to give directions that there be laid Animals.
before this House a Return showing the number
of Experiments on Living Animals during the
year 1915, under licences granted under the
Act 39 & 40 Vict. c. 77, distinguishing the
nature of the Experiments (in continuation
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 326 of Session
1914-16).(Mr. Brace.)

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Government of India
(Amendment) Bill [Lords] ;

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:

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Lords have agreed to the Army Act trzenyenAdemot

(Amendment) Bill, without any Amendment.

BAill.

Trading with
the Enemy
(Copyright)
(No. 2) Bill.

British Ships
(Transfer
Restriction)
Bill.

Bill 88.

Business of
the House
(Supply.)

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10th A
The Lords have agreed to the Trading with
the Enemy (Copyright) (No. 2) Bill, without
any Amendment.

Mr. Pretyman, supported by Mr. Runeiman
and Dr. Macnamara, presented a Bill to amend
and extend the British Ships (Transfer Restric-
tion) Act, 1915: And the same was ordered
to be read a second time upon Monday next ;
and to be printed.

Ordered, That, notwithstanding anything in
Standing Order No. 15, Supplementary Esti-
for new Services, Army and Army
mates
Ordnance. Factories Excess Estimates, 1914-15,
and Navy Excess Estimate, 1914-15, may be
considered in Committee of Supply this day,
and that Business other than Business of Supply
may be taken before Eleven of the clock ;
and that the proceedings on Government Busi-
ness be not interrupted this night under the
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed.-(The Prime Minister.)

'Sul
{14th allotted
Day.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.

Class II.
1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That
a sum not exceeding £74,457 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 1917 for the Salaries and other
Expenses in the Department of His Majesty's
Treasury and subordinate Departments, including
Expenses in respect of Advances under the
Light Railways Act, 1896 :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro-

posed, That Item A be reduced by £100.
(Sir Charles Henry.)

Whereupon, the Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod having come with a Message for the House
to attend the Lords Commissioners, the Chair-
man left the Chair.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

Royal Assent.

A Message was delivered by 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
hear the Commission read.

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House,
went up to the House of Peers :-And having
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 :
VoL. 171.

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173

1. Army (Courts of Inquiry) Act, 1916.
2. Trading with the Enemy (Copyright) Act,

1916.

3. River Glen Act, 1916.
4. Yeadon Waterworks Act, 1916.
5. Gore's Divorce Act, 1916.

Then the House again resolved itself into the Supply.

Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)
Question again proposed, That Item A be
reduced by £100 :--Motion, by leave, with-
drawn.

Original Question put, and agreed to.

Class I.

2. £95,000 (Supplementary)

in respect of
Insurance and Labour Exchange Buildings,
Great Britain.

3. £1,431 for maintaining certain Harbours
under the Board of Trade, and for Grants in
Aid of Harbours.

4. £14,000 for constructing a new Harbour

of Refuge at Peterhead.

5. £488,500 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
the
Contribution towards
London Fire Brigade.

the Expenses of

6. £101,354 for the erection,

repairs, and
maintenance of Public Buildings in Ireland,
for the maintenance of certain Parks and Public
the maintenance of Drainage
Works, and for
Works on the River Shannon, and sundry
Grants in Aid.

7. £41,867 for payments under the Tram-
ways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act,
1883, &c., the Railways (Ireland) Act, 1896,
the Marine Works (Ireland) Act, 1902, and for
other purposes connected with Irish Railways.

Class II.
8. £22,288 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Offices of the House of Lords.

9. £200,162 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the House of Commons.

10. £166,801 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Office of His Majesty's Secretary of State
the Home Department and subordinate
for
Offices.

11. £36,271 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Department of His Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.

12. £5,631 for the Salaries and Expenses of the
Department of His Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council.

13. £180,011 for the 'Salaries and Expenses
of the Office of the Committee of Privy Council
for Trade and subordinate Departments.

14. £72,634 for the Salaries and Expenses of
certain Services transferred from the Mercantile
Marine Fund, and other Services connected with
including Merchant
the Mercantile Marine,
Seamen's Fund Pensions.

15. £5 for meeting the deficiency of Income
from Fees, &c. for the requirements of the
Board of Trade under the Bankruptcy Act,
1914.

16. £15,777 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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1916.

17. £15,383 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Department of the Government Chemist.

18. £25,866 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Civil Service Commission.

19. £41,720 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Department of the Comptroller and Auditor
General.

20. £12,337 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Registry of Friendly Societies.

21. £43,092 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Board of Control (Lunacy and Mental
Deficiency), England.

22. £46 for the Salaries and Expenses of the
Mint, including the Expenses. of Coinage, and
for the Expenses ,of the preparation of Medals,
Dies for Postage and other Stamps, and His
Majesty's Seals.

23. £7,439 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the National Debt Office.

24. £12,995 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Public Record Office, and of the Office of
Land Revenue Records and Inrolments.

25. £4,000 for the Salaries' and Expenses of.
the Establishment under the Public Works Loan
Commissioners.

26. £26,715 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Department of the Registrar General of
Births, &c. in England.

27. £276,959 for Stationery, 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.

28. /12,150 for the Salaries and Expenses in
the Office of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and
Land Revenues.

29. £320,000 (including a Supplementary sum
of £300,000) for His Majesty's Foreign, and
other Secret Services.

30. /1,784 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
31. £13,447 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Offices of the Chief Secretary in Dublin
and London, and of the Inspectors of Lunatic
Asylums, and Expenses under the Inebriates
Acts.

32. £73,170 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 Depart-
ment, including sundry Grants in Aid.

33. £1,243 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Office of the Commissioners of Charitable
Donations and Bequests for Ireland.

34. £105,750 for the Congested Districts
Board for Ireland, including sundry Grants in
Aid.

35. £65,528 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Local Government Board, Ireland, including
sundry Grants in Aid.

36. £3,830 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Public Record Office in Ireland, and of the
Keeper of State Papers in. Dublin.

37. £24,871 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Office of Public Works in Ireland.

38. £8,360 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Department of 'the Registrar General of
Births, &c.; and for the Expenses of collecting
Emigration Statistics in Ireland.

39. £14,672 for the. Salaries and Expenses of
the General Valuation and Boundary Survey of
Ireland.

Class III.
40. £35,038 for the Salaries of the Law
Officers' Department ; the Salaries and Expenses
the Department of the Solicitor for the
of
Affairs of His Majesty's Treasury and King's
Proctor, and the Department of the Director of
Public Prosecutions ; for the Costs of Prosecu-
tions, of other Legal Proceedings, and of
Parliamentary Agency.

41. £10,404 for certain Miscellaneous Legal.
Expenses, including Grants in Aid of the
Expenses of the Incorporated Law Societies of
England and Ireland.

42. £177,416 for such of the Salaries and
Expenses of the Supreme Court of Judicature
and Court of Criminal Appeal as are not charged
on the Consolidated Fund.

43. £23,147 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Office of Land Registry.

44. £5 for the Salaries and Expenses of the

Office of Public Trustee.

45. £65,174 for the Salaries and Expenses

connected with the County Courts.

46. £58,282 for the Salaries of the Commis-
sioner and Assistant Commissioners of the
Metropolitan Police, and of the Receiver for
the Metropolitan Police District, the Contribu-
tion towards the Expenses of the Metropolitan
the Salaries and Expenses of the
Police,
Inspectors of. Constabulary, and Expenses in
.connection with Special Constables and the
Police Reserve.

47. /280,090 for the Expenses of the Prisons
in England, Wales, and the Colonies, including
a Grant in Aid of certain Expenses connected
with discharged Prisoners.

48. £165,384 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Office of the Inspector of Reformatories,,
and for the maintenance of Juvenile Offenders
in Reformatory, Industrial, and Day Industrial
Schools, and in Places of Detention under the
Children Act, in Great Britain.

49. £28,524 for the maintenance of Criminal.
Lunatics in the Criminal Lunatic Asylums at
Broadmoor and Rampton.

50. £24,789 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Offices in His Majesty's General Register
House, Edinburgh.

51. £50,635 for the Salaries and Expenses of
the Prison Commissioners for Scotland and of
the Prisons under their control, including the
maintenance of Criminal Lunatics, Defectives,
and Inmates of the State Inebriate Reformatory,
and the preparation of Judicial Statistics.

52. £32,911 for Criminal Prosecutions and
other Law Charges in Ireland, including a Grant
in relief of certain Expenses payable by statute
out of Local Rates.

53. £67,570 for such of

the Salaries and
Expenses of the Supreme Court of Judicature,
and of certain other Legal Departments in
Ireland, as are not charged on the Consolidated
Fund.

54. £433,918 for the Salaries and Expenses

of the Office of the Irish Land Commission.

55.. £66,284 for

the Salaries, Allowances,
and Expenses of various County Court Officers
and of Magistrates in Ireland, and the Expenses
of. Revision.

56. £39,293 (including a Supplementary sum
of £100) for the. Salaries and Expenses of
the Commissioner of Police, the Police Courts,
and the Metropolitan Police Establishment, of
Dublin.

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79. £1,000 for a Grant in Aid of the Revenue

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57. £729,775 (including a Supplementary sum
of £400) for the Expenses of the Royal Irish
Constabulary.

58. £65,190 for the Expenses of the General
Prisons Board in Ireland and of the Establish-
ments under their control, the Registration of
Habitual Criminals, and the maintenance of
Criminal Lunatics confined in District Lunatic
Asylums.

59. £49,788 for the Expenses of. Reformatory

and Industrial Schools in Ireland.

60. £4,740 for the maintenance of Criminal
Lunatics in the Dundrum Criminal Lunatic
Asylum, Ireland.

Class IV.
61. £9,736,732 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Board of Education and of the various
Establishments connected therewith, including
sundry Grants in Aid.
62. £68,599 for

and other
Expenses of the British Museum, and of the
Natural History Museum, including certain
grants in Aid.

the Salaries

63. £6,489 for the Salaries and. Expenses of
the National Gallery, and of the National
Gallery of British Art, Millbank.

64. £1,485 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the National Portrait Gallery.

65. £2,591 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the Wallace Collection.

of the Island of Cyprus.

Class VI.
80. £455,694 for Superannuation, Compen-
sation, Compassionate, and additional Allow-
ances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes,
for Compassionate Allowances and Gratuities
awarded by the Treasury, and for the Salaries
of Medical Referees.

81. £7,743 for certain MiscellaneousExpenses,
including certain Charitable and other Allow-
ances, Great Britain.

82. £778 for Hospitals and Infirmaries, and
certain Miscellaneous Charitable and other
Allowances in Ireland, including sundry Grants
in Aid.

83. £2,000 for the Salaries and other Ex-
penses of Temporary Commissions, Commit-
tees, and Special Inquiries.

84. £3,219 for making good certain sums
written off from the Assets of the. Local Loans
Fund.

the
85. £5,000 for
Grant (Grant in Aid).

Ireland. Development

86. £27,311 to repay to the Civil Contin-
gencies Fund certain Miscellaneous Advances.

87. £10,000 for Grants to Voluntary Hospitals

in respect of Duty on Spirits.

66. £1,570 for the Salaries and Expenses
in respect of the London Museum, Lancaster
House.

67. £66,671 for sundry. Grants

in Aid of
Scientific Investigation, &c., and other Grants.
68. £20,000 (Supplementary sum) for sundry
Grants in Aid of Scientific Investigation, &c.,
and other Grants.

69. £211,200 for Grants in Aid of the Ex-
penses of certain Universities and Colleges in
Great Britain, and, of the Expenses under the
Welsh Intermediate Education Act, 1889.

70. £832,704 for the Expenses of the Com-
missioners of National Education in Ireland,
including Grants in Aid of the Teachers' Pen-
sion Fund, Ireland.
71. £40,000 for

the Grant towards the
Salaries of Teachers in Secondary Schools in
Ireland.

72. 1505 for the Expenses of the Office of
the Commissioners for managing certain School
Endowments in Ireland.

73. £845 for the Salaries and Expenses of

the National Gallery of Ireland.

74. £124,453 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Institutions of Science and Art in Dublin
and of the Geological Survey of Ireland, and
to Schools and Classes of
Annual Grants
Science and Art and Technical Instruction,
including sundry Grants in. Aid, administered
by the Department of Agriculture and Technical
Instruction for Ireland.

75. 159,000 for Grants under the Irish

Universities Act, 1908.

Class V.
76. £372,290 for the Expenses in connection
with His Majesty's Embassies, Missions, and
Consular Establishments Abroad, and other
Expenditure chargeable to the Consular Vote.

77. £506,197 for

sundry Colonial Services,

including certain Grants in Aid.

78. £12,875 for Subsidies to certain Tele-

graph Companies.
VoL. 171.

Class VII.

88. £7,654,000 for the payment of Old Age
Pensions in the United Kingdom, and for certain
administrative Expenses in connection there-
with.

89. £618,262 for the Salaries of the Staff and
other Expenses of Labour Exchanges, including
the Contribution to the Unemployment Insur-
ance Fund and Repayments to Associations
pursuant to Sections 85 and 106 of the National
Insurance Act, 1911..

90. £42,135 for the Expenses of the Highlands
and Islands (Medical Service) Board, and for a
Grant in Aid of the Highlands and Islands
Medical Service.

91. £15,307 for making good the deficiency
on the Income Account of the Fund for Friendly
Societies.

Munitions.
92. £900 for the Expenses of the Ministry of

Munitions.

93 £90 for the Expense of the, Ordnance
Factories, the cost of the production of which
will be charged to the Army, Navy, Ministry of
Munitions, and Indian and Colonial Govern-
ments, &c.

Revenue Departments Estimates, 1916-17.
94. £1,374,513 for the Salaries and Expenses

of the Customs and Excise Department.

95. £1,536,350 (including a Supplementary
sum of £150,000) for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Inland Revenue Department.

Army Estimates, 1916-17.
96. £1,000 to defray the Expense of
the
Pay, &c. of the Medical Establishnient and
of Medicines, &c.

97. £1,000 to defray the Expense of the Pay,
Bounty, &c. of the Special Reserve and of the
Officers' Training Corps.

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1916.
121. £1,000 'to defray the Expense of the

Admiralty Office.

176

98. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Grants,
Pay, Allowances, Training, and Miscellaneous
Charges of the Territorial Force and Channel
Islands and Colonial Militia,
including the
Expense of Permanent Staff.

99. £1,000 to defray the Expense of. Establish-.

ments for Military Education.

100. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Quarter-

ing, Transport, and Remounts.

101. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Supplies

and Clothing.

102. £1,000 to defray the Expense
of
Ordnance Department Establishments and of
General Stores.

103. 11,000 to defray the Expense of Engi-
neer Stores and Aviation, including Technical
Committees.

104. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Works,
Buildings, and Repairs, Lands, and Miscel-
laneous Engineer Services, including Staff in
connection therewith.

105. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Miscel-

laneous Effective Services.
106. £1,000 to defray

of
Rewards, Half Pay, Retired Pay, Widows'
Pensions, and other Non-effective Charges for
Officers.

the Expense

107. £1,000 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-commissioned Officers,
and Men, &c.

108. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Civil
Superannuation, Compensation, and additional
Allowances, Gratuities, Injury Grants, &c.

Navy Estimates, 1916-17.
109. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Victual-
ling and Clothing for the Navy, including the
cost of Victualling Establishments at Home and
Abroad.

110. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Medical
Services, including the cost of Medical Estab-
lishments at Home and Abroad.

111. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Civilians

employed on Fleet Services.

112. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Educa-

tional Services.

113. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Scientific

Services.

114. £1,000 to defray the Expense of the
Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Fleet Reserve,
and the Royal Naval Volunteers, &c.

115. £1,000 to defray the Expense of the
Personnel for Shipbuilding, Repairs, Mainten-
ance, &c. at Dockyards and Naval Yards at
Home and Abroad.

116. £1,000 to defray the Expense of the
Materiel for Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance,
&c. at Dockyards and Naval Yards at Home
and Abroad,

117. £1,000 to defray the Expense of the

Contract Work for Shipbuilding, Repairs, &c.

118. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Naval

Armaments.

119. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Works,
Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad,
including the cost of Superintendence, Purchase
of. Sites, Grants in Aid, and other charges
connected therewith.

120. £1,000 to defray the Expense of various

Miscellaneous Effective Services.

122. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Half
Pay and Retired Pay to Officers of the Navy
and Marines.

123. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Naval
and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compas-
sionate Allowances.

124. £1,000 to defray the Expense of Civil
Superannuation, Compensation Allowances and
Gratuities.

125. £10 to make good excesses of Army
Expenditure beyond the Grants for the year
ended on the 31st day of March 1915.

126. £10 to make good excesses of Army
(Ordnance Factories) Expenditure beyond the
Grants for the year ended on the C4st day of
March 1915.

127. £100 to make good excesses of Navy
Expenditure beyond the Grants for the year
ended on the 31st day of March 1915.

Resolutions to be reported.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ;
and the Chairman of Ways and Means reported,
That the Committee had come to several Reso-
lutions.

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 receiving Supply
[9th ugust]
A
Report,

the Report from the Committee of Supply
the 9th day of this instant August ;

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 [3rd August]
the 3rd day of this instant August ;

Report.

Ordered, That the Report be received, upon

Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
A

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 8th day of this instant August ;

Repo

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 Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Anglo-
Bill was, according to Order, read the third Portuguese
Commercial
time and passed.
Treaty Bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The Government of India (Amendment) Bill Government
[Lords] was, according to Order, read a second (Amendment
time.
Bill [Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
the whole House for Monday

Committee of
next.-(Mr. James Hope.)

Merchant
Shipping
(Salvage) Bill.

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The Merchant Shipping (Salvage) 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. James Rope.)

War Charities
Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into a Committee on the War Charities Bill.

(In the Committee.)

ugust.
officer or agent of
(Mr. Brace.)

177
registered charity."

a

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment, to leave out the word " an," in order to
insert the words " a duly authorised."(Mr.
Pennefather.)

Question proposed, That the word " an "
stand part of
the proposed Amendment :
Amendment to the proposed Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

Proposed Amendment amended, by leavina
out the word " registered," and inserting the
word " war."(Mr. Brace.)

Proposed words, as amended, there inserted.
Clauses No. 8 and No. 9 agreed to.
Clauses No. 10 and No. 11 amended, and

agreed to.

A Clause (Powers as to unregistered war
charities) -(Mr. Brace)brought up, and read
the first and second time, and amended, in 1. 3
and 1. 5, after the word " being," by inserting
the words " or has not been "--(Mr.Pennefather);
and in 1. 4, after the word " complying," by
inserting the words " or has not complied."
(Mr. Aneurin

Clause, as amended, added to the Bill.
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 now taken into consideration :
The House accordingly proceeded to take the
Bill into consideration.

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 proposed, That the
words " It shall not be lawful ' stand part of
the Bill :The said proposed Amendment was,
with leave of the House, withdrawn.

Ordered, That the further consideration of

the Bill, as amended, be now adjourned.
(Mr. Brace.)

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into further consideration
upon Monday next; and be printed.

Bill 89.

The Order of the day being read, for the Small Holdingg

Committee on the Small Holding Colonies Bill Colonies Bill
[Lords];

[Lords.]

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Defence of
the Realm the Realm

the Defence of

Committee
on
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Resolved, That This House will, upon Wednes-
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Dublin Reconstruction
(Emergency Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Wednesday next.

Dublin
Reconstruction
( Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the Law and
Procedure

Committee on the Law and Procedure (Emer- (
gency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill ;

A A

Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

Clause No.

1

(Prohibition against

raising

money for war charities unless registered).

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 11,
to leave out the words " committee or other
governing body," in order to insert the words
" the governing body or a committee or sub-
committee."(Mr. Pennefather.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :

to be left out stand part of
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 13,
after the word " section," to insert the words
" or falsely represents himself as being an official
or agent of a war charity."(Mr. Pennefather.)
Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Registration of war charities).
Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 18, at the end,

to insert the words

" (a) as respects all charities providing similar
relief to that obtained under any Govern-
ment scheme of pensions be the statutory
committee."
(Mr. Hogge.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 24,
to leave out the word " county," in order to
the word " district."(Mr. Aneurin
insert
Williams.)

Question proposed, That the word " county "
stand part of the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 4 (Regulations).
An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 28,
to leave out the words "fee (not exceeding ten
shillings)," in order to insert the words "annual
fee as, in the opinion of the Charity Commis-
sioners, will be sufficient to cover the expenses

of the registration authority under this Act."-

-(Sir Edwin Cornwall.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 5 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 6 agreed to.
Clause No. 7 (Powers as to unregistered war

charities).

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 41, after the
word " representation," to insert the words
or
if any person falsely represents himself to be an

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10th-14th August.

Resolved, That this House will, upon 'Wednes-
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Time
(Ireland) Bill. Second Reading of the Time (Ireland) Bill ;

The Order of the day being read, for the

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Wednesday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Municipal
g
Savings Banks Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks
(ar Loan
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill ;
Investment)
(No. 2) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Government
of India
[Retiring
Allowances
and
Gratuities.]

A Motion being made, That this House will,
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Com-
mittee to consider of authorising the payment, in
certain cases, out of the Revenues of India, of a
retiring allowance to the Auditor of the Accounts
of the Secretary of State for India in Council
and his assistants, and of a gratuity to the legal
representatives of the said Auditor and his
assistants, under any Act of the present Session
to amend certain enactments relating to the
Government of India, and to remove doubts as
to the validity of certain Orders in Council made
for India(Mr. Charles Roberts) ;
itiK ii172021 Wood,

by His Majesty's
r.
acquainted the House that His
Command,
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-
this Motion, recommends it to the
matter of
consideration of the House.

Resolved, That this .House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit
till seven minutes after
Ten of the clock, adjourned till Monday
next, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd. day of February last.

Monday, 14th August 1916.

PRAYERS.

Speaker laid upon the Table,Report
AIR.
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
not previously inquired into, which are applicable
thereto, have been complied with, viz. :

Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Stafford-

shire Electric Power Bill [Lords].
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.

The Clayton Aniline Company (Railways)
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 Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water
Supply Board Bill [Lords] was read the third
time and passed, with Amendments.

Private Bills
[Lords]
(Standing
Orders not
previously
inquired into
complied
with.)

Clayton
Aniline
Company
(Railways)
Bill Lords.]

Conway and
Colwyn Bay
Joint Water
Supply Board
Bill [Lords.]

1916.
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- Newcastle-
tion the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead upon-Tyne
Gas Bill [Lords], as amended in the Committee.

and Gateshead

Ordered, That Standing Orders 223 and 243 [Lords.]

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
bath agreed to the same, with Amendments ;
to
which this House cloth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

The Craven Estates Bill [Lords] was read a Craven Estates

second time, and committed.

Bill [Lords.]

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's Treaty Series
Command,Copy of Convention between the (No. 3, 1916.)
United Kingdom and Denmark renewing for
a further period of five years the Arbitration
Convention of 25th October 1905. Signed at
London, 3rd May 1916 [Ratifications exchanged
at London, 31st July 1916].

Copy of further Correspondence with the Prisoners

United States Ambassador respecting the treat- of War
ment of British Prisoners of War and Interned N. 26,
Civilians in Germany (in continuation of Miscel-
laneous, No. 16, 1916).

(Miscellaneous,
1916.)

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, by Army.

Interim
His Majesty's Command,
Report of the Committee on the Administration
and Command of the Royal Flying Corps, &c.

Copy of

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by Colonial
His Majesty's Command,Copies of Colonial ElAeports
Reports, Nos. 887 (Fiji, Report for 1915), ( nnual)
888 (Sierra Leone, Report for 1915), and 889
(Turks and Caicos Islands, Report for 1915).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

by His Federated
Treasury Malay States.

Mr.

IV Kinnon Wood presented,

Majesty's Command,
Minute, dated 10th August 1916, as to the
application of proceeds of Local War Loan
raised by the Federated Malay States.

Copy

of

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc- Destructive
Insnd

electsActs.

tions of an A ct of Parliament,Copies of
Three Orders under the Destructive Insects
and Pests Acts, numbered D.I.P. 366-368,
inclusive, declaring the areas described in the
Schedules thereto to be infected with American
Gooseberry Mildew, and infected areas for the
purposes of the American Gooseberry Mildew
(Infected Areas) Order of 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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14th August.

Experiments
on Living
Animals.

No. 116.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented,Return to
an Address to His Majesty, dated the 10th day
of this instant August, for a Return relative to
Experiments on Living Animals.

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Courts
(Emergency
Powers)
(England.)

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon
the House :
the Table by the Clerk of
Copy of Directions, dated 9th August 1916,
made by the Lord Chancellor under the Courts
(Emergency Powers) Acts, 1914 to 1916.

Irish
Migratory
Labourers
and Military
Service.

Adjournment. Mr. _Hugh Law, Member for West Donegal,
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 continuance of the arrests
of numbers of Irish Migratory Labourers in
Scotland, contrary to the provisions of the
Military Service Act, and to the pledges given
by Members of His Majesty's Government, their
ill-usage by the police, and the consequent
dislocation of harvest work and the retarding
of urgently needed munition factories ; 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.

Business of
the House
(Government
Business.)

Ordered, That the proceedings on Governinent
Business be not interrupted this night under
the Standing Order (Sittings of the House),
and may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

Parliament
and Local
Elections.

to

and

1916,

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a
Bill to amend the Parliament and Registration
extend the Elections
Act,
and Registration Act, 1915, with respect to
Elections of Local Authorities and other bodies,
and the revision of Jurors' lists in Ireland:
And that
the Prime Minister, Mr. Long,
Mr. Solicitor General, and Mr. Hayes Fisher
do prepare and bring it in.

Parliament
and Local
Elections Bill.
Bill 90.

Special
Commissions
(Dardanelles
and
Mesopotamia)
Bill.

Mr. Solicitor General accordingly presented a
Bill to amend the Parliament and Registration
Act, 1916, and to extend the Elections and
Registration Act, 1915, with respect to Elections
of Local Authorities and other bodies, and the
revision of Jurors' lists in Ireland : And the
same was read the first time, and ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendments made
to the Special Commissions
by the Lords
(Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) 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
bath agreed to the Amendments made by their
Lordships.

Small Holding
Colonies Bill
[Lords.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Small Holding Colonies
Bill [Lords].

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 4 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 5 disagreed to.
Clauses No. 6 to No. 9 agreed to.
Clause No. 10 (Application to Scotland).
An Amendment made.

VoL. 171.

179
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 3,
to leave out the word " two," in order to insert
the word " seven."(Mr. Morton.)

Question proposed, That the word " two "

stand part of the Clause :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put,
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask
leave to sit again.(Mr. Pringle.)

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the Mr. Pringle,
Mr. Raffan:
Tellers for the ( Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

Noes,

1 Lord Edmund Talbot:

29.

159.

Question put, That the word " two " stand

part of the Clause.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

1 Lord Edmund Talbot :}

144.

Tellers for the r Mr. Morton,

44.

Noes,

1 Mr. Macpherson:
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 5,
after the word " acres," to insert the words
" provided that
so
acquired shall to the extent of three-fourths
thereof consist of arable land."(Mr. Pringle.)
Question proposed, That those words be there

the two thousand acres

inserted :

Amendment amended, in the last line, by
leaving out the word " arable," and by adding,
after the word " land," the words " suitable to
be cultivated as arable land."(Mr. Pringle.)

Question, That those words, as amended, be

there inserted, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 5,
at the end, to add the words " Subsection (6)
of ,section thirty-one of the Small Landholders
(Scotland) Act, 1911 (which relates
to the
valuation for rating purposes of small holdings
within the meaning of that Act), shall apply to
any small holding constituted under this Act as
if the holder of .such small holding were a land-
holder within the meaning of that Act."(Mr.
Dundas White.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 11 agreed to.
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 (u
(2V1r. Hugh Law) :And the said Motion was, Standing
with leave of the House, withdrawn.

(under

No. 10)

(Trish
Migratory
Labourers
and Military
Service.)

The postponed proceeding on consideration of

the Small Holding Colonies Bill [Lords]
Committee was resumed.

Holding

in Colonies Bill
[Lords.]

A Clause (Expenses and receipts of Board)
(Mr. Acland)brought up, and read the first
and second time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Particulars of valuations to
(Mr. Dundas
be ascertained and recorded)
White)brought up, and read the first and
second time, amended, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Determination of rent)-
(Mr. Cecil Harmsworth)brought up, and read
the first time.

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1916

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Another Clause (Purchase of small holdings)
(Mr. Lewis Has lam)brought up, and read
the first time.

Motion made, and Question proposed, That

the Clause be read a second time :

Tuesday, 15th August 1916 :

Question put, and negatived.
Another Clause (Automatic check on excessive

rents and prices)(Commander Wedgwood)
brought up, and read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 10th day of this instant August ;

[10th August]
Repor t.

Ordered, That the Report be received 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 receiving Supply

the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 9th day of this instant August ;

Ordered, That the Report be received this

august]

th
[
R9ep

ort.

Bill, as amended, to be reported.

day.

Mr.. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ;
and the Deputy Chairman reported, That the
Committee had gone through the Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into consideration this day ;
and be printed.

Bill 92.

Merchant
Shipping
(Salvage) Bill. (Salvage) Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping

(In the Committee.)

Clauses N o. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
Bill to be reported.

War Charities
Bill.

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.

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 further consideration the War Charities
Bill, as amended in the Committee.

And Amendments were made to the Bill.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 7, 1. 18, by leaving out sub-
section (2).(Mr. Pennefather.)

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out 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.

Government
of India
(Amendment) meat)

I Lords

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Government of India (Amend-

ent) Bill [Lords] ;
Resolved, That

this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

British Ships
(Transfer
Restriction)
Bill.

The British Ships

(Transfer Restriction)
Bill was, according to Order, read a second
time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for this day.
( Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply
the Report from the Committee of Supply of [RepoAugust]
the 3rd day of this instant August ;

3rd

rt.

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 RepoAugust]
the 8th day of this instant August ;

rt.

[8th

Ordered, That the Report be received this

day.

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

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 Municipal
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill
Investment)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

this day.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Government

India
into a Committee on Government of India [Re- [Retirinof
tiring Allowances and Gratuities].
(In the Committee.)

Allowances
and
Gratuities.]

g

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the
payment, in certain cases, out of the Revenues
of India, of a retiring allowance to the Auditor
of the Accounts of the Secretary of State for
India in Council and his assistants, and of a
gratuity to the legal representatives of the said
Auditor and his assistants, under any Act of the
present Session to amend certain enactments
(Mr.
relating to the Government of India.
Charles Roberts.)

Resolution to he reported.

Mr. Deputy 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 this

day.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the Adjournment.

clock on Monday evening, Mr.- Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then Two of the clock on
Tuesday morning, till this day.

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15th August.

Tuesday, 15th August 1916.

PRAYERS.

Rhodes Estate THE Order of the day being read, for the
Bill [Lords.]
1_ Second Reading of the Rhodes Estate Bill
[Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

Craven Estates Ordered, That in the case of the Craven
Bill [Lords.] Estates Bill [Lords] Standing Order 211 be
suspended, and that the Committee on unopposed
Bills have leave to sit and proceed with the
Bill forthwith.(The Chairman of Ways and
Means.)

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

No. 117.

Mr. Arthur Henderson presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Statute made by the University of Oxford
under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Act, 1877, on 14th March 1916, and sealed on
4th May 1916, amending Subsection 16 of Sec-
tion IIE. of Title IV. of the Statutes of the
University (" concerning Dr. Lee's Professors ").
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Crown Agents
for the
Colonies.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Accounts of the
Crown Agents' Office Funds for 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Craven Estates The Chairman of Ways and Means reported
Bill [Lords.]
the Craven Estates Bill [Lords], without Amend-
ment.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Larceny Bill
[Lords.]

Bill 93.

The Larceny Bill [Lords] was read the first
time, and ordered to be read a second time
to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Message from
the Lords.

Clayton
Aniline
Company
(Railways)
Bill [Lords.]

Conway and
Colwyn Bay
Joint Water
Supply Board
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 agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the Clayton Aniline
Company (Railways) Bill [Lords], without any
Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the Conway and Colwyn
Bay Joint Water Supply Board Bill [Lords],
without any Amendment.

Newcastle-
upon-Tyne
and Gateshead
Gas Bill
[Lords.]

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne and Gateshead Gas Bill [Lords], without
any Amendment.

Special
Register Bill.
Bill 91.

Mr. Long, supported by Mr. Solicitor General,
Mr. _Hayes Fisher, and the Lord Advocate,
presented a Bill to make provision for framing
a Special Register of Electors : And the same
was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

Business of
the House
(Supply.)

Ordered, That, notwithstanding anything in
Standing Order No. 15, the Reports of Sup-
plementary Estimates for new Services, Army
and Army Ordnance Factories Excess Esti-
mates, 1914-15, and Navy Excess Estimate,
1914-15, may be considered before Ten of the

Void. 171.

181
clock this day ; and that the proceedings on
Government Business be not interrupted this
night under the Standing Order (Sittings of the
House), and may be entered upon at any hour
though opposed. (The Prime Minister.)

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of Supply

Supply of the 10th day of this instant August had] allotted
several Resolutions ; which were
as [10th August]
follow :

read,

Report.

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.

1. That a sum not exceeding £74,457 be Treasury'.

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 1917 for the Salaries and
the Department of His
other Expenses in
Majesty's Treasury and subordinate Depart-
ments,
of
Advances under the Light Railways Act, 1896.

including Expenses

respect

in

Class I.

2. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding Insurance and

£95,000 be granted to. His Majesty, to defray LEa.bec'arn
the charge which will come in course of payment Buildings,
g
during the year ending on the 31st day of March Great Britain.
1917 in respect of
Exchange Buildings, Great Britain.

Insurance and Labour

3. That a sum not exceeding £1,431 be Harbours
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum under tohf e
necessary to defray the charge which will come Trade.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for maintaining
certain Harbours under the Board of Trade, and
for Grants in Aid of Harbours.

4. That a sum not exceeding £14,000 be Peterhead
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Harbour.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for constructing
a new Harbour of Refuge at Peterhead.

5. That a sum not exceeding £488,500 be Rates on
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Government
necessary to defray the charge which will come Property.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 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 towards the Expenses of the
London Fire Brigade.

Public Works
and Buildings,
Ireland.

6. That a sum not exceeding £101,354 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 1917 for the erection,
repairs, and maintenance of Public Buildings in
Ireland, for the maintenance of certain Parks
and Public Works, and for the maintenance of '
Drainage Works on the River Shannon, and
sundry Grants in Aid.

7. That a sum not: exceeding £41,867 be Railways,
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Ireland'
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of paYment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for payments under
the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland)
Act, 1883, &c., the Railways (Ireland) Act,
1896, the Marine Works (Ireland) Act, 1902,
and for other purposes connected with Irish,
Railways.

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House of
Lords Offices.

House of
Commons.

Home Office.

Foreign Office.

Privy Council
Office.

Board of
Trade.

Mercantile
Marine
Services.

Bankruptcy
Department
of the Board
of Trade.

Charity
Commission.

Government
Chemist.

Class IL
8. That a sum not exceeding £22,288 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Offices of the House of
Lords.

9. That a sum not exceeding £200,162 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 iV1 arch 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the House of Commons.

10. That a sum not exceeding £166,801 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Office of His Majesty's
Secretary of State for the Home Department
and subordinate Offices.

11. That a sum not exceeding £36,271 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses
of His
Majesty's Secretary
of State for Foreign
Affairs.

the Department

of

12. That a sum not exceeding £5,631 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Department of His Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council.

13. That a sum not exceeding £180,011 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Office of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade and subordinate
Departments.

14. That a sum not exceeding £72,634 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of certain Services transferred from
the Mercantile Marine Fund, and other Services
connected with the Mercantile Marine, including
Merchant Seamen's Fund Pensions.

15. That a sum not exceeding £5 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 1917 for meeting the deficiency
of Income from Fees, &c. for the requirements
of the Board of Trade under the Bankruptcy
Act, 1914.

16. That a sum not exceeding £15,777 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 1917 for the Salaries
,nd Expenses of the Charity Commission for
England and Wales.

17. That a sum not exceeding £15,383 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Department of the Government
Chemist.

1916.
18. That a sum not exceeding £25,866 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Civil Service Commission.

19. That a sum not exceeding £41,720 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Department of the Comptroller
and Auditor General.

Civil Service
Commission.

Exchequer
and Audit
Department.

20. That a sum not exceeding £12,337 be Friendly
granted to His Majesty; to complete the sum Societies
necessary to defray the charge which will come Registry.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Registry of Friendly Societies.

21. That a sum not exceeding £43,092 be CBoonartdolf-
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Control,
necessary to defray the charge which will come England.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Board of Control (Lunacy and
Mental Deficiency), England.

22. That a sum not exceeding £46 be granted Mint.

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 1917 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Mint, including the Expenses of Coinage,
and for the Expenses of the preparation of
Medals, Dies for Postage and other Stamps, and
His Majesty's Seals.

23. That a sum not exceeding £7,439 be National
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Debt Office.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the National Debt Office.

24. That a sum not exceeding £12,995 be Public Record

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Office.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the.year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Public Record Office, and of
the Office of Land Revenue Records and
Inrolments.

25. That a sum not exceeding £4,000 be Public Works
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Loan
necessary to defray the charge which will come Commission.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Establishment Under the Public
Works Loan Commissioners.

26. That a sum not exceeding £26,715 be Registrar

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum
necessary to defray the charge which will come England.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Department of the Registrar
General of Births, &c. in England.

office,

27. That a sum not exceeding £276,959 be Stationery
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum and Printing.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 191.7 for Stationery,
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.

28. That a sum not exceeding £12,150 be office of His

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum
necessary to defray the charge which will come Forests',
in course of payment during the year ending on aRnedv eLnauneds

M aojoedssty's

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the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses in the Office of His Majesty's Woods,
Forests, and Land Revenues.

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183
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Department of the Registrar
General of Births, &c., and for the Expenses of
collecting Emigration Statistics, in Ireland.

Secret
Services.

Household of
the Lord
Lieutenant
of Ireland.

Chief
Secretary for
Ireland.

Department of
Agriculture
and Technical
Instruction
for Ireland.

29. That a sum not exceeding £320,000
(including a Supplementary sum of £300,000)
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 1917 for His Majesty's
Foreign and other Secret Services.

30. That a sum not exceeding £1,784 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Household of the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland.

31. That a sum not exceeding £13,447 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary
in Dublin and London, and of the Inspectors of
Lunatic Asylums, and Expenses under the
inebriates Acts.

32. That a sum not exceedincr £73.170 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 1917 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
A id.

Charitable
Donations
and Bequests,
Ireland.

33. That a sum not exceeding £1,243 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Office of the. Commissioners of
Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland.
34. That a sum not exceeding £105,750 be
Congested
Districts Board granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum
for Ireland.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1.917 for the Congested
Districts Board for Ireland, including sundry
Grants in Aid.

Local
Government
Board,
Ireland.

35. That a sum not exceeding £65,528 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of
the Local Government Board,
Ireland, including sundry Grants in Aid.

36. That a sum not exceeding £3,830 be
Public Record
Office, Ireland. 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Public Record Office in
Ireland, and of the Keeper of State Papers in
Dublin.

37. That a sum not exceeding £24,871 be
Public Works
Office, Ireland. 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Eipenses of the Office of Public Works in
Ireland.

Registrar
General's
Office, Ireland.

38. That a sum not exceeding £8,360 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

VoL. 171.

39. That a sum not exceeding £14,672 be Valuation and

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Boundary
necessary to defray the charge which will come iraerivaneyd.of
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the General Valuation and
BOundary Survey of Ireland.

Class In.

40. That a sum not exceeding £35,038 be Law Charges.

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 1917 for the Salaries
of the Law Officers' Department ; the Salaries
and Expenses of the Department of the Solicitor
for the Affairs of His Majesty's Treasury and
King's Proctor, and the Department of
the
Director of Public Prosecutions ; for the Costs
of Prosecutions, of other Legal Proceedings,
and of Parliamentary Agency.

41. That a sum not exceeding £10,404 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 1917 for
certain Miscellaneous Legal Expenses, including
Grants in Aid of the Expenses of the Incorpo-
rated Law Societies of England and Ireland.

42. That a sum not exceeding £177,416 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 1917 for such of the
Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court of
Judicature and Court of Criminal Appeal as are
not charged on the Consolidated Fund.

Miscellaneous
Legal
Expenses.

Supreme Court
of Judicature
and. Court
of Criminal
Appeal.

43. That a sum not exceeding £23,147 be Land Registry.

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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Office of Land Registry.

44. That a sum not exceeding £5 be granted Pruubsltiece.
to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary Trustee.
to defray the charge which will come in course
of payment during the year ending on the 31st
day of March 1917 for the Salaries and Expenses
of the Office of Public Trustee.

45. That a sum not exceeding £65,174 be County Courts.

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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses connected°with the County Courts.

Police,
England and
Wales.

46. That a sum not exceeding £58,282 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 1917 for the Salaries
of the Commissioner and Assistant Commis-
sioners of the Metropolitan Police, and of the
Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District,
the Contribution towards the Expenses of the
Metropolitan Police, the Salaries and Expenses
of the Inspectors of Constabulary, and Expenses
in connection with Special Constables and the
Police Reserve.

47. That a sum not exceeding £280,090 be Prisons,
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum England and
necessary to defray the charge which will come the Colonies.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Expenses
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the Prisons in England, Wales, and the
of
Colonies, including a Grant in Aid of certain
`Expenses connected with discharged Prisoners.

1916.
Expenses of the Commissioner of Police, the
Police Courts, and the Metropolitan Police
Establishment of Dublin.

15th, August.

Reformatory
and Industrial
Schools, Great
Britain,

Criminal
Lunatic
Asylums,
England.

General
Register
House,
Edinburgh.

Prisons,
Scotland.

Law Charges
and Criminal
Prosecutions,
Ireland

Supreme Court
of Judicature
and other
Legal
Departments
in Ireland.

Irish Land
Commission.

County Court
Officers,
Ireland.

Dublin
Metropolitan
Police.

48. That a sum not exceeding £165,384 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Office of the Inspector of
the maintenance of
Reformatories,
Juvenile Offenders in Reformatory, Industrial,
and Day Industrial Schools, and in Places of
Detention under the Children Act, in Great
Britain.

and for

49. That a sum not exceeding £28,524 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 1917 for the maintenance
of Criminal Lunatics in the Criminal Lunatic
Asylums at Broadmoor and Hampton.

50. That a sum not exceeding £24,789 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Offices in His Majesty's
General Register House, Edinburgh.

51. That a sum not exceeding £50,635 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Prison Commissioners for
Scotland, and of the Prisons under their control,
including the maintenance of Criminal Lunatics,
Defectives, and Inmates of the State Inebriate
Reformatory, and the preparation of Judicial
Statistics,

52. That a sum not exceeding £32,911 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 1917 for Criminal Pro-
secutions and other Law Charges in Ireland,
including a Grant in relief of certain Expenses
payable by statute out of Lo'cal Rates.

53. That a sum not exceeding £67,570 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 1917 for such of the
Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court of
Judicature and of certain other Legal Depart-
ments in Ireland. as are not charged on the
Consolidated Fund.

54. That a sum not exceeding £433,918 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 1917 for the Salaries and
the Irish Land
Expenses of
Commission.

the Office of

55. That a sum not exceeding £66,284 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 1917 for the Salaries,
Allowances, and Expenses of various County
Court Officers and of Magistrates in Ireland,
and the Expenses of Revision.

56. That a sum not exceeding £39,293 (in-
cluding a Supplementary sum of £100)
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 1917 for the Salaries and

57. That a sum not exceeding £729,775 (in- Royal taIbruilsahr

be
eluding a Supplementary sum of £400)
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 1917 for the Expenses of
the Royal Irish Constabulary.

Cons

58. That a sum not exceeding £65,190 be Prisons,
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Ireland.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Expenses of
the General Prisons Board in Ireland, and of the
Establishments under their control, the Regis-
tration of Habitual Criminals, and the mainten-
ance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District
Lunatic Asylums.

59. That a sum not exceeding £49,788 be Reformatory
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum and Industrial
Schools,
necessary to defray the charge which will come Ireland:
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Expenses of
Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Ireland.

60. That a sum not exceeding

be Dundrum
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Criminal
Lunatic
necessary to defray the charge which will come
Asylum,
in course of payment during the year ending on
Ireland.
the 31st day of March 1917 for the maintenance
of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Criminal
Lunatic Asylum, Ireland.

Class IV.

61. That a sum not exceeding £9,736,732 be Board of
granted t8 His Majesty, to complete the sum Education.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Board of Education, and of
the various Establishments connected therewith,
including sundry Grants in Aid.

62. That a sum not exceeding £68,599 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 1917 for the Salaries and
other Expenses of the British Museum, and of
the Natural History Museum, including certain
Grants in Aid.

63. That a sum not exceeding £6,489 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the National Gallery, and of the
National Gallery of British Art, Millbank.

64. That a sum not exceeding £1,485 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the National Portrait Gallery.

65. That a sum not exceeding £2,591 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Wallace Collection.

66. That a sum not exceeding £1,570 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses in respect of the London Museum,
Lancaster House.

British
Museum.

National
Gallery.

National
Portrait
Gallery.

Wallace
Collection.

London
Museum.

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185
other Expenditure chargeable to the Consular
Vote.

7 G-EO. V.

Scientific
Investigation,
&c.

Scientific
Investigation,
&c.

Universities
and Colleges in
Great Britain,
and
Intermediate
Education
(Wales.)

Public
Education
(Ireland.)

Intermediate
Education
(Ireland.)

Endowed
Schools
Commissioners
(Ireland.)

National
Gallery of
Ireland.

Science and
Art (Ireland.)

Universities
and Colleges
(Ireland.)

Diplomatic
and Consular
Services.

67. That a sum not exceeding .£66,671 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 1917 for sundry Grants
in Aid of Scientific Investigation, &c., and other
Grants.

68. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
£20,000 be granted to His Majesty, to defray
the charge which will come iii'course of payment
during the year ending on the 31st day of March
1917 for sundry Grants in Aid of Scientific
Investigation, &c., and other Grants.

69. That a sum not exceeding £211,200 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 1917 for Grants in Aid
of the Expenses of certain Universities and
Colleges in Great Britain, and of the Expenses
under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act,
1889.

70. That a sum not exceeding £832,704 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 1917 for the Expenses
of the Commissioners of National Education in
Ireland,
the
Teachers' Pension Fund, Ireland.

including Grants

in Aid of

71. That a sum not exceeding £40,000 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 1917 for
the Grant towards the Salaries of Teachers in
Secondary Schools in Ireland.

72. That a surd not exceeding £505 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 1917 for the 'Expenses of
the Office of the Commissioners for managing
certain School Endowments in Ireland.

73. That a sum not exceeding £845 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the National Gallery of Ireland.

74. That a sum not exceeding £124,453 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art
in Dublin, and of the Geological Survey of
Ireland, and Annual Grants to Schools and
Classes of Science and Art and Technical
Instruction, including sundry Grants in Aid
administered by the Department of Agriculture
and Technical Instruction for Ireland.

75. That a sum not exceeding £59,000 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 1917 for Grants under
the Irish Universities Act, 1908.

Class V.
76. That a sum not exceeding £372,290 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 1917 for the Expenses in
connection with His Majesty's Embassies, Mis-
sions, and Consular Establishments Abroad, and

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77. That a sum not exceeding £506,197 be Colonial
granted to. His Majesty, to complete the sum Services.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for sundry Colonial
Services, including certain Grants in Aid.

78. That a sum not exceeding £12,875 be Telegraph
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Subsidies and
necessary to defray the charge which will come Pacific Cable.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for Subsidies to
certain Telegraph Companies.

79. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Cyprus

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum (Grant in Aid.)
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for a Grant in Aid
of the Revenue of the Island of Cyprus.

Class VI.
80. That a sum not exceeding £455,694 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 1917 for Superannuation,
Compensation, Compassionate, and additional
sundry
Allowances
Statutes, for Compassionate Allowances and
Gratuities awarded by the Treasury, and for
the Salaries of Medical Referees.

and Gratuities

under

Superannua-
tion and
Retired
Allowances.

81. That a sum not

exceeding £7,743 be Miscellaneous

Expenses.

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 1917 for certain Miscel-
laneous Expenses, including certain Charitable
and other Allowances, Great Britain.

82. That a sum not exceeding £778 be Hospitals and

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Charities
necessary to defray the charge which will come (Ireland.)
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for Hospitals and
Infirmaries, and certain Miscellaneous Charit-
able and other Allowances in Ireland, including
sundry Grants in Aid.

83. That a sum not exceeding £2,000 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 1917 for the Salaries and
other Expenses of Temporary Commissions,
Committees, and Special Inquiries.

84. That a sum not exceeding £3,219 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 1917
for making good certain sums written off from
the Assets of the Local Loans Fund.

Temporary
Commissions.

Repayments
to the Local
Loans Fund.

85. That a sum not exceeding £5,000 be i
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 1917 for the Ireland
Development Grant (Grant in Aid).

reland
Development
G rant.

86. That a sum not exceeding £27,311 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 1917
to repay to the Civil Contingencies Fund certain
Miscellaneous Advances.

Repayments
to the Civil
Contingencies
Fund.

87. That a sum not exceeding £10,000 be Voluntary
granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge Hospitals.
which will come in course of payment during
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1917
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for Grants to Voluntary Hospitals in respect
Duty on Spirits.

of

15th August.

1916.
of payment during [the year ending on the 31st
day of March 1917.

Old Age
Pensions.

Labour
Exchanges.
Unemploy-
ment
Insurance.

Highlands
and Islands
Medical
Service.

Friendly
Societies'
Deficiency.

Ministry of
Munitions.

Ministry of
Munitions
(Ordnance
Factories.)

Customs and
Excise.

Inland
Revenue.

Class VII.
88. That a sum not exceeding £7,854,000 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 1917 for the payment of
Old. Age Pensions in the United Kingdom, and
for certain administrative Expenses in connec-
tion therewith.

89. That a sum not exceeding £618,262 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 1917 for the Salaries
of the Staff and other Expenses of Labour
Exchanges, including the Contribution to the
Unemployment insurance Fund, and repay-
ments to Associations pursuant to Sections 85
and 106 of the National Insurance Act, 1911.

90. That a sum not exceeding £42,135 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 1917 for the Expenses of
the Highlands and Islands (Medical Service)
Board, and for a Grant in Aid of the Highlands
and Islands Medical Service.

91. That a sum not exceeding £15,307 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 1917
for making good the deficiency on the Income
Account of the Fund for Friendly Societies.

Munitions.
92. That a sum not exceeding £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 1917 for the Expenses of the
Ministry of Munitions.

93. That a sum not exceeding £90 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 1917 for the Expense of the Ord-
nance. Factories, the cost of the production of
which will be charged to the Army, Navy,
Ministry of Munitions, and Indian and Colonial
Governments, &c.

Revenue Departments Estimates, 1916-17.
94. That a sum not exceeding £1,374,513 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Customs and Excise
Department.

95. That a sum not exceeding £1,536,350
(including a Supplementary sum of £150,000)
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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Inland Revenue Depart-
ment.

Army Estimates, 1916-17.
96. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
Medical
Establishment, granted to His Majesty to defray the Expense
,
Pay, &e.
of the Pay, &c. of the Medical Establishment,
and of Medicines, &c., which will come in course

97. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Special
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense Reserve.
of the Pay, Bounty, &c. of the Special Reserve,
and of the Officers' Training. Corps, which will
come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

98. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Territorial

granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Grants, Pay, Allowances, Training, and
Miscellaneous Charges of the Territorial Force,
and Channel Islands
and Colonial Militia,
including the Expense of Permanent Staff,
which will come in course of payment during
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

99. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Establish-
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense mnaelits for
of Establishments for Military Education, which Editaron.
will come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

100. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Quartering,

granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Quartering, Transport, and Remounts, which
will come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

and

emounts,

101. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Supplies and Clothing, which will come in
course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917.

Supplies and
Clothing.

102. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Ordnance
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense Department
of Ordnance Department Establishments and of inmsetnatbsliasnhd
General Stores, which will come in course of General Stores.
payment during the year ending on the 31st day
of March 1917.

103. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Engineer
granted to His IVI ajesty, to defray the Expense Stores and
Aviation.
of Engineer Stores and Aviation,
Technical Committees, which will come in course
of payment during th year ending on the 31st
day of March 1917.

104. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Works,
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense Buildings,
of Works, Buildings, and Repairs, Lands, and and Repairs.
Miscellaneous Engineer Services including Staff
in connection therewith, which will come in
course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917.

105. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Miscellaneous

granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense MeXieNs-e.
of Miscellaneous Effective Services, which will
come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

106. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Half Pay,

granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense,itv
of Rewards, Half Pay, Retired Pay, Widows
Pensions, and other Non-effective Charges for
Officers, which will come in course of payment Non-effective
during the year ending on the 31st day Of Charges.
March 1917.

'Pay'

and

107. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be

the

other

of Chelsea and Kilmainharn Hospitals ; of Out-
Pensions ; Rewards for Distinguished Services ;
Widows' Pensions, and other Non-effective
Charges
sioned Officers, and Men, &c., which will come Men.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917.

Non -
for Warrant Officers, Non-commis- co'fignits"nrollici

IVaareregar
ffi

ftr

a

108. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Civil iul asuper-
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense aiinuation,
of Civil Superannuation, Compensation
Allowances, Gratuities,
Injury
additional
Grants, &c., which will come in course of

and Compensation,
and Gratuities.

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payment during the year ending on the 31st day
of March 1917.

15th August.

Victualling
and Clothing
for the Navy.

Medical
Establish-
ments at
Home and
Abroad.

Civilians
employed on
Fleet Services.

Educational
Services.

Scientific
Services.

Royal Naval
Reserve.

Shipbuilding,
Repairs,
Maintenance,
&c.
(Personnel.)

Shipbuilding,
Repairs,
Maintenance,
&c.
(Mat6riel.)

Shipbuilding,
Repairs, &c.
(Contract
Work.)

Naval.
Armaments.

Works,
Buildings, and
Repairs at
Home and
Abroad.

Miscellaneous
Effective
Services.

Navy Estimates, 1916-17.
109. That a sum not exceeding 11,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Victualling 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 1917.

110. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Medical Services, including the cost of Medical
Establishments at Home and Abroad, which
will come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

111. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Civilians employed on Fleet Services, which
will come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

112. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Educational Services, which will come in
course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917,

113. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Scientific Services, which will come in course
of payment during the year ending on the 31st
day of M arch 1917.

114. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Fleet
Reserve, and the Royal Nava]. Volunteers, &c.,
which will come in course of payment during the
year ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

115. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of the Personnel for Shipbuilding, Repairs,
Maintenance, &c., at 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 1917,

the Materiel

116. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
for Shipbuilding, Repairs,
of
Maintenance, &c,, at 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 1917.

117. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of the Contract work for Shipbuilding, Repairs,
&c., which will come in course of payment during
the year ending on the 31st day of March
1917.

118. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Naval Armaments, which will come in course
of payment during the year ending on the 31st
day of March 1917.

119. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and
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 1917.

120. That a sum not exceeding 11,000 be
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense
of various Miscellaneous Effective Services, which
will come in course of payment during the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

Void. 171,

187

121. That a sum not exceeding 11,000 be Admiralty

granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense Office'
of the Admiralty Office, which will come in
course of payment during the year ending on the
31st day of March 1917.

122. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Half Pay and
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense Retired Pay.
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 1917.

123. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Naval and

granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense P ri iie
of Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and =lilts, and
Compassionate Allowances, which will come in Compassionate
course of payment during the year ending on the Allowances.
31st day of March 1917.

124. That a sum not exceeding £1,000 be Civil Super -
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense Compensation
of Civil Superannuation, Compensation Allow- Allowances
ances and Gratuities, which will come in course and Gratuities.
of payment during the year ending on the 31st
day of March 1917.

125. That a sum not exceeding £10 be granted Army

Excesses,
to His Majesty, to make good excesses of Army
Expenditure beyond the Grants for the year 1914-15'
ended on the 31st day of March 1915.

126. That a sum not exceeding £10 be granted Army
to His Majesty, to make good excesses of'' Army (Ordnance
(Ordnance Factories) Expenditure beyond the
Grants for the year ended on the 31st day of 1914-15.'
March 1915.

F axceteosrsieess)

127. That a sum not exceeding £100 be Navy
granted to His Majesty, to make 'good excesses Excesses,
of Navy Expenditure beyond the Grants for the 1914-15'
year ended on the 31st day of March 1915.

The first ninety-one Resolutions, being read a

second time, were postponed.

The Ninety-second and subsequent Resolu.
tions, being read a second time, were agreed to.
And the postponed Resolutions were agreed

to.

Mr. Gulland reported from the Committee of supply

Supply of the 9th day of this instant August 9th
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow :

°port'

August]

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.

1. That a sum not exceeding £43,959 be Board of
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Agriculture
necessary to defray the charge which will come for Scotland.
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Board of Agriculture for Scot-
land, including certain Grants in Aid.

Class III.

2. That a sum not exceeding £4,853 be Scottish Land

granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Court.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Office of the Scottish Land
Court.

Class IV.

3. That a sum not exceeding £1,544,742 be Public
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum Education
necessary to defray the charge which will come in Scotland
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for Public Education
in Scotland, and for Science and Art in Scotland.

4. That a sum not exceeding £2,522 be National
granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum (Scotland.)

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188
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the National Gallery, the Scottish
National Portrait Gallery, and the Museum of
Antiquities.

Secretary for
Scotland's
Office.

Fishery Board
(Scotland.)

Class II.
5. That a sum not exceeding £8,493 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 1917 for the Salaries
and Expenses of the Office of His Majesty's
Secretary for Scotland and subordinate Offices,
Expenses under the Inebriates Acts, 1879 to
1900, and Expenses under the Private Legisla-
tion Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899.

6. That a sum not exceeding £11,969 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Fishery Board for Scotland, and
for Grants in Aid of Piers or Quays.

7. That a sum not exceeding £18,568 be
General Board
of Control for granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum
Scotland.
necessary to defray the charge which will come
in course of payment during the year ending on
the 31st day of March 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the General Board of Control for
Scotland.

Registrar
General's
Office
(Scotland.)

Local
Government
Board
(Scotland.)

Law Charges
and Courts
of Law
(Scotland.)

Supply
[8th August]
Report.

Royal
Patriotic
Fund.

8. That a sum not exceeding £4,096 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Department of the Registrar
General of Births, &c. in Scotland.

9. That a sum not exceeding £16,924 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Local Government Board for
Scotland, and also Expenses in respect of
Advances under the Housing Act, 1914.

Class III.
10. That a sum not exceeding £53,746 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 1917 for the Salaries and
Expenses of the Lord Advocate's Department
and other Law Charges, and the Salaries and
Expenses of the Courts of Law and Justice in
Scotland.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of
Supply of the .8th day of this instant August,
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth:
Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class VI.
That a sum not exceeding £1,150 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 1917 for the Salary of the Vice-
Chairman of the Statutory Committee of the
Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation.

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

1916.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of Supply
r
ugust]
[3
d
A
t.
or
p
R
e

Supply of the 3rd day of this instant August
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth :

Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates, 1916-17.
Class II.

That a sum not exceeding £35,850 be granted Colonial Office.

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 1917 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.

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself British Ships

into a Committee on the British Ships (Transfer (Transfer
Restriction) Bill.

Restriction)
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
Clause No. 3 amended, and 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.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on Government

Government of India [Retiring Allowances and orfRiIntcl!a
Gratuities] a Resolution ; which was read, as Allowances
followeth :

That it is expedient to authorise the payment, Gratuities.;

and

in certain cases, out of the Revenues of India, of
a retiring allowance to the Auditor of the
Accounts of the Secretary of State for India in
Council and his assistants, and of a gratuity to
the legal representatives of the said Auditor and
his assistants, under any Act of the present
Session to amend certain enactments relAing to
the Government of India.

The said Resolution, being read a second

time, was agreed to.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Government

into a Committee on the Government of India of India
(Amendment) Bill [Lords].

(Amendment)
Bill [Lords.]

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 5 agreed to.
Clause No. 6 amended, and agreed to.
Clauses No. 7 and No. 8 agreed to.
Schedule I.
Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 29, at the

end, to insert the words

" Section 17 (2) I Before Civil Service,' in-
sert

Indian.'"

(Colonel Yate.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

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15th-1611t August.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 29,

at the end, to insert the words

" Section 17 (3) At the end of the section,
and arrange for
insert
the transfer of officers
from the Government of
India.' "

(Colonel Yate.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 3,

at the end, to insert the words

" Section 36 (1) At the end, insert and shall
not be eligible for appoint-
ment to any further office
in India by the Governor-
General.' "

(Colonel Yate.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 3,

at the end, to insert the words
" Section 36 (3) Leave out

at
least of
them,' and insert mem-
bers at least out of five,
or four out of six.' "

(Colonel Yate.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 3,

at the end, to insert

" Section 53

Headline, leave out Lieu-
tenant - Governorships
and other,'
and insert
`Governorships and
Chief Commissionerships
of: ,,

(Colonel Yate.)

Question put, that

inserted.

those words be there

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the (Colonel Yate,

Yeas,

{Sir Henry Craik:

Tellers for thef Mr. Gulland,

Noes,

Lord Edmund Talbot :

9.

78.

f

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 8,

at the end, to insert the words

" Schedule III. After

VI arine,'

insert

Foreign.' "

(Colonel Yate.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 8,

at the end, to insert the words

" Schedule III.

Leave out Accountants-

General.'

Schedule III. - Leave out Commissioners
of Customs, Salt, Excise,
and Opium.'

- Leave out Opium Agent.' "

Schedule III.
(Colonel Fate.)

189
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 tht
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, with Amendments ; to
which this House doth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

The Order of the day being read, for the Municipal
Second Reading of the Municipal Savings Banks Savings Banks
(War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill;

(War Loan
Investment)
And a Motion being made, and the Question (N0. 2) Bin.

being proposed, That the Bill be now read a
second time ;

And the House having continued to sit till
clock on Wednesday

the

after Twelve of
morning ;

Wednesday, 16th August 1916 :
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.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for this day.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for taking Small Holding

into consideration the Small Holding Colonies Colonies Bill
Bill [Lords], as amended in the Committee ;

[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Parliament
Second Reading of the Parliament and Local and Local
Elections Bill ;

Elections Bill.

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,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

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,

And it being after half-past Eleven of the Adjournment.

clock on Tuesday evening, Mr. Speaker
adjourned the House without Question
put, pursuant to the Standing Order, it
being then twenty minutes after Twelve
of the clock on Wednesday morning, till
this day.

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Schedule, as amended, agreed to.
Schedule II. agreed to.
Bill, as amended, to be reported.

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16th August.

1916.

Wednesclay, 16th August 1916.

PRAYERS.

R. M'Kinnon Wood presented,Return to
Ai
an Order, dated the 11th day of July last,
for a Return relative to Imperial Revenue
(Collection and Expenditure) (Great Britain
and Ireland).

Return to an Order, dated the 2nd day of this
instant August, for Returns relative to Revenue
and Expenditure (England, Scotland, and Ire-
land).

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon

the Table ; and be printed.

Imperial
Revenue
(Collection
and
Expenditure)
(Great Britain
and Ireland.)
No. 118.
Revenue and
Expenditure
(England,
Scotland, and
Ireland.)

No. 119.

Inebriates
Acts, 1879 to
1900.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
Inspector under the Inebriates Acts, 1879 to
1900, for the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Lunacy
(Vacating of
Seats) Act,
1886.

Output of
Coal in the
United
Kingdom.

Adjournment.

Allowances
to Discharged
Soldiers.

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Reports from the Commissioners of the Board of
Control, dated 7th January 1916 and 7th August
1916, relative to the mental condition of Mr.
Charles Leach, Member for the County of
York, West Riding, Colne Valley Division, in
compliance with the provisions of the Lunacy
(Vacating of Seats) Act, 1886.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Return showing the estimated quantities of
Coal raised in the United Kingdom in each of
the quarters ended the 31st day of March and
the 30th day of June 1916,, compared with
particulars for the corresponding periods of 1915
and 1914 (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper, No. 54 of Session 1916).(Mr. Har-
court.)

Mr. Barnes, Member for Glasgow (Blackfriars
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 failure of the War
Office to pay soldiers on discharge a weekly
allowance of 10s. if single and 20s. if married
until such time as pensions were settled by the
Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, and the acute
distress prevalent as a consequence among the
men wounded or the dependants of those deceased
as a result of service ; 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.

New Member
sworn.

Charles Augustin Hanson, Esquire, Member for
the County of Cornwall (South Eastern or
Bodmin Division), was sworn.

Court of
Session
(Extracts)
Bill.

Bill 94.

The Lord Advocate, supported by Mr. Tennant,
presented a Bill to amend the form of warrant of
execution on ex tracts of decrees of the Court of
Session, and to provide for the means of making
and the authentication of such extracts : And the
same was ordered to be read a second time
to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Business of
the House
(Government
Business.)

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government
Business be not interrupted this night under the
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
may be entered upon at any hour though opposed.
(The Prime Minister.)

The Special Register Bill was, according to Special
Register
Bill.

Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Parliament and Local Elections Bill Parliament
and Local
Elections 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.
( Mr. Gulland.)

into a Committee on the Municipal Savings
Banks (War Loan investment) (No. 2) Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Municipal
an
av
irngIs.oB
an
(S a
W
Investment)
(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
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, proceeded to Small Holding

take into consideration
Colonies Bill
Committee.

the Small Holding Colonies Bill

[Lords], as amended in the [Lords.]

And Amendments were made to the Bill.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 6, 1. 1, by leaving out from the
beginning thereof to the word " consist," in 1. 4,
and inserting the words

" (c) The total area of the land for the time
being acquired by the Board of Agriculture
for Scotland for the purpose of section one
of this Act shall not at any time exceed two
thousand acres, of which three-fourths shall"

(The Lord Advocate),instead thereof.

And the Question being proposed, That the
words proposed to be left out stand part of the
Bill ;

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(Mr. (under
Barnes) :And the said Motion was, with leave OtraLliNnge. 10)
of the House, withdrawn.

(Allowances
to Discharged
Soldiers.)

The postponed proceeding on the Amendment Small Holding

Conie

s

Bill

[1"lo

3

proposed on consideration of the Small Holding
Colonies Bill [Lords], as amended, was resumed.
And the-Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :
It passed in the Negative.

And the Question being put, That those words
be there inserted in the Bill :It was resolved
in the Affirmative.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third
time

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17th August.

191

Mr. Acland, 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.

And notice being taken that the interest of
the Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is
concerned therein ;

Mr. Acland, by Command of His Royal
that His
acquainted the House
Highness,
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.

And the House having continued to sit
till
after Twelve of the clock on Thursday morning ;

Thursday, 17th August 1916 :

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, with Amendments.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House
bath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to
which this House doth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

Time
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, fiir the

Second Reading of the Time (Ireland) Bill;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Dublin
Reconstruction
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Dublin Reconstruction
(Emergency Provisions) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Law and
Procedure
(Emergency
'Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Law and Procedure (Emer-
gency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Defence of the Realm (Ac-
quisition of Land) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Larceny Bill
;[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Larceny Bill [Lords];

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

.Supply.

Ways and
Means.

Adjournment.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

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.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock on Wednesday evening, Mr. Speaker
adjourned the House without Question
put, pursuant to the Standing Order, it
being then thirteen minutes after Twelve
of the clock on Thursday morning, till
this day.

Thursday, 17th August 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE House being informed that the Lord Rebellion in
Mayor of the City of Dublin attended at (Ireland
(Deaths

the door, he was called in ; and, at the Bar, Civilians.)
presented a Petition of the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and. Burgesses of Dublin; and then he
withdrew.

And the said Petition, praying the House to
cause an inquiry to be immediately instituted
into the deaths of two persons alleged to have
been killed by bullet wounds inflicted by soldiers
in whose custody they were, was read ; and
ordered to lie upon the Table.

Ordered, That in the case of the Craven
Estates Bill [Lords] Standing Order 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.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House
bath agreed to the same, without Amendment.

Craven Estates
Bill [Lords.]

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's
Command, Copy of Statistical Abstract for
the several British Self-governing Dominions,
Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates in each
year from 1900 to 1914. Fifty-second Number.
Mr. Runciman also presented,Return to an
Order, dated the 16th day of this instant August,
for a Return relative to the output of Coal in
the United Kingdom.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and that the said Return be printed.

Statistical
Abstract
(Colonies.)

Output of Coal
in the United
Kingdom.

No. 120.

Army.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, by
Copy 'of Return
His Majesty's Command,
showing the approximate cost of the Hutting
provided, or being provided, for the accommoda-
tion of Troops (including hospital patients) and
Horses in the United Kingdom, in the years
1914 to 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Speaker informed the House that,

in Writ issued

accordance with the provisions of the Lunacy under the
(Vacating of Seats) Act, 1886, he had issued his
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make Seats) Act,
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member 1886.
to serve in this present Parliament for York
County, Southern Part of the West Riding
(Colne Valley Division), in the room of Charles
Leach, Esquire, the seat having become vacant
under that Act.

(Ii\

eating of

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 Education (Fee

Grant) Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Finance
(Exchequer Bonds) Amendment Bill, without
any Amendment.

Message from
the Lords.,

Education
(Fee Grant)
Bill.
Finance
(Exchequer
Bonds)
Amendment
Bill.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of
Business be not interrupted this night under the the House
ernment
(Gov
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and Bu
.)
si ne ss
may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed.(The Prime Minister.)

VOL. 171.

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17th August.

1916.
The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into a Committee on the Parliament and Local Elections Bill.
Elections Bill.

and

192

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Second Reading of the Dublin Reconstruction
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

(Emergency Provisions) Bill ;

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

Royal Assent.

A Message was delivered by 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
hear the Commission read.

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House,
went up to the House of Peers :And having
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
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts,
as follow :

1. Finance (Exchequer Bonds) Amendment

Act, 1916.

2. Special Commissions (Dardanelles and

Mesopotamia) Act, 1916.

3. Elementary Education (Fee Grant) Act,

1916.

4. Clayton Aniline Company, Limited (Rail-

ways) Act, 1916.

5. Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water

Supply Board Act, 1916.

6. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas

Act, 1916.

And the Question being again proposed, That

Dublin
Reconstruction the Bill be now read a second time ;
(Emergency
Provisions)

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.
Patrick White.)

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 J Mr. Gulland,

Yeas,

1 Lord Edmund Talbot:

156.

Tellers for the j Mr. 1'. M. Healy,

Noes,

1 Mr. Ronald

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 was
proposed, That the Bill be committed to a Select
Committee of Five Members, Three to be nomi-
nated by the House and Two by the Committee
of Selection(Mr. T. M. Healy) :--And the
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with-
drawn.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for Monday
next.--(Mr. Duke.)

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Further prolongation of present

Parliament).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 6, to leave
out from the word " if " to the word " were," in
1. 7, in order to insert the words " a period lasting
for the duration of the war and six months

after.

w ards."( Mr. Aneurin Williams.)

Question proposed, That the words " six
years " stand part of the Clause :Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 6,

to leave out the words " and four months."
(Major Hunt.)

Question, That the word " and " stand part of

the Clause, put, and agreed to.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses No. 2 and No. 3 amended, and agreed

to.

Clauses No. 4 and No. 5 agreed to.
A Clause (Repealof subsection (2) of section
one of 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 100)(Sir Frederick
Banbury)brought up, and read the first time.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That
Motion

the Clause be read a second time :
and Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

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.

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 Law and Procedure
(Emergency Provisions) (Ireland) Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Amendment of law and pro-

Law and
Procedure
(Emergency
Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

cedure).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 23, to leave

out subsection (6).(111r. Turton.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Clause 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.

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.

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17th

18th

21st August.

193

Time
(Ireland) Bill. Order, read a second time.

The Time (Ireland) Bill was, according to

Resolved, That this House will immediately

resolve itself into the Committee on the Bill.
(Mr. Gut land.)

The House accordingly resolved itself into the

Committee.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Time in Ireland).
Motion made, and Question proposed, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again.(Mr. T. M. Healy.)

Friday, 18th August 1916 :

Question put, and negatived.
Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 2 agreed to.
Schedule 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.

Court of
Session
(Extracts)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Court of Session (Ex-
tracts) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Special
Register Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Larceny
Bill [Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Larceny Bill [Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Monday next.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

Adjournment.

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

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock on Thursday evening, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order, it being then five minutes after
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning,
till Monday next, pursuant to the Order
of the House of the 22nd day of February
last.

'Monday, 21st August 1916.

PRAYERS.

THE Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Stafford-
shire Electric Power Bill [Lords] was read

a second time, and committed.

Shropshire,
Worcester-
shire, and
Staffordshire

Ordered, That Standing Orders 211, 223, and Electric

236 be suspended, and that the Committee on
unopposed Bills have leave to sit and proceed
with the Bill (if unopposed) forthwith.(The
Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Mr. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Com- Banking and

mand,Copy of Report on the Banking and Railway
Statistics
Railway Statistics of Ireland for the year 1915.
(Ireland.)

Copy of Forty-eighth Report of the Deputy Public Records

Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland.

(Ireland.)

Mr. Duke also presented, pursuant to the Pharmacy
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of (Ireland)
Regulations under the Pharmacy (Ireland) Act, Act, 1875.
1875, with regard to the Pharmaceutical Licence
Examination.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to University of

the directions of an Act of Parliament, Copy Saint
of Annual Statistical Report by the University
Court of the University of Saint Andrews
for 1914-15.
Copy

of Accounts of

of Abstract

Andrews.

University of Saint Andrews for
1914-15.

the University of

the year Saint

Andrews.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, pursuant to the Naval and
Pay
P18en65sions

directions of several Acts of Parliament,Copies M ancarine
of Three Orders in Council, dated 18th August
1916, made under the Naval and Marine Pay
and Pensions Act, 1865.

d
Act,

Copy of Order in Council, dated 18th August Merchant
Shipping
Act,

1916, made under the Merchant Shipping Act,
1894.

131i8n9g4.

Copies of Seven Orders in Council under the Winter Assizes

Winter Assizes Acts, 1876 and 1877, dated Acts, 1876
18th August 1916, respecting Winter Assize and 1877.
Counties, Nos. 1 to 7.

Copy of Order in Council, dated 18th August Merchant
ng
a
nd
189pp4,
Mersey

1916, made under the Merchant Shipping Act,
1894, and the Mersey Channels Act, 1897.

Act,

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the AC

Table.

nets
heta1897.

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood presented,

by His National Debt.

Majesty's Command,Copy of Return showing
(1) the aggregate Gross Liabilities of the State
as represented by the Nominal Funded Debt,
estimated Capital Liability in respect of Ter-
minable 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 1875-76 to
1915-16, 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.

Vol,. 171.

MKinnon Wood also presented, pursuant superannua-
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy tion Act, 1887
of Treasury Minute under the Superannuation
Act, 1887, dated 16th August 1916, granting
C C

21st A
194
a retired allowance to Mr. John Ince, Post-
master, Blyth.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

New Member
sworn.

Sir Francis Douglas Blake, Baronet, Member
for the County of Northumberland (Berwick-
upon-Tweed Division), was sworn.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

Bill 95.

The Registration of Business Names Bill
[Lords] was read the first time, and ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

The Deputy Chairman reported from the Corn-
Municipal
Corporations mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Buxton
(Burt on
Scheme Confirmation) Bill [Lords] ; That they
Scheme
Confirmation) had considered the Order therein contained ;
that the said Order ought to be confirmed; and
Bill [Lords.]
[Provisional
that they had directed him to report the Bill,
Order
with Amendments, to the House.
confirmed.]

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the
Committee, be taken into consideration to-
morrow.

Shropshire,
Worcester-
shire, and
Staffordshire
Electric
Power Bill
[Lords.]

The Deputy Chairman reported the Shrop-
shire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire Electric
Power Bill [Lords], without Amendment.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That the. Bill be read the third time.

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 Anglo-Portu-
guese Commercial Treaty Bill, without any

The Lords have agreed to the Merchant
Shipping (Salvage) Bill, without any Amend-

Anglo-
Portuguese
Commercial Amendment.
Treaty Bill.
Merchant
Shipping
(Salvage) Bill.

Telegraph
(Construction) (Construction) Bill, with an Amendment ;
Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Telegraph
to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments
Small Holding
Colonies Bill made by this House to the Small Holding
[Lords.]
[Lords], without any Amend-

Colonies Bill
ment.

Holligrave
Charity Bill.
Bill 96.

Stony
Stratford
Charities Bill.
Bill 97.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the
application of the Charity of Margaret Holli-
grave under the management of the Cloth-
workers Company : And the same was ordered
to be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the
application or management of certain Charities in
the Parishes of Stony Stratford East and Stony
Stratford West, constituting and known as the
in the County of
Town of Stony Stratford,
Buckingham : And the same was ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

Baptist
Chapels
Charities Bill.
Bill 98.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the
application or management of certain Charities :
And the same was ordered to be read a second
time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

ugust.

1916.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a Burnham -on-
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the Crouch Chapel
Charity Bill.
application or management of the Charity con-
Bill 99.
sisting of the Protestant Congregational Dissen-
ters' Chapel in the Parish of Burnham-on-Crouch,
in the County of Essex : And the same was
ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a Bradford
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the (Infirmary
application and management of the Charity con- Chapel
sisting of the clear proceeds of sale of the Bethel Charity
Baptist Chapel and School in Infirmary Street,
in the City of Bradford : And the same was
ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

Bill.
100.

Street) Baptist

1VIr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a Bradninch

Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the Chapel
Charity Bill.
application or management of the Charity con- Bill 101.
sisting, of the Particular Baptist Chapel and
in
Trust Property in the Parish of Bradninch,
the County of Devon : And the same was ordered
to be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a Bethlehem
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the (Cpraypdedlyn
application or management of the Charity con-
Charity Bi
ll.
sisting of the Bethlehem Chapel in the Civil Bill 102.
Parish of Tryddyn, in the County of Flint :
And the same was ordered to be read a second
time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a Pisgah Chapel

Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the
application or management of the Charity con-
sisting of the Pisgah Chapel and Property in
the Civil Parish of Tryddyn, in the County of
Flint : And the same was ordered to be read a
second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Bi

to confirm a Moriah Chapel

Mr. Brace presented a Bill

Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the B
(
application or management of the Charity con-
sisting of Moriah Chapel in the Civil Parish of
Broughton, in the County of Denbigh : And
the same was ordered to be read a second time
to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a B
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the C
application or management of the Charity con-
sisting of the Bethany Particular Baptist Chapel
at West Cross, Mumbles, in the Parish of
in the County of Glamorgan :
Oystermouth,
And the same was ordered to be read a second
time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

ethany
hapel
harity Bill.
Bill 105.

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a congregational
arities Bill.
Bill 106.

Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the
application or management of certain Charities : c
And the same was ordered to be read a second
time to-morrow ; and to be printed,

Chapels

Mr. Brace presented a Bill to confirm a
Scheme of the. Charity Commissioners for the
application or management of the Charity called
in the
or known as the Workhouse Charities,
County Borough of Plymouth, in the County of
Devon: And the same was ordered to be read a
second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Plymouth
Workhouse
Charities Bill.
Bill 107.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

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21st August.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 3 (Power to acquire land per-

manently).

Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 4 (User of land acquired).
Amendment proposed, in p. 4,1 29, at the
beginning, to insert the words " If the Commis-
sion so sanction."(Mr. Boyton.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 30,
to leave out the word " Government," in order
to insert the word "occupying. " (Mr. Boyton.)
the word " Government "

Question, That

stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, I. 1,
to leave out the words " within twelve months,"
in order to insert the words " at any time."
(Mr. Rawlinson.)

Question proposed, That the word " within "
the Clause :Amendment, by

stand part of
leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 6,

at the end, to insert the words

" (a) nothing in this section shall authorise
the contravention of any general or local
Act of Parliament, or of any byelaw,
regulation, or order made thereunder ;
(b) any street, building, or work which has
been formed, erected, or constructed on any
such land otherwise than in accordance with
the provisions of any general or local Acts
relating to new streets or buildings, and
with any byelaws or
regulations made
thereunder, shall, unless the authority by
whom such provisions, byelaws, or regula-
tions are enforced consent to the continuance
thereof, either be so altered as to comply
with such provisions, byelaws, or regula-
tions, or be discontinued or removed within
such time after such land has ceased to
belong to and to be occupied by a Govern-
ment department as such authority may
consider reasonable ; and if this provision
is not complied with the owner of the land
shall be liable on summary conviction to
a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds
for every day during which such non-
compliance continues, and such authority
as aforesaid may remove any such building
or work and recover the expense incurred
in such removal from the owner of the land
in a summary manner as a civil debt."

(Mr. Percy Harris.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 28,
to leave out paragraph (e).(Sir Frederick
Banbury.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word may," in 1. 29, stand part of
the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 29,
to leave out the words "may require the
claimant to sell," in order to insert the words
" shall, if required by the claimant, purchase."
(Mr. Rawlinson.)
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Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 37,
to leave out the words " accident due to."
(Mr. Rawlinson.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.
Another Amendment proposed,. in p, 5, I. 38,

at the end, to add the words " and

(e) nothing in this section shall affect the
liability of any person in respect of any
the Alkali, &c. Works
contravention of
the Rivers
1906, or
Regulation Act,
Pollution Acts, 1876 and 1893, or of any
local Act dealing with the like matters, or
affect the powers conferred by any Act,
whether public, general, or local, on any
local authority, board of conservancy, or
other public authority, with respect to the
prevention of the pollution of rivers, or
the abatement of nuisances caused by the
emission of smoke or other noxious fames."

(Mr. Solicitor General.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment, in I. 9, at the end, to add the words
" nor shall anything in this section authorise
any interference with or infringement of the
rights of any riparian owner, or prejudice or
affect any such rights."(Mr. Brunner.)

Question, That those words be there added to

the proposed Amendment, put, and negatived,

Proposed words there added.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 5 (Power to sell land acquired

under Act).

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, L 41, after the
word " department," to insert the words " and
to be necessary for the
subsequently ceases
for which it was acquired."(Sir
purpose
William Ryland Adkins.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn,

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 14,
to leave out the words " as modified by this Act."
(Mr. Laurence Hardy.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 6 (Provisions as to highways).
An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 21,
after the word" shall," to insert the word "not."
(Mr. Laurence Hardy.)

Question proposed, That the word " not " be
there inserted :-- Amendment, by leave with-
drawn.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 27,
to leave out subsection (2).(Sir Frederick
Banbury.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word " highway,' in 1. 28,
stand part of the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

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Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 28,
after the word " highway," to insert the words
" or right of way."( Sir Frederick Banbury.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 28,
after the word " may," to insert the words " with
the consent of the local road authority for the
district in which such railway or tramway is laid."
(Mr. Mac Callum Scott.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 29,
to leave out the words " by virtue of this section."
(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

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. 6, 1. 37,
to leave out from the word " agreement " to the
end of the Clause, in order to insert the words
" may be determined under section eight of this
Act."(Colonel Gretton.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 7 (Provisions as to water, light,

heat, and power companies and authorities).

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 2, after the
word " premises," to insert the words "situate
upon lands of which a Government department
continue in possession under section one of this
Act."(Mr. Boyton.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Proposed Amendment amended, by leaving
out the words " section one of."(Sir Frederick
Banbury.)

Question, That those words, as amended, be

there inserted, put, and negatived.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 17,
after the words last added, to add the words
" Provided that the provisions of this section
shall not be construed as authorising any water
company or water authority to supply otherwise
than by agreement to or at any place which is
outside their limits of supply and within the
limits of supply of the Metropolitan Water
Board."(Sir Edwin Cornwall.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 8 (Determination of questions by

Railway and Canal Commission).

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 18, to leave
out from the second word " the " to the word
"shall," in 1. 21, in order to insert the words
" Lands Clauses Acts as modified by this Act."
(Colonel Gretton.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word " of," in 1. 20, stand
part of the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1, 22,

after the word " of," to insert the word " all."
(Mr. Horne.)

Question, That the word " all " be there

inserted, put, and negatived.

1916.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 36,
except the provisions

to leave out the words
relating to appeals."(Mr. Pollock.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :

to be left out stand part of
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 9 agreed to.
Clause No. 10 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 11 (Interpretation).
Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 18,
to leave out subsection (4).(Sir Frederick
Banbury.)

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. 9, 1. 21,
to leave out subsection (5).(Mr. Laurence
Hardy.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " shall," in p. 9, I. 21, stand part
of the Clause, put, and negatived.

Remaining words of subsection (5) left out.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 12 agreed to.
Clause No. 13 amended, and agreed to.
Clauses No. 14 and No. 15 agreed to.
A Clause (Savings) ( Mr. Solicitor General)
brought up, and read the first and second
time.

An Amendment made to the proposed Clause.
.Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1. 2, to leave out the words " otherwise
than by agreement."(Mr. Brunner.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the proposed Clause :
Amendment to the proposed Clause, by leave,
withdrawn.

Other Amendments made to the proposed

Clause.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1. 3, at the end, to insert the words
" or of any land which, for the purposes con-
nected with the present war, has been placed
at the disposal of the occupying department, or
of the Government of India, or of the Govern-
ment of any of the overseas dominions, or of
the British Red Cross Society or the Saint
John's Ambulance Association, voluntarily and
without profit."(Mr. Perkins.)

Question, That those words be there inserted

in the proposed Clause, put, and negatived.

Other Amendments made to the proposed

Clause.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, to leave out ls. 14 to 18.--(Sir Edwin
Cornwall.)

Question proposed, That the words " without
the consent " stand part of the proposed Clause :
Amendment to the proposed Clause, by leave,
withdrawn.

Other Amendments made to the proposed

Clause.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1. 27, to leave out the words " (other
than an agreement to give up possession of land
at the expiration of a tenancy)."(Mr. Laurence
Hardy.)

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197
Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

again resolve itself into the said Committee.

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Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the proposed Clause, put, and
agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed
Clause, in 1. 32, to leave out subsection (5).
(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the proposed Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, added to the Bill.
Another Clause (Claims for compensation)
(Mr. Percy Harris)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 (Power to grant or demise
land to department for perpetual rent)--(Mr.
Dundas White)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 (Buildings erected by Govern-
(Mr. Rawlinson)brought up, and read

ment)
the first time.

Motion made, and Question proposed, That
the Clause be read a second time :Motion and
Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Clause (Saving for commons, open

spaces, and allotments)
brought up, and read the first time.

(Mr. Rawlinson)

Motion made, and Question proposed, That
the Clause be read a second time :Motion and
Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Clause (Certain particulars to be
ascertained and recorded)(Mr. Dundas White)
--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 (Right of reference by persons
interested)(Colonel Gretton)brought up, and
read the first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Schedule.
Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 6, to leave

out paragraph 2.(Mr. Laurence Hardy.)

Question proposed, That the words " the pro-
visions " stand part of the Schedule :Amend-
ment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 8,

to leave out paragraph 3.(Colonel Gretton.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Schedule, put, and agreed
to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 10,
to leave out paragraph 4.--(Sir Frederick Ban-
bury.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Schedule, put, and agreed
to.

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.

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The Court of Session (Extracts) Bill was, Court of
Session
(Extracts)

according to Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Bill.

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for the Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- Reconstruction
gency Provisions) Bill ;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill'

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Register Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Larceny Bill

Second Reading of the Larceny Bill [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.

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

Means,

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Telegraph
Lords to the Telegraph (Construction) Bill be (Construction)
now taken into consideration.(Mr. Gulland.)

Bill.

The House accordingly proceeded to take the
said Amendment into consideration ; 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
path agreed to the, Amendment made by their
Lordships.

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

resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Army
surpluses and deficits upon Navy and Arm
Grants for 1914-15, and the application of
surpluses to meet expenditure not provided for
in the Grants for that year.(Mr. Rea.)

1E974enid5iture,

Ordered, That the Appropriation Accounts
for the Navy and Army Departments, which
were presented upon the 16th day of February
last, be referred to the Committee.(Mr. Rea.)

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Adjournment.

the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having cons
tinned to sit
till twenty-nine minutes
after Eleven of the clock adjourned till
to-morrow.

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22nd August.

Rhodes Estate
Bill [Lords.]

Tuesday, 22nd August 1916.

PRAYER 5.
HE Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Rhodes Estate Bill

[Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time
upon Wednesday the 11th day of October next.

Ordered, That in the case of the Shropshire,
Shropshire,
Worcester-
and Staffordshire Electric
shire, and
[Lords] Standing Order 243 be
Staffordshire
Electric Power suspended, and that the Bill be now read the
Bill [Lords.]
(The Chairman of Ways and

Worcestershire,
Power Bill

third time.
Means.)

Municipal
Corporations
(Buxton
Scheme
Confirmation)
Bill [Lords.]

County of
Berks
(Northern or
Abingdon
Division)
Writ.

Public
Petitions.
Vide Second
Report.
Sweden and
British Mail
to Russia
(Miscellaneous,
No. 28, 1916.)

Finance
Act, 1916.

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 Municipal Corporations

The House proceeded to take into considera-
tion
(Buxton
Scheme Confirmation) 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
bath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to
which this House doth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

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 Berks (Northern or Abingdon Division), in the
room of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable
Harold Greenwood Henderson, 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.
.(Lord Edmund Talbot.)

Several Public Petitions were presented, and

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Correspondence with the
Swedish Minister on the subject of the deten-
tion by the Swedish Government of the British
Transit Mail to Russia, as a reprisal for the
search of Parcels Mail by His Majesty's
Government.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, pursuant
to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order in Council, dated 18th August 1916,
under the Finance Act, 1916, modifying the
provisions of Section 1 (1) (c) of the Immature
Spirits (Restriction) Act, 1915, with respect to
imported Ram.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

No. 121.

Supreme Court Mr. 111Kinnon Wood presented, pursuant to the
of Judicature. directions of an Act of Parliament, Account:
of Receipts and Expenditure of the Paymaster
General on behalf of the Supreme Court of
Judicature in respect of the funds of suitors of

1916.
the Court in the year ended 29th February 1916,
and Account of the National Debt Commis-
sioners for the same period in respect of funds
held by them on behalf of the Supreme Court
of Judicature, with the Report of the Comp-
troller and Auditor General thereon.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Government

Mr. Long presented, by His Majesty's Coin- Local
Copy of Forty-fifth Report of
the Board.

mand,
Local Government Board, 1915-16. Part I.
Administration of the Poor Law ; Special Work
arising out of the War ; Prevention and Relief
of Distress ; Reception and Accommodation of
the
War Refugees ; National Registration ;
Tribunals under the Group System of Enlist-
ment and the Military Service Acts. Part III.
Public Health ; Local Administration ; Local
Taxation and Valuation.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House National Debt

each financial year
a Return showing,
for
commencing the 1st day of April, from 1875 to
1916, inclusive :

(1) The total amount of deadweight Debt
outstanding on the 1st day of April, the
amounts which were made available in each
year to 1915-16, inclusive, for reduction of
Debt, distinguishing the sums
expressly
provided for service of the Debt, the old
Sinking Fund, and Miscellaneous Receipts,
the gross amount of Debt redeemed, the
amount of Debt created, and the net
increase or decrease of Debt in the year ;
(2) A similar Statement in respect of other

capital liabilities ; and

(3) A similar Statement in respect of the
aggregate gross liabilities of the State.

(Mr. M'Kinnon Wood.)

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 Law and Law and
(Ireland) Procedure

Procedure (Emergency Provisions)
Bill, without any Amendment.

(Emergency
Provisions)
(Ireland) Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Time (Ireland) Time

(Ireland) Bill.

Bill, without any Amendment.

Savings Banks (War Loan Investment) (No. 2)
Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Municipal Municipal
Savings Ba
(War Loan
Investment)
(No. 2) Bill.
The Lords have agreed to the Parliament Parliament
and Local
Elections

and Local Elections Bill, with an Amendment ; to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

nks

The Lords have agreed to the British Ships British Ships

(Transfer Restriction) Bill, with an Amendment ; (Transfer
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of
this House.

1.

BRieistriction)

The Lords have agreed to the War Charities War Charities

Bill, with Amendments ;
desire the concurrence of this House.

to which the Lords Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Government of

made by this House to the Government of India India
(Amendment) Bill [Lords], without any Amend- B(Am endorment)
[Lds.]
ment.

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Parliament
Lords to the Parliament and Local Elections and Local
Elections Bill.
Bill be taken into consideration to-morrow ; and Bill 108.
b3 printed.

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22nd

War Charities
Bill.

Bill 109.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
Lords to the War Charities Bill be taken
into consideration to-morrow ; and be printed.

British Ships
{Transfer

BRielslt.riction

)
Bill 110.

Business of
the House
(Government
Business.)

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the
Lords to the British Ships (Transfer Restric-
tion) Bill be taken into consideration to-morrow ;
and be printed.

A Motion was made, and the Question being
put, That the
proceedings on Government
Business he not interrupted this night under
the Standing Order (Sittings of the House),
and may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed(The Prime Minister) ;

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

Yeas,

Lord Edmund Talbot :

Tellers for the ( Mr. Lundon,

Noes,

) Mr. Hogge

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199
Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bradford
Second Reading of the Bradford (Infirmary (Infirmary
Street) Baptist Chapel Charity Bill ;

Street)
Baptist Chapel

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Charity Bill.

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bradninch

Second Reading of
Charity Bill ;

the Bradninch Chapel Chapel

Charity Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bethlehem
Reading o. of the Bethlehem Chapel

Second
(Tryddyn) Charity Bill ;

Chapel
(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

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21.

The Order of the day being read, for the Pisgah Chapel

Second Reading of the Pisgah Chapel (Tryddyn) (Tryddyn)
Charity Bill ;

Charity Bill.

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time

this day.

Adjournment
of the House
(Autumn
Recess.)

A Motion was made, and the Question being
proposed, That to-morrow Mr. Speaker, so soon
as he has reported the Royal Assent to the Bills
which have been agreed upon by both Houses, do
adjourn the House without Question put till
Tuesday the 10th day of October next(The
Prime Minister) :And a Debate arising there-
upon ;

And the House having continued to sit till
after Twelve of the clock on Wednesday
morning ;

Wednesday, 23rd August 1916 :
And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the Debate be now ad-
journed( Sir Alfred Mend) :The said Motion
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn.

And the Original Question being again pro-
posed :The said Motion was, with leave of the
House, withdrawn.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising to-
morrow, do adjourn till Tuesday the 10th day of
October next.(Mr. Secretary Bonar Law.)

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.J

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Holligrave
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Holligrave Charity
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Stony
Stratford
Charities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Stony Stratford Charities
Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

Baptist
Chapels
Charities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Baptist Chapels Chari-
ties Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Burnham -on-
Crouch Chapel Second Reading of the Burnham - on - Crouch
Charity Bill. Chapel Charity Bill ;

Vol.. 171.

The Order of the day being read, for the Moriah Chapel

Second Readino. of the Moriah Chapel (Brough
ton) Charity Bill ;

(Broughton)
Charity Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bethany
Second Reading of the Bethany Chapel Charity Chapel
Bill ;

Charity Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Congregational.
Second Reading of the Congregational Chapels Charities Bill.
Charities Bill ;

Ordered; That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the Plymouth
Second Reading of the Plymouth Workhouse Workhouse
Charities Bill ;

Charities Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill ;

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day;

The Order of the day being read, for the Court of
Committee on the Court of Session (Extracts) Session
Bill ;

(Extracts)

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

The Order of the day being read, for the Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- Reconstruction
gency Provisions) Bill ;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That

this House will, this day, Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Register Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, this day,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Larceny

Second Reading of the Larceny Bill [Lords] ; Bill
cc 4

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22nd-23rd August.

1916.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

this day.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That

this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

Navy and
Army
Expenditure,
1914-15.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on Navy and Army Expenditure,
1914-15 ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

this day,

Sittings of
the House.

Resolved, That this House do meet this day
at Twelve of the clock.(Mr. Secretary Bonar
Law.)

No. 122.

National Debt. Mr. IIP Kinnon Wood presented,-Return to
an Order, dated the 22nd day of this instant
August, for a Return relative to the National
Debt.

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Adjournment.

And it being 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 thirteen minutes before Two
of the clock on Wednesday morning, till
this day.

Wednesday, 23rd August 1916.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to British Ships

take into consideration the Amendment made (Transfer
by the Lords to the British Ships (Transfer
Restriction) Bill ; and the same was twice
read, and agreed to.

(T
BRieisitriction)

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 flouse do now adjourn-
(Mr. Gulland) ;

A Message was delivered by Captain Thomas Royal Assent.

Dacres Butler, 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 :-And having
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. Anglo - Portuguese Commercial , Treaty

Act, 1916.

2. Merchant Shipping (Salvage) Act, 1916.
3. Small Holding Colonies Act, 1916.
4. Government of India (Amendment) Act,

The House met at Twelve of the clock.

1916.

PRAYERS.

Royal
Patriotiti c
Corpora

onFund -

R. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Copy of Twelfth
Report of the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation,
for the year 1915.

Majesty's Command,

Message from
the Lords.

Municipal
Corporations
(Buxton
Scheme
Confirmation)
Bill [Lords.]

Parliament
and Local
Elections Bill.

War Charities
Bill.

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to, the Municipal Corpo-
rations
(Buxton Scheme Confirmation) Bill
[Lords], without any Amendment.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendment made by
the Lords to the Parliament and Local Elections
Bill ; 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
bath agreed to the Amendment made by their
Lordships.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendments made
by the Lords to the War Charities 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.

5. Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1916.
6. Law and Procedure (Emergency Pro-

visions) (Ireland) Act, 1916.

7. Time (Ireland) Act, 1916.
8. Parliament and Local Elections Act,

1916.

9. Municipal Savings Banks (War Loan

Investment) Act, 1916.
10. War Charities Act, 1916.
11. British Ships (Transfer Restriction) Act,

1916.

12. Municipal Corporations (Buxton Scheme

Confirmation) Act, 1916.

13. Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Stafford-

shire Electric Power Act, 1916.

14. Craven Estates Act, 1916.

And the Question being again proposed, That Adjournment.

this House do now adjourn ;

And 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, at eight
minutes before Six of the clock, without
till Tuesday the
a Question first put,
10th day of October next, pursuant to
the Order of the House of the 22nd day
of this instant August.

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10th October.

201

Tuesday, 10th October 1916.

PRAYERS.
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 Winchester, in the room of
Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Guy Victor
(Lord Edmund
Baring, killed in action.
Talbot.)

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

The following Papers, presented by His
Majesty's Command during the Autumn Recess,
were delivered to the Librarian of the House
of Commons during the Recess, pursuant to
Standing Order No. 95 :

Copy of Collective Note addressed to the
Greek Government by the French, British, and
Russian Ministers, and the Reply of the Greek
Government.

Copy of Correspondence with His Majesty's
Minister at Berne respecting the question of
Reprisals against Prisoners of War.

Copy of Reports of Visits of Inspection by
Officials of the United States Embassy to various
' Internment Camps in the United Kingdom.

Copy of Correspondence respecting the Relief
of Allied Territories in the occupation of the
Enemy.

Copy of Memorandum respecting
i

the treat-
ment of Belligerent Submarines n Neutral
Waters, communicated by the Allied Govern-
, ments to the Governments of certain Neutral
Maritime States.

Winchester
Borough Writ.

Public
Petitions.
Vide Second
Report.
Parliamentary
Papers
(Recess.)

Greece
(Miscellaneous,
No. 27, 1916.)

Prisoners of
War
(Reprisals)
(Miscellaneous
No. 29, 1916.)
Internment
Camps
(Miscellaneous
No. 30, 1916.)
Occupied
Allied
Territories
(Miscellaneous
No. 32, 1916.)
Submarines in
Neutral
Waters
(Miscellaneous
No. 33, 1916.)

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

East India
(Trade.)

Agricultural
Statistics
(Ireland.)

Local
Government
Board
(Ireland.)
Congested
Districts
Board
(Ireland.)
Intermediate
Education
(Ireland.)

National
Education
(Ireland.)

Education
(Scotland.)

Copies of Colonial Reports, Nos. 890 (Gambia,
Report for 1915), 891 (Trinidad and Tobago,
Report for AprilDecember 1915), 892 (Hong
Kong, Report for 1915), 893 (Ashanti, Report
for 1915), 894 (Gold Coast, Report for 1915),
895 (Malta, Report for 1915-16), 896 (Saint
Helena, Report for 1915), 897 (Seychelles,
Report for 1915), 898 (Bechuanaland Protecto-
rate, Report for 1915-16), 899 (Gibraltar,
Report for 1915), 900 (Bahamas, Report for
1915-16).

Copy of Tables relating to the Trade of
British India with the British Empire and
Foreign Countries, 1910-11 to 1914-15.

Copy of Abstracts showing the acreage under
Crops and the numbers and descriptions of
Live Stock in each County and Province in
Ireland for the year 1915-16.

Copy of Annual Report of

the Local
Government Board for Ireland, for the year
ended 31st March 1916.

Copy of Twenty - fourth Report of
the
Congested Districts Board for Ireland, for the
period 1st April 1915 to the 31st March 1916.

Copy of

the Report of the Intermediate
Education Board fore Ireland for the year
1915.

Copy of Eighty-first Report of the Commis-
sioners of National Education in Ireland, for
the year 1914-15.

Copy of Regulations, dated 2nd October 1916,
as to Grants to School Boards in respect of
the Medical Treatment of Necessitous School
Children for 1917.

Vol.. 171.

Copy of the Sixty-first Annual Report of the Births, Deaths,
ges

Registrar General on the Births, Deaths, and
Marriages in Scotland, for 1915.

Mtla arri) a
nd.

an
(S

cod

Copy of Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Fishery Board

Fishery Board for Scotland, being for the year (Scotland.)
1915.

Copy of Minutes of Evidence taken before
the Departmental Committee appointed by the
the Board of Agriculture and
President of
and
Fisheries
Employment on the Land in England and
Wales of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers.

the Settlement

to consider

Copy 61 Treasury Minute, dated

28th
September 1916, showing the manner in which
instalments of the Dominica War Contribution
will be applied.

Copy of Memorandum prepared by the
and Auditor General
for
the
Comptroller
of Public
the Committee
information
of
Accounts, 1916.

Copy of the Annual Report for 1915 of
the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of
Education.

Settlement
and
Employment
of Discharged
Sailors and
Soldiers on
the Land
(Departmental
Committee.)

Dominica War
Contribution.

Exchequer
and Audit
Departments
Act, 1866.

Board of
Education.

Copy of Report of

the Committee of the
Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research for the year 1915-16.
of Cases

heard before
Copy
from 29th November
Tribunals
to and including Saturday 1st July
continuation of [Cd. 8143]).

Munition Munitions
Tribunals.
up
1915
1916 (in

Copy of Reports of Health of Munition Munitions

on

Investigation

of
Workers Committee
Workers' Food and Suggestions as to Dietary
(Memorandum No. 11) ; on Statistical Infor-
mation concerning Output in relation to Hours
of Work (Memorandum No. 12) ; on Juvenile
Employment (Memorandum No. 13).

Copy of the new Chilean Customs Tariff
Law, with Comparison of the new Rates of
Duty and those leviable under the former Tariff')
Tariff.

(customs

Copy

of Report of

the Departmental Prices

Committee appointed by the Board of Trade (Departmental
to investigate the principal causes which have
led to the increase of Prices of Commodities
since the beginning of the War.
Interim
Report on Meat, Milk, and Bacon.

Copy of Report to the Board of Trade by the Trade
Committee appointed to investigate the question F(Financial
Facilities.)
of Financial Facilities for Trade.

Copy of Annual Statement of the Trade of Trade
the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries (Foreign
Countries
and British Possessions for 1915, compared with and British
the four preceding years. Volume II.
Possessions.)

Copy of Report by the Board of Trade on Rocket
the Life-saving Apparatus on the Coasts of the Life - saving
United Kingdom, for the year ending 30th June Apparatus.
1916.

Copy of Fifty-ninth Report, for the year Reformatory
1915, of the Chief Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial
and Industrial Schools of Great Britain.

Schools.

Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Prisons
Prisons and the Directors of Convict Prisons (England and
,
with Appendices, for the year ended 31st March
1916.

Copy of General Report, with Statistics, for Mines and

1915, by the Chief Inspector of Mines. Part I. Quarries.
Divisional Statistics and Reports.

Copy of Statistics as to the operation and Licensing
administration of the Laws relating to the Sale statistics,
of Intoxicating Liquor in England and Wales
for the year 1915.

D D

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10th October.

1916.

Factory and
Workshop
(Industrial
Fatigue.)

Copy of Second Interim Report on an
Investigation of Industrial Fatigue by Physio-
logical Methods, by A. F. Stanley Kent, M.A.,
D.SC. (Oxon.), Professor of Physiology in the
University of Bristol.

Copy

of Third General Report of

Coal Mining
Organisation Departmental Committee appointed
(Departmental Q
Committee.)

the
by the
Secretary of State for the Home Department
to inquire into the Conditions prevailing in the
Coal Mining Industry due to the War.

Defence of
the Realm
Losses
(Royal
Commission,)

Copy of First Report of the Royal Commis-
sion appointed to consider and report what
Compensation should be paid in respect of
Losses incurred through the exercise by the
Crown of its rights and duties in the Defence
of the Realm.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Old Age
Pensions.

Mr.

111' Kinnon Wood presented, by His
Majesty's Command,
Treasury
Copy
Scheme for the award of additional Allowances
to Old Age Pensioners suffering special hard-
ship owing to the War.

of

Supplementary Estimate of the sum required
Services, to be voted for Navy and Army Services,
Warlike Operations, and other Expenditure
arising out of the War during the year ending
31st March 1917.

Navy and

Walikeke
Operations,
and other
Expenditure
arising out
of the War,
1916-17
(Supple-
mentary
Vote of
Credit.)

No. 123.

Matches.

Mr. M" Kinnon Wood also presented, pursuant

to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Regulations, dated 15th August 1916,
made by the Commissioners of Customs and
Excise under Section 3 of the Finance (New
Duties) Act,
the
manufacture and importation of Matches.

1916, with

respect

to

Permanent
Charges
Commutation.
No. 124.

Copy of Return of Permanent Charge on the
Consolidated Fund which has been redeemed in
the period 6th August 1913 to 30th November
1915.

Pa Cific Cable
Act, 1901.

No. 125.

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Scotland)
(Regulations.)

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Wales)
(Regulations.)

Account showing the money issued from the
Consolidated Fund under the provisions of the
Pacific Cable Act, 1901, and the money received,
expended, and borrowed, and Securities created
under the Pacific Cable Act, 1901, to the 31st
March 1916 ; together with a Copy of the Report
of the Chairman of the Pacific Cable Board.

Copy of Regulations, dated 28th September
1916, made by the National Health Insurance
Joint Committee, acting jointly with the Scottish
Insurance Commissioners, entitled the National
Health Insurance (Medical Benefit) Regulations
(Scotland), 1916.

Copy of Regulations, dated 11th August
1916, made by the National Health Insurance
Joint Committee and the Scottish Insurance
Commissioners, entitled the National Health
Insurance (Insurance Committees) Consolidated
Regulations (Scotland), 1916.

Copy of Regulations, dated 6th September
1916, made by the National Health Insurance
and the Welsh Insurance
Joint Committee
Commissioners, entitled the National Health
Insurance (Insurance Committees) Consolidated
Regulations (Wales), 1916.

Copy of Provisional Regulations, dated 27th
September 1916, made by the National Health
Insurance Joint Committee, acting jointly with
the Welsh Insurance Commissioners, entitled
the National Health Insurance (Medical Benefit)
Regulations (Wales), 1916 (No. 2).

Copy of Provisional Regulations, dated 14th National

September 1916, made by the National Health Eesa h
Joint Committee, acting jointly (Joltance
Insurance
with the Insurance Commissioners, entitled the Committee)
National Health Insurance (Medical Benefit) (Regulations.)
Regulations, 1916 (No. 2).

Copy of Provisional Regulations, dated 16th
September 1916, made by the National Health
Insurance Joint Committee, entitled the National
Health Insurance (Arrears) Regulations, 1916
(No. 2).

Copy of Provisional Regulations, dated 16th
September 1916, made by the National Health
Insurance Joint Committee, entitled the National
Health Insurance (Navy and Army Amendment)
Regulations, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
that the said Estimate be referred to
Table ;
the Committee of Supply, and be printed ; and
that the Papers relative to Permanent Charges
Commutation and Pacific Cable Act, 1901, be
printed.

Mr. Ael and presented,

pursuant

to

directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Orders made under the Destructive
Insects and Pests Acts, declaring certain areas
to be infected with Wart Disease, and to be
infected areas for the purposes of the Wart
Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas) Order of
1914 (D.I.P. Nos. 370 to 372).

the Destructive

Pests

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George

presented, Army
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parlia- (Ter rito ri al
ment,Copies of Schemes made by the Army .s ore)
Council for the establishment and constitution
of Associations for the Counties of the Cities
of Dundee and Glasgow, and the County of
Kinross, under the Territorial and Reserve
Forces Act, 1907.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Balfour presented,

pursuant

to the Greenwich

directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Hospital and
Statement of the estimated Income and Expen- Foundation.
diture of Greenwich Hospital and Travers' No. 126.
Foundation for the year 1916-17.

t
a
r
't
as

au

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His Colonial

Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial Report, (An
No. 901 (Swaziland, Report for 1915-16).

(Annual.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to Shops Act,

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy 1912.
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the undermentioned Local
the Council of
Authority, and confirmed, with amendment, by
the Secretary for Scotland :

City of Glasgow.

Copy of Order made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Council of the undermentioned
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secre-
tary for Scotland :

Burgh of Dumfries.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, by East India
His Majesty's Command,Copy of Report (sanitary
Measures.)

Shops Act,
1912,

10th 0
7 GEO. V.
on Sanitary Measures in India in 1914-15.
Volume XL VIII.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912,
by the Council of the undermentioned Local
Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

City of Bradford.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

ctober.

203

Frederick William Mallalieu, Esquire, Mem- New Members

ber for the County of York (Southern Part of sworn.
the West Riding, Colne Valley DiV;sion), was
sworn.

Archie Kirkman Loyd, Esquire, x.c., Mem-
(Northern or

ber for the County of Berks
Abingdon Division), was sworn.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Hilton Seely,
Baronet, Member for the County of Notting-
ham (Mansfield Division), was sworn.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Defence of
into a Committee on the Defence of the Realm the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill.

(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Juvenile
Education
(Departmental
Committee.)

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Interim Report of the
Departmental Committee on Juvenile Education
in relation to Employment after the War.

Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions
Act, 1865.

Crown Office
Act, 1877.

Foreign
Jurisdiction
Acts, 1890
and 1913.

Navy and
Marines
(Property of
Deceased)
Act, 1865.

Port of
London
Authority.

Courts
(Emergency
Powers) Act,
1914 (Rules.)

Church
Temporalities
(Ireland.)

No. 127.

Mr. Herbert Lewis also presented, pursuant to

the directions of several. Acts of Parliament,
Copies of Five Orders in Council, dated 7th
September 1916, and of Three Orders in Council,
dated 3rd October 1916, under the Naval and
Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865.

Copy of Order in Council, dated 30th August
1916, approving Rules under the Crown Office
Act, 1877.

Copy of Order in Council under the Foreign
Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913, dated 7th
September 1916, applying the Colonial Probates
Act, 1892, to the Nyasaland Protectorate.

Copy of Order in Council, dated 7th Sep-
tember 1916, under the Navy and Marines
(Property of Deceased) Act, 1865, amending
the Order in Council of 28th December 1865.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, pursuant

to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Seventh Annual Report of the Port of London
the year ended 31st March
Authority,
1916.

for

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 :

Copy of the Consolidated County Courts
(Emergency Powers) Rules, 1916, dated 23rd
August 1916, made by the Lord Chancellor
under the Courts (Emergency Powers) Act,
1914.

Copy of Accounts of the Irish Land Commis-
sion in respect of Church Temporalities in
Ireland from 1st April 1915, and from 26th
July 1869 (the date of the Irish Church Act), to
31st March 1916 ; together with the Report of
the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Church

Temporalities (Ireland) be printed.

Writs issued
during the
Adjournment.

Mr. Speaker informed the House that he had
issued during the adjournment the following
new Writs, viz. :

For the County of Nottingham (Mansfield
Division), in the room of Sir Arthur Basil
Markham, Baronet, deceased.

For the County of Ayr (North Division), in
the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan
Frederick Campbell, deceased.

VOL. 171.

(In the Committee.)

Schedule.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 12,
to leave out paragraph 5.(Sir Frederick Ban-
bury.)

Question put, That the words proposed to be

left out stand part of the Schedule.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the f iVIr. Gulland,

Yeas,

'1 Lord Edmund Talbot :
Tellers for the) Sir Frederick Banbury,
1 Mr. Watson Rutherford:

Noes,

161.

1

22.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 22,
to leave out from the word " value " to the word
" without," in 1. 24.(Mr. Turton.)

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. 12,1. 29,

to leave out paragraph 9.(Colonel Gretton.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word "without," in 1. 29,
stand part of the Schedule :Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 34,
(Sir Frederick

to leave out paragraph 10.
Banbury.)

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. 13, 1. 8,

to leave out paragraph 13.(Mr. Ashley.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word "award," in 1. 8,
stand part of the Schedule :Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

Schedule, as amended, 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 Bill 111.

Committee, be
morrow ; and be printed.

taken into consideration to-

The Order of the day being read, for the Registration
Second Reading of the Registration of Business of Business
Names Bill
Names Bill [Lords] ;
[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

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1916.
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

204

Larceny Bill
Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the

Second Reading of the Larceny Bill [Lords] ;

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.
Rawlinson.)

And the Question being

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.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
--(Mr. Rea.)

Court of
Session
(Extracts)
Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
the Court of Session

into a Committee on
(Extracts) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 3 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 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.

Holligrave
Charity Bill.

The Holligrave Charity 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.
(Mr. Rea.)

Stony
Stratford
Charities Bill.

The Stony Stratford Charities 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.
(Mr. Rea.)

Baptist
Chapels
Charities Bill.

The Baptist Chapels Charities 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.
(Mr. Rea.)

Burnham-on-
Crouch Chapel was according to Order, read a second time.
Charity Bill.

The Burnham-on-Crouch Chapel Charity Bill

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Bethlehem Chapel (Tryddyn) Charity Bethlehem

Bill was, according to Order, read a second Chapel
time.

(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Pisgah Chapel (Tryddyn) Charity Bill Pisgah

was, according to Order, read a second time.

(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow,
(Mr. Rea.)

The Moriah Chapel (Broughton) Charity Bill Moriah Chapel

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. Rea.)

(Broughton)
Charity Bill.

according to Order, read a second time.

The Bethany Chapel Charity Bill
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Charity Bill.

was, Bethany

Chapel

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Congregational Chapels Charities Bill Congregational

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. Rea.)

Chapels
Charities Bill.

The Plymouth Workhouse Charities Bill was, Plymouth

according to Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

Workhouse
Charities Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Navy and

into a Committee on Navy and Army Expendi- E
ture, 1914-15.

Army
xpditure,
en
1914-15.

(In the Committee.)
I. Whereas it appears by the Navy Appro-
priation Account for the year ended the 31st
day of March 1915, and the Statement appended
thereto, as follows, viz. :

(a) That the aggregate expenditure on Navy
sums
Services
appropriated for those Services by a sum
of £52,284,867 14s. 9d. ;

exceeded the aggregate

(b) That the aggregate receipts in aid of
Navy Services exceeded the aggregate
sums appropriated in aid of those Services
by a sum of £533,005 7s. 2d.;

(c) That, as shown in the Schedule hereunto
appended, the total differences between the
Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and
the net expenditure are as follows, viz. :
d.
3
51,943,353 16 10

Total Surpluses -
Total Deficits
-

£
191,491

s.
9

Bradford
(Infirmary
Street)
Baptist
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Bradford (Infirmary Street) Baptist
Chapel Charity 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.
(Mr. Rea.)

Bradninch
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Bradninch Chapel Charity Bill was,

according to Order, read a second time.

Net Deficit (charged
against the Vote
of Credit)
-

-

£51,751,862

7

7

And whereas by a Vote of Parliament during
the present Session (House of Commons Paper,
No. 108 of 1916) a further sum of £100 has
been granted for the expenditure of the year
1914-15, and the appropriation of additional
receipts in aid of such expenditure has been
sanctioned to the amount of 1532,905 7s. 2d. :

7 GEO. V.

10th October.

And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised
the application of the said total surpluses on
certain Grants for Navy Services to make good
part of the deficit on Vote 1 :

1. Resolved, That the application of such sums

be sanctioned. (Mr. Rea.)

Total Surpluses -
Total Deficits
-

Net Deficit (charged
against the Vote
of Credit)

-

£
-
830,774
- 212,698,316

205
d.
s.
5

1

1

0

£211,867,541 15 11

0

z

1

2

3

4

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Schedule.

Navy Services, 1914-15.

Differences between Exchequer
Grants and Net Expenditure.

Votes.

. Surpluses:

Deficits.

s. d.

s. d.
4,837,329 14 2

Wages, &c. of Officers, Seamen,
and Boys, Coast Guard, and
Royal Marines.

Victualling and Clothing for

Medical Establishments and

Civilians employed on Fleet

the Navy.

Services.

Services.

Educational Services

13,234 7 10

Scientific Services

-

Royal Naval Reserves

-

-

43,116

3

5

Shipbuilding, Re Pairs, Main-

tenance, &c. :

I. Personnel -

1

II. Materiel

-

III. Contract Work -

Naval Armaments

-

Works, Buildings, and Repairs,

at Home and Abroad.

Miscellaneous Effective Services

Admiralty Office

-

Half Pay and Retired Pay

-

125,655

1

6

Naval and Marine Pensions,
Gratuities, and Compassion-
ate Allowances.

Civil Superannuation, Compen-
sation Allowances, and Gra-
tuities.

Amount written off as irre-

coverable.

9,485 16

6

Total -

-

Add Excess Vote

191,491

100

9

0

3

0

Surplus Receipts not
appropriated by Par-
liament.

4,319,627 0 10

144,489 5 11

61,676 12 8

22,390

5

1

42,361,999

1

7

99,667

0

8

68,259

6

4

27,915

9

7

51,943,353 16 10

100

0

0

Net Deficit (charged
against the Vote of
Credit) -

-

-

-

191,591

9

3

51,943,453 16 10

£51,751,862 7 7

II. Whereas it appears by the Army Appro-
priation Account for the year ended the 31st
day of March 1915, and the Statement appended
thereto, as follows, viz. :

(a) That the aggregate expenditure on Army
Services
sums
appropriated for those Services by a sum
of 1215,106,538 19s. 10d. ;

exceeded the aggregate

(b) That the aggregate receipts in aid of
Army Services exceeded the aggregate
sums appropriated in aid of those Services
by a sum of £3,238,997 3s. 11d. ;

(c) That, as shown in the Schedule hereunto
appended, the total differences between the
Exchequer Grants for Army Services and

the net expenditure are as follows, viz.:

Vol,. 171,

And whereas by a Vote of Parliament during
the present Session (House of Commons Paper,
No. 106 of 1916) a further sum of £10 has
been granted for the expenditure of the year
1914-15, and the appropriation of additional
receipts in aid of such expenditure has been
sanctioned to the amount of £3,238,987 3s. 11d.:

And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised
the application of the said total surpluses on
certain Grants for Army Services to make good
part of the deficit on Vote 1 :

2. Resolved, That the application of such sums

be sanctioned.--(Mr. Rea.)

Schedule.

4-10
.as

:2

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Army Services, 1914 -15.

Differences between Exchequer
Grants and Net Expenditure.

Votes.

Surpluses.

Deficits.

Pay, &c. of the Army

-

Medical Establishment : Pay,

&c.

Special Reserve

Territorial Forces

s. d.

301,992 10 6

481,433 10 7

Establishments
Education.

Quartering,

Remounts.

for Military

Transport,

and

-

-

Supplies and Clothing

Ordnance Department Estab-
lishments and General Stores.
Armaments, Engineer Stores,

and Aviation.

Works and Buildings

-

Miscellaneous Effective Services

War Office

-

£

s. d.

31,614,717 18

1,572,451 16

7

49,966

7

50,981,243 11

2

3

81,715,619 6 10

16,585,258 11

18,700,241

15

8

1

10,908,095

9 11

349,229

13

8

126,853

17 .2

81,428

7 11

Half Pay, Retired Pay, and
other Non-effective Charges
for Officers, &c.

Pensions and other Non-effec-
tive Charges for Men, &c.
Civil Superannuation, Compen-

sation, and Gratuities.
irrecoverable

Balances

Claims abandoned.

45,655

2 10

1,693

1

2

and

13,209

5

5

Total -

-

Add Excess Vote

830,774

10

5

0

1

0

212,698,316

1

0

Surplus Receipts not
appropriated by Par-
liament..

10

0

0

Net Deficit (charged
against the Vote of
Credit) -
-

-

-

830,784

5

1 212,698,326

1

0

£211,867,541 15 11

Resolutions to be reported.

Mr. Speaker resumed the
Deputy Chairman reported, Th
had come to several Resolution
Ordered, That the Report

Chair ; and the
at the Committee
s.
be received to-

morrow.

D D 3

206

10th

11th October.

Dublin
Reconstruction
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Special
Register Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next; resolve itself into the said Committee.

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.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Wednesday, 11th October 1916.

PRAYERS.

Rhodes Estate THE Order of the day being read, for the
the Rhodes Estate
Bill [Lords.]

Second Reading of

Bill [Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Writ.

Saint Pancras Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his
ugh (West Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make
Birosion)
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member
to serve in this present Parliament for
the
Borough of Saint Pancras (West Division), in
the room of Captain Felix Cassel, K.C., 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.(Lord Edmund Talbot.)

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Ireland)
(Regulations.)

Mr. MUfinnon Wood presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Regulations, dated 21st September 1916,
made by the National Health Insurance Joint
Committee, the Insurance Commissioners, the
Irish Insurance Commissioners, the Scottish
Insurance Commissioners,
the Welsh
Insurance Commissioners, entitled the National
Health Insurance (Irish Migratory Labourers)
Consolidated Regulations, 1916.

and

Copy of Regulations, dated 21st September
1916, made by the National Health Insurance
Joint Committee, the Insurance Commissioners,
the Irish Insurance Commissioners, the Scottish
Insurance
the Welsh
Insurance Commissioners, entitled the National
Health Insurance (Exempt Persons) Consoli-
dated Regulations (Ireland), 1916.

Commissioners,

and

1916.
Copy of Regulations, dated 11th September
1916, made by the National Health Insurance
Irish Insurance
Joint Committee
Commissioners, entitled the National Health
Insurance (Insurance Committees) Consolidated
Regulations (Ireland), 1916.

and

the

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

T able.

Mr. Joseph Pease presented, pursuant to the Post Office

directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of (
the Foreign and Colonial Post Amendment
(No. 14) W arrant, 1916, dated 30th August Parcels,)
1916.

i and

Copy of the Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Post Office
Amendment (No. 79) Warrant, 1916, dated (Foreign and
25th August 1916.
Parcel Post.)

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the direc- Munitions.

tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of the
Munitions (Tribunals) Amendment Rules, 1916.
Copy of the Munitions (Ordering of Work)

Amendment Regulation, 1916.

Copy of the Munitions (Ordering of Work)

Amendment Regulation (Scotland), 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The following Paper, pursuant -to the direc- Public
ecord
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the (lerrkess f
Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy of the
Schedule, containing a list and particulars of Clerks of
classes of Documents existing or accruing in County
the Offices of Clerks of the Peace Clerks of
County Councils, and Town Clerks which are
not considered of sufficient value to justify their
preservation in the Public Record Office.

and
Town Clerks.)

A Motion was made, and the Question being Business of
the House
put, That the proceedings on Government Bum-
overn
(G
ness be not interrupted this night under the Business.)
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and
may be entered upon at any hour though opposed
(The Prime Minister) ;
The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the J Mr. Gulland,

ment

Yeas,

1 Lord Edmund Talbot :

161.

63.

Tellers for the J Mr. Ashley,

Noes,

1 Colonel Yate :

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply.

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)

Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17.

the

Resolved, That

ordinary Grants

a Supplementary sum not
exceeding £300,000,000 be granted to His
of
Majesty, beyond
Parliament, towards defraying the Expenses
which may be incurred during the year ending
the 31st day of March 1917 for general Navy
and Army Services, in so far as specific provision
is not made therefor by Parliament ; for the
conduct of Naval and Military Operations ; for
all measures which may be taken for
the
security of the country ; for assisting the Food
continuance of
Supply, and promoting the
Trade, Industry, Business, and Communications,
whether by means of insurance or indemnity

11th October.

7 GEO. V.
against risk, the financing of the purchase and
resale of Foodstuffs and Materials, or otherwise
for relief of Distress ; and generally for all
Expenses, beyond those provided for
in the
ordinary Grants of Parliament, arising out of
the existence of a state of War.(The Prime
Minister.)

207
And whereas by a Vote of Parliament during
the present Session (House of Commons Paper,
No. 108 of 1916) a further sum of £100 has
been granted for the expenditure of the year
1914-15, and the appropriation of additional
receipts in aid of such expenditure has been
sanctioned to the amount of £532,905 7s. 2d.:

Ways and
Means.

Navy and
Army
Expenditure,
1914-15.

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 House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

(In the Committee.)
1. Resolved, That, towards making good the
Supply granted to His Majesty for the service
of the year ended on the 31st day of March
1915, the sum of £120 be granted out of the
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
(Mr. Rea.)

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the
Supply granted to His Majesty for the service
of the year ending on the 31st day of March
1917, the sum of £330,630,283 be granted out
of the Consolidated Fund of the United King-
dom.( Mr. Rea.)

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.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on
Navy and Army Expenditure, 1914-15, several
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow :

I. Whereas it appears by the Navy Appro-
priation Account for the year ended the 31st
day of March 1915, and the Statement appended
thereto, as follows, viz. :--

(a) That the aggregate expenditure on Navy
Services exceeded the
sums
appropriated for those Services by a sum
of £52,284,867 143. 9d.;

aggregate

(b) That the aggregate receipts in aid of
Navy Services exceeded the aggregate
sums appropriated in aid of those Services
by a sum of £533,005 7s. 2d. ;

(c) That, as shown in the Schedule hereunto
appended, the total differences between the
Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and
the net expenditure are as follows, viz. :

Total Surpluses
Total Deficits

-

£
s. d.
-
191,491
9
3
- 51,943,353 1.6 10

Net Deficit (charged

against the Vote X51,751,862
of Credit)
-

-

7

7

VoL. 171.

And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised
the application of the said total surpluses on
certain Grants for Navy Services to make good
part of the deficit on Vote 1 :

1. That the application of such sums be

sanctioned.

Schedule.

,1)

z

1

2

3

.4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Navy Services, 1914-15.

Differences between Exchequer
Grants and Net Expenditure.

Votes.

Surpluses.

Deficits.

Wages, &c. of Officers, Seamen,
and Boys, Coast Guard, and
Royal Marines.

Victualling and Clothing for

Medical Establishments and

Civilians employed on Fleet

the Navy.

Services.

Services.

Educational Services

s. d.

s. d
4,837,329 14 2

4,319,627

0 10

144,489

5 11

61,676 12 8

13,234

7 10

Scientific Services -

22,390

5

1

Royal Naval Reserves

-

43,116

3

5

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

J

Admiralty Office

-

Half Pay and Retired Pay

-

125,655

1

6

Naval and Marine Pensions,
Gratuities, and Compassion-
ate Allowances.

Civil Superannuation, Compen-
sation Allowances, and Gra-
tuities.

Amount written off as irre-

coverable.

9,485 16

6

Total

Add Excess Vote

191,491

100

9

0

3

0

Surplus Receipts not
appropriated by Par-
liament.

42,361,999

1

7

99,667

0

8

68,259

6

4

27,915

9

7

51,943,353 16 10

100

0

0

Net Deficit (charged
against the Vote of
Credit) -

-

-

191,591

9

3

51,943,453 16 10

£51,751,562 7 7

II. Whereas it appears by the Army Appro-
priation Account for the year ended the 31st
day of March 1915, and the Statement appended
thereto, as follows, viz. :

(a) That the aggregate expenditure on Army
Services exceeded the
sums
appropriated for those Services by a sum
of £215,106,538 19s. 10d. ;

aggregate

(b) That the aggregate receipts in aid of
Army Services exceeded the aggregate
sums appropriated in aid of those Services
by a sum of £3,238,997 3s. 11d.;

D D 4

208

(c) That, as shown in the Schedule hereunto
appended, the total differences between the
Exchequer Grants for Army Services and
the net expenditure are as follows, viz. :
d.
1
0

Total Surpluses -
Total Deficits
-

830,774
-
- 212,698,316

s.
5

1

11th October.

1916.
(Acquisition of Land) 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 Registration
Bness
ll

Second Reading of the Registration of Business of
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Names
[Lords.]

Net Deficit (charged
against the Vote
of Credit)
-

-

£211,867,541 15 11

to-morrow.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

And whereas by a Vote of Parliament during
the present Session (House of Commons Paper,
No. 106 of 1916) a further sum of £10 has
been granted for the expenditure of the year
1914-15, and the appropriation of additional
receipts in aid of such expenditure has been
sanctioned to the amount of £3,238,9873s. 11d. :
And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised
the application of the said total surpluses on
certain Grants for Army Services to make good
part of the deficit on Vote 1 :

2. That the application of such sums be

sanctioned.

Schedule.

Army Services, 1914-15.

Votes.

Differences between Exchequer
Grants and Net Expenditure.

Surpluses.

Deficits.

1

Pay, &c. of the Army

-

s. d.

s. d.
31611,717 18 4

2 Medical Establishment : Pay,

1,572,451 16

7

&c.

Special Reserve

Territorial Forces

-

301,992 10 6

481,433 10 7

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Establishments
Education.

Quartering,
Remounts.

for Military

Transport,

and

-

-

Supplies and Clothing

Ordnance Department Estab-
lishments and General Stores.
Armaments, Engineer Stores,

and Aviation.

10 Works and Buildings

-

11 Miscellaneous Effective Services

-

I War Office

12
13 Half Pay, Retired Pay, and
other Non-effective Charges
for Officers, &c.

Pensions and other Non-effec-
tive Charges for Men, &c.
Civil Superannuation, Compen-

14

15

sation, and Gratuities.
irrecoverable

Balances

Claims abandoned.

49,966

7

50,981,243 11

2

3

81,715,619 6 10

16,585,258 11

18,700,241 15

8

1

10,908,095 9 11

349,229 13 8

126,853 17 2

81,428

7 11

45,655

2 10

1,693

1

2

and

13,209

5

5

The Order of the day being read, for the BLaillicryords.3

Committee on the Larceny Bill [Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Holligrave
Charity Bill.

Committee on the Holligrave Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the stonytiount

Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Charities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the Baptist
Committee on the Baptist Chapels Charities Chapels
Bill ;

Charities Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for

the Burnham-on-
Committee on the Burnham-on-Crouch Chapel Crouch Chapel
Charity Bill.
Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bradford
Committee on the Bradford (Infirmary Street) (Infirmary
Baptist Chapel Charity Bill ;

Street)
Baptist Chapel

Resolved, That this. House will, to-morrow, Charity Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bradninch

Committee on the Bradninch Chapel Charity Chapel
Bill ;

Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bethlehem
Committee on the Bethlehem Chapel (Tryddyn) (T ryyn)
Charity Bill ;

Ch apel
dd
Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Total -

-

Add Excess Vote

-

830,774

10

5

0

1

0

Surplus Receipts

not
appropriated by Par-
liament.

212,698,316

1

0

The Order of the day being read, for the Pisgah Chapel

Committee on the Pisgah Chapel (Tryddyn) (Tryddyn)
Charity Bill ;

Charity Bill.

10

0

0

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

830,784 5

1 212,698,326

1

0

Net Deficit (charged
against the Vote of
Credit) -
-

-

£211,867,541 15 11

The Order of the day being read, for the Moriah Chapel

Committee on the Moriah Chapel (Broughton) (B rola ghton)
Charity Bill.
Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bethany
Committee on the Bethany Chapel Charity Chap.° B.
Charit111.
y
Bill ;

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Defence of the Realm

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

7 GEO. V.

11th--12th October.

Congregational The Order of the day being read, for the
Chapels
Committee on
the Congregational Chapels
Charities Bill. Charities Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Plymouth
Workhouse
Charities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Plymouth Workhouse Chari-
ties Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant ,to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of'February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Rhodes Estate
Bill [Lords,]

Thursday, 12th October 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the 'Rhodes Estate

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.

Messrs. Sheehy Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Skeffington, Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
Dickson, and
Royal Commission appointed to inquire and
McIntyre
report concerning the Arrest and subsequent
(Royal
treatment of Mr. Francis Sheehy Skeffington,
Commission.)
Mr. Thomas Dickson, and Mr. Patrick James
McIntyre.

Shops Act,
1912.

East India
(Loans raised
in England.)
No. 128.

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities, and confirmed by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department :

County of London (Metropolitan Boroughs

of Hackney and Stoke Newington).

County Borough of Grimsby.
Borough of Chelmsford.
Urban Districts of Acton and Barry (two).
Rural District of Kingswinford.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, pur-
suant 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 hall-year ended
on the 30th September 1916, with the rates of
interest and total amount payable thereon, and
the date of the termination of each Loan, the

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209
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.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government
Business be not interrupted this night under the
Standina Order (Sittings of the House), aa.
Standing
t,
may be entered upon at any hour though opposed.
(The Prime Minister.)

the House
,.,A (Government
Business.)

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this Sittings of
day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.( The Prime the House.
Minister.)

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of Supply [11th

Supply of the 11th day of this instant October
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth :
Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17.

October]

That a Supplementary sum not exceeding Supplementary

t
o
T
6e-olf7. Credit,
9
1

£300,000,000 be granted
to His Majesty'
beyond the ordinary Grants of Parliament, 1
towards defraying the Expenses which may be
incurred during the year ending the 31st day
of March 1917 for general Navy and Army
Services, in so far as specific provision is not
made therefor by Parliament ; for the conduct
of Naval and Military Operations; for all
measures which may be taken for the security of
the country ; for assisting the Food Supply, and
promoting the continuance of Trade, Industry,
Business,
by
means of insurance or indemnity against risk,
the financing of: the purchase and resale of
Foodstuffs and Materials, or otherwise ; for relief
of Distress ; and generally for all Expenses,
beyond those provided for
in the ordinary
Grants
the
existence of a state of War.

and Communications, whether

of Parliament,

arising out of

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee of ways and
Ways and Means of the 11th day of this instant Means [11th
uctober]
October several Resolutions ; which were read; Repor t.
as follow :

1. That, towards making good the Supply
granted to His Majesty for the service of the
year ended on the 31st day of March 1915, the
sum of £120 be granted out of the Consolidated
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 1917, the
sum of £330,630,283 be granted out of the
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the Consolidated
said Resolutions ; And that the Chairman of Fund (No. 5.)
Ways and Means, Mr. Chancellor of
IWKinnon Wood
Exchequer,
S/Ir.
prepare and bring it in.

the
do

and

Mr. IIPKinnon Wood accordingly presented Consolidated
the Fund (No. 5)

to apply certain sums out of
a Bill
Consolidated Fund to the service of the
ending on the thirty-first day of March, one Bill 112.
thousand nine hundred and fifteen and one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen : And
the same was read the first time, and ordered
to be read a second time upon Tuesday next: ;
and to be printed.

Bill.

E E

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

210

12th-17t
The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, 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, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill, as amended in the
Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration upon Tuesday next.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

Larceny Bill
[Lords.]

Ho`.ligrave
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Larceny Bill [Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Holligrave Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

S
The Order of the day being read, for the
Stratford
Stony
Charities Bill. Committee on the Stony Stratford Charities

Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Baptist
Chapels
Charities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Baptist Chapels Charities
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Burnham-on-
Crouch Chapel Committee on the Burnham-on-Crouch Chapel
Charity Bill.

Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

ary

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bradford (Infirmary Street)

Bradford
(Infirm
t)
Stree
Baptist Chapel Baptist Chapel Charity Bill ;
Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Bradninch
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bradninch Chapel Charity
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Bethlehem
Chapel
(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bethlehem Chapel (Tryddyn)
Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Pisgah Chapel
(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill. Charity Bill ;

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Pisgah Chapel (Tryddyn)

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

h October.

1916.

The Order of the day being read, for the Moriah Chapel

Committee on the 'M oriah Chapel (Broughton) (Broughton)
Charity Bill.
Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bethany
Committee on the Bethany Chapel Charity Chapel
Bill ;

Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the congregational

the Congregational Chapels

Chapels
Charities Bill.

Committee
on
Charities Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Plymouth
Committee on the Plymouth Workhouse Chari- Workhouse
ties Bill ;

Charities Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- Reconstruction
gency Provisions) Bill ;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Bill.

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twenty minutes after
Ten of the clock, adjourned till Tuesday
next, pursuant to the Resolution of the
House of this day.

Tuesday, 17th October 1916.

PRAYERS.

UR. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Com- Loan Fund
mand,Copy of Seventy-eighth Annual System
Report by the Department of Agriculture and (Ireland.)
Technical Instruction for Ireland of the Loan
Fund System of Ireland, 1915.
Mr. Duke also presented,

Return to an Magistrates
Order, dated the 4th day of July last, for a (Ireland.)
Return relative to Magistrates (Ireland).

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His Malay States.

Majesty's Command,Copy of Report for 1915
on the Federated Malay States.

Copies of Reports for 1915 on the Unfede-

rated Malay States under British Protection.

Copy of Report for 1915 on the State of

Brunei.

Copies of Colonial Reports, Nos. 902 (Somali- Colonial

land, Report for 1915-16), 903 (Cyprus, Report
for 1915-16), and 904 cCeylon, Report for
1915).

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

( nn a )

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211
committed to a Committee of the whole House
for to-morrow.

7 GEO. V.

Meteorological
Committee.

Irish
Universities
Act, 1908.

No. 129.

Chelsea
Hospital
(Army Prize
Money and
Legacy
Funds.)

No. 130.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Historical
Manuscripts
(Royal
Commission.)

Shops Act,
1912.

Munitions.

Mr. 111Kinnon. Wood presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Eleventh Report
of the Meteorological Committee to the Lords
Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, for
the year ending 31st March 1916.

Mr. 111 Kinnon Wood also presented, pursuant
to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Accounts of Receipts and Expen-
diture of Universities
and Colleges, Ireland
(including the Fee Fund Grant), for the year
ended 31st March 1916 ;
together with the
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
thereon.

Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of
the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital (for
Services other than those voted by Parliament)
in the year ended 31st March 1916, with the
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
thereon.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Papers relative to the
Irish Universities Act, 1908, and Chelsea
Hospital (Army Prize Money and Legacy
Funds) be printed.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copies
of Orders under the Destructive Insects and
Pests Acts, numbered D.I.P. 373
to 375,
declaring the respective areas described in the
Schedules thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and infected areas for the purposes of
the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts on
the Manuscripts of Allan George Finch, Esquire.
Volume II.

Mr. Secretary Samuel also presented, pur-
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities, and confirmed by the Secre-

tary of State for the Home Department :

Boroughs of Bootle and Morecambe (two),

Dewsbury, Swansea.

City of Bradford.
County of London (Metropolitan Borough

of Stepney.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
the Munitions (Tribunals) (Scotland) Amend-
ment, No. 2, Rules, 1916.

Copy of the Munitions (Tribunals) (Ireland)

Amendment Rules, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

New Member
sworn.

Captain Richard Whieldon Barnett, MeMber
for the Borough of Saint Pancras (West Divi-
sion), was sworn.

The Order of the day being read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Register Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, 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 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 Defence of
into consideration the Defence of the Realm the Realm
(Acquisition
(Acquisition of Land) Bill, as amended in the of Land) Bill.
Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Registration
Second Reading of the Registration of Business of Business
Names Bill
Names Bill [Lords];
[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Larceny Bill

Committee on the Larceny Bill [Lords] ;

[Lor

ds.l

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Holligrave

Committee on the Holligrave Charity Bill ;

Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day i'eing read, for the Stony
;mittee on the Stony Stratford Charities Charities Bill.

Stratford

Committee

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Baptist
Chapels
Charities Bill.

Committee on the Baptist Chapels Charities Chap
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day beinp. read, for the B u r nchh

Committee on the Burnham-on-s'Crouch Chapel Crou
Committee
Charity Bill ;

Burnham -on-
n- on-
Chapel

Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bradford
Committee on the Bradford (Infirmary Street) (Infirmary
Baptist Chapel Charity Bill ;

Street) Baptist
Chapel

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Charity Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bradninch

Committee on the Bradninch Chapel Charity C
Bill ;

hapel
Charity

Bill.

Suspension of
a Member.

Ordered, That the period of suspension from
the service of the House of Mr. Ginnell do
terminate this day.(The Prime Minister.)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Consolidated
Fund (No. 5)
Bill.

The Consolidated Fund (No. 5) Bill was,
acecording to Order, read a second time, and

Vol:. 171.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bethlehem

Committee on the Bethlehem Chapel (Tryddyn) Chapel
Charity Bill ;

(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill

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1916.
and directed him to report the same, without
Amendment.

212

17th

Resolved, That this House will, to- morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee,

Pisgah Chapel
(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Pisgah Chapel (Tryddyn)
Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

the day being read, for the
Moriah Chapel The Order of
(Broughton) Committee on the Moriah Chapel (Broughton)
Charity Bill. Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Bethany
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bethany Chapel Charity
Bill;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Congregational The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on
Chapels
the Congregational Chapels
Charities Bill. Charities Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the Said Committee.

Plymouth
Workhouse
Charities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Plymouth Workhouse

Committee
on
Charities Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

Provisions
beut_;y x i ()visions) Bill ;

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twelve minutes before
Nine of
to-
morrow.

the clock, adjourned till

Metropolitan
Water Board.

Wednesday, 18th October 1916.

PRAYERS.

Af R. Long presented, pursuant to the diree-
lit dons of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Metropolitan
Water Board.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Consolidated
Fund
(No. 5) Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund
(No. 5) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 4 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,

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

A Motion was made, and the Question being Government
proposed, That the system of government at of Ireland.
present maintained in Ireland is inconsistent
with the principles for which the Allies are
fighting in Europe, and has been mainly respon-
sible for the recent unhappy events and for the
present state of feeling in that country( 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 "having regard to the importance of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland combining with the rest of the Empire
in presenting a united front to the enemy, it is
undesirable at the present time to discuss matters
of controversial domestic politics (Mr. Raw-
linson),instead thereof.

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
Yeas,

j
Tellers for the j Mr. Gulland,

Mr. Patrick O'Brien,
Captain Donelan:

Noes,

Lord Edmund Talbot:} 3°3'

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 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,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow,

The Order of the day being read, for .the Registration
Second Reading of the Registration of Business of Business
Names Bill
Names Bill [Lords] ;
[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Larceny Bill

Committee on the Larceny Bill [Lords] ;

[Lords.]

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Holligrave

Committee on the Holligrave Charity Bill ;

Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the stony

Committee on the Stony Stratford Charities Charities Bill.
Bill ;

Stratford

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

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213
And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

7 GEO. V.

Baptist
The Order of the day being read, for the
Chapels
Charities Bill. Committee' on the Baptist Chapels Charities

C
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Burnham-on-
Crouch Chapel Committee on the Burnham-on-Crouch Chapel
Charity Bill.

Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Bradford
(Infirmary
Street) Baptist
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bradford (Infirmary Street)
Baptist Chapel Charity Bill;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Bradninch
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bradninch Chapel Charity
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Bethlehem
Chapel
(Tt:yddyn)
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bethlehem Chapel (Tryddyn)
Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Pisgah Chapel
(Tryddyn)
Charity

The Order of the day being read, for the
Bill. Committee on the. Pisgah Chapel (Tryddyn)

Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
-Mori ah Chapel
(Broughton) Committee on the Moriah Chapel (Broughton)
Charity Bill. Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Bethany
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bethany Chapel Charity
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Congregational The Order of the day being read, for the
Chapels
es Bill. Committee on the Congregational Chapels
Chariti

Charities Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Plymouth
Workhouse
Ch

arities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Plymouth Workhouse Chari-

9 ties Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.
Vol.. 171.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till eighteen minutes after
Eleven or the clock, adjourned till
to-
morrow.

Thursday, 19th October 1916.

Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in County (North

PRAYERS.
ORDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Fermanagh
Ireland, to make out a new Writ for the wrrimanagh)
electing of a Member to serve in this present
the County of Fermanagh
Parliament
(North Fermanagh Division), in the room of
Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh, Esquire, K.c., 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.(Lord Edmund Talbot.)

Fet

for

A Petition of Charles 'Dvter Tranton, of 5, Tranton v.

in the County of London, Astor.

Bernard Street,
Journalist, was presented, and read ; setting forth
that an action was entered in the King's Bench
Division of the High Court of Justice, entitled
Tranton v. Astor, and praying that leave may be
given to the proper Officer of the House to
attend at the hearing to produce and prove
certain necessary documents, and to render the
said Petitioner such other assistance as may be
necessary.

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper

Officer to attend accordingly.

Mr. Duke presented, pursuant to the directions Penal

of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Licence or vnidtiatciloenActs
granted to John Langton 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.

(Licence.)

alc t s

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Long presented, pursuant to the directions Motor Car

of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Motor
Car ( Hackney Carriage Plate) Order, 1916. Finance Act,
Regulations made by the Local Government 1916.
Board under Section 13 (2) of the Finance
Act, 1916.

aAncdta,

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate

presented,

by His Inebriates

Majesty's Command,Copy of Eleventh Report Acts
of
Inebriates Acts, for the years 1914 and 1915.

for Scotland under the

Inspector

the

(Scotland.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, pursuant

to the Trading with
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of (A...hke easement)
Supplementary List of Persons, Firms, and
Companies as to whom Orders have been made
under Section 1 (1) of the Trading with the
Enemy (Amendment) Act, 1916.

dl n6

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this Sittings of
(mr. the House.

day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.
Secretary Bonar Law.)

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19111-20111 October.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Consolidated
Fund (No. 5) Third 'Reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 5)
Bill.

Bill ;

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

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.

Rhodes Estate The Order of the day being read, for the
the Rhodes Estate Bill
Bill [Lords.] Second Reading of
[Lords] ;

1916.
The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the Larceny Bill

Committee on the Larceny 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

Committee on the Holligrave Charity Bill ;

Holligrave
Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

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

The Order of the day being read, for the stony
Committee on the Stony Stratford Charities Stratford
Bill ;

Charities Bill.

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
(Mr.
words "upon this day three months."
King.)

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, and committed.

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the
Committee on the Bill that they have power,
if they think fit, to amend Clause 4 of the Bill
so as to make the Scholarships substituted for
those established pursuant to the German codicil
available for students from such places, whether
within or without the British Empire, as the
trustees may from time to time in their discretion
determine.(Lord Hugh Cecil.)

Consolidated
Fund (No. 5)
Bill.

The postponed proceeding on the Question,
That the Consolidated Fund (No. 5) Bill be
now read the third time, was resumed.

And the House having continued to sit till

after Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ;

Friday, 20th October 1916 :

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.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the Bill
having been endorsed by Mr. Speaker with the
following Certificate :

I hereby certify that this Bill is a Money
Bill within the meaning of the Parliament
Act, 1911.

JAMES W. LOWTHER,

Speaker).

Mr. Speaker's
Certificate.

Supply.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

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 Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Baptist Chapels Charities
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Baptist
Chapels
Charities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Burnham-on-Crouch Chapel
Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Burnham-on-
Crouch Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bradford

Committee on the Bradford (Infirmary Street)
Baptist Chapel Charity Bill ;

(srturefiertjaBraYpBaptist
Chapel

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Charity Bill.

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bradninch 'Chapel Charity
Bill ;

Bradninch
Chapel
Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Bethlehem

Committee on the Bethlehem Chapel (Tryddyn) Chapel
Charity Bill ;

(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Pisgah Chapel

Committee on the Pisgah Chapel ( Tryddyn).(Tryddyn)
Charity Bill ;

Charity Bill.

Resolved, That this. House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Moriah Chapel
uton)
Committee on the Moriah Chapel (Broughton) Charity.Bill.
Charity Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will,,upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Bethany Chapel Charity
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the; said Committee.

Bethany
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the Congregational

Committee on the Congregational Chapels
Charities Bill ;

ties
Charities Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committcie.

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'

19th

20th-21th, October.

2 1 5

Plymouth
Workhouse
Charities Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
the Plymouth Workhouse

Committee
on
Charities Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Re Construction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment.

And it being after half-past Eleven of the
clock on Thursday evening, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Standing
it being then twelve minutes
Order,
before One of the clock on Friday
morning, till Tuesday next, pursuant to
the Resolution of the House of this day.

Tuesday, 24th October 1916.

PRAYERS.

Typhus
Epidemic at
Gardelegen
(Miscellaneous,
No. 34, 1916.)

Bankruptcy
Act, 1914
(England)
(General
Rules.)

-presented,

LORD Robert Cecil

by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report on
the Typhus Epidemic at Gardelegen by the
Government Committee on the Treatment by
the Enemy of British Prisoners of 'War during
the Spring and Summer of 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, pursuant

to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
General Rule made pursuant to the Bankruptcy
Act, 1914, dated 15th September 1916, with
reference to Money seized or received by High
Bailiffs in part satisfaction of an Execution.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table..

Penal
Servitude Acts
(Conditional
Licence.)

Mr. Secretary ,,Samuel presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of. Parliament,
Copy of a Lieence under the Penal Servitude
Acts granted to a Convict, discharging her from
Aylesbury Convict Prison on condition that she
enters a Home.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. 1VP Kinnon Wood presented, pursuant to
National
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
Health
insurance
of Regulations made by the Scottish insurance
Commission
Commissioners, dated
28th September 1916,
(Scotland)
(Regulations.) entitled the National Health Insurance (Qualifi-
cations of Midwives) Regulations (Scotland),
1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Mr. Aland- presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copies of Orders
under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts,
numbered D.I.P. 369 and 376, declaring the
areas described in the Schedules thereto to be
infected with Wart Disease, and infected areas
for the purposes of the Wart Disease of Potatoes
(Infected Areas) Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

VOL. 171.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, by His
Copy of Statement of
Majesty's Command,
proposed Expenditure out of the Vote of Credit
on New Works, &c. of a permanent character
amounting to £2,000 and upwards for the year
ending 31st March 1917.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Army, 1916-17

cToorrs and
Buildings.)
No. 131.

Mr. George Terrell, Member for Wiltshire Adjournment.

(North West 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 Attested Men
action of the Army Council in calling up men of Forty-one.
for service on the 1st November who have volun-
tarily attested, and who, prior to the 24th June,
have attained the age of forty-one years, which
action is a breach of the conditions under which
such men attested, and places them at a serious
disadvantage as compared with unattested men ;
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.

Major Douglas George Carnegie (commonly New Member

cal led the Honourable Douglas George Carnegie), sworn.
Member for the Borough of Winchester, was
sworn.

Resolved, That the Reports of the Committee Public
of Public Accounts be now taken into considera- Accounts
tion.(Colonel Sir Robert Williams.)

Committee.

The House,raccording to Order, resolved itself Larceny Bill

into a Committee on the Larceny Bill (Lords]. LI"ds.]

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 32 agreed to.
Clause No. 33 amended, and agreed to.
Clauses No. 34 to No. 40 agreed to.
Clause No. 41 amended, and agreed to.
Clauses No. 42 to No. 50 agreed to.
Schedule amended, and 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
made Amendments thereunto.

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 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, resolved itself Holligrave
into a Committee on the Holligrave Charity Charity Bill.
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
Schedule agreed to.
Preamble agreed to.
Bill to be. reported.

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24th October.

1916.

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.

Stony
Stratford
Charities Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Stony Stratford Chari-
ties Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

Baptist
Chapels
Charities Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Baptist Chapels Chari-
ties Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
Burnham-on-
Crouch Chapel into a Committee on the Burnham-on-Crouch
Charity Bill. Chapel Charity Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself (tfiteradry
into a Committee on the Bradford (Infirmary Street) Baptist
Street) Baptist Chapel Charity Bill.
Chapel
Charity Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bradninch

into a Committee on the Bradninch Chapel
Charity Bill.

Chapel
Charity

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bethlehem

into a Committee on the Bethlehem Chapel Chapel
(Tryddyn) Charity Bill.

(eTttraYrditd3:

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pisgah Chapel

into a Committee on the Pisgah Chapel (Tryd- (Tryddyn)
dyn) Charity Bill.

Charity Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
Schedule agreed to.
Preamble agreed to.
Bill to be reported.

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24th October.

217

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.

Moriah Chapel
(Broughton)
Charity Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
the Moriah Chapel

into a Committee
(Broughton) Charity Bill.

on

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

Bethany
Chapel
Charity Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into La Committee on the Bethany Chapel Charity
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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
A- mendment.

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.

Congregational
Chapels
Charities Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Congregational Chapels
Charities Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

VOL. 171.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Plymouth
into a Committee on the Plymouth Workhouse Workhouse
Charities Bill.

Charities Bill.
C

(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 agreed to.
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.

The Order of the day being read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Register Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Defence of
into consideration the Defence of the Realm the Realm
cquisition
(Acquisition of Land) Bill, as amended in the of
o Land) Bill.
Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration 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 Registration
Second Reading of the Registration of Business of Business
Names Bill
Names Bill [Lords]
[Lords.]

;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Ewer- Reconstruction
gency Provisions) Bill ;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Resolved, That the Statement of the estimated ffreenwich

Hostal
Income and Expenditure of Greenwich Hospital
pi
and
Travers'
and of Travers Foundation for the year 1916-17 Foundation.
be approved. (Mr. Rea.)

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
till eight minutes before
clock, adjourned .till
to-

tinued to sit
Nine of
the
morrow.

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25th October.

Cork County
(West Cork)
Writ.

Public
Petitions.
Vide Second
Report.
Treaty Series
(No. 4, 1916)

Wednesday, 2 th October 1916.

PRAYERS.
fIRDERE'D, That Mr. Speaker do issue his
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 Cork ( West Cork Division),
in the room of
James G-ilhooly, Esquire,
deceased.(Mr. Maurice Healy.)

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's
Command, Copies of Treaties, &c. between
the United Kingdom and Foreign States ;
[In continuation
Accessions, Withdrawals, &c.
of Treaty Series (No. 10, 1915).]

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Historical
Manuscripts
(Royal
Commission.)

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Copy of Eighteenth
Majesty's Command,
Report of the Royal Commission on Historical
Manuscripts.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Irish Land
Commission
(Account.)

No. 132,

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
Account of the Irish Land Commission for the
year ended 31st March 1916, and from 22nd
August 1881 to 31st March 1916 ; together with
the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor
General thereon.

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed.

Trading with
the Enemy
and Export of
Prohibited
Goods Bill.

Bill 113.

Lord Robert Cecil presented a Bill to amend
the Law relating to Trading with the Enemy
and the export of prohibited goods : And the
same was ordered to be read a second time
to-morrow ; and to be printed.

supported

Mr. Pretyman,

by Mr. Steel-
Anzac
(Restriction on Maitland, presented a Bill to prohibit the use
Trade use
of the word Anzac in connection with any trade,
Word) B
business, calling, or profession : And the same
was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

of
ill.
Bill 114.

Questions to
Ministers.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Ordered, That, fOr

the
Session, the time during which Questions may
be taken be extended till Four of the clock.
(Mr. Secretary Bonar Law.)

the remainder of

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Defence of the
Realm (Acquisition of Land) Bill, as amended
in the Committee.

A Clause (Application of building laws)
(Mr. Percy Harris) was twice read ; and made
part of the Bill.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill (Particulars of valuations to be ascertained
and recorded).(Mr. Dundas White.)

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 read a second
time :It passed in the Negative.

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill.

1916
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 18, by inserting, after the
word " Commission," the words " upon the ground
that an extension of time is necessary for urgent
national requirements."(Mr. Rawlinson.)

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 Ainendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 20, by leaving out the
word " five," and, inserting the word " two "
(Mr. Rawlinson),---instead thereof.

And the Question being put, That the word
" five " stand part of the Bill :It was resolved
in the Affirmative.

Then other Anaendinents were made to the

Bill.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 7, by inserting, after the
word " rent," the words " and compensation for
(Mr.
loss
Rawlinsou.)

and .damage,

suffered."

any,

if

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. 3, 1..12, by inserting, after the
word " soil,." the words " or other causes arising
from the use to which it has been put."
(Mr. Boyton.)

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. 3, 1. 13, by leaving out the
words " the Commission," and inserting the
words "by an arbitrator to be agreed upon by
in default of agreement, by
the parties, or,
the President of the Surveyors' Institution "
(Mr. Rawlinson),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, by leaving out Is. 14 to ,16,
inclusive, and inserting the words

" (3) Where any such buildings or works
have been erected or constructed upon any
common, open space, or allotment, the building
or work shall be removed and the land restored
as aforesaid, except so far as the Board of
Agriculture and Fisheries certify that such
removal or restoration is not required in the
interests of the persons interested in the land or
the public "(Mr. Solicitor General),=instead
thereof.

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :
It passed in the Negative.

And the Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill ;

The proposed words were amended, by leaving
the words " Board of Agriculture and
out
the words
certify," and inserting
Fisheries
" local authority certifies "(Sir John Tudor
Walters),instead thereof ; and there inserted in
the Bill.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
1. 36, by leaving out

to the Bill, in p. 3,

25th October.

7 GEO. V.
subsection (2) of Clause 3. (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. 4, 1. 16, by inserting, after the
word " possession," the words " but not later than
three years after the termination of the present
war." (Mr. Solicitor General.)

And the Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill ;

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the proposed Amendment, by leaving out the
word " three," and inserting the word " two "
( Sir Frederick Banbury),--instead thereof.

And the Question being proposed, That the
word " three " stand part of the said proposed
Amendment :The Amendment to the said pro-
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House,
withdrawn.

And the Question being put, That the words
later than three years after the
"but not
termination of the present war" be there inserted
in the Bill :It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Another Amendment was proposed to he made
to the Bill, in p. 4, 1. 31, by inserting at the end
thereof the words " Provided that the compulsory
powers of purchase under this section shall not
come into operation until the termination of the
present war."(Mr. Brunner.)

And the Question being put, That those words
be there inserted in the Bill :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. 5, 1. 16, by leaving out para-
graph (b).( Sir Frederick Banbury.)

And the Question being put, That the word
" where " 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. 27, by leaving out para-
graph (d), and inserting the words

" (d) nothing in this section shall authorise the
pollution of, or abstraction of water from,
any river or stream in any case where the
Local Government Board, on the application
of the local authority of any district, or of
any board of conservators or other similar
public authority constituted under any Act
and having powers with respect
to the
pollution of rivers, determines that such
pollution or abstraction would affect the
flow or purity of such river or stream to
such extent as to prejudice the health of,
or the supply of water to, the inhabitants of
the district "

( Mr. Solicitor General), instead thereof.

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, I. 37, by inserting at the end
thereof the words " Nor shall anything in this
any interference with or
section
infringement of .the rights of any riparian owner,
or prejudice or affect any such rights."(Sir
.Frederick Banbury.)

authorise

And the Question being proposed, That those
words be there inserted in the,Bill :The said

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219
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the
House, withdrawn:

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. .6, 1. 17, by leaving out the
Words "lease, or otherwise disposed .of."(Dr.
Addison.)

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. Ashley,

Mr. Rawlinson:

Yeas,

Noes,

Tellers for the Mr. Gulland,

1 Lord Edmund Talbot :

43.

158.

So it passed in the Negative.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 6, 1. 18, by inserting, after the
word " shall," the words " unless such land is
land upon which buildings ,of a permanent nature
have been erected, or is land used in connection
with such buildings."(Dr. Addison.)

And the. Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill ;

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the proposed Amendment, by inserting, after the
word " erected,"- the words " by or at the expense
of a Government department."(Mr. Ashley.)

And the Question being proposed, That those
words be there inserted in the said proposed
Amendment :The Amendment to the said pro-
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House,
withdrawn.

And the Question being put, That the words
" unless such land is land upon which buildings
of a permanent nature have been erected, or is
land used in connection with such buildings " be
there inserted in 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. 8,1. 22, by leaving out Clause 8.
(Mr. Rawlinson.)

And the Question being proposed, That the
words proposed to be left out, to the word " or,"
in 1. 36, 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. 11, 1. 2, by inserting, after the
first word " interest," the words " or is a national
nature reserve."(Mr. Brunner.)

i

And the Question being proposed, That those
words be there inserted in the Bill:The said
proposed Amendnient 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. 11, 1. 11, by inserting, after the
word " undertaking," the words " other than land
which, before the commencement of the present
war, had ceased to be used for the purposes of the
undertaking. " (Dr. Addison.)

And the Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill ;

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the proposed Amendment, in 1. 1, by leaving
out from the word " than " to the end of the
proposed Amendment, and inserting the words
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1916.
words "of the amount claimed."(Mr. Raw-
linson.)

220
" superfluous laud "(Sir Frederick Banbury),
instead thereof.

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out stand part of the said
proposed Amendment
was resolved in the
Affirmative.

And the Question being put, That the words
" other than land which, before the commencement
of the present war, had ceased to Le used for the
purposes of the undertakino." be there inserted
in the Bill : It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 11, 1. 16, by leaving out the words
" of the appropriate Government department or."
(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. 11, I. 19, by inserting, after the
word " college," the words " provided that such
consent, if given, shall not authorise the retention
of possession for a longer period than two years
after the termination of the war."( Mr. Currie.)
And the Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill ;

The proposed Amendment was amended, in
1. 2, by leaving out the word " two," and
inserting the word " three "(Sir Frederick
Banbury),instead thereof.

And the Question being put, That the words
" provided that such consent, if given, shall not
authorise the retention of possession for a longer
period than three years after the termination of
the war " be there inserted in 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. 11, 1. 27, by inserting at the end
thereof the words

" (3) Nothing in this Act shall alter, vary, or
prejudice any agreement or undertaking made or
given by or on behalf of any Government
department with respect to any land, or any
interest . therein, possession of which has been
taken for purposes connected with the present
war."(Mr. Percy Harris.)

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. 14, 1. 24, by leaving out from
the words last inserted to the end of the paragraph,
inserting the words " The Government
and
department shall not acquire or enjoy a natural
right of support under other lands belonging to
the vendor outside the distance of forty yards,
or other the prescribed distance, unless in the
the Commission such further
judgment
lateral support is necessary for the protection of
the land "(Colonel Gretton), instead thereof.
And the Question being proposed, That the
words proposed to be left out, to the word " shall,"
the Bill :The said
in 1. 25, stand part of
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the
House, withdrawn.

of

Then other Amendments were ,made to the

Bill.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
1. 3, by leaving out the

to the Bill, in p. 15,

And the Question beino. 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.

A Motion was made,*and the Question being
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third
time :And a Debate arising thereupon ;

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

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed upon

Tuesday next.

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended on con- Bill 115.

sideration, be printed.

The Order of the day being read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

'Register Bill.

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 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 Registration
Second Reading of the Registration of Business of Business
Names Bill
Names Bill [Lords] ;
[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- (
gency Provisions) Bill ;

Reconstruction
ion
y
ions)

Provis

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment.

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Order of
the House of the 22nd day of February
last, it being then Ten of the clock, till
to-morrow.

Thursday, 26th October 1916.

PRAYERS.

R. Runciman presented, pursuant to the iNnastui roanna el

AL directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Regulations made by the Board of meat)
Trade, dated 11th October 1916, entitled the 1911 to 191s.
Inspectors (Unemployment Insurance) Regula-
tions, 1916.

Copy of Regulations, dated 22nd September Trade Boards

1916, made by the Board of Trade under Act, 1909.
Section 11 of the Trade Boards Act, 1909, with

26th October.

221
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday
next ; and to be printed.

GEo. V.

respect to the constitution and proceedings of
the Chain Trade Board (Great Britain), in substi-
tution for the Regulations dated 25th November
1909.

Copy of Regulations, dated 18th October 1916,
made by the Board of Trade under Section 11
of the Trade Boards Act, 1909, with respect to
the constitution and proceedings of the Paper
Box Trade Board ( Great Britain), in substitution
for the Regulations dated 27th April 1910.

Copy of Regulations, dated 23rd October
1916, made by the Board of Trade under Sec-
tion 11 of the Trade Boards Act, 1909, with
respect to the constitution and proceedings of
the Tailoring Trade Board (Ireland), in sub-
stitution for the Regulations dated 3rd July
1912.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions
Act, 1865.

Naval Agency
and
Distribution
Act, 1864.

Fugitive
Offenders Acts,
1881 and 1915.

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, pursuant to the
directions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy
of Order
the Naval and
Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, dated
24th October 1916, approving a Memorial of
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

in Council under

Copy of Order in Council under the Naval
Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, dated 24th
October 1916, relating to the distribution of
Prize Bounty, &c.

Copy of Order in Council under the Fugitive
Offenders acts, 1881 and 1915, dated 24th
October 1916, entitled the Straits Settlements
and Protected States Fugitive Offenders Order
in Council, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Message from
the Lords.

Consolidated
Fund (No. 5)
Bill.
Court of
Session
(Extracts)
Bill.

Adjournment.

Shops (Early
Closing.)

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, 1877 and 1907, numbered D.I.P. 377 to
380, declaring the respective areas described
in the Schedules thereto to be infected with
Wart Disease, and to be infected areas for the
purposes of the Wart Disease of Potatoes
(Infected Areas) Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

M.r. 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 Consolidated

Fund (No. 5) Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Court of
Session (Extracts) Bill, without any Amend-
ment.

Captain Barnett, Member for Saint Pancras
( West 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 new
Order made by the Secretary of State for the
Home Department respecting the early closing
of Shops ; 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.

Prevention of
Corruption
Bill.

Bill 116,

Mr. Secretary Samuel, supported by Mr.
Attorney General and Mr. Brace, presented a
Bill to' amend the Law relating to the pre-
vention of Corruption : And the same was

VOL. 171.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this Sittings of
day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.(The Prime the House.
Minister.)

A Motion was made, and the Question being Central
proposed, That, in the opinion of this House, Control Board
the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) TraT
should no longer be independent of the control
of Parliament, and that
its proceedings and
expenditure should be made subject to the con-
trol of a Minister responsible to Parliament
(Colonel Gretton) ;

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
proposed, That this House do now adjourn
(Captain Barnett) :And the said Motion was,
with leave of the House, withdrawn.

Adjournment
(under
Standing
Order No. 10)
(Shops (Early
Closing).)

The postponed proceeding on the Question, Central
That, in the opinion of this House, the Central Control Board
(Lior
Control Board (Liquor Traffic) should no longer Traffic.)
be independent of the control of Parliament,
and that its proceedings and expenditure should
be made subject to the control of a Minister
responsible to Parliament, was resumed.

And the Question being again proposed : --

And a Debate arising thereupon ;

Colonel Gretton rose in his place and claimed Closure
to move, That the Question be now put ; but claimed, but
Mr. Speaker withheld his assent, and declined Mr. Speaker
then to put that Question :Then the House withholds his
resumed the Debate.

Assent.

Colonel Gretton rose in his place and claimed Closure
to move, That the Question be now put ; but claimed, but
Mr. Speaker withheld his assent, and declined Mr. Speaker
withholds his
then to put that Question :Then the House Assent.
resumed the Debate.

Colonel Gretton rose in his place and claimed Closure
to move, That the Question be now put ; but claimed, but
Mr. Speake
Mr. Speaker withheld his assent, and declined
pis
then to put that Question :Then the House thholds
i
resumed the Debate.

Assent.
wi

And it being Eleven of the clock, Mr. Speaker

proceeded to interrupt the Business :

Whereupon Sir Frederick Banbury rose in his
place and claimed to move, That the Question
be now put.

And the Question being put, That the Question Question put
be now put :It was resolved in the Affirma- (pursuant to
S.O. Closure
tive.
of Debate.)

And the Question being accordingly put ;
The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for the J Sir Edward Goulding,

Yeas,

Mr. O'Grady :
Tellers for the J Mr. Gulland,

Noes,

I Lord Edmund Talbot :

85.

97.

So it passed in the Negative.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Trading with the Enemy
and Export of Prohibited Goods Bill ;

mwyiwith

and Export
and
of Prohibited

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Goods Bill.

upon Tuesday next.

F F 3

222

26th 31st October.

1916.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Anzac
(Restriction on Second Readinc, of the Anzac (Restriction on
Trade Use of Trade Use of
Word) Bill.

Reading

Bill ;

Tuesday, 31st October 1916.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

PRAYERS.

Special
Register Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

by the Health of Munition Workers Committee
(Washing Facilities and Baths).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

randum Novl

Fealth of

.)

Table.

Supply.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

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 Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Mr. Avian(' presented, pursuant to the direc- Destructive
e
c at iv
and
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Order
under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, Pests Acts.
numbered D.I.P. 381, declaring an area described
in the Schedule thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and an infected area for the purposes
of the *art Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

Insects

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Constabulasy
and Police
(Ireland)
[Money.]

A Motion being made, That this House will,
upon Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Com-
mittee to consider of authorising further pro-
vision, out of moneys provided by Parliament, for
the pay of members of the Royal Irish Con-
stabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police, and
for pensions, allowances, and gratuities to mem-
bers of those forces, their widows and children
(Mr. Duke);

Mr. Duke, 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 Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And it being half an hour after Eleven of
the clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the
House without Question put, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd
day of February last, till Tuesday next,
pursuant to the Resolution of the House
of this day.

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, pursuant to the Universities of

directions of an Act of Parliament,--Copy of g
Statute made by the Governing Body of All
Souls College, Oxford, under. the Universities (Oxford.)
of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1877, on 13th No. 59.
June 1916, and sealed on 13th July 1916,
amending Statutes III. and IV. of the Statutes
of the College,

ed

Copy of Statute made by the Governing Body universities ot

of Clare College, Cambridge, under the Univer- g
sities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1877 Act, 1877
on 14th July 1916, and sealed on 19th idem, (Cambridge.)
amending Statute 29 of the Statutes of the
College.

axmfobrridand

No.

6idg0.e.)

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. 111'Kinnon Wood presented, pursuant to
Registry
Deeds
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Treasury Order under the Registry of (Ireland.)
Deeds (Ireland) Acts, dated 30th October 1916,
relative to Fees.

of

Copy of Regulations made under the Finance Finance
New Duties)
916, for securing payment of Table Water Act, 1916.
1
Duties.

Act, 1916, dated 3rd October (New Duties)

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His Union of
Majesty's Command, Copies of Papers relating South Africa.
to certain Trials in German South-West. Africa.

Copies of Colonial Reports, Nos. 905 (Straits Colonial
Reports
(Annual,)

Settlements, Report for 1915) and 906 (Grenada,
Report for 1915-16).

Copy of Particulars, Plans, Views, and Nigeria.

Conditions of Sale of Enemy Properties in
Nigeria, to be sold by auction in London on
14th November 1916,

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Duke presented, by. His Majesty's Com- Agricultural

mand,Copy of Report . and Tables relating to Statistics
(Ireland)
Irish Agricultural Labourers for the year 1915. (Agricultural
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Labourers.)

Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's Trading with
Copy of Memorandum fbr
the the Enemy
Command,
guidance of Controllers appointed under Sec- Amendment
guidance
Act, 1916.

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31st October.

223

tion 1 of the Trading with the Enemy Amend-
ment Act, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Cape of
Good Hope
Observatory.

Mr. Balfour preSented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Report of His Majesty's
Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope Obser-
vatory to the Secretary of the Admiralty for
the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Bankruptcy
Act
(Proceedings.)

The Order made upon the 17th day of April
last, That the Paper relative to Bankruptcy Act
(Proceedings) be printed, was read and dis-
charged.

Companies
(Consolidation)
Act, 1908.

The Order made upon the 17th day of April
last, That the Paper relative to the Companies
(Consolidation) Act, 1908, be printed, was read
and discharged.

New Member
sworn.

Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-
Weston, K.C.B., Member for the County of Ayr
(Northern Division), was sworn.

Message from
the Lords.

Larceny 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 agreed to the Amendments
made by this House to the Larceny Bill [Lords],
without any Amendment.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Registration of Business Names Bill
[Lords] was, according to Order, read a second
time.

Ordered, That the Bill be
Committee of-the whole House
(Mr. Rf a.)

committed to a
for to-morrow.

Anzac
(Restriction on
Trade The of
Word) Bill.

The Anzac (Restriction on
Word) Bill was, according to
second time.

Trade Use of
Order, read a

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 having
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
authorised had declared the Royal Assent to
the said Acts, as follow :

1. Consolidated Fund (No. 5) Act, 1916.
2. Court of Session (Extracts) Act, 1916.
3. Larceny Act, 1916.

Ordered, That the Anzac (Restriction on
Anzac
(Restriction on Trade Use of Word) Bill be committed to a
Trade Use of Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
word) Din.

(Mr. Rea.)

VOL. 171.

The Prevention of Corruption Bill was, Prevention of

according to Order, read a second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

Corruption
Bill.

The Trading with the Enemy and Export of Trading with

Prohibited Goods Bill was, according to Order,
read a second time.

the
and
Prohibited
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Goods Bill.

Enemy

of

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Defence of
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed the Realm
upon the 25th day of' this instant October, That
the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) °
Bill be now read the third time ;

(Ar cauni scl)t i

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.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The Order of the day being read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Register Bill.

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 Cominittee.

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 Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- R(
e
E
gency Provisions) Bill ;
Provisions)

co
m

s

enrsgternuccytion

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow, IBM'

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into a Committee on Constabulary and Police (Ireland)
(Ireland) [Money].
[Money.]

and

(In the Committee.)
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise
further provision, out of moneys provided by
Parliament, for the pay of members of the
Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metro-
politan Police, and for pensions, allowances, and
those forces, their
gratuities
widows and children.(Mr. Duke.)

to members of

Resolution to be reported.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and
the Deputy Chairman reported, That the.Com-
mittee had come to a Resolution.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

A Motion being made,' That this House will, Registration
of Business

to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to
consider of authorising the payment of remune-
ration in respect of duties performed under any tion.]
Act of the present Session to provide for the
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224
RegistrMion of firms and persons carrying on
(Mr. James
Business under Business Names
Hope);

Mr. Duke, 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.

House of
Commons
(Kitchen and
Refreshment
Rooms.)

Mr. Baldwin was nominated a Member of the
on House of Commons
(Mr.

Select Committee
(Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms).
James Hope.)

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in. the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till nineteen minutes after
Nine of
to-
morrow.

the clock, adjourned till

Wednesday, 1st November 1916.

PRAYERS.

Coatbridge
Gas Order
Confirmation
Bill.

1TR. Tennant presented a Bill to confirm a
Al Provisional Order under the Private Legis-
lation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating
to Coatbridge Gas : And the same was ordered
(under Section 7 of the Act) to be taken into
consideration to-morrow.

Several Public Petitions were presented, and

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Public
Petitions.
Vide Second
Report.
Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's
Interned
Gommand,Copy of further Correspondence
Civilians
(Release)
respecting the proposed Release of Civilians
(Miscellaneous,
No. 35, 1916.) interned in the British and German Empires (in

continuation of Miscellaneous, No. 25, 1916).

Diseases of
Animals Acts.

Dublin
Hospitals.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Ordered, That. the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Com-
mand,Copy of Report of proceedings by
the Department of Agriculture and 'Technical
Instruction for Ireland under the Diseases of
Animals Acts, with Returns of the Exports and
Imports of Animals, for the year 1915.

Copy of Fifty-eighth Report of the Board of
Superintendence of Dublin Hospitals, for the
year 1915-16.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Order
under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts,
numbered D.LP. 382, declaring an area described
in the Schedule thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and to be an infected area for the
purposes of the Wart Disease of Potatoes
(Infected Areas) Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Civil

a Copy of Accounts of the Civil Contingencies Contingencies
Fund, 1915-16, showing (1) the Receipts and Fund, 1915-16.
Payments in connection with the Fund in the
year ended the 31st day of March 1916 ; (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. 111Kinnon Wood.)

Lieutenant Edward Mervyn Archdale, R.N. New Member

(retired), Member for the County of Fermanagh sworn.
(North Fermanagh Division), was sworn.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Special
into a Committee on the Special Register Bill. Register Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Preparation of new register of

electors).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5, at the
beginning, to insert the words " For the purposes
of elections to be held during the present war."
(Mr. Dickinson.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask
leave to sit again (Mr. Pringle),
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, upon Tuesday
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee.

Mr. Gulland reported from the Committee on aConstabulary

Constabulary and Police (Ireland) [Money] a (Ireland)
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth
[Money.]

That it

is expedient

to authorise further
provision, out of moneys provided by Parliament,
for the pay of members of the Royal Irish
Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police,
and for pensions, allowances, and gratuities to
their widows and
members of
children.

those forces,

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. Duke, Mr. Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Attorney
General for Ireland do prepare and bring it in.

Mr. Duke accordingly presented a Bill to Constabulary
amend the Law relating to the pay and pensions and Police
of the Royal Irish Constabulary. and Dublin (Ireland) Bill.
Metropolitan Police : And the same was read Bill 118.
the first time, and ordered to be read a second
time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed.

into a Committee on Registration of Business
Names [Remuneration].

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration
fa Business
Names
[Remunera-
tion.]

(In the Committee.)
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the
payment of remuneration in respect of duties
performed under any Act of the present Session
to provide for the Registration of firms and
persons carrying on Business under Business
Names.(Mr. Pretyman.)

Resolution to be reported.

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225

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair,; and Sir
Frederick Banbury reported, That the Committee
had come to a Resolution.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Anzac
(Restriction on Committee on the Anzac (Restriction on Trade
Trade Use of
Word) Bill. Use of Word) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Prevention of
Corruption
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Prevention of Corruption
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Trading with
the Enem
y
Expo rt
and
Prohibited
Goods Bill.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for the
of Committee on the Trading with the Enemy and

Export of Prohibited Goods Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

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.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

gency Provisions) Bill ;

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till nine minutes after Six
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Thursday, 2nd November 1916.

Coatbridge
Gas Order
Confirmation
Bill.

PRAYERS.
THE House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Coathridge Gas

Order Confirmation Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Tuesday next.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Colonial Report,
No. 907 (Falkland Islands, Report for 1916).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

VOL. 171.

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood presented, Return to Civil

an Order, dated the 1st day of this instant Contingencies
November, for Returns relative to the Civil Fund, 1915 -16.
No. 133.
Contingencies Fund, 1915-16.

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, pur- Army
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, (Territorial
Copies of Schemes made under the Territorial Force.)
and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, by the Army
Council for the establishment and constitution
of Associations for the Counties of Haddington
and Nairn.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The Chairman of Ways and Means reported Rhodes Estate
from the Committee on the Rhodes Estate Bill Bill [Lords.]
[Lords] ; That, with reference to the Instruction
of the House of the 19th day of October last,
the Committee, having heard evidence, were
satisfied that it was inexpedient to make the
proposed Amendment to Clause 4 of the Bill.

The Chairman of Ways and Means further
reported front the Committee ; That they had
examined the allegations of 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.

Mr. Pretyinan presented a Bill to amend the
Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916: And
the same was ordered to be read a second time
upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed.

Output of
Beer
(Restriction)
(No. 2) Bill.
Bill 119.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this
day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.(The Prime
Minister.)

Sittings of
the House.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Prevention of Corrup-
tion Bill.

Prevention of
Corruption
Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Increase of maximum penalty

in certain cases).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 12, to leave
out the words " nor less than three."(Sir
Albert Spicer.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
the Clause :

to be left out stand part of
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 14,
to leave out the word " section," in order to
(Commander
insert
Wedgwood.)

the word " subsection."

Question proposed, That the word " section "
stand part of the Clause : Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 17,

at the end, to insert the words

" (2) In subsection (1) of section one of the
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906, for the
words ' four months,' and for the words ' fifty
pounds,' there shall be substituted the words
six months,' and the words ' one hundred
(Commander Wedg-
pounds,'
wood.)

respectively."

Question proposed, That those words be there.

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

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1916.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee,

226

Clause No. 2 (Presumption of corruption in

certain cases).

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1,1.23,
after the word " body," to insert the words " or
public company."(Sir Owen Philipps.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Other Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 amended, and agreed to.
A Clause (Application of 6 Edw. 7, c. 34, s. 2
(1) )(Sir Albert Spicer)--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 (Application)(Commander
Wedgwood) 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 (Time for taking proceedings)
(Sir Albert Spicer)brought up, and read the
'first and second time, and added to the Bill.

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 taken into consideration upon
Tuesday next ; and be printed.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Trading with the Enemy
and. Export of Prohibited Goods 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.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on
Registration of Business Names [Remuneration]
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth

That it is expedient to authorise the payment
of remuneration in respect of duties performed
under any Act of the present Session to provide
for
and persons
carrying on Business under Business Names.

the Registration of

firms

Bill 117.

Trading with
the Enemy
and Export of
Prohibited
Goods Bill.

Registration
of Business
Names
[Remunera-
tion.]

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Anzac
(Restriction Committee on the Anzac (Restriction on Trade
on Trade Use
of Word) Bill.

.--,-U se of Word) Bill

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords];

The Order of the day being read, for the Supply.

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the wayszsand

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

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

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- Reconstruction
gency Provisions) Bill ;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment.

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the Order of
the House of the 22nd day of February
last, it being then fourteen minutes after
Six of the clock, till Tuesday next, pur-
suant to the Resolution of the House of
this day.

Tuesday, 7th November 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE Coatbridge Gas Order Confirmation Coatbridge
Bill was, according to Order, read the third Gas Order

time and passed.

CB

B illfirmation

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented,

by Colonial
His Majesty's Command,Copies of Colonial Reports
Reports, Nos. 908 (Bermuda, Report for 1915) (Annual'.)
and 909 (Jamaica, Report for 1915-16).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Shops Act,

the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies 1912.
of Orders made under the Shops Act, 1912, by
the undermentioned Local
the Councils of
Authorities, and confirmed by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department :

County of London (Metropolitan Boroughs
of Chelsea, Fulham, and Hammersmith).
County of Buckingham (Parishes of Penn

and Tylers Green).

County Borough of Southport (Church-
town Crossens and High Park Area).

Urban District of Penarth.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, by His Majesty's Com- Board of
mand,Copy of Agricultural Statistics, 1915. Agriculture
Volume L. Part III. Prices and Supplies of and Fisheries.
Corn, Live Stock, and other Agricultural Pro..
duce in England and Wales.

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227
acting under the order of an officer in the
execution of their duties.

7 GEO. V.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Recruiting
(Ireland.)

Fisheries
(Ireland.)

Army
(Territorial
Force.)

Shops Act,
1912.

Mr. Acland also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies of
Orders made under the Destructive Insects and
Pests Acts, numbered D.I.P. 383, 384, 387, and
388, declaring the respective areas described in
the Schedules thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and to be infected areas for the pur-
poses of the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected
Areas) Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Com-
mand,
Copy of Statement giving particulars
regarding men of military age (nineteen and
under forty-one years) in Ireland, with an esti-
mate of the number of men available for military
service, based on the National Register, 1915,
and the number of men who have joined His
Majesty's Forces since the outbreak of War.

Copy of Report of the Department of Agri-
culture and Tethnical Instruction for Ireland on
the Sea and Inland Fisheries of Ireland for the
year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, pur-

suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of Schemes made by the Army Council
under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act,
1907, for the establishment and constitution of
Associations for the Counties ofAnglesey, Argyll,
Banff, Cambridge and Isle of Ely, Cardigan,
Carmarthen, Chester, Cornwall, Dorset, Dum-
fries, Fife, Glamorgan, Hertford, Leicester,
Middlesex, Midlothian, Norfolk, Northampton,
Northumberland, Orkney, and York (North
Riding).

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
Order under the Shops Act, 1912, made by the
Council of the undermentioned Local Authority,
and confirmed by the Secretary for Scotland :--.

Burgh of Clydebank.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mersey Docks
and Harbour
Board.

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 the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for
the year ending 1st July 1916.

Imprisonment
of a Member.

Mr. Speaker informed the House that he had
received the following letter relating to the
imprisonment of Mr. Ginnell, a Member of this
House :
Sir,

1st November 1916.

I have to inform you that Mr. Laurence
Ginnell, M.P. for North Westmeath, has been
arrested to-day under a commitment warrant
issued by me, and has been taken to Pentonville
Prison for detention there for a period of twenty-
one days in the first division, in default of
payment of a fine of £50, imposed upon him on
appeal by the Court of Quarter Sessions for
the County of London, upon a charge under
Regulation 44 of the Defence of the Realm
Regulations, of knowingly making a false state-
ment and an omission in a certain application,
with intent to mislead an officer and persons

VOL. 171.

I have the honour to be,
Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

JOHN DICKINSON.

To the Right Honourable
The Speaker of the

House of Commons.

The Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Bill Constabulary

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. Gulland.)

and
(
(Ireland) ) Bill.

The Output of Beer (Restriction) (No. 2) Output of

Bill was, according to Order, read a second Beer
time.

(Restriction)
(No. 2) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.

(Mr. Rea.)

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Anzac

into a Committee on the Anzac (Restriction on (Restriction
on Trade Use
Trade Use of Word) Bill.
of Word) Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Prohibition of the use of the

word Anzac in connection with any trade, &c.).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, I. 5, to leave out
the words " as from the commencement of this
Act."(Sir Henry Dalziel.)

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. 1, 1. 8, to
leave out the words " without the authority of a
Secretary of State. " ( Sir Henry Dalziel.)

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 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 the Bill, as amended in the
taken into consideration to-

Committee, be
morrow.

The Order of the dairy being read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Register Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Prevention of

into consideration the Prevention of Corruption C
Bill, as amended in the Committee ;

orr uption
ill.B

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the BRuegsiinsteismstion of

Committee on the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Names Bill
[Lords.]

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.

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7th-8th
The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Ways and
Means.

November.

1916.

The Order of the day being read, for the Constabulary

Committee on the Constabulary and Police (Ireland)
(Ireland) Bill ;

ela

Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Output of
Committee on the Output of Beer (Restriction) (Restriction)
triction)
(No. 2) Bill ;
(No. 2) Bill.

Beer

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow:

The Order of the day being read, for taking Anzac
into consideration the Anzac (Restriction on (Restriction
on Trade U
Trade Use of Word) Bill, as amended in the word)
Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration to-morrow.

The Order of the day being' read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Register Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Prevention of

into consideration the Prevention of Corruption Corruption
Bill, as amended in the Committee ;

Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Registration

Committee on the Registration of Business of
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Names
[Lord$.]

B us inBeislsl

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,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

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 Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer_ Reconstruction
gency Provisions) Bill ;

Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill'

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
till eleven minutes after
tinued to sit
Eleven of the clock, adjourned till to-
morrow.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, .for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

gency Provisions) Bill ;

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And 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, at seven
minutes before Eight of the clock, without
a Question first put, till to-morrow.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Lunacy Act,
1890.

Wednesday, 8th November 1916.

PRAYERS.

11.

Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copies of
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.P. 385, 386, 389 to 392,
inclusive, declaring the areas described in the
Schedules thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and infected areas for the purposes of
the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

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
Rule, dated 27th October 1916, made by the
Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the
Treasury under the Lunacy Act, 1890.

Sale of Enemy A Motion was made, and the Question being
proposed, That, in the opinion of this House,
Property.
where enemy properties and businesses in Crown
Colonies and Protectorates are offered for sale,
provision should be made for securing that such
properties and businesses should be sold only to
natural-born British subjects or companies wholly
British(Mr. Leslie Scott);

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Question, in l. 3, by inserting, after the second
word " should," the word" only." (Sir Hamar
Greenwood.)

And the Question being proposed, That the
word " only " be there inserted :The said pro-
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House,
withdrawn.

And the Main Question being put ;
The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for thef Mr. George Terrell,
t Sir Charles Hunter:

Yeas,

Tellers for the f Mr. Gulland,

Noes,

1Lord Edmund Talbot:

So it passed in the Negative.

117.

231.

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9th November.

Thursday, 9th November 1916.

Rhodes Estate
Bill [Lord..]

PRAYERS.
HE House proceeded to take into considera-
tion the Rhodes Estate Bill [Lords], as

amended in the Committee.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.

Mr. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Corn-
Intermediate
Education mand,Copy of Report of the Intermediate
(Ireland.)
Education Board for Ireland under the Inter-
mediate Education (Ireland) Act, 1914, as to
the application of the Teachers' Salaries Grant.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Government
Chemist.

Mr. MKinnon Wood presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
Government Chemist upon the work of the
Government Laboratory for
the year ended
31st March 1916, with Appendices.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Sittings of
the House.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this
adjourn till Tuesday next.1 (Mr.

day, do
Secretary Bonar Law.)

Prevention of
Corruption
Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Prevention of Corrup-
tion Bill, as amended in the Committee.

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill

(Restriction on application).(Mr. King.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and

read the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
bein?. put, That the said Clause be read a second
time :It passed in the Negative.

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 10, by inserting, after
the
word " sub-contract," the words " or a proposal
for a sub-contract."(Mr. King.)

And the Question being put, That those words
be there inserted in the Bill :It passed in the,
Negative.

Then 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.

Constabulary
and Police
(Ireland) Bill.

The House, accordinp. to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Constabulary and Police
(Ireland) Bill.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Alteration of rates of pay in
certain ranks of the Royal. Irish Constabulary
and Dublin Metropolitan Police).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 14, at the
end, to insert the words " save that in the case
of married members of the Royal Irish Con-
stabulary not higher in rank than head constable
the rates specified in Part II. of
the First
Schedule to this Act shall be increased by two
shillings."(Mr. .Patrick Meehan.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 15,
to leave out subsection (3).(Major Newman.)

Question, That the .words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

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229
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 18,
at the end, to insert the words" save that in the
case of married constables not higher in rank
than sergeant the rates specified in the Second
Schedule of this Act shall be increased by the
sum of two shillings."(Mr. Byrne.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.
Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Alteration of enactments re-
lating to pensions and allowances and gratuities).
Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 28, to leave

out subsection (4).(Colonel Craig.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " except," in 1. 35, stand part of
the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 35,
to leave out from the word " effect " to ;he end
of 1. 39.(Mr. Hazleton.)

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. 39,

at the end, to insert the words

" (5) For the purpose of calculating the
amount of any pension which may be granted
to any head or other constable of the Royal
Irish Constabulary or the Dublin Metropolitan
Police, from the date of the passing 'of this Act
annual pay' shall include five pounds four
shillings per annum for each married man or
widower with a family."( Mr. Patrick Meehan.)
Question put, That those words be there

inserted.

The Committee divided.
Tellers for the I Mr. Patrick Meehan,

Yeas,

Colonel Craig :

Tellers for the f Mr. Gulland,

Noes,

t Lord Edmund Talbot :

60.

68.

I

f

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 3 agreed to.
'A Clause (Repeal)(Mr. Dillon)brought
up, and read the first and second time, and added
to the Bill.

Another Clause (Age at which pay will
cease)(Mr. Byrne)brought up, and read the
first time.

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause

be read a second time, put, and negatived.

Schedules 1 and 2 agreed to.
A Schedule (Acts repealed)(Mr. Muldoon)
brought up, and read the first and second time,
amended, and added to the Bill.

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 taken into consideration upon
Tuesday next.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself outpur of
into a Committee on the Output of Beer (Restric- (Restriction)
tion) (No. 2) Bill.
(No. 2) Bill.

Beer

(In the Committee.).
Clauses No. 1 to No. 4 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,
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and directed him to report the
Amendment.

9th-14th November.
same, without

Anzac
(Restriction
on Trade Use
of Word) Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be now
time :The Bill was accordingly
time and passed.

read the third
read the third

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 Anzac (Restriction
on Trade Use of Word) Bill, as amended in the
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 desire their concurrence.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, 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, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to
the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till half an hour after Eight
of the clock, adjourned till Tuesday next,
pursuant to the Resolution of the House
of this day.

Bailey v.
Symonds.

Tuesday, 14th November 1916.

PRAYERS.
APETITION of Archibald Henry Bailey, of
Tonbridge, in the County of Kent, Solicitor,
was presented, and read ; setting forth that an
action is pending in the High Court of Justice,
King's Bench Division, entitled Bailey v. Sy-
monds, and praying that leave may be given to
the proper Officer of the House to attend at the
hearing to produce and prove a document, and
to give such evidence as may be necessary to
further the ends of justice.

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper

Officer to attend accordingly.

1916.

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's Trading with

Copy of further Correspondence the Enemy

Command,
with the United States Ambassador respecting Z.sr1916.)
the Trading with the Enemy (Extension of
Powers) Act, 1915 (in continuation of Miscel-
laneous, No. 11, 1916).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc- Destructive
ts and
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copies of PeIns ec
ts
s A cts.
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.P. 393 to 402, declaring
the areas described in the Schedules thereto to
be infected with Wart Disease, and infected
areas for the purposes of the Wart Disease of
Potatoes (Infected Areas) Order of 1914.

Copy of Order 9801, under the Diseases of Diseases of
Animals Acts, dated 31st October 1916, post- Animals Acts.
poning the operation of the two Orders described
in the Schedule thereto until the 1st December
1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Ranciman presented, pursuant to the Companies
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of (Winding-up.)
Twenty-fifth General Annual Report by the No. 134.
Board of Trade under Section 283 of the
Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table; and be printed.

Mr.

_IPPKinnon Wood

presented,

by His Sugar Supply.

Copy of Memorandum
Majesty's Command,
issued by the Royal Commission on Sugar
Supply as to the distribution of Sugar, July to
December 1916.

Copy of further Report of the Departmental National
Committee on Approved Society Finance and health
Administration.

n c e
(Departmental

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Committee.)

Table.

Mr. Long presented, pursuant to the directions
of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Summary
of the Annual Local Taxation Returns for
England and Wales, with an Index, for the year
1913-14.

Local
Taxation
Returns
(England and
Wales.)

No. 135.

Ordered. That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Ordered, That the Constabulary and Police

(Ireland) Bill, as amended, be printed.

Mr. Thomas, Member for Derby, 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 circumstances under which a conference was
broken up in Cardiff last Saturday, and the failure
of the Horne Office to give satisfactory assur-
ances to protect the right of citizens to meet and
discuss questions of national importance ; 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.

Constabulary
and Police
(Ireland) Bill.
Bill 120,
Adjournment.

Conference
at Cardiff.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Board of
Bill for establishing a Board of Pensions, and Pensions.
for purposes connected therewith : And that
Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Dr. Macnamara, Mr. Forster, Mr.
Hayes Fisher, and Mr. Solicitor General do
prepare and bring it in,

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14th-15th November.

231

Board of
Pensions Bill.
Bill 122.

Mr. Arthur Henderson accordingly presented
a, Bill for establishing a Board of Pensions, and
for purposes connected therewith : And the same
was read the first time, and ordered to be read
a second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

Bill 121.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords] ; and after some time spent
therein, 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, be

printed.

Ordered, That the Bill be recommitted to a

Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.

Special
Register Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Constabulary
and Police
(Ireland) Bit, . (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ;

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Constabulary and Police

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration 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.

Wednesday, 15th November 1916.

PRAYERS.

r HE Rhodes Estate Bill [Lords] was read Rhodes Estate

the third time and passed, with Amend- Bill [lords.]

rnents.

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. Herbert Lewis presented, pursuant to Foreign
the directions of several Acts of Parliament, Jurisdiction
Copies of Two Orders in Council under the 1A9c1t3s 1890 and
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913, dated
6th November 1916.

Copies of Three Orders in Council under the Naval and
Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, Marine Pay
and Pensions
dated 6th November 1916.
Act, 1865,

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The Lord Advocate presented, by His Borgie Farm.

Majesty's Command,Copy of Memorandum
respecting; the Farm of Borgie, which has been
presented to the State by the Duke of Suther-
land.

The Lord Advocate also presented, pursuant Motor Car Act,

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,-- 1903, and
Copy of Motor Car (Hackney Carriage Plate)
(Scotland) Order, 1916, made under the Motor
Car Act, 1903, and the Finance Act, 1916,
dated 6th November 1916.

IFInre Act,

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment
(under
Stand ng
Order No. 10)
(Conference
at Cardiff.)

Adjournment.

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-
posed, That this House do now adjourn(Mr.
Thomas) :-- And the said Motion was, with leave
of the House, withdrawn.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put : It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till a quarter of an hour
before Eleven of the clock, adjourned till
to-morrow.

Mr. Hayes Fisher presented a Bill to make Local
provision with respect to the calculation of the Government
amounts payable and transferable in respect of V.Zierigoenns7
Pauper Lunatics under section twenty-four of the (No. 2) Bill.
Local Government Act, 1888: And the same Bill 123.
was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be printed.

A Motion was made, and the Question being Food Prices.

proposed, That, in the opinion of this House, it
is the duty of the Government to adopt further
methods of organisation to increase and conserve
the national food supply, and so diminish the
risk of shortage and serious increase in prices in
the event of the war being prolonged(Mr.
Hewins) : And a Debate arising thereupon ;

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

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed to-

morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Board of
Second Reading of the Board of Pensions Bill ; Pensions Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

The Order of the day being read, for the Registration
Business
B

Committee on the Registration of Business
Names (recommitted) Bill [Lords] ;

of
N
[Lo

VoL. 171.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the' said Committee_

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232

15th

16th November.

1916.

Special
Register Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Constabulary
and Police
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Constabulary and Police
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration 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.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

gency Provisions) Bill ;

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And 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, at four minutes before
Eleven of the clock, without a Question
first put, till to-morrow.

Deutsche Bank
(London
Agency.)

Thursday, 16th November 1916.

PRAYERS.

1VIR.

Kinnon Wood presented, by His
Majesty's Command, Copy of Licence
issued by the Secretary of State for the Home
Department under the powers of the Aliens
Restriction (Consolidation) Order, 1916, in con-
nection with the Deutsche Bank (London
Agency).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Message from
the Lords.

Holligrave
Charity Bill.

Stony.
Stratford
Charities Bill.
Baptist
Chapels
Charities Bill.
Burnham-on-
Crouch Chapel
Charity Bill.

Bradford
(Infirmary
Street) Baptist
Chapel
Charity 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 Holligrave

Charity Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the. Stony Stratford

Charities Bill, without any Ainendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Baptist Chapels

Charities Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have, agreed to the Burnham-on-
any

Crouch Chapel Charity Bill, without
Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Bradford
(Infirmary Street) Baptist Chapel Charity Bill,
without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Bradninch Bradninch

Chapel Charity Bill, without any Amendment. Chapel

Charity Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Bethlehem Bethlehem
Chapel (Tryddyn) Charity Bill, without any Chapel
(Tryddyn)
Amendment.
Charity

The Lords have agreed to the Pisgah Chapel Pisgah Chapel

(Tryddyn) Charity Bill, without any Amend- (Tryddyn)
ment.

Charity Bill.

Tho Lords have agreed to the Moriah Chapel

(Broughton)
(Broughton) Charity Bill, without any Amend- Charity Bill.
Charity
ment.

The Lords have agreed to the Bethany Bethany

Chapel Charity Bill, without any Amendment.

cchhaarpietly

Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Congregational Congregational

Chapels Charities Bill, without any Amend- Chapels
ment.

Charities Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Plymouth Plymouth
Workhouse Charities Bill, without any Amend- Workhouse
ment.

Charities Bill.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this

day, do adjourn till Tuesday next.
Secretary Bonar Law.)

the rouse.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Constabulary

take into consideration the Constabulary and
Police (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Com-
mittee.

(

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Tuesday next.

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Food Prices.

the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed
upon the 15th day of this instant November,
That, in the opinion of this House, it is the duty
of the Government to adopt further methods of
organisation to increase and conserve the national
food supply, and so diminish the risk of shortage
and serious increase in prices in the event of the
war being prolonged ;

And the Question being again proposed :
The House resumed the said adjourned Debate.
And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House,
it is the duty of the Government to adopt further
methods of organisation to increase and conserve
the national food supply, and so diminish the
risk of shortage and serious increase in prices
in the event of the war being prolonged.

The Order of the day being read, for the Local

Second Reading of the Local Government (Government
(Emergency Provisions) (No. 2) Bill ;
Provisions)
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill.

upon Tuesday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Board of
Second Reading of the Board of Pensions Bill ; Pensions Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

upon Tuesday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Registration
Committee on the Registration of Business of Business
Names Bill
Names (recommitted) 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 Supply.

Committee of Supply;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

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16 th-21 st November.

233

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for, the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till one minute after Eleven
of the clock, adjourned till Tuesday next,
pursuant to the Resolution of the House
of this day.

Tuesday, 21st _November 1916.

PRAYERS.

Copy of Abstract of Accounts of the Uni_ University of

versity of Aberdeen for the year 1914-15.

Aberdeen.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, pursuant to Municipal

the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of the Charter of the Incorporation of of
Buxton, dated 14th November 1916.

Corporations
(Incorporation

Copy of Charter of Incorporation of Ayles- Municipal

bury, dated 14th November 1916.

Corporations
(Incorporation
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the of Aylesbury.)

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc- Destructive
Copies of Insects and
Pests Acts.

tions of an Act of Parliament,
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.LP. 403 to 409 and 411,
declaring the areas described in the Schedules
thereto to be infected with Wart Disease, and
infected areas for the purposes of the 7Wart
Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas) Order of
1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, by His Majesty's Midwives.
Command,Copy of Report on the work of the Act, 1902.
Central Midwives Board for the year ended
31st March 1916.

National
Health
Insurance
(Joint
Committee.)

Sugar
Purchases.

National
Health
Insurance
(Joint
Cbminittee)
(Regulations.)

Bank of
England.

R.

Majesty's Command,

111Kinnon Wood presented, by His
Copy of Second
Annual Report of the Medical Research Com-
mittee, 1915-16.

Copy of further Treasury Minute, dated
1st November 1916, relative to the financing
of Sugar Purchases abroad on behalf of His
Majesty's Government.

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood also presented, pursuant
to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Regulations, dated 16th November
1916, made by the National Health. Insurance
Joint Committee, entitled the National Health
Insurance (Arrears) Regulations, 1916 (No. 2).
Copy of Return of the amount of Bank of
England Notes issued more than forty years, and
outstanding on 25th October 1916, which have
been written of

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Evicted
Tenants
(Ireland)
Act: 1907.

Mr. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Corn-
mand,Copy of Return giving particulars of
cases
in which persons have been reinstated
with the assistance of the Estates Commissioners
during the quarters ended 31st March 1916,
30th June 1916, and 30th September 1916.

Winter Assizes Mr. Duke also presented, pursuant to the
(Ireland.)
directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copies of Three Orders in Council, dated the
11th November 1916, for holding Winter Assizes
in Ireland.

Motor Car
Act, 1903, and
Finance Act,
1916.

Copy of the Motor Car (Hackney Carriage
Plate) (Ireland) Order, 1916, made under the
Motor Car Act, 1903, and the Finance Act, 1916.
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

University of
Aberdeen.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Annual Statistical Report by the University
Court of the University of Aberdeen for the
year 1914-15.
Vox,. 171.

Mr. Herbert Lewis also presented, pursuant Naval and
: a

to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy of Order in Council under the Naval
and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, dated
16th November 1916, approving a Memorial of
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Act
Act

oyns

e
186n.

Mnad

Copy of Order in Council under the Green- Greenwich
wich Hospital Act, 1865, dated 16th November Hospital
1916, approving a Memorial to the Lords Corn- Act' 1865'
missioners of the Admiralty.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the.

Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's Manufacture
Command,Copies of Orders of the Board of of Flour and
Trade under the Defence of the Realm (Con-
solidation) Regulations, 1914, relating to the
manufacture of Flour and Bread and the price
of Milk.

PBrriecaedoaf and

Milk.

Copy of Account of the sums received and
paid in respect of Wages and Effects of Deceased
Seamen in the year ended the 31st March 1916.

Wages and
Effects of
Deceased
Seamen.
Mr. Runciman also presented, pursuant to the Ramsgate
directions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy Harbour.
of Statement of the Income and Expenditure
of the Board of Trade on .Ramsgate Harbour
for the year ended 31st March 1916.

Copy of Thirtythird General Annual Report Bankruptcy.
by the Board of Trade under the Bankruptcy No. 136.
Act, 1883.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Paper relative to Bankruptcy
be printed.

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 E(C u s teo.m) s and
Eighth Schedule containing a list and particulars
of classes of Documents existing or accruing in
His Majesty's Customs and Excise which are
not considered of sufficient public value to justify
their preservation in the Public Record Office.

Mr. Pemberton Billing, Member for East Adjournment

Hertfordshire, rose in his place and asked leave
to move the adjournment of the House for the
purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent

22nd _November.
The Order of

1916.

the day being read, for the supply.

Committee of Supply ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

marine
Trauiport in
Asia Minor.

21st

234
public importance, viz., the breakdown of the
inland water transport operations in despatching
the Marine Transport necessary for forthcoming
operations in Asia Minor, and the urgent and
vital need for the immediate co- operation between
the War Office, the Admiralty, and the Board
of Trade in the transportation of these craft, the
further delay in despatching which will occasion
a repetition of the failure of our military opera-
tions in Asia Minor, and from the same cause ;
but the pleasure of the House not having been
signified, Mr. Speaker called on those Members
who supported the Motion to rise in their places,
and less than Forty Members having accordingly
risen, the House proceeded to the Business of
the day.

Mr. Charles Roberts, supported by Mr. Arland,
National
Insurance
presented a Bill to provide for the exception
(Temporary
from Part I. of the National Insurance Act,
Employment
in Agriculture) 1911, of persons who are temporarily employed
Bill.
in Agriculture in connection with the present
Bill 124. war : And the same was ordered to be read a

second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Friendly
Societies Bill.
Bill 125.

Board of
Pensions Bill,

Mr.

111Kinnon Wood,

supported by Mr.
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Solicitor
General, presented a Bill to amend the Law
relating to Friendly Societies for purposes con-
nected with the present war : And the same was
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 Board of 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 the word " now."
and, at the end of the Question, adding the words
" upon this day three months. "(Sir Henry
Craik.)

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.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to- morrow.
(Mr. Rea.)

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

Means.

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 Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- Reconstruction.
gency Provisions) Bill ;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And 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 ad-
journed by Mr. Speaker at five minutes
the clock, without a
after Eleven of
Question first put, till to-morrow.

Wednesday, 22nd November 1916.

PR AYERS.
DANIEL O'Leary, Esquire, Member for the New Member
County of Cork (West Cork Division), was sworn.

sworn.

The Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Bill Constabulary
was, according to Order, read the third time elan)ceBill.
and passed, with a new Title, as followeth :
A Bill to amend the Law relating to the pay [New Title.]
and pensions of the Royal Irish Constabulary
and Dublin Metropolitan Police, and for other
purposes relating thereto.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration
into a Committee on the Registration of Business of Business
Names Bill
Names (recommitted) Bill [Lords].
(Lords.]

(In the Committe

Special
Register Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Constabulary
and Police
(Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Third Reading of the Constabulary and Police
(Ireland) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Local Government
(Emergency Provisions) (No. 2) Bill ;

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Registration of Business
Names (recommitted) Bill [Lords] ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Clause No.

registered).

(Firms and persons to be

1

Amendment proposed, in p.1,1. 18, at the end,

to insert the words

" (c) EVery individual or firm having a place
of business in the United Kingdom who, or a
member of which, has either before or after the
passing of this Act changed his name, except in
the case of a woman in consequence of marriage."
(Mr. Butcher.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :

L

2,

to

in

out

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
the word
leave
ment,
" before," in order to insert the words " during
the period of ten years preceding the date of
this Act."(Mr. Fell.)

Question proposed, That the word " before "
part of the proposed Amendment :
stand
Amendment to the proposed Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

22nd November.

GEO. V.
Proposed words there inserted.
Another Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Registration of true name by

nominee, &c.).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, I. 18, after the
third word " or," to insert the words " wholly or
mainly."(Sir Archibald Williamson.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 18,
after the word " as," to insert the word " sole."
(Sir Archibald Williamson.)

Question, That the word " sole " be there

inserted, put, and negatived.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Manner and particulars of

registration).

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, I. 19,

at the end, to add the words

" (3) Where it appears to the satisfaction of

the Board of Trade

(a) that the name which it is proposed to
register under this Act contains the word
British' or
Imperial,' or any word or
words calculated to lead to the belief that
the individual or all the individuals carrying
on business under that name is or are
British subjects ; and

(b) that such individual or individuals, or

any of them, are not British subjects ;
the Board of Trade shall refuse registration of
such name, and require another name to be put
forward for registration instead thereof."(Mr.
Joynson-Hicks.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses No. 4 to No. 6 agreed to.
Clause No. 7 (Penalty for default in regis-

tration).

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 18, after the
word "reasonable," to insert the words "cause
or."(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 25,
to leave out from the word " order " to the end
of the Clause.(Mr. Butcher.)

Question, That the words " Provided that"

stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 25,

after the word " that," to insert the words

" ( a) the maxim um total fine imposed shall

not exceed fifty pounds ; and
(b)."
(Mr. King.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 8 (Disability of persons in default).
Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 9 (Penalty of false statements).
Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 29, at the end,
to add the words " Such certificate of regis-
tration shall be framed and exhibited in a
conspicuous position at the principal place of
business of the firm or individual."(Mr. Fell.)

VOL. 171.

235
Question proposed, That those words be there

added : Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 12 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 13. (Removal of names from

register).

Amendment proposed; in p. 7,
out subsection (3).(Mr. Denniss.)

I. 5, to leave

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 14 (Registrar).
Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 22,
at the end, to add the words " The clerk of each
county and borough council shall be supplied
from time to time with a copy of so much of the
register as relates to firms and persons carrying
on business within the area of the county or
borough for which he is appointed."(Mr.
Denniss.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 15 (Inspection of

registered).

statements

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 26, to leave
out the words " any person may inspect," in
order to insert the words " a complete list of
individuals and firms registered under this Act,
together with the registered particulars, shall be
published in the Gazette, and any additions
or changes in the said list or particulars shall,
at intervals of not more than six months, be
similarly published in the Gazette, and any
person may at any time thereafter inspect and
make copies of or extracts from such list, and."
(Mr. Ronald .11P.Weill.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 16 (Power for Board of Trade to

make rules).

Amendment proposed, in p. 8,

1. 10, at the
end, to insert the words "which shall not extend
the particulars required under section three."
(Sir Archibald Williamson.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 17 (Publication of true names, &c.).
Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 23, to leave
out the words " business letters," in order to
insert the words " bill-heads, invoices, advertise-
ments, show cards, notices, letter paper, or other
stationery issued or used by the individual or
firm."(Sir Frederick Banbury.)

Question proposed, That the words " business
letters " stand part of the Clause :Amend-
ment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 18 agreed to.
Clause No. 20 amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 21 agreed to.
A Clause (Remuneration for duties under
the Act)--(Mr. Solicitor General)brought up,
and read the first and second time, and added to
the Bill.

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22nd--23rd November.

1916.

Bill 126.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
(No. 2) Bill.

Friendly
Societies Bill.

National
Insurance
(Temporary
Employment
in Agriculture)
Bill.

Another Clause (Application to Scotland)
( The Lord Advocate)brought up, and read
the first and second time, and added to the
Bill.

Another Clause (Application to Ireland)
(Mr. Duke)brought up, and read the first and
second time, and added to the Bill.

Schedule amended, and 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
taken into consideration to-

Committee,
morrow ; and be printed.

be

The Local Government (Emergency Pro-
visions) (No. 2) 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.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Friendly Societies 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.
(Mr. Rea.)

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the National
Insurance
(Temporary Employment in Agriculture) 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.
Nugent.)

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 to-morrow.
(Mr. Gulland.)

Board of
Pensions Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Board of Pensions Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

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.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;
. Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,
resolve itself into the said Committee.

A Motion being made, That this House will, Government

to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to War
consider of authorising the payment, out of Obligations.
moneys provided by Parliament, and, if those
moneys are insufficient, out of the Consolidated
Fund, of such sums as may be required for giving
effect to obligations incurred for the purposes of
the present war, or in connection therewith, by
or on behalf of His Majesty's Government, and
in relation thereto(Mr.
for other purposes
Gulland) ;

Mr. ill'Ifinnon Wood, 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.

A Motion being made, That this House will, Board of
to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to Pr seanlsai roiness
consider of authorising the payment, out, of
emuner
moneys provided by Parliament, of the salaries tion.]
or remuneration payable to the President,
officers, and servants of the Board of Pensions
constituted under any Act of the present Session
for establishing a Board of Pensions(Mr.
Gulland) ;

taa-nd

Mr. MKinnon Wood, 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.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment.

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till eighteen minutes after
Nine of the clock, adjourned till
to-
morrow.

Thursday, 23rd November 1916.

PRAYERS.

J ORD Robert Cecil presented,
by His Armenians
1.4 Majesty's Command,Copy of Documents in Turkey
relating to the treatment of Armenians in the (
II
31 111 9
Ottoman Empire, 1915-16, presented to Viscount
Grey of Fallodeu, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, by Viscount Bryce, with a preface by
Viscount Bryce.

i

o
e
6
1

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Aeland presented, pursuant to the direc- Destructive
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Order Insects and
under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, Pests Acts.
numbered D,I.P. 412, declaring an area described
in the Schedule thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease and an infected area for the purposes
of the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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23rd November.

237

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 Amendments
Rhodes Estate
Bill [Lords.] made by this House to the Rhodes Estate Bill
[Lords], without any Amendment.

Mr. Acland, supported by Mr. Tennant, Mr.
Sailors and
SoldiLanders (Gifts Duke, and Mr. Hayes Fisher, presented a Bill to
for
authorise the acceptance and administration
Settlement)
by certain Government departments and local
Bill.
authorities of gifts for the settlement or employ-
ment on land of men who have served in His
Majesty's Forces : And the same was ordered to
be read a second time upon Monday next ; and
to be printed.

Bill 127.

Government
War
Obligations.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
,into a Committee on Government War Obliga-
tions.

(In the Committee.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That it
is expedient to authorise the payment, out of
moneys provided by Parliament, and, if those
moneys are insufficient, out of the Consolidated
Fund, of such sums as may be required for
giving effect to obligations incurred for
the
purposes of the present war, or in connection
therewith, by or on behalf of His Majesty's
Government, and for other purposes in relation
thereto.(Mr. 111Kinnon Wood.)

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress,
and ask leave to sit again( Sir Edward Carson):
Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

Original Question put, and agreed to.
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the
payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament,
and, if those moneys are insufficient, out of the
Consolidated Fund, of such sums as may be
required for giving effect to obligations incurred
for the purposes of the present war, or in con-
nection therewith, by or on behalf of His
Majesty's Government, and for other purposes
in relation thereto.

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.

Friendly
Societies Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Friendly Societies Bill.
(In the Committee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 3 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.

Board of
Pensions
[Salaries and
Remunera-
tion.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
Into a.Committee on Board of Pensions [Salaries
and Reinuneration]:-

VOL. 171.

(In the Committee.)

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the
payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament,
of an annual salary, not exceeding two thousand
pounds, to the President, and of such salaries or
remuneration as the Treasury may determine
to the Secretaries, officers, and servants of the
Board of Pensions constituted under any Act of
the present Session for establishing a Board of
Pensions.(Mr. Arthur Henderson.)

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

'NI onday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Local

Committee on the Local Government (Emer- Government
(Emergency
gency) Provisions (No. 2) Bill
Provisions)
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (No. 2) Bill.

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself National
into a Committee on the National Insurance Insurance
(Temporary Employment in Agriculture) Bill.

Lempipooyrinareyut

(In the Committee.)

in Agriculture)
Bill.

Clause No. 1 (Power to exempt from insurance

persons temporarily employed in agriculture).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 17, at the
end, to insert the words " not exceeding six
months after the end of the war." (Mr.
Hazleton.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 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.

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
into consideration the Registration of Business of Business
Names Bill [Lords], as amended in the Com- [L, Bill
mittee ;

Na
Names

]

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration upon Monday next.

The Order of the day being read, for the Board of

Committee on the Board of Pensions Bill ;

Pensions Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

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.

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23rd-27th November.

1916.

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
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin. Reconstruction (Emer-
( Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

gency Provisions) Bill ;

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy. Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

,

And accordingly the House, having eon-
tinned to sit till half an hour after Seven
of the clock, adjourned till Monday next,
pursuant to the Order of the House of
the 22nd day of February last.

Public
Petitions
Vide Second
Report.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Monday, 27th November 1916.

PRAYERS.
AP UBLIC Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,
Copies of
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.P. 410 and 413 to 416,
inclusive, declaring the respective areas described
in the Schedules thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and infected areas for the purposes of
the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's muntions
Command,Copy of Memorandum No. 15, by (Health of
the Health of Munition Workers Committee Munition
Workers.)
(Effect of Industrial Conditions on Eyesight).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, pur- Army
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, (Territorial
Copies of Schemes made under the Territorial Force.)
and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, by the Army
Council for the establishment and constitution of
Associations for the Counties of Aberdeen, City
of Aberdeen, Berwick, Brecknock, Buckingham,
Carnarvon, Cumberland, Denbigh, Derby, Dur-
ham, Elgin, Essex, Flint, Forfar, Gloucester,
Hereford, Huntingdon, Inverness, Kent, Kincar-
dine Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Lancaster, Lincoln,
Linlithgow, Merioneth, Monmouth, Montgomery,
Nottingham, Oxford, Peebles, Pembroke, Radnor,
Roxburgh, Rutland, Selkirk, Somerset, South-
ampton, Suffolk, Surrey Sussex, Sutherland,
Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, York (East
Riding), York (West Riding), and Zetland.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on Board of
Board of Pensions [Salaries and Remuneration] Pensions
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth :

[salaries and
Remunera-

That it is expedient to authorise the payment, tion.]

out of moneys provided by Parliament, of an
salary, not exceeding two thousand
annual
pounds, to the President, and of such salaries or
remuneration as the Treasury may determine to
the Secretaries, officers, and servants of the Board
of Pensions constituted under any Act of the
present Session for establishing a Board of
Pensions.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Board of
into a Committee on the Board of Pensions Pensions Bill.
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Treaty Series
(No. 5, 1916.)

Treaty Series
(No. 6, 1916.)

Lord. Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's
Command, - -Copy of Exchange of Notes between
the United Kingdom and France and Russia,
modifying Article 2 of the Convention of 9th
November 1914, relating to Prizes captured
during the present War.

Copy of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
between the United Kingdom and Portugal.
Signed at Lisbon, 12th August 1914 (Ratifica-
tions exchanged at Lisbon, 20th May 1916).

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

An Amendment made.
Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again
(Mr. Arthur Henderson),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.

Public Works
(Ireland.)

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Joint
Committee)
(Regulations.)

Mr. 111Kinnon Wood presented,

by His
Copy of Eighty-fourth
Majesty's Command,
Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public
Works in Ireland, with Appendices, for the year
ending 31st March 1916.

Mr. MKinnon Wood also presented, pursuant

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Regulations, dated 22nd November
1916, made by the National Health Insurance
Joint Committee, the Insurance Commissioners,
the Scottish Insurance Commissioners, and the
Welsh Insurance Commissioners, entitled, the
National Health Insurance (Exempt Persons)
Consolidated Regulations, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

The Order of the day being read, for the Special

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Register Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Sailors and
Second Reading of the Sailors and Soldiers Soldiers (Gifts
(Gifts for Land Settlement) Bill ;

for Land
Settlement)

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill.

to-morrow.

Mr. Rea reported from the Committee on Government

Government War Obligations a Resolution ; War
which was read, as followeth

Obligations.

That it is expedient to authorise the payment,
out of moneys provided by Parliament, and, if

7 GEo. V.
those moneys are insufficient, out of the Con-
solidated Fund, of such sums as may be required
for giving effect to obligations incurred for the
purposes of the present war, or in connection
therewith, by or on behalf of His Majesty's
Government, and for other purposes in relation
thereto.

27 th-28th November.

239
infected areas for the purposes of the Wart
Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas) Order of
1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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. Secretary Samuel, Mr. Runci-
man, and Mr. M'Kinnon Wood do- prepare and
bring it in.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly
presented a Bill to make provision with respect
to obligations incurred by or on behalf of His
Majesty's Government for the purposes of the
present war, or in connection therewith, and for
other purposes in relation thereto : And the same
was read the first time, and ordered to be read
a second time to-morrow ; and to be printed.

Government
War
Obligations
Bill.

Bill 128.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
(No. 2) Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Local Government (Emer-
gency Provisions) (No. 2) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The Order of the day being read, for taking
into consideration the Registration of Business
Names Bill [Lords], as amended in the Com-
mittee ;

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration 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.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

encgy Provisions) Bill ;

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Speaker
adjourned the House without Question
put, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last, it being
then ten minutes before Eight of the
clock, till to-morrow.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Tuesday, 28th November 1916.

PRAYERS.

R. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copies of
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.P. 417 and 418, declaring
the respective areas described in the Schedules
thereto to be infected with Wart Disease, and

VOL. 171.

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, pursuant to the Naval and

directions of an Act of Parliament,--Copy of
'Order in Council under the Naval and Marine
Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, dated 23rd Novem-
ber 1916, approving a Memorial of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty.

ad

i

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Montagu presented, by His Majesty's Munitions
Copy of Report of the Military (military
Command,
Service Committee on the Headquarters Staff Service.)
of the Ministry of Munitions.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr.

1111 Kinnon Wood presented, by His National
Insurance

Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
Committee on Audit of Unemployment Benefit (A-u-c,t,,.19p1110y.
of Associations' paying arrangements under went Benefit
Section 106 of the National
1911.

Insurance Act, Audit.)

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Joseph Pease presented, by His Majesty's High-speed
Command,Copy of Report of the Committee Telegraphy.
appointed to consider the question of High-
speed Telegraphy.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Copy of the Board of Pensions Bill showing
the effect of the Amendments proposed to be
moved in Committee on behalf of the Govern-
ment.(Mr. Arthur Henderson.)

Board of
Pensions Bill.
No. 137.

Mr. Arthur Henderson accordingly presented

the said Paper.

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 the Lords.
one of their Clerks, as followeth

The Lords have agreed to the Coatbridge Gas
Order Confirmation Bill, without any Amend-
ment.

Coatbridge
Gas Order
Confirmation
Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Trading with Trading with
the Enemy and Export of Prohibited Goods the Enemy
and Export of
Bill, with an Amendment ; to which the Lords Prohibited
desire the concurrence of this House.
Goods Bill.

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Trading with

he Enemy

Lords to the Trading with the Enemy and t
Export of Prohibited Goods Bill be taken into and
consideration to-morrow ; and be printed.

Bx )°it
Goods Bill.
Bill 129.
The House, according to Order, proceeded to Registration
take into consideration the Registration of of Business
Names Bill
Business Names Bill [Lords], as amended in the [Lords.]
Committee.

of

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill
(Misleading business names).(Mr. Pretyman.)
And the said Clause was brought up, and read
the first and second time, and amended, in 1. 4, by
inserting, after the word " is," the words " wholly
or mainly "(Mr. Jognson-Hicks) ; and made
part of the Bill.

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28th November.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill (Offences by corporations).(Mr. Prety-
man.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read a
second time :The said Motion and Clause were
severally, 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. 2, 1. 38, by leaving out the
words " The principal place of the business," and
inserting the words " All the places in the -United
Kingdom where the business is carried- on " --
(Captain Barnett),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.

1916.
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. 8, 1. 22, by inserting, after the
word " catalogues," the words " show cards."
(Mr. Stuart-Wortley.)

And the Question being proposed, That the
words " show cards " 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. 8, 1. 22, by inserting, after the
word " circulars," the words " invoices, state-
men ts."( Mr. iforton.)

And the Question being proposed, That those
wcrds 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. 38, by inserting, after the
word "business," the words " and any branches
thereof."(Mr. Pennefather.)

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 8, 1. 22, by inserting, after the
word "catalogues," the word " and."(Mr.
Denniss.)

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.

And the Question being proposed, That the
be there inserted in the Bill:
word " 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. 4,1. 28, by leaving out Clause 8.
(Mr. John Henderson.)

And the Question being put, That the words
proposed to be left out, to the word " Court," in
p. 5, L 28, stand part of the Bill;

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

Yeas,

Lord Edmund Talbot:

Tellers for the 1 Mr. John Henderson,

Noes,

I Mr. Pringle :

206.

}

31.

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. 6, I. 30, by inserting at the
end thereof the words " and if not kept so
exhibited, every partner
firm or the
individual, as the case may be, shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
twenty pounds."(Mr. Pretyman.)

in the

And the Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill ;

The proposed words were amended, by leaving
out the word " individual," and inserting the
word " person " (Mr. Solicitor General),
instead thereof.

And the Question being put, That the words
" and if not kept so exhibited, every partner in
the firm or the person, as the case may be, shall
be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding twenty pounds " be there inserted in
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. 8, 1. 22, by inserting, after the
word " all," the words "letters and cards contain-
ing any offer or invitation to transact business."
(Mr. Pretyman.)

Then other Amendments were made to the

Bill.

Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 8, 1. 36, by inserting at the end
thereof the words

" (c) the principal place of the business of the

individual or firm."

(Captain Barnett.)

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.

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
bath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to
which this House doth desire the concurrence of
their Lordships.

The
he

House, according to Order, resolved itself Local

into a Committee on the Local Government (
(EmergencyProvisions) (No. 2) Bill.

Provisions)
(No. 2) Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. I amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 2 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 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.

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28th-29th November.

The Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for Land
Sailors and
Soldiers (Gifts Settlement) Bill was, according to Order, read a
for Land
Settlement)
Bill.

second time.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.
(Mr. James Hope.)

Government
War
Obligations
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Government War Obliga-
tions Bill

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time

to-morrow.

Board of
Pensions Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Board of Pensions Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will,
resolve itself into .the said Committee.

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.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Dublin
Reconstruction Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer-
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

gency Provisions) Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow,

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment.

. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant
to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of Government Business, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to the. Order of
the House of the 22nd day of February
last, it being then a quarter of an hour
before Ten of the clock, till to-morrow.

Wednesday, 29th November 1916.

P ItAYER S.

Gamble
Institute,
Gourock,
Order
Confirmation
Bill.

under

1TR. Tennant presented a Bill to confirm a
AL Provisional Order
the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899,
relating to the Gamble Institute, Gourock :
And the same was ordered (under Section 7
of the Act) to be taken into consideration to-
morrow.

Middlesex
County
(Hornsey
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 Middlesex (Hornsey Division), in the
room of Lawrence John Lumley Dundas. (com-
monly called the Earl of Ronaldshay), 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.
(Lord Edmund Talbot.)

Public
Petitions.
Vide Second
Report.

A Public Petition was presented, and read ;

and ordered to lie upon the Table.

Vol,. 171.

Post Office
Telegraphs and
Telephones.
No. 138.

241
Mr. Joseph Pease presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament, Account
showing the gross amount received and expended
on account of the Telegraph Service during the
year ended 31st March 1916, 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, and Statements of Account in respect
of the Telegraph and Telephone Services for
the year ended 31st March 1916 ; together with
the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor
General.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

The Order of the day being read, for the Government
Second Reading of the Government War Obliga- WOba4ations
tions 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 a Motion being made, and the Question

being put, That the Debate be now adjourned
(Mr. Pringle) : It passed in the Negative.
And the Original 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. Rea.)

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Trading with
take into consideration the Amendment made the Enemy
by the Lords to the Trading with the Enemy Pnrohilleodr
and Export of Prohibited Goods Bill ; and the Goods Bill.
same was twice read, and agreed to.

o

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House
bath agreed to the Amendment made by their
Lordships.

The Order of the day being read, for the Sailors and
Committee on the Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts Soldiers (Gifts
for Land Settlement) Bill ;

for Land
Settlement)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

The Order of the day being read, for the Board of

Committee on the Board of Pensions Bill ;

Pensions Bill.

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 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 Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- Reconstruction
gency Provisions) Bill ;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow, Bill.

resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

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29th-30th November.

And the Question being put : It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly
tinued to sit
Eight of the
morrow.

the House, having con-
till
five minutes before
clock, adjourned till
to-

Thursday, 30th November 1916.

PRAYERS.
THE House, according to Order, proceeded
to take into consideration the Gamble

Institute, Gourock, Order Confirmation Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

upon Monday next.

Lord Robert Cecil presented, by His Majesty's
Command, Copy of Agreement between the
United Kingdom and France respecting Trade
with Morocco and Egypt in transit through
British and French Territories in Africa. Signed
at London, 24th August 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copies of
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.P. 419 and 420, declaring
the respective areas described in the Schedules
thereto to be infected with Wart Disease, and
infected areas for the purposes of the Wart
Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas) Order of
1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. M'Kinnon Wood presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Supplementary Estimate
of the sum required to be voted for Navy and
Army Services, Warlike Operations, and other
Expenditure arising out of the War, for 1916-17.

Gamble
Institute,
Gourock,
Order
Confirmation
Bill.

Treaty Series
(No. 7, 1916.)

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Navy and
Army Services,
Warlike
Operations,
and other
Expenditure
arising out of
the War,
1916-17
(Supple-
mentary Vote
of Credit.)

No. 139.
Copy of Estimate of further sum required to
Civil Services,
(Supplemen- be voted for the Civil Services for the year
tary Estim ate, ending 31st March 1917.
191

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred

to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

6-17.)
No. 140.

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 :

Anzac
(Restriction on
Trade Use of
Word) Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Anzac (Restric-
tion on Trade Use of Word) Bill, without any
Amendment.

Munitions
(Liability for
Explosions)
Bill.

Bill 130.

Dr. Addison, supported by Mr. Montagu, Mr.
Primrose, and Mr. McKinnon Wood, presented
a Bill to obtain contributions from persons in
the event of their liability for damage or loss
from explosions of, or other accidents in con-
nection with, Munitions being assumed by His
Majesty's Government : And the same was
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday
next ; and to be printed.

1916.
Speaker resumed the Chair ; and the Chairman
of Ways and Means reported, That the Com-
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same, with a new Title, as
followeth :--A Bill for establishing a Ministry
of Pensions, and for purposes connected there-
with.

[New Title.]

Resolved, That this House will immediately
resolve itself into the Committee on the (recom-
mitted) Bill.(Mr. Rea.)

The House accordingly resolved itself into Ministry of
the Committee on the Ministry of Pensions Peinsionsa Bill
(recommitted) Bill
Pensions Bill).

(changed from Board of ValrIcY. Of

Pensions Bill.)

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Establishment of Minister of

Pensions).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 5, after the
word " the," to insert the words " powers and
duties transferred to and vested in the Ministry
of Pensions hereby constituted."(Mr. Henry
Terrell.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 7,
to leave out from the word " Pensions" to the
end of the Clause.--(Mr. Stephen Walsh.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word " shall," in 1. 8, stand
part of
the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 9,
to leave out the words " and the Parliamentary
Secretary to the Local Government Board."
(Mr. Mac Callum Scott.)

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. 1, 1. 10,
after the words last added, to add the words
" and who shall occupy no office or appointment
other than that of Minister of Pensions."
(Mr. Henry Terrell.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

added :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Duties and powers of Minister

of Pensions).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 13, after the
word "Admiralty," to insert the words "including
those relating to Greenwich Hospital."(Sir
Clement Kinloch-Cooke.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 19,
to leave out from the word " pensions " to the
end of 1. 21.(Mr. Hohler.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the word " for," in 1. 20, stand
part of the Clause :Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in -p. 1, 1. 24,
after the word " pensions," to insert the words
" including men invalided from India and the
Colonies. "

(Colonel Yate.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Board of
Pensions Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Board of Pensions Bill ;
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 9,
to leave out from the word " pensions " to the
end of 1. 15.(Major Newman.)

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30th November.-4th December.

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Relations with Statutory

Committee).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, to leave out the
words " and in accordance with the instructions
of."(Mr. Barnes.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 4 (Functions of local committees).
Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 29, after the
first word " pensions," to insert the words " but
to the exclusion of any other body or persons."
(Mr. Stuart-Wortley,)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted ; Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

An Amendment made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No.
5

(Staff,

expenses).

remuneration and

Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1.38, to leave out
the words " unless he holds another salaried
office."(Sir Henry Dalziel.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and negatived.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 6 agreed to.
Clauses No. 7 and No. 8 amended,

agreed to.

and

Clause No. 9 agreed to.
Bill, as amended, to be reported.

Bill 131.

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.

Government
War
Obligations
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Government War Obligations
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Sailors and
Soldiers (Gifts
for Land
Settlement)
Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Sailors and Soldiers
(Gifts for Land Settlement) Bill.
(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Power to accept and administer
gifts for settlement of ex-soldiers and sailors on
land).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 6, after the
word "borough," to insert the words " or of any
municipal borough or urban district."(Mr.
Aneurin Williams.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 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.

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243
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 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 Dublin

Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction (Emer- Reconstruction
gency Provisions) Bill ;

(Emergency
Provisions)

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill.

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Adjournment.

the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last; proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put : It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till thirteen minutes before
Nine of the clock, adjourned till Monday
next, pursuant to the Order of the House
of the 22nd day of February last.

Monday, 4th December 1916.

THE House being met, the Clerk at the Table Mr. Speaker's
informed the House of the unavoidable Absence.

absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting :
Whereupon Mr. Maclean, the Deputy Chair-
man, proceeded to the Table, and, after Prayers, Prayers.
took- the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pursuant to
the Standing Order.

The Gamble Institute, Gourock, Order Con- Gamble
firmation Bill was according to Order, read the Institute,
Gourock,
third time and passed.
Order

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to Confirmation

Bill.

the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's Trade of New

Command,Copy of Supplementary Report on Zealand.
the Trade of New Zealand for the year 1915,
by Mr. R. W. Dalton, His Majesty's Trade
Commissioner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

Mr. Runciman also presented, pursuant to the General
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Lighthouse
Account of the General Lighthouse Fund, Fund.
showing the Income and Expenditure for the No. 141.
year ending 31st March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
the Paper relative to the

Table ; and that
General Lighthouse Fund be printed.

The Lord Advocate presented, by His Judicial
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report on the Statistics
the year (Scotland.)
Judicial Statistics of Scotland for
1915.

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1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply.

into the Committee of Supply.

Army
(Supple-
mentary
Estimate),
1916-17.

No. 142.

Mr. Secretary Lloyd George presented, by
His Majesty's Command: Supplementary Esti-
mate of the additional number of Men required
in the year ending 31st March 1917, in conse-
quence of the War.

Ordered, That, the said Estimate be referred

to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed.

(In the Committee.)
Civil Services Supplementary Estimates,
1916-17.
Class II.
1. £600 (Supplementary) for Treasury and

subordinate Departments.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr. Secretary Bonar Law presented,

by
His Majesty's Command,
Copy, of Colonial
Report, No, 910 (British Guiana, Report for
1915).

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Marriages,
Births, and
Deaths
(Ireland.)

Mr. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Com-
mand,--Copy of Fifty-second detailed Annual
Report of the Registrar General of Marriages,
Births, and Deaths in Ireland, 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Sittings of
the House.

Resolved, That this House, at its rising this
day, do adjourn till Thursday next.(The Prime
M inister.)

Ministry of
Pensions
Bill
(changed from
Board of
Pensions Bill.)

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Ministry of Pensions
Bill (changed from Board of Pensions (recom-
mitted) Bill), as amended in the Committee.

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 7, by leaving out from the
word " a " to the end of the Clause, and inserting
the words "Board of Pensions, which shall con-
sist of a Minister who shall be President of the
Board and five other members to be appointed
as follows :

One by the Army Council ;
One by the Admiralty ;
One by the Statutory Committee ;
One, a representative of labour, by His

Majesty ; and

One, a woman, by His Majesty.

No member of the Board other than the
President shall be a member of either House of
(Mr. Henry Terrell),instead
Parliament "
thereof.

And the Question being proposed, That the
words " Minister of Pensions " stand part of the
Bill :And a Debate arising thereupon ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
the Debate be now
being, proposed, That
(Sir Henry Dalziel) :
adjourned
The said
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn.
And the Question being put, That the words
" Minister of Pensions " stand part of the Bill ;

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

Yeas,

"1 Lord Edmund Talbot:

Tellers for the ( Mr. Terrell,

Noes,

1 Sir George Younger:
So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
Then 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.

188.

20.

Class IV.

2.

£178,880
Education, Ireland.

(Supplementary) for Public

Resolutions to be reported.

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and
the Chairman of Ways and Means reported,
That the Committee had come to several Reso-
lutions.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon

Thursday 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 Thursday
next, again resolve itself into the said Com-
mittee.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dublin

into a Committee on the Dublin Reconstruction Reconstruction
(Emergency Provisions ) Bill.

(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

(In the Committee.)

Clause No. 1 (Acquisition of land compulsorily

for the purpose of street improvements).

Motion made, and Question proposed, That
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave
to sit again(Mr. Patrick White) : Motion, by
leave, withdrawn.

Clause amended, and agreed to.
Clause No. 2 disagreed to.
Clause No. 3 (Loans in aid of expenses of

reconstruction).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 22, after the
word " building," to insert the words " after
deducting their existing charges."(Mr. Patrick
White.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, L 22,
to leave out from the word " building " to the
word ." and," in I. 23.(Mr. -Patrick White.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the Clause :
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 4 amended, and agreed to.
Clauses No. 5 to No. 7 agreed to.
A Clause (Preservation of amenity)---(Mr.
Duke)brought up, and read the first and second
time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Loans secured by charging
order)(Mr. Duke)brought up, and read the
first and second time, and added to the Bill.

Another Clause (Provisions as to licences
of public-houses and hotels destroyed)(Mr.
Nugent)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.

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Another Clause

(Savings)

White)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 (Acquirement by corporations
and grant of leases in special cases)(Mr.
Patrick White)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 (Occupation rents)

(Mr.
Patrick White)brought up, and read the first
time.

M otion made, and Question proposed, That
the Clause be read a second time :Motion and
Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Clause (Application of Town Tenants
(Ireland) Act, 1906 )(Mr. Field)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.

Schedule amended, and 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
Thursday next ; and. be printed.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Government War Obligations
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Bill 132.

Government
War
Obligations
Bill.

Special
Register Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Special Register Bill.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Munitions
(Liability for
Explosions)
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Munitions (Liability for
Explosions) 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, upon Thursday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Adjournment. Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to
the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till twenty-one minutes before
Ten of the clock, adjourned till Thursday
next, pursuant to the Resolution of the
House of this day.

VOL. 171.

Thursday, 7th December 1916.

THE House being met, the Clerk at the Table
informed the House of the unavoidable
absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's Sitting :
Whereupon Mr. Whitley, the Chairman of
Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and,
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, Prayers.
pursuant to the Standing Order.

Absence.

Speaker's

Mr. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc- Diseases

isieases of

Acts.

tions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy of
Order, No. 9808, under the Diseases of Animals
Acts, dated 29th November 1916, postponing
the operation of the Two Orders described in
the Schedule thereto until the 1st February
1917.

Copy of Order, No. 9806, under the Diseases Diseases of
of Animals Acts, dated 23rd November 1916, Animals Acts.
withdrawing the United States of America from
the Second Schedule to the Foreign Animals
Order of 1915.

Copy of Order, No. 9805, under the Diseases Diseases of
of Animals Acts, dated 23rd November 1916, Animals Acts.
entitled the Liverpool (Birkenhead) Foreign
Animals Wharf Order of 1916.

Copies of Orders under the Destructive Destructive
D.I.P. 421 Insects and
Insects and Pests Acts, numbered
and 422, inclusive, declaring the respective areas Pests Acts.
Schedules thereto to be infected
described in
described
with Wart Disease, and infected areas for the
purposes of the Wart Disease of Potatoes
(Infected Areas) Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Runciman presented, by His Majesty's Food Supply
United

Cornmand,Copy of Report of the Physiology ofthe
Kin
(War) Committee of the Royal Society on the
Food Supply of the United Kingdom.

gdom.

Mr. Runciman also presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Order of the Board of Trade, entitled Potatoes
(Growers' Returns) Order, 1916, dated 21st
November 1916, made under Regulation 2 G
of the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation)
Regulations, 1914.

Copy of Order of the Board of Trade, entitled
the Waste of Wheat Order, 1916, dated 25th
November 1916, and made under Regulation
2 F of the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation)
Regulations, 1914.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Potatoes
r s
Returns)
Order, 1916.

Waste of
Wheat Order,
1916.

Mr. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Com: Dublin

mand,Copy of Statistical Tables of the Dublin P
Metropolitan Police for the year 1915.

Metropolitan

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Joseph Pease presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of _Parliament,Copy of
the Foreign and Colonial Post( Cash on Deliver y) Post.)
Amendment (No. 13) Warrant, 1916, dated
14th November 1916.

and

Copy of the Postal Order

(Foreign and Post Office

Colonial) Amendment (No. 1) Regulations, (o rdoenresy.)
1916, dated 22nd November 1916.

.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

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East India
(Indian
Students
Department.)

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report on the
work of the Indian Students Department, July
1915 to June 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Alien Enemies
in Prohibited
Areas
(Departmental
Committee.)

Mr. Secretary Samuel presented, by His
Majesty's Command,
Copy of Report of a
Committee appointed by the Secretary of State
for the Home Department to review the permits
under which Alien Enemies are allowed to
reside in prohibited areas, and to advise whether
any should be withdrawn.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Message from
the Lords.

Parliamentary
Register and
Elections (War
Facilities)
Bill [Lords.]

Mr. Deputy 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 make provision for framing a Special
Register of Electors, and to facilitate voting by
persons engaged on war service or on munition
work at Elections of Members of Parliament
during the present war ; to which the Lords
desire the concurrence of this House.

Adjournment.

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn

till Tuesday next.(Mr. Gulland.)

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till seven minutes before
Three of the clock, adjourned till Tuesday
next,

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Tuesday, 12th December 1916.

PRAYERS.

AiR. Acland presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.P. 423 to 427, inclusive,
declaring the areas described in the Schedule
thereto to be infected with Wart Disease, and
infected areas for the purposes of the Wart
Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas) Order of
1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

East India
(Accounts and Majesty's Command,
Estimates,
1916-17.)

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain presented, by His
Copy of Memorandum
explanatory of East India Accounts and Esti-
mates, 1916-17, by the Secretary of State for
India.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Finance
(New Duties)
Act, 1916.

Mr. 111'A-bton Wood presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy
of Regulations, dated 16th November
1916,
made under the Finance (New Duties) Act,
1916, by the Commissioners of Customs and
Excise for securing the payment of Entertain-
ments Duty.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon. the

Table.

Shops Act,
1912.

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to

the directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Copy; of Order made under the Shops Act, 1912
by the Council of the undermentioned Local

14th December.

1916.
Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary for
Scotland ;

City of Glasgow.

Copy of the Annual Local Taxation Returns

(Scotland) for the year 1914-15.

Taxation
(Scotland.)
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the No. 143..

Table ; and that the Paper relative to Local
Taxation (Scotland) be printed.

Mr. Runcirnan presented, pursuant to the
directions of several Acts of Parliament,Copy
of Order of the Board of Trade relative to the
Regulation of Meals, dated 5th December 1916,
and made under Regulation 2 F of the Defence
of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations,
1914.

Regulation
of Meals
Order. 1916.

Copy of Supplementary List of persons, firms, Trading with

and companies as to whom Orders have been the Enemy
(Amendment)
made under Section 1 (i) of the Trading
Trading
Act, 1916.
the Enemy (Amendment) Aet, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Duke presented, pursuant to the directions Intermediate

of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Time Table
of Examinations for Intermediate Education in
Ireland for 1917.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Education
(

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn Adjournment.

(Mr. Chancellor of the

till Thursday next.
Exchequer.)

And accordingly the House, having con-
tinued to sit till eighteen minutes before
Four of the clock, adjourned till Thursday
next.

Thursday, 14th December 1916.

PRAYERS.

AIR. Secretary Balfour presented, by His Deportation
111 Majesty's Command,
Copy of Cone- oliBiseclgllanns
spondence with the Belgian Minister respecting
the Deportation of Belgians to Germany, and
the forced Labour imposed upon them by the
German Authorities.

37e, 1a91e6er

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Destructive
Insects and
Pests Acts.

Sir Richard Winfrey presented, pursuant to
the directions of an Act of Parliament,Copies
of Orders under the Destructive Insects and
Pests Acts, numbered D.I.P. 428 to 430, inclu-
sive, declaring the respective areas described in
the Schedules thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and infected areas for the purposes of
the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Secretary Sir George Cave presented, pursuant Shops Act,

to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 1912.
Copies of Orders made under the Shops Act,
1912, by the Councils of the undermentioned
Local Authorities, and confirmed by the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department :

Counties of Somerset (Parish of Somerton)
of Llanfair

(Village

and Anglesey
P.G.).

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City of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Boroughs of Kidderminster and Boston.
Rural District of Pontarda-vve.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Local
Government
Board.

Mr. Hayes Fisher presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Supplement to the Forty-
fifth Annual Report of the Local Government
Board,- for 1915-16, containing the. Report of
the Medical Officer for 1915-16.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Post Office.

National
School
Teachers
(Ireland)
Pension Fund.
Customs and
Excise.

Inland
Revenue.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,
by His Majesty's Command,Copy of Report
of the Postmaster General on the Post Office
for the year 1915-16.

Annual Accounts of Receipts and Payments
the National. School Teachers

in respect of
(Ireland) Pension Fund for the year 1915.

Copy of Seventh Report of the Commissioners
of His Majesty's Customs and Excise, for the
year ended 31st March 1916, being the Sixtieth
Report relating to the Customs and the Fifty-
ninth Report relating to the Excise.

Copy of Fifty-ninth Report of the Com-
missioners of Inland Revenue, for the year ended
31st March 1916.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

West African
Currency
Board.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr.

Secretary Long presented, by His
Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the
West African Currency Board for the year
ended 30th June 1916.

Copy of. Colonial Report, No.. 911 (Basuto-

land, Report for 1915-16).

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Army.

Mr. Forster presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of Army
Order of revised Rates for Billeting Soldiers
under Section 108a of the Army Act.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

National
Insurance
(Unemploy-
ment) Acts,
1911 to 1916.

Mr. George Roberts presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Regulations made by the Board of Trade under
the National Insurance Act, 1911, dated 6th
December 1916, entitled Unemployment Insur-
ance (Supplementary, No. 2) Regulations, 1916.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Message from
the Lords,

National
Insurance
(Temporary
Employment
in Agriculture)
Bill.
Friendly
Societies Bill.

Local
Government
(Emergency
Provisions)
(No. 2) 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 National Insur-
ance (Temporary Employment in Agriculture)
Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to

the Friendly

Societies Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Local Govern-
(No. 2) Bill,

ment (Emergency Provisions)
without any Amendment.

VOL. 171.

The Lords have agreed to the Output of Beer output of

(Restriction) (NQ. 2) Bill, with an Amendment; Beer
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of (Restriction)
(No. 2) Bill.
this House.

The. Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Volunteer
A ct to give effect to agreements on the part of Bill [Lords.]
members of Volunteer Corps to attend drills or
undergo training, or perform military duty ; to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

The Lords agree to certain of the Amend- Registration
ments made by this House to the Registration of Business
NrLames Bill
of Business Names Bill [Lords], without any
Lords.]
Amendment, and agree to certain other of the
said Amendments, with Amendments, and have
made certain consequential Amendments to. the
Bill ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence
of this House.

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Output of
Lords to the Output of Beer (Restriction) ,_?(Bneesrtrietion)
(No.. 2) Bill be taken into consideration to- (No. p) DA,
morrow ; and be printed.
Bill 134.

The Volunteei Bill [Lords] was read the first volunteer
time, and ordered to be read a second time to- Bill [Lords.]
Bill 135.
morrow ; and to be printed.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
to the Amendments made by this House,
Bill
and the consequential Amendments made by the [Lord,.]
Lords, to the Registration of Business Names Bill 136.
Bill [Lords] be taken into consideration upon
Monday next ; and be printed.

Registrationn

Names

William Kennedy Jones, Esquire, Member for New Member

the County of Middlesex (Hornsey Division), sworn.
was sworn.

Secretary Sir George Cave, supported by Mr.
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Attorney
General, presented a Bill to make temporary
provision for rendering unnecessary the re-elec-
tion of Members of the House of Commons on
acceptance of Office : And the same was ordered
to be read a second time to-morrow ; and to be
printed.

Re-election
of Ministers
(No. 2) Bill.
Bill 133.

Ordered, That the proceedings of the Com-
mittee of Supply and the Committee of Ways
and Means be not interrupted this day under
the Standing Order (Sittings of the House),
and may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed.(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

Business of
the House
(Committees
of Supply and
Ways and
Means.)

Resolved, That this House do sit to- morrow.

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Supply.

Business of
the House
(Friday
Sitting.)
Supply.

(In the Committee.)

Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17.
Resolved, That

a Supplementary sum not
exceeding £400,000,000 be granted to His
Majesty, beyond the ordinary Grants of Parlia-
ment, towards defraying the Expenses which
may be incurred during the year ending the
31st day of March 1917 for general Navy and
Army Services, in so far as specific provision
for the
is not made therefor by Parliament ;
conduct of Naval and Military Operations ; for
all measures which may be taken for the security
for assisting the Food Supply,
of the country ;
and promoting the continuance of Trade, Indus-
try, Business, and Communications, whether by
means of insurance or indemnity against risk,

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the financing of the purchase and resale of
Foodstuffs and Materials, or otherwise ; for relief
of Distress ; and generally for all Expenses,
beyond those provided for in the ordinary Grants
of Parliament, arising out of the existence of
a state of War.

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.

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
1917, the sum of £400,179,480 be granted out of
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

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.

Supply [4th
December]
Report.

The Order of the day being read, for receiving
the Report from the Committee of Supply of
the 4th day of this instant December ;

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

Government
War
Obligations
Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the
Committee on the Government War Obligations
Bill ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

Munitions
(Liability for
Explosions)
Bill.

The Munitions (Liability for Explosions) 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. James Hope.)

The Order of the day being read, for taking
Dublin
Reconstruction into consideration the Dublin Reconstruction
(Emergency
(Emergency Provisions) Bill, as amended in
Provisions)
the Committee ;
Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into con-

sideration upon Monday next.

Special
Register Bill.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee on the Special Register Bill ;

Ordered, That, the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

And accordingly the House, having con-
after
till
tinued to sit
Eight of the clock, adjourned till
to-
morrow, pursuant to the Resolution of
the House of this day.

five minutes

Friday, 15th December 1916.

PRAYERS.

AIR. Duke presented, by His Majesty's Com- Reformatory
mand,Copy of Fifty-fourth Report of sanhd
the Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial (Ireland.)
Schools in Ireland, for the year 1915.
Schools

Copy of Order made under the Shops Act, Shops Act,

1912, by the Council of the undermentioned 1912.
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland :

Urban District of Galway.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, Development
to the directions of several Acts of Commission.
Copy of Sixth Report of the No. 144.

pursuant
Parliament,
Development Commissioners, being for the year
1915-16.

Abstract Account showing the Issues made Consolidated

from the Consolidated Fund of the United Fund.
Kingdom in the financial year ended 31st March No. 145.
1916, for the Interest and Management of the
Debt, for the Civil List, and for all other Issues
in the financial year for Services charged directly
on the said Fuud ; together with the Report of
the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

A Motion being made, That this House will, New Ministries

upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Corn- at,ciLertIleasnd
mittee to consider of authorising the payment,
out of moneys provided by Parliament, of salaries Itemunera-
and remuneration under any Act of the present tion.]
Session for establishing certain new Ministries,
and for the appointment of additional Secretaries
or Under Secretaries in certain Government
Departments, and for purposes incidental thereto
(Secretary Sir George Cave) ;

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by His
Majesty's Command, acquainted the House that
His Majesty, having been informed of the sub-
ject-matter of this Motion, recommends it to the
consideration of the House.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Conimittee.

Secretary Sir George Cave,

supported by New Ministries

the Exchequer and Mr. and
1

Mr. Chancellor of
George Roberts, presented a Bill for establishing si:3 etaries
certain new Ministries, and for the appointment Bill 138.
of additional Secretaries or Under Secretaries
in certain Government Departments, and for
purposes incidental thereto : And the same was
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday
next ; and to be printed.

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249
The said Resolution, being read a second time,

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Business of
the House
(Friday
Sitting.)

Re-election
of Ministers
(No. 2) Bill.

Member
directed to
discontinue
his Speech
(Irrelevance.)

Supply [14th
December]
Report.

Ordered, That the proceedings on Govern-
ment Business be not interrupted this day at
Five or half an hour after Five of the clock, and
may be entered upon at any hour though
opposed.(Mr. Chancellor of the _Exchequer.)

The Order of the day being read, for the
Second Reading of the Re-election of Ministers
(No, 2) Bill ;

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

Mr. Speaker called the attention of the House
to the continued irrelevance on the part of Mr.
Ginnell, Member for North Westmeath, and
directed the honourable M ember to discontinue
his speech.

And the Question being put ;
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second
time :The Bill was accordingly read a second
time.

Resolved, That this House will immediately
resolve itself into the Committee on the Bill.
(Mr. James Hope.)

The House accordingly resolved itself into the

Committee.

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Necessity for re -election of

Ministers suspended).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 7, to leave
out the word " months," in order to insert the
word " month."(Mr. Sherwell.)

Question, That the word " months " stand

part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Clause agreed to.
Clause No. 2 agreed to.
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 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.

Lord Edmund Talbot reported from the Com-
mittee of Supply of the 14th day of this instant
Deoember a Resolution ; which was read, as
followeth :

Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17.
That a Supplementary sum not exceeding
£400,000,000 be granted to His Majesty, beyond
the ordinary Grants of Parliament, towards
defraying the Expenses which may be incurred
during the year ending the 31st day of March
1917 for general Navy and Army Services, in
so far as specific provision is not made therefor
by. Parliament ; for the conduct of Naval and
for all measures which
Military Operations ;
may be taken for the security of the country ;
for assisting the Food Supply, and promoting
the continuance of Trade, Industry, Business,
and Communications, whether by means of insur-
ance or indemnity against risk, the financing of
the purchase and resale of Foodstuffs and Mate-
rials, or otherwise ; for relief of Distress ; and
generally for all Expenses beyond those pro-
vided for in the ordinary Grants of Parliament,
arising out of the existence of a state of War.

Vol.. 171.

was agreed to.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee Supply L4th
of Supply of the 4th day of this instant December December]
several Resolutions ; which were read, as fol- Report.
low :

Civil Services Supplementary Estimates,
1916-17.
Class II.

1. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding Treasury.

£600 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 1917 for the Salaries and other Expenses
in the Department of His Majesty's Treasury
and subordinate Departments, including Ex-
penses in respect of Advances under the Light
Railways Act, 1896.

Class IV.

2. That a Supplementary sum not exceeding National
£178,880 be granted to His Majesty, to defray in Ireland.
the charge which will come in course of payment
during the year ending on the 31st day of March
1917 for the Expenses of the Commissioners of
National Education in Ireland, including Grants
in Aid of the Teachers' Pension Fund, Ireland.
The said Resolutions, being read a second

time, were agreed to.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee
of Ways and Means of the 14th day of this
instant December a Resolution ; which was read,
as followeth :

Ways and
Means [14th
December]
Report.

That, towards making good the Supply granted
to His Majesty for the service of the year ending
on the 31st day of March 1917, the sum of
/400,179,480 be granted out of the Consolidated
Fund of the United Kingdom.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the Consolidated
said Resolution : And that the Chairman of Fund
Ways and Means, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- .ii2tpropria-
chequer, and Mr. James Hope do prepare and
bring it in.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly
presented a Bill to apply a sum out of the Con-
solidated Fund to the service of the year ending io138rBoRrLia-
on the thirty -first day of March, one thousand Bill 137.
nine hundred and seventeen, and to appropriate
the Supplies granted in this Session of Parlia-
ment: And the same was read the first time,
and ordered to be read a second time upon
Tuesday next ; and to be printed.

The Volunteer Bill [Lords] was, according Volunteer

to Order, read a second time.

Bill

[Lords.]

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House for Tuesday
next.(Mr. Beck.)

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Output of
take into consideration the Amendment made Beer
by the Lords to the Output of Beer (Restriction (Restriction)
) (No. 2) Bill.
(No. 2) Bill ; 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.

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15th-18th December.

1916.
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Supply.

Ways and
Means.

Adjournment.

Borough of
Sheffield
(Hallam
Division)
Writ.

250
. 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

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday

next, resolve itself into the said Committee.

W hereupon Mr. Speaker adjourned the
House without Question put, pursuant
to
Standing Order No. 3, it being then
six minutes before Five of the clock, till
Monday next.

Monday, 18th December 1916.

PRAYERS.

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 (Hallam Division), in the
room of the Right Honourable Charles Beilby
Stuart-Wortley, King's Counsel, 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.
(Lord Edmund Talbot.)

Ordered, That. Mr. Speaker do issue his
Borough of
Ashton-under- Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make
Lyne Writ,
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member
to serve in this present Parliament for the
Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the room of
Major Sir William Maxwell Aitken, Baronet,
who, since his Election for the said borough,
}lath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff
of His Majesty's Manor of Northstead, in the
County of York.( Lord Edmund Talbot.)

Army.

Mission to
the Vatican.

Glebe Lands
Act, 1888.

Mr. Forster presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Final Report of the Com-
mittee on the Administration and Command of
the Royal Flying Corps, &c.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Secretary Balfour. presented, by His
Majesty's Command,--Copy of Notification of
His Majesty's determination that service on His
Majesty's Special Mission to the Holy See shall
be deemed to be service on a Diplomatic Mission
of the Second Class, December 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,
by His Majesty's Command,Copy of Rule,
dated 12th December 1916, fixing the Fees to
be paid to the Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries in respect of transactions under the
Glebe Lands Act, 1888, as amended by the
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, pursuant
to Section 9 (2) of the Act.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Colonial
Reports
(Annual.)

Mr. Secretary Long presented, by His
Majesty's Comrnand,--Copy of Colonial Report,
No. 912 (Barbados, Report for 1915-16).

The following Paper, pursuant to the direc- supreme
tions of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon Court (Fees.)
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy of
Order, dated 6th December 1916, as to Supreme
Court Fees (Deposit of Securities with the
Treasury), 1916.

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 Re-election Re-election
of Ministers
(No. 2) Bill.

of Ministers (No. 2) Bill without any Amend-
meat.

,

Ordered, That, for

the

remainder of the it3iteliiiHnoesusseof

Session, Government Business be not
rupted under any Standing Order regulating Business.)
the Sittings of the House, and may be entered
upon at any hour though opposed.
(Mr.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

inter-

(Government

and

the House

Secreta ries (New

A Motion was made, and the Question was,
proposed, That the Resolution of the Corn-
mittee on New Ministries
mittee
[Salaries and Remuneration] may be considered ndSecretates
this day as soon as it is reported from the Com-
mittee, notwithstanding the practice of
House relating to the interval between the
report and consideration of such a Resolution
(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer) :And
the said Motion was, with leave of the House,
withdrawn.

the on )

em era-

m

The House, according to Order, resolved itself New

into a Committee on New Ministries and Secre- and Secretaries
taries [Salaries and Remuneration].
[Salaries and
Remunera-
tion.]

( In the Committee.)

Ministries

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise
the payment, out of moneys provided by Parlia-
ment, of an annual salary not exceeding two
thousand pounds to any Minister, and to any
Under Secretary to a Secretary of State while
he performs the duties of Minister of Blockade,
appointed under any Act of the present Session
for establishing certain new Ministries, and for
the appointment of additional Secretaries or
Under Secretaries in certain Government depart-
ments, and of other salaries, remuneration, and
expenses which may become payable in pursuance
of such Act.(Secretary Sir George Cave.)

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 Order of the day being read, for the New
Second Reading of the New Ministries and Ministries
Secretaries Bill ;

and Secretaries
Bill.

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

A Message was delivered by Captain Thomas Royal Assent.

Dacres Butler, 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

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Houses, desire the immediate attendance of this
Honourable House in the House of Peers, to
hear the Commission read.

18th December.

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House,
went up to the House of Peers : -And having
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. Anzac " (Restriction on Trade Use of

Word) Act, 1916.

2. Trading with the. Enemy and Export of

Prohibited Goods Act, 1916.

3. National Insurance ( Temporary Employ-
ment in Agriculture) Act, 1916.

4. Friendly Societies Act, 1916.
5. Local Government (Emergency Pro-

visions) (No. 2) Act, 1916.

6. Re-election of Ministers (No. 2) Act,

.1916.

7. Output of Beer (Restriction) Amendment

Act, 1916.

8. Holligrave Charity Scheme Confirmation

Act, 1916.

9. Stony Stratford Charities Scheme Con-

firmation Act, 1916.

10. Baptist Chapels Scheme Confirmation

Act, 1916.

11. Burnham - on - Crouch Chapel Scheme

Confirmation Act, 1916.

12. Bradford
Chapel
1916.

(Infirmary Street) Baptist
Scheme Confirmation Act,

13. Bradninch Chapel Charity Scheme Con-

firmation Act, 1916.

14. Bethlehem Chapel (Tryddyn) Charity
Scheme Confirmation Act, 1916.
15. Pisgah Chapel (Tryddyn) Charity Scheme

Confirmation Act, 1916.

16. Moriah Chapel

(Broughton) Charity

Scheme Confirmation Act, 1916.
17. Bethany Chapel Charity Scheme Con-

firmation Act, 1916.

18. Congregational Chapels Scheme Con-

firmation Act, 1916.

19. Plymouth Workhouse Charities Scheme

Confirmation Act, 1916.

20. Coatbridge Gas Order Confirmation Act,

1916.

21. Rhodes Estate Act, 1916.

And the Question being again proposed, That
New
Ministries and the New Ministries and Secretaries Bill be now
Secretaries
Bill.

read a second time

And the 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. James Rope.)

Government
War
Obligations
Bill.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Government War
Obligations Bill.
VoL. 171.

251

(In the Committee.)
Clause No. 1 (Extension of the Government

War Obligations Act, 1914).

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 10, to leave
out the words "in the like manner of money,"
in order to insert the words " out of money
provided by Parliament."-(Mr. Watt.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 12,
to leave out the words " the passing of this Act,"
in order to insert the words " the twenty-third
and
of November, nineteen hundred
day
sixteen."-(Mr. Watt.)

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. 12,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that
the Schedule to the Government War Obliga-
tions Act, 1914, shall be limited so as to exclude
the obligations set out in paragraphs (2), (3),
(4), and (5) of that Schedule. '-(Mr. Watt.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :-Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 12,
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that
the obligations set out in section one, subsection
(3), of the Government War Obligations Act,
1915, are hereby excluded."-(Mr. Pringle.)

Question proposed, That those words be there

inserted :-Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 17,
to leave out from the word " of " to the word
"loans," in 1. 19.-(Mr. Watt.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed

to be left out stand part of the Clause ;

But it appearing to the Chairman that the Chairman rules.

proposed Amendment was
informed the Committee that the Amendment
was not in order.

incomplete,

he Amt
out

d mo rednt

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 21,
to leave out the words " either actual or appre-
hended."-(Mr. Watt.)

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. 22,
subsection (3). - (Sir Charles

to leave out
Henry.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " Banking," in p. 1, 1. 24, stand
part of the Clause, put, and agreed to.

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 25,
at the end, to add the words " Provided that such
advance or guarantee does not exceed fifty
thousand pounds per annum, or does not extend
beyond the period of ten years."-(Mr. Watt.)

Question, That those words be there added,

put, and negatived.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 2 (Further provision with respect

to deposit, &c. of securities).

Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 21,
to leave out from the word " Treasury " to the
end of the subsection.-(Mr. Watt.)

Question, That the words proposed to be left
out, to the word " shall," in 1. 23, stand part of
the Clause, put, and agreed to.

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Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 23,
the word " distringas," to insert
the

after
words " and in Scotland to interim interdict."
(Mr. Watt.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. 3 agreed to.
Bill, as amended, to be reported.

18th December.

1916.
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 read a second
time :It passed in the Negative.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill (Provisions as to recovery of principal
money).(Mr. Patrick White.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

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
Wednesday next.

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That the said Clause be read a second
time :It passed in the Negative.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill (Provisions as to borrowing).(Mr. Patrick
White.)

Dublin
The House, according to Order, proceeded to
Reconstruction take into consideration the Dublin Reconstruction
(Emergency
(Emergency Provisions) Bill, as amended in the
Provisions)
Bill.
Committee.

A Clause was Offered to be added to the Bill
(Application of 6 Edw. 7, c. 54).(Mr. Field.)
And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And a Motion being, made, and the Question
being proposed, That the said Clause be read a
second time :The said Motion and Clause were
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn.

Another Clause was offered to be added to
injured premises).

the Bill (Valuation of
(Mr. Clancy.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read
the first and second time, and amended, in 1. 2,
by leaving out the words " damaged or " and
the words "or restored ; " and in 1. 5, by leaving
out the word " thirty," and inserting the word
" twelve," instead thereof(Mr. Duke) ;
and
made part of the Bill.

Another Clause (Temporary exemption from
rates of injured premises)(Mr. Clancy)was
twice read ; and made part of the Bill.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the

Bill (Apportionment of losses).(Mr. Clancy.)

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 read a second
time : It passed in the Negative.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the

Bill (Provisions for licences).(Mr. Nugent.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read
the first and second time, and amended, in 1. 3,
by leaving out the word " interrupted," and
inserting the word " suspended," instead thereof ;
in 1. 4, by inserting, after the word " licence,"
the words " for the purposes of renewal, and any
certificates required for
renewal, but for no
other purpose ; " and by leaving out the words
"be still existing at," and inserting the words
" continue in force up to," instead thereof ; in
1. 7, by leaving out the words " a renewal of
said licence," and inserting the words " any
justices' certificate required for renewal," instead
thereof ; in 1. 8, by leaving out the words " same
not to," and inserting the words " the same may
not," instead thereof ; and in 1. 9, by leaving out
the words " upon any such application "
(Mr. Duke); and made part of the Bill.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the
Bill (Corporation may advance money in certain
cases).(Mr. Patrick White.)

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 read a second
time :It passed in the Negative.

Another Clause was offered to be added to the

Bill (Exception).(Mr. 1Vngent.)

And the said Clause was brought up, and read

the first time.

And. a Motion being made, and the Question
beim:, proposed, That the said Clause be read a
second time :The said Motion and Clause were
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn.

Another Clause (Extension of 6 Edw. 7, c. 54,
s. 5) -(Mr. Field)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. 5, 1. 1, by leaving out from the
word " building " to the word " and," in 1. 2.
(Mr. Patrick White.)

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. 17, by inserting at the
end thereof the words " Provided also, that the
whole or any portion of any balance of any such
advance outstanding at any time may be repaid
by the borrower on giving six months' notice in
writing to the corporation."(Mr. Clancy.)

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. 8, 1. 23, by inserting at the end
thereof the words

" (4) Where a loan is made to the corporation

for the purposes of this Act

(a) The loan shall be made at the minimum
rate for loans out of the Local Loans
Fund at the time of the advance ;
(b) During the period of repayment the
rate of interest shall vary from time to
to correspond with the
time so as
minimum rate for
time being
loans out of the Local
allowed for
Loans Fund ;

the

(c) The loan may be made for such period
not exceeding eighty years as may be
sanctioned by the Local Government
Board, and the periods
in sections
two hundred and thirty-eight and two

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253
the consequential Amendments
House,
made by the Lords, to the Registration of
Business Names Bill [Lords].

and

7 GEO. V.

hundred and forty-eight, respectively,
of the Public Health (Ireland) Act,
1878, shall be extended accordingly ;
(d) The whole or any portion of any
balance of any such loan outstanding
at any time may be repaid by the
corporation on giving six months' notice
in writing to the lenders of same ;
(e) The extension of the period of
repayment shall not be a ground for
increasing the rate of interest."

(Mr. Clancy.)

And the Question being proposed, That those

words be there inserted in the Bill ;

The proposed Amendment was amended, in
1. 4, by leaving out paragraph (b).(Mr. Duke.)
And the Question being put, That the

words

ig (4) Where a loan is made to the corporation

for the purposes of this Act

(a) The loan shall be made at
the
minimum rate for loans out of
the
Local Loans Fund at the time of the
advance ;

(b) The loan may be made for such
not exceeding eighty
years
period
as may be sanctioned by the Local
Government Board, and the periods
in sections two hundred and thirty-
eight and two hundred and forty-eight,
the Public Health
respectively, of
(Ireland) Act, 1878, shall be extended
accordingly ;

(c) The whole or any portion of any
balance of any such loan outstanding
at any time may be repaid by the
corporation on giving six months'
notice in writing to the lenders of
same ;

(d) The extension of

the period of
repayment shall not be a ground for
increasing the rate of interest"
be there inserted in the Bill :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, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Munitions (Liability
for Explosions) Bill.

(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 desire their concurrence.

Munitions
(Liability for
Explosions)
Bill.

Registration
of Business
Names Bill
[Lords.]

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Amendments made
by the Lords to the Amendments made by this

VOL. 171.

The Lords' Amendment in 1. 6, after (" Act "),
insert (" and that if at the expiration of the
said two months the conditions affecting the firm
or persons have ceased to be such as to require
registration under this Act, the firm or person
need not be registered so long as such conditions
second time, was
continue "), being read a
agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in 1. 1, leave out
subsection (1), and insert the words omitted as
a new Clause (" Offences by corporations "), the
next Amendment, being read a second time, was
agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in 1. 1, after (" name "),
insert (" under which the business of a firm or
individual is carried on "), the next Amendment,
being read a second time, was agreed to.

The Lords' consequential Amendment to
in Clause 12, p. 5, 1. 13, leave out
the Bill,
(" appointed by the Treasury "), and insert
(" prescribed "), the next Amendment, being
read a second time, was agreed to.
The Lords' Amendment
in

after
(" circulars "), insert (" show cards "), and in
1. 6, leave out (" the United Kingdom "), and
insert (" any part of His Majesty's dominions "),
the next Amendment, being read a second time,
was agreed to.

3,

1.

The Lords' consequential Amendment to
1. 31, at the end, insert
the Bill, in p. 6,
(" Show cards shall mean cards containing or
exhibiting articles dealt with, or samples or
representations thereof "), the next Amendment,
being read a second time, was agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 6, ls. 24 to 28,

at the end, add

(" In the case of a peer or person usually
known by a British title different from his
surname, the title by which he is known shall
be substituted in this Act for his surname.

References in this Act to a former Christian
name or surname shall not, in the case of natural-
born British subjects, include a former Christian
name or surname where that name or surname
has been changed or disused before the person
bearing the name had attained the age of
eighteen years ; and, in the case of a married
woman, shall not include the name or surname
by which she was known previous
to the
marriage.

References in this Act to a change of name
shall not include, in the case of natural-born
British subjects, a change of name which has
taken place before the person whose name has
been changed has attained the age of eighteen
years ; or, in the case of a peer or a person
usually known by a British title different from
his surname, the adoption of or succession to the
title "), the next Amendment, being read a
second time, was 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, and to the consequential Amendments
made by their Lordships, to the Bill.

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.

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1916

Ways and
Means.

The Order of the day being read, for the

Committee of Ways and Means ;

Resolved, That this House will
resolve itself into the said Committee.

to-morrow,

Adjournment.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant

to the
Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this House do
now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

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

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Adjournment
a Return of Motions for Adjournment under Motions under
Standing Order No 10, showina the date of such sotradnedrinisigo. 10.
Motion the name of
the Member proposing,
the definite matter of, urgent public importance,
and the result of any, Division taken thereon
during Session 1914-16 and Session 1916 (in
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 426
of Session 1914).(The Chairman of Ways
and Means.)

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
Return showing, with reference to Session
a
1916, (1) the total number of days on which
the House sat ; and (2) the days on which
Business of Supply was considered (in con-
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 421 of
Session 1914-16.(The Chairman of Ways and
Means.)

of
seof
the House.

Peterhead
Harbour.

National
Health
Insurance
Commission
(Wales.)

Channel
Islands
(Crown
Rights.)

Superannua-
tion Act, 1887.

Finance
(No. 2) Act,
1915.

Board of
Education.

Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions
Act, 1865.

Price of Milk
Order
(No. 2), 1916.

Tuesday, 19th December 1916.

PRAYERS.

NIRb.yChaniscellora joefstytte Exchequer presented,

by

Reports respecting Peterhead Harbour Works.

Copy of Order, dated 18th December 1916,
made by the Welsh Insurance Commissioners,
entitled the National Health Insurance (Wales)
(Deposit Contributors' Benefits) Order, 1916.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer also pre-
sented,Return to an Order, dated the 29th
day of June last, for a Return relative to
Channel islands (Crown Rights).

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer also pre-
sented, pursuant to the directions of several
Acts of Parliament,Copy of Treasury Minute
under the Superannuation Act, 1887, dated
30th November 1916, granting a retired allow-
ance to Mr. George Badrick, Staff Clerk in
the Librarian's Department of the Foreign
Office.

Copy of Regulations relating to Income Tax
Quarterly Assessments, dated 19th December
1916, made by the Commissioners of Inland
Revenue under the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915.
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, by His Majesty's
Command,Copy of Summary of Returns as to
School Attendance and Employment in Agri-
culture, supplied by -County Local Education
Authorities, of Children excused from School
for Employment in Agriculture on 16th October
1916.

Mr. Herbert Lewis also presented, pursuant to
the directions of an A ct of Parliament,Copy
of Order in Council under the Naval and Marine
Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, dated 5th Decem-
ber 1916, approving a Memorial of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. George Roberts presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Order by the Board of Trade, entitled the Price
of Milk Order (No. 2) 1916, dated 12th Decem-
ber 1916, made under Regulation 2 J of the
Defence of the Realm Consolidation Regulations,
1914, varying the Price of Milk Order, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House

and

in Session

Bills, and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders Business.
introduced into the House of Comrtions and
brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts
passed,
classed according
1916,
to the following Subjects :Railways ; Tram-
ways ; Tramroads ; Subways ; Canals
and
Navigations ; Roads and Bridges ; Water ;
Waterworks ; Gas ; Gas and Water ; Lighting
and Improvement ; Local Legislation ; Corpora-
tions, &c. (not relating to Local Legislation 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 ;
and
Of all the Private Bills,
Miscellaneous
Hybrid Bills, and Bills for confirming Pro-
visional. Orders which, in Session 1916, have
been 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 sat ; 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
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 1916, 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
together with the names of the
and Means ;
Members who served on each Committee, the
number of days on which each Committee sat,
and the number of .days on which each Member
And of the number of Private
attended :
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. 0.101 of Session 1914-16).--(The Chair-
man of Ways and Means.)

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Public
a Return of the number of Public Petitions Petitions.
presented and printed 'in Session 1916, with the
total number of signatures in that Session (in

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continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.102
of Session 1914-16).(The Chairman of Ways
and Means.)

19th December.

Public Bills.

Select
Committees.

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
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 1916, 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. 0.110 of Session
1914-16).--( The Chairman of Ways and M cans.)

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Return of the number of Select Committees
appointed in Session 1916 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 Parliamentary
Paper, No. 0.103 of Session 1914-16).----(The
Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Sittings of
the House.

0

Ordered, That there be laid before this House
a Return of the number of days on which the
House sat in Session 19] 6, 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.(The Chairman of Ways and
Means.)

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 Gamble Insti-
tute Gourock, Order Confirmation Bill, without
any. Amendment.

Gamble
Institute,
Gourock,
Order
Confirmation
Bill.
Ccnstabulary
and Police
(Ireland) Bill. meat.
Sailors and
Soldiers (Gifts Soldiers (Gifts
for Land
Settlement)
Bill.
Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the. Constabulary
and Police (Ireland) Bill, without any Amend-

The Lords have agreed to the Sailors and
for Land Settlement) Bill,

without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Defence of the
Realm (Acquisition of Land) Bill, with Amend-
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence
of this House.

Prevention of
Corruption
Bill.

The Lords have agreed to the Prevention of
Corruption Bill, with an Amendment ; to which
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
Defence of
the Realm
Lords to the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition
(Acquisition of Land) Bill be taken into consideration to-
ot Land) Bill,

Bill 141. morrow ; and be printed.
Vol, 171.

255

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Prevention of

Lords to. the Prevention of Corruption Bill be Corruption
taken into consideration to-morrow ; and be Bill.
printed.

Bill 142.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, supported Public
by Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Hayes Fisher, Authorities
d
B
o
presented a Bill to make, further provision with (
Bit.
)
us
respect to the borrowing powers of Councils of Bill 139.
counties and of municipal boroughs, and other
public authorities and bodies : And the same was
ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ;
and to be, printed.

cl
a
o

aLn

The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill Consolidated

was according to Order, read a second time,
(FAund
and committed to a Committee of the whole tioljnij

ouse for to-morrow.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee New Ministries

on New Ministries and Secretaries [Salaries and and
r
ie
ec
ta r
e
S
Remuneration] a Resolution ; which was read'
r
la
[S
a
a
s
as followeth
Remunera-

That it is expedient to authorise the payment, tion.]

salary not

out of moneys provided by Parliament, of an
two thousand
annual
exceedin o.
any Under
pounds to any Minister, and'
Secretary to a Secretary of State while he
performs the duties of Minister of Blockade,
appointed under any Act of the present Session
for establishing certain new Ministries, and for
the appointment of additional Secretaries or
Under Secretaries in certain Government de-
partments, and of other salaries, remuneration,
and expenses which may become payable in
pursuance of such Act.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to

The House, according to Order, resolved itself New Ministries

into a Committee on the New Ministries `and ;tetaries
Secretaries Bill.

Bill.

(In the Comtnittee.)

Clauses No. 1 to No. 5 agreed to.
Clause No. 6 (Powers and duties of Shipping

Controller).

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 28, after the
first word " him," to insert the words " and
particularly all the powers and duties of the
Board of Trade in relation to shipping and the
administration of the Merchant Shipping Act,
1894."(Mr. Peto.)

Question.proposed, That those words be there

inserted :Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause agreed to.
Clause IN o. 7 (Suspension of limit on number

of Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State).

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 3, to leave
out from the beginning to the word " and," in
1. 6.(Mr. Sherwell.)

Question proposed, That the words proposed
to be left out, to the' word " additional," in 1. 3,
stand part of the Clause :--Amendment, by
leave, withdrawn.

Amendments made.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause No. '8 (Officers,

expenses).

remuneration and

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 21, after the
word " Minister," to insert the ,wcrds " with the
approval of the Treasury."(Mr. Sherwell.)

Question, That those words be there inserted,

put, and negatived.
Clause agreed to.

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19th-20th December.

Clause No. 9 agreed to.
Clause No. 10 (Ability of Minister

secretaries to sit in Parliament).

and

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, I. 36, to leave
out the words " two secretaries," in order to
" one secretary." -- (Mr.
insert
NIKenna.)

the words

Question proposed, That the words " two
the Clause :

secretaries "
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

stand part

of

Clause agreed to.
Clauses No. 11 to No. 13 agreed to.
A Clause (Establishment of Air Board)
(Secretary Sir George Cave)brought up, and
read the first and second time, and added to the
Bill.

Another Clause (Powers and duties of Air
Board)(Secretary Sir George Cave)brought
up, and read the first and second time, and added
to the Bill.

Schedule agreed to.
Bill, as amended, to be reported.

1916.
borrowed, or of money borrowed under the
War Loan Acts, 1914 and 1915, or any
other enactment ; and

(c) any sums which may be required for the
remuneration of the Banks of England and
Ireland in connection with the management
of any securities issued for the purpose of
money to be so borrowed, or of money
borrowed under section fifty-eight of the
Finance Act, 1916.

(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

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 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.

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.

Whereupon Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant Adjournment.

to the Order of the House of the 22nd day of
February last, proposed the Question, That this
House do now adjourn.

And the Question being put :It was resolved

in the Affirmative.

Bill 140.

Volunteer
Bill [Lord*.]

The House, according to Order, resolved itself
into a Committee on the Volunteer Bill [Lords].
(In the Committee.)

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

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.

Ways and
Means.

The House, according to Order, resolved itself

into the Committee of Ways and Means.

(In the Committee.)
War Loan.
Resolved, That the Treasury may borrow in
such manner as they think fit, on the security of
the Consolidated Fund, any sums required for
raising the supply granted to His Majesty for
the service of the year ending on the thirty-first
day of March, nineteen hundred and seventeen,
and in addition a sum not exceeding two hundred
and fifty million pounds ; and that there shall be
charged on the Consolidated Fund

(a) any sums which may be required to be so
charged in the exercise, in connection with
any money to be so borrowed, of any powers
which were given by the War Loan Act,
1914, or the War Loan Act, 1915, or any
other enactment in connection with money
borrowed under the War Loan Acts, 1914
and 1915, or any other enactment ; and
(b) any sums which may be required for the
expenses of the redemption of any securities
issued for the purpose of money to be so

Wednesday, 20th December 1916.

PRAYERS.
AIR. George Roberts presented, pursuant to
1 the directions of an Act of Parliament,
Copy of Report of the proceedings of the
Board of Trade under the Light Railways Acts,
1896 and 1912; up to the 31st December 1915,
and of the proceedings of the Light Railway
Commissioners up to the same date.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table ; and be printed.

Light
Railways Acts,
1896 and 1912.
No. 146.

O

Secretary Sir George Cave presented, by His Police

Majesty's Command,Copy of Report of the (Metropolis).
Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis for
the year 1915.

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 19th day of
this instant December, for a Return relative to
Adjournment Motions under Standing Order
No. 10.

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day
this instant December, for a Return relative
Business of the House.

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day
this instant December, for Returns relative
Private Bills and Private Business.

Adjournment
Motions under
Standing
Order No. 10.
No. 147.
of Business of
to the House.

No. 148.

of Private Bills
to and Private
Business.

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Public Bins.

this instant December, for a Return relative to
Public Bills.

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Public
this instant December, for a Return relative to Petitions.
Public Petitions.

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257

Select
Committees.

Sittings of
the House.

Supreme
Court (Rules.)

Public
Petitions
(Second
Report.)

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of
this instant December, for a Return relative to
Select Committees.

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of
this instant December, for a Return relative to
Sittings of the House.

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon
the Table by the Clerk of the House :Copy
of Provisional Rules of
the Supreme Court
(Costs), 1916, dated 5th December 1916.

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Adjourn-
ment Motions under Standing Order No. 10,
Business of the House, Private Bills and Private
Business, Public Bills, Public Petitions, and
Select Committees be printed.

Sir William Bull reported from the Select
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had
examined the Petitions presented upon the 2nd,
3rd, 8th, 17th. and 22nd days of August last,
the 10th and 25th days of October last, and the
1st, 27th, and 29th days of November last, and
directed him to make a Report there'd to the
House.

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the

Table; and be printed.

Message from
the Lords.

Munitions
(Liability for
Explosions)
Bill.
Ministry of
Pensions Bill,

National
Gallery 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 agreed to the Munitions
any

(Liability for Explosions) Bill, without
Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Ministry of
to which the

Pensions Bill, with Amendments ;
Lords desire the concurrence of this House.

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An.
Act to amend the National Gallery Act, 1856,
and the National Gallery Loan Act, 1883 ;
to
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this
House.

Ministry of
Pensions Bill.
Bill 144.

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
Lords to the Ministry of Pensions Bill be taken
into consideration to-morrow ; and be printed.

Adjournment. Mr. Dillon, Member for East Mayo,

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
Irish Political importance, viz., the refusal of the Government
Prisoners.
to release immediately the untried Irish political
prisoners now interned in Great Britain ; 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.

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.
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 norrow.

VoL. 171.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee ways and
of Ways and Means of the 19th day of this Means [19th,
instant December a Resolution ; which was read, Report.
as followeth :

December]

War Loan.

That the Treasury may borrow in such manner War Loan.

as they think fit, on the security of the Consoli-
dated Fund, any sums required for raising the
Supply granted to His Majesty for the service
of the year ending on the thirty-first day of
March, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and in
addition a sum not exceeding two hundred and
fifty million pounds ; and that there shall be
charged on the Consolidated Fund.

(a) any sums which may be required to be so
charged in the exercise, in connection with
any money to be so borrowed, of any powers
which were given by the War Loan Act,
1914, or the War Loan Act, 1915, or any
other enactment in connection with money
borrowed under the War Loan Acts, 1914
and 1915, or any other enactment ; and
(b) any sums which may be required for the
expenses of the redemption of any securities
issued for the purpose of money to be so
borrowed, or of money borrowed under the
War Loan Acts, 1914 and 1915, or any
other enactment ; and

(c) any sums which may be required for the
remuneration of the Banks of England and
Ireland' in connection with the management
of any securities issued for the purpose of
money to be so borrowed, or of money
borrowed under section fifty-eight of the
Finance Act, 1916.

The said Resolution, being read a second time,

was agreed to.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the war Loan.

said Resolution : And that Mr. Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney General, and
Mr. James Hope do prepare and bring it in.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly War Loan

presented a Bill to make further provision for Bill.
raising Money for the present war, and for Bill 143.
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.

The Order of the day being read, for taking Defence of
into consideration the Amendments made by the the Realm
cquisition
(A
Lords to the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of
Land) Bill.
of Land) Bill ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being proposed, That the Lords' Amendments
be now taken into consideration(Mr. James
Hope) : And a Debate arising thereupon ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That the Debate be now. adourned
( Mr. Dundas White) : It was resolved in the
Affirmative.

Ordered, That the Debate be resumed to-

morrow.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to New Ministries;

take into consideration the New Ministries and and
Secretaries Bill, as amended in the Committee. BSecretaries
Bill.

An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the Bill, in p. 1, I. 9, by inserting, after the word
" Trade," the words " and the Home Office."
(Mr. Ramsay Macdonald.)

And the Question being put, That those words

be there inserted in the Bill ;

L L

20th-21st December.

1916.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr.
Dickinson reported, That the Committee had
gone through the Bill.

258

The House divided.
The Yeas to the Right ;
The Noes to the Left.
Tellers for thef Mr. Sherwell,

Yeas,

1
t Mr. Thomas Richardson: I

Tellers for the j Lord Edmund Talbot,

Noes,

t Mr. Beck :

61

172.

So it passed in the Negative.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made
to the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 12, by inserting, after the
word " Trade," the words " and of the Ministry
of Munitions."(Mr. Anderson.)

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. 3, by leaving out from the
Word " food" to the word " and," in 1. 5.
(Mr. Leslie Scott.)

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. 8, by inserting, after the
first word " him," the words " and particularly
all the powers of the Secretary of State for War
in relation to the employment of prisoners of
war in agriculture."(Mr. Peto.)

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. 2,1.20, by leaving out Clause 6.
( Mr. Runciman.)

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, by leaving out Clause 7.
(Mr. Ashley.)

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 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.

Government
War
Obligations
Bill.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to
take into consideration the Government War
Obligations Bill, as amended in the Committee.
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time

to-morrow.

'Public
Authorities
and Bodies
(Loans) Bill.

The Public Authorities and Bodies (Loans)
Bill was, according to Order, read a second
time.

Resolved, That this House will immediately
resolve itself into the Committee on the Bill.
(Mr. Pratt.)

The House accordingly resolved itself into the

Committee.

(In the Committee.)
Clauses No. 1 and No. 2 amended, and agreed

to.

Bill, as amended, to be reported.

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, resolved itself Supply.

into the Committee of Supply.

(In the Committee.)

Army Supplementary Estimates, 1916-17.
Resolved, That an additional number of Land
Forces not exceeding 1,000,000, all ranks, be
maintained for the Service of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland at Home and
Abroad, excluding His Majesty's Indian Pos-
sessions, in consequence of the War in Europe,
for the year ending on the 31st day of March
1917.

Resolution to be reported.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr.
Dickinson reported, That the Committee had
come to a Resolution.

Ordered, That the Report be received to-

morrow.

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Prevention of

take into consideration the Amendment made Corruption
by the Lords to the Prevention of Corruption BM'
Bill ; 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
bath agreed to the Amendment made by their
Lordships.

Whereupon Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Adjournment.

Order of the House of the 22nd day of February
last, proposed the Question, That this llouse do
now adjourn.

And it being one hour after the conclusion
of, Government Business, Mr. Deputy
Speaker adjourned the House without
Question put, pursuant to th Order of
the House of the 22nd day of February
it being then ten minutes before
last,
Nine of the clock, till to-morrow.

Thursday, 21st December 1916.

P RAYERS.

R. George Roberts presented, pursuant to West

ill
the directions, of an Act of Parliament
Copy of Fifteenth Annual Report by the Board
of Trade as to the condition and working of the
Banavie and Mallaig Railway, the Rates and
for Traffic, and the Receipts and
Charges
Expenditure of the Company in working the
Railway, for the year 1915-16.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Highland
(REaxi

tension
f rom B
g)
to Mallaiariavie

21st December.

259
standing, the practice of the House relating-to
the interval between the various stages of such
a Bill.(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)

7 GEO. V.

Mr.,Chaneellor of the Exchequer presented,
Clergy
(West Indies.) pursuant to the directions of several Acts of
Parliament, Copy of Return of amount pay-
able on 5th January 1916 out of the Consolidated
Fund for Ecclesiastical Purposes in the West
'Indies.

Housing Act,
1914.

out of

the Consolidated Fund ;

Copy of Account showing the money issued
the money
No. 149. borrowed and the Securities created in respect
thereof; and the expenditure of a capital nature
incurred by the Local Government Board for
Scotland and the Commissioners of Works,
respectively, under the Housing Act, 1914, for
the period ended 31st March 1916 ;
together
with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor
General thereon.

No. 150.

Land Registry Account showing the money issued from the
(New
Consolidated Fund under the provisions of the
Buildings)
Land Registry (New Buildings) Act, 1900,
Act, 1900.
and of the expenditure ;
the money borrowed
and the Securities created under the said Act,
for the period ended the 31st March 1916 (Final
together with the Report of the
Account);
Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.

Public Offices
Site (Dublin)
Act, 1903.

No. 151.

Account showing the money issued from the
Consolidated Fund under the provisions of the
Public Offices Site (Dublin) Act, 11903, and of
the expenditure ;
the money expended and
borrowed and the Securities created under the
said Act, for the period ended the 31st March
1916 ; together with the Report of the Comp
troller and Auditor General thereon.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the Papers relative to the
Housing Act, 1914, the Land Registry (New
Buildings) Act, 1900, and the Public Offices
Site (Dublin) Act, 1903, be printed.

Note
communicated
by United
States
( Miscellaneous,
No. 38, 1916.)
Note
communicated
by United
Ststes
(Miscellaneous,
No. 39, 1916.)

Mr. Secretary Balfour presented, by His
Majesty's ( omtnand,Copy of Note communi-
cated by the United States Ambassador, 12th
December 1916.

Copy of Note communicated by the United

States Ambassador; 20th December 1916

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the

Table.

Department of
Agriculture
and Technical
Instruction for
Ireland.

Mr. Duke presented, pursuant to the directions
of an Act of Parliament,Copy of the Black
Scab in Potatoes (Special Area, Ireland) Order,
No. 2, 1916.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Agricultural
Prices
(Ireland.)

each year from 1881 ;

Ordered, That t here be laid before this House
a Return shOwing, to the latest year available,
for Ireland as a whole, (1) the annual Average
Prices' for
(2) the
annual Average Prices for each period coin,
prised in the period from 1881 of five years,
ten years, fifteen year, twenty years,
and
e irs, and for the period of six
twenty-five
years from 1909 ; such Prices to b. emtliale.1
from the Ret urns of Prices of
livr
Irish agri-ultural poduct,
stock, and other
heretofore published from ti ne to time by the
Irish Land Commis-ion, or the Dc part men! of
Agriculture and Technical Instruction or Ire-
la,d, or from other inform.' tion in to po..ses-ion
of those Departments.(Major Newman.)

crops,

Business of
the House
(Friday
Sitting.)
Business of
the House
(War Loan
Bill.)

. Resolved, That this House do sit to- morrow.
(Mr. Chancellor of. the Exchequer.)

Ordered, That the remaining stares of
the
War Loan Bill inay be taken immediately after
the Bill has been read 71 ..e(1( i tune,
wtth-

V( )L. 171.

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Defence of

the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (
upon the 20th day of this instant December, on of Land) Bill.
consideration of the Amendments made by the
Lords to the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition
of Lancl) Bill, That the Lords' Amendments be
now taken into consideration ;

the Resit

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 accordingly proceeded to take the

said Amendments into consideration.

The Lords' Amendments as far as the Amend-
ment in p. 2, 1. 6, being read a second time, were
agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 2, 1. 6, leave
out (" the next following section "), and insert
(" section two "), and, at the end, insert

(" Provided that

(a) If the. exercise of any such poWers
causes the pollution, abstraction, or diver-
sion of water, or the emission of noxious
fumes, to such an extent that if exercise
of such powers had not been authorised
by this Act persons interested in adjoin-
ing or neighbouring land would have
been entitled to restrain the exercise
thereof, any person who would have been
so entitled shall be entitled to such com-
pensation in respect of any loss occasioned
by such pollution, abstraction, diversion,
or emission during the period of occupa-
tion under this section as, failing agree-
ment, may be determined in manner
provided by this Act; and

(b) nothing in this section shall be construed
as depriving any person of any right to
recover damages in respect of any injury
to property caused by accident due to the
exercise of any such powers as afore-
said ").

And it appearing that

the next Amendment, being read a second time ;
the
Amendment was to make provision for a case
of compen-ation not previously contemplated by
the Commons, the same was agreed to.

the object of

'1 he Lords' Amendment in p. 2, 1. 12, leave
out t" bv the Commission "), and insert (" in
manner provided by this Act, and in determining
such compensation regard may be had to any loss
suffered by the temporary severance of the land
occupied from other land occupied therewith
immediately before the time wften possession
was taken by the occupying department, or by
reason of such other laud beiag otherwise in
jure mrly affected ny the exercise of the powers.
conferred by this section ; and in determining
the rent payable under this provision regard
shall be had to the like considerations as are set
our in paragraph 6 of the Schedule to this Act.
with respect to the determination of compensa-
sation paya de for land acquired under this
the next Amendment, being read a_
Act "),
second time ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That tins House cloth agree with the
Lords in the said Amendment(Secretary Sic
George Cave) : It passed in the Negative.

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill, in

lieu of the raid Lords' Amendment disagreed

L 2

[Special
Entry.]

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260
im p. 2, 1. 12, by leaving out the words " by the
Commission," and inserting the words " in manner
provided by this Act; and in determining the
rent payable under this provision regard shall
be had to the like considerations as are set out
in paragraph 6 of the Schedule to this Act with
respect to the determination of compensation
payable for land acquired under this Act "
(Sir John Tudor Walters),instead thereof.

1916.
An Amendment was proposed to be made to
the said Lords' Amendment, by inserting, in L 13,
after the word " shall," the word " be."(Mr.
Dundas White.)

And the Question being put, That the word
It passed in the

" be " be there inserted :
Negative.

And the Lords' Amendment was agreed to.
Then the subsequent Lords' Amendments as
far as the Amendment in p. 13, 1. 13, being read
a second time, were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 13, 1. 13, leave
out from (" may ") to the end of the proviso, and
insert (" by order authorise the compulsory
acquisition of the park, garden, pleasure ground,
or farm, or any part thereof, where they are
satisfied that it is of national importance that it
should be acquired, so, however, that if the
owner so requires, the whole of such property,
including the mansion house, if any, shall be
acquired, and that, before the order made by the
Commission comes into effect, a draft thereof
shall be laid before each House of Parliament
for a period of thirty days on which that House
has sat, and if either of those Houses before the
expiration of that period presents an address to
the draft or any part
His Majesty against
thereof no further proceedings shall be taken
thereon "), the next Amendment, being read a
second time ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That this House doth disagree with
being
in the said Amendment(Sir John
the
Tudor Walters) : It passed in the Negative.

And it appearing that the Commons were [Special
willing to waive their privileges, the same was Entry.]
agreed to.

Then the subsequent Lords' Amendments as
far as the Amendment in p. 14, 1. 23, being read
a second time, were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 14, 1. 23, at the

end, insert

(" (6) Nothing in this Act shall authorise the
retention, except by agreement, of the possession
of land taken with a view to maintaining the
food supply of the country for any longer period
than is necessary for securing any annual crop
the
growing thereon at
the
present war "), the next Amendment, being read
a second time, was disagreed to.

termination of

Then the subsequent Lords' Amendments as
far as the Amendment in p. 16, 1. 16, being read
a second time, were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 16, 1. 16, leave
out (" Commission are "), and insert (" arbitration
tribunal is "), the next Amendment, being read
a second time ;

And a Motion being made, and the Question
being put, That this House doth agree with the
(Secretary Sir
Lords in the said Amendment
George Cave) : It passed in the Negative.

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 their Amendments to
the Bill.

And a Committee was accordingly nominated
of Dr. Addison, Secretary Sir George Cave, Mr.
Salter, Sir John Tudor Walters, and Mr. Dundas
White.

Ordered, That Three be the quorum of the
Committee : And they are to withdraw imme-
diately.(Colonel Craig.)

Then the subsequent Lords' Amendments as
far as the Amendment in p. 4, 1. 28, being read
.a second time, were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 4, 1. 28, at the
end, insert (" but nothing in such modifications
shall affect any right to compensation under the
Lands Clauses Acts in respect of the severance
of the land acquired from other land belonging
to the same owner, or by reason of such other
land being otherwise injuriously affected by the
exercise of the powers of user thereof conferred
by this Act "), the next Amendment, being read
a second time, was disagreed to.

Then the subsequent Lords' Amendments as
far as the Amendment in p. 5, 1. 25, being read
a second time, were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 5, 1. 25, leave
out (" be entitled to such compensation as the
Commission may think just "), and insert (" he
shall

(i) if the land is used for a purpose for which
it could have been used had the land been
acquired under the Defence Acts, 1842 to
1873, or the Military Lands Acts, 1892 to
1903, be entitled to such compensation in
respect of any breach of a
restrictive
covenant or damage caused by the pollu-
tion, abstraction, or diversion of water, or
by the emission of noxious fumes, as, in
default of agreement, may be determined in
manner provided by this Act ; and

(ii) if the land is used for any other purpose,
be entitled to such compensation in respect
of any damage occasioned by such user as,
in default of agreement, may be determined
in manner provided by this Act "),

And it appearing that

the next Amendment, being read a second time ;
the object of the
Amendment was to make provision for a case of
compensation not previously contemplated by
the Commons, the same was agreed to.

Then the subsequent Lords' Amendments as
far as the Amendment in p. 9, 1. 17, being read
a second time, were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 9, 1. 17, at the

beginning, insert

(" (1) All questions as to compensation, or as
to the purchase price of land or any interest
therein, to be paid under this Act shall-

(a) if both parties agree within such time as
may be allowed by the Commission, be
determined by a single arbitrator agreed by
the parties ;

(b) if either party so requires, within such
time as may be allowed by the Commission,
be referred to such one of a panel of referees
to be appointed in like manner as the panel
appointed under Part I. of the Finance
(1909 -101 Act, 1910, as may be selected by
the Reference Committee as defined by
section thirty-three of that Act, whose
decision shall, subject to an appeal to the
Commission on any question of law, be
final ;

(c) in any other case, be determined by the

Commission "),

the next Amendment, being read a second time;

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Entry.]

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261
Ordered, That Three be the quorum of the
Committee : And they are to withdraw imme-
diately.(Mr. James Hope.)

7 GEO. V.

Consolidated
Fund
.(Appropria-
ton) Bill.
Mr. Speaker's
Certificate.

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 (the Bill
having been endorsed by Mr. Speaker with the

following Certificate:

I hereby certify that this Bill is a Money
Bill within the meaning of the Parliament
Act, 1911.

JAMES W. LOWTIiER,

Speaker).

War Loan
Bill.

The War Loan Bill was, according to Order,

read a second time.

Resolved, That this House will

immediately

resolve itself into the Committee on the Bill.
(Mr. James Hope.)

The House accordingly resolved itself into

the Committee.

(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 desire their concurrence.

government
-War
-Obligations
Bill.

passed.

The Government War Obligations Bill was,
: "sEll according to Order, read the third time and

6

zs

Ministryof
Pensions 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 Amendments made
by the Lords to the Ministry of Pensions Bill.

The Lords' Amendments as far as the Amend-
ment in p. 2, 1. 24, being read a second time,
were agreed to.

The Lords' Amendment in p. 2, 1. 24, after
(" 1915 " ), insert (" other than those relating to
separation allowances"), the next Amendment,
being read a second time, was disagreed to.

in p. 4, 1s.

The Lords' Amendment

1 and
2, leave out (" One of the secretaries of the
Ministry shall not by reason of his office be "),
and insert (" The office of secretary in the
Ministry shall not render the holder thereof"),
the next 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(Mr. Arthur
Henderson) : It passed in the Negative.

Mr. James Hope reported from the Committee
of Supply of the 20th day of this instant
December a Resolution ; which was read, as
followeth

Supply [20th
December)
Report.

Army Supplementary Estimates, 1916-17.
That an additional number of Land Forces Land. Forces.

not exceeding 1,000,000, 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, in
consequence of the War in Europe, for the year
ending on the 31st day of March 1917.

The said Resolution, being read a second time

was agreed to.

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 New Ministries

and Secretaries Bill, without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Public Autho-
rities and Bodies (Loans) Bill, without any
Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Dublin Recon
struction (Emergency Provisions) Bill, with
to which the Lords desire the
Amendments ;
concurrence of this House.

Message from
the Lords.

New Ministries
and
Secretaries
Bill.
Public
Authorities
and Bodies
(Loans) Bill.

- Dublin

Reconstruction
(Emergency
Provisions)
Bill.

Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Secretary Sir George Cave reported from the
Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be
assigned to the. Lords for disagreeing to certain
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to
the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land)
Bill ; That they had drawn up Reasons accord-
ingly, 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. 4, 1. 28, for the follow-
ing Reason :
Because it is inadvisable to intro-
i
duce into the Bill the principle of compensation
for severance and injuriously affecting land.

The Commons disagree to the Amendment
made by the Lords in p. 14, 1. 33, for the follow-
ing Reason :Because they consider that it is
beyond the general scope of the Bill.

The Commons disagree to the Amendment
made by the Lords in p. 16, 1. 16, for the follow-
ing Reason :Because it is desirable that the
question whether part only of buildings shall be
taken should be determined by the Commission.
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House
bath agreed to certain of the Amendments made
by their Lordships ; bath disagreed to certain
other Amendments, for which
they assign
Reasons ; and bath made an Amendment to the
Bill in lieu of one of the Amendments disagreed
to ; to which this House cloth desire the con-
currence of their Lordships.

Then the remaining Lords' Amendment, being

read a second time, was disagreed to.

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to
draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for
disagreeing to' certain of their Amendments to
the Bill.

And a Committee was accordingly nominated
of Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. Henry, Mr. Hoyge,
Mr. Pollock, and Sir John Simon.

VOL. 171.

Mr. Arthur Henderson reported from the
Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be
assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to certain
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to
the Ministry of Pensions 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. 2, 1. 24, for the follow-
L L 3

Ministry of
Pensions Bill.

262
ing Reason :Because it is likely to impair unity
ofcontrol.

21st---22nd December.

1916.
said county, bath accepted the Office of Steward
or Bailiff of His Majesty's Three Chiltern Hun-
dreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Burnham, in
the County of Buckingham. (Mr. Gulland.)

The Commons disagree to the Amendment
made by the Lords in p. 4. Is. 1 and 2, for the
following Reason :Because it is desirable that
only one Secretary of the Ministry of Pensions
in the House of
should be entitled to sit
Commons.

The Commons disagree to the Amendment
made by the Lords in p. 4, I. 3, for the follow-
is consequential on
ing Reason :Because it
the Amendment made by the Lords in p. 4, Is.
1 and 2.

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to
the Lords; and acquaint them that this House
hath agreed to certain of the Amendments made
by their Lordships ; bath disagreed to certain
other Amendments, for which
assign
Reasons ; and bath made an Amendment to the
Bill in lieu of one of the Amendments disagreed
to ; to which this House doth desire the con-
currence of their Lordships.

they

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the
Dublin
Reconstruction Lords to the Dublin Reconstruction (Emergency
(Emergency Provisions) Bill be now taken into considera-
Proyisious)
Bill.

tion.(Mr. James Hope.)

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.

And it being after half-past Eleven of
the clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the
House without Question put., pursuant to
the Stairlino. Order, it being then nineteen
minutes before Twelve of the clock, till
to-morrow, pursuant to the Resolution of
the House of this day.

Adjournment,

Edinburgh
and Saint
Andrews
Universities
Writ.

Derby
Borough
Writ.

Inverness
County Writ,

Friday, 22nd December 1916.

PRAYERS.
OR

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
Edinburgh and Saint Andrews Universities,
in the room of the Right Honourable Sir Robert
, now Baron Finlay
Bannatvne Finlay,
of Nairn, who, since his Election for the said
Universities, bath accepted the Office of Lord
(Mr. James
Chancellor of Great Britain.
Hope.)

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his
Warrant to the Clerk of thr Crown, to make
out a nest Writ for the electing of a Member
in this present Parliament for the
to Nerve
Borough of Derby, in the room of Sir Thomas
Roe, Knight, who, since his Election for the said
borough, hath accepted the Office of Steward
Northstead,
or Bailiti of His U ajesty's Man
in the County of

ork. ( Mr. Gotland.)

that

Ordered,

:dr. 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 preseht Parliament for the County
of Inverness, in the room of Sir John Alexander
Dewar, Baronet, who, since his Election for the

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Tower
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make Hamlets
out a new Writ for the electing of a Member (whiutegchh
to serve in this present Parliament for the Division)
Borough of Tower Hamlets (Whitechapel Divi- Writ.
sion), in the room of Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel,
Baronet, who, since his Election for the said
borough, bath accepted the Office of Steward or
Bailiff of His Majesty's Manor or Northstead, in
the County of York.(Mr. Gotland.)

eE

Mr. Prothero presented, pursuant to the direc- Destructive
and
tions of several Acts of Parliament,Co.pies of pests Acts.
Orders under the Destructive Insects and Pests
Acts, numbered D.I.P. 437,438, and 440 to 447,
declaring the respective areas. described in the
Schedules thereto to be infected with Wart
Disease, and infected areas for the purposes of
the Wart Disease of Potatoes (Infected Areas)
Order of 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. Herbert Lewis presented, pursuant to the
directions of an Act of Parliament,Copy of
Order in Council, dated 13th December 1916,
under the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions
Act, 1865.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Naval and
Marine Pay
and Pensions,
Act, 1865.

Table.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, Enemy Banks-

by His Majesty's Command,--Copy of Report (Londpn
Agencies.)
of Sir William Plender to the Right Honourable
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Enemy
Banks ( London Agencies), dated 16th December
1916.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer also pre- Registry.

sented, pursuant to the directions of soevrdele-tril,
Acts of Parliament, Copy of Treasury
dated 21st December 1916, under the Registry.
of' Deeds (Ireland) Act.

oufrDeleaendds) Fees,

Accounts showing the moneys issued out of Public offices.

the Consolidated Fund, the moneys borrowed Sites, and
and the Securities created in respect thereof, and PBuubuldicings
the expenditure, under the provisions of the Expenses,
Public Offices (Acquisition of Site) Act, 1895, 1915-16.
and other Acts, to the 31st March 1916 ;
gether with the Report of the Comptroller and
-Auditor General thereon.

to- No. 152_

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the
Table ; and that the .Paper relative to Public
Offices Sites, and Public Buildings Expenses,
1915-16, be printed.

Mr. Forster presented, by His Majesty's Gn- Army.

nand, Copy of Correspondence relating to the
use of the Ross Rifle by the Canadian Troops in
France.

Otdered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

Mr. George Roberts presented, pursuant to Seed Potatoes

the directions of an Act of Parliament, Copy Order, 1916.
of Seed Potatoes Order, 1916, dated 14th
December 1916, made by the Board of Trade
under Regulation t F of the Defence of the
Realm (Consolidation) Regulations', 1914.

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the

Table.

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263
8. Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of

Land) Act, 1916.

7 9-E0, N.

Parliamentary
Papers.

No. 153.

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,--List of
the Bills, Reports, Estimates, and Accounts and
Papers printed by Order of the House, and of
Papers presented by Command, Session 1916,
with a General Alphabetical Index thereto.
Thirtieth Parliament, Sixth Session, 6th and 7th
George V., 15th February 1916 to 22nd Decem-
ber 191'6.

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed.

Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that a
Message had been brought from the Lords by
; the Lords.
one of their Clerks, as followeth :

War Loan
Bill.

Government
War
Obligations
Bill.
Consolidated
Fund
(Appropria-
tion) Bill.
Defence of
the Realm
(Acquisition
of Land) Bill.

Ministry of
Pensions Bill.

Royal Assent.

The Lords have agreed to the War Loan Bill,

without any Amendment.

The Lords have agreed to the Government
War Obligations Bill, without any Amendment..

The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated
Fund (Appropriation) Bill, without any Amend-
ment.

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment
made by this House in lieu of an Amendment
made by the Lords to the Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill, and do not insist on
their Ainendments to which this House hath
disagreed.

The Lords do not insist on their Amendments
to the Ministry of Pensions Bill to which this
House hath disagreed.

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 Commissions, for declaring His Royal
Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both
Houses, and for proroguing the present Parlia-
ment, 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, and notifyino, 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. War Loan Act, 1916.
2. Appropriation Act, 1916.
3. Registration of Business Names Act,

1916.

4. Constabulary and Police ( Ireland) Act,

1916.

5. Sailors and Soldiers

(Gifts

Settlement) Act, 1916.

for Land

-6. Volunteer Act, 1916.
'7. Munitions (Liability for Explosions) Act,

1916.

9. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1916.
10. Ministry of Pensions Act, 1916.
11. Dublin Reconstruction (Emergency Pro-

visions) Act, 1916.

12. New Ministries
1916.

and Secretaries Act,

13. Public Authorities and Bodies (Loans)

Act, 1916.

14. Government War Obligations Act, 1916.
15. Gamble Institute, Gourock, Order Con-

firmation Act, 1916.

And afterwards His Majesty's Most Gracious King's Speech.

Speech was delivered'to both Houses of Parlia-
ment by the Lord High Chancellor, in pursuance
of His Majesty's Commands, as followeth :

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

Throughout the months that have elapsed
since I last addressed you My Navy and Army,
in conjunction with those of our gallant and
faithful AllieS, have, by their unceasing vigilance
and indothitable valour, justified the high trust
I placed in them.
I am confident that, however
long the struggle, their efforts, supported by the
inflexible determination of all My subjects
throughout the Empire, will finally achieve the
victorious consummation of those aims for which
I entered into war. My Government has been
reconstructed with the sole object of furthering
those aims unaltered and unimpaired.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

I thank you for the unstinted liberality with
which you continue to provide for the burdens
of the war.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

The vigorous prosecution of the war must be
our single endeavour until we have vindicated
the rights so ruthlessly violated by our enemies
and established the security of Europe on a sure
foundation.

In this sacred cause I am assured of the united
support of all My peoples, and I pray that
Almighty God may give us His blessing.

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 Wednesday the seventh
day of February, one thousand nine hundred
to be then here holden ; and
and seventeen,
this Parliament is accordingly' prorogued to
Wednesday the seventh day of February, one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

I N 110 E X

TO THE
NE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-F1RST
VOLUME.

Session 1916.

6 4' 7 Geo. V. Parl. 30. Sess. 6.

1916.

ABERDARE and ABERAMAN GAS [Lords] ; Report,
That the Bill should originate in the House of Lords, 3.
Report, Standing Orders certified to have been complied
with, 6. Bill brought from the Lords ; read the first time,
and referred to the Examiners, 90. Report, Standing
Orders not previously inquired into complied with ; Bill
to be read a second time, 97. Read a second time, and
committed, 102. Reported, with Amendments, 128. Day
amended, 137. As
appointed for
amended, considered, 144. Bill read the third time and
passed, with Amendments, 147. To which the Lords
(Cited as Aberdare and Aberaman Gas Act,
agree, 153.
1916) Royal Assent, 165.

consideration,

as

ABERDEEN CORPORATION ORDER CONFIRMATION; Bill
to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating
to Aberdeen Corporation Water ; presented ; read the
first time, and ordered (under Section 9 of the Act) to
be read a second time, 16. Read a second time, and
ordered to be considered, 23. Consideration deferred,
25, 27. Considered, 29. Bill read the third time and
passed, 30. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments ;
day appointed for their consideration, 36. Consideration
of Lords' Amendments deferred, 37. Lords' Amend-
(Cited as Aberdeen Corporation
ments agreed to, 39.
Water Order Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 67.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS :

NOTE.-(Add.) Address to the Crown.

(Ord.) Order for a Return.
(pres.) presented.
(Corn.) by the King's Command.

(Act) pursuant to Act.

(p.) Order for printing.

ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS UNDER STANDING ORDER
No. 10 : Return relative thereto for 1914 -1.6 and 1916
(Ord. 254, pres. 256), p. 256 (No. 147).

AERONAUTICS : Report of Advisory Committee for 1915-

16 (Corn.), 155.

VOL. 171.---Sess. 1916.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS-continued.
.AGRICULTURAL PRICES (Ireland) : Return

thereto (Ord. 259).

relative

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (Ireland): Report for 1914

(Corn.), 80.

1915 (Com.), 201.

Agricultural Labourers :

Report and Tables for 1915 (Com.), 222.

AGRICULTURE (Scotland): Agricultural Statistics, 1914,
Vol. III., Part III. (Com.), 4. Fourth Report of the
Board, for 1915 ( Corn.), 132.

ALIEN ENEMIES IN PROHIBITED AREAS (Departmental
Committee) : Report of Committee thereon (Corn.), 246.

ALIEN ENEMIES ON THE STEAMSHIP " GOLCONDA "
(Miscellaneous, No. 8, 1916) : Further Correspondence
with the United States Ambassador relative thereto
(Com.), 35.

ALIENSFENS (Naturalisation): Return relative thereto (Add.

64, pres. 103), p. 103 (No. 88).

ALKALI, &C. WORKS REGULATION ACT, 1906: Fifty-
second Annual Report of the Inspector under the Act,
for 1915 (Act), 126.

ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN WALES AND MONMOUTH-
SHIRE (Royal Commission) : Seventh Report of
the
Commissioners (Com.), 128.

ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY : Return relative thereto

(Ord. 123, pres. 126).

ARKLOW HARBOUR :

'Report of the Harbour Commis-

sioners, with Accounts, for 1915 (Act), 103.

ARMENIANS IN TURKEY (Miscellaneous, No. 31, 1916)

Documents relating thereto ( Corn.), 236.

ARMY : Report on Royal Aircraft Factory (Com.), 150.
Interim Report of Committee on Administration of
Flying Corps, 178. Return of Cost of Hutting Accom-
modation, 191. Revised Rates for Billeting Soldiers
(Act), 247. Final Report of Committee on Adminis-
tration of Flying Corps (Corn.), 250. Correspondence
relating to use of Ross Rifle, 262.

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[1916.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS continued.
ARMYcontinued.

Appropriation Account :

Appropriation Account of the sums granted by Par-
liament
(Act), 7,
p. 7 (No. 7). Referred to a Committee of the whole
House, 197.

for Army Services for

1914-15

Clothing Factory :

Annual Accounts of Army Clothing Factory for 1914-

15 (Act), 7, p. 7 (No. 9).

Estimates (1916-17) :

Estimate of Effective and Non-effective Services for
the year ending 31st March 1917 (Corn.), 22, p. 22
(No. 37).. Referred to the Committee of Supply, 22.

Excesses (1914-15) :

Statement thereon (Cont.), 148, p. 148 (No. 106).

Referred to the Committee of Supply, 148.

Military Savings Banks :

Statement of amount due by the public to Depositors
on 31st March 1914, and of Receipts, Interest, and
Disbursements during the year ended 31st March 1915
(Act), 23, p. 23 (No. 43).
Ordnance Factories:

Annual Accounts of the Ordnance Factories for 1914-

15 (Act), 32, p. 32 (No. 47).

Ordnance Factories (Appropriation Account) :

Appropriation Account of the sums granted by Parlia-
ment for the Ordnance Factories for 1914-15 (Act),
7, p. 7 (No. 8).

Ordnance Factories Excesses :

Statement thereon (Com.) 148, p. 148 (No. 107).

Referred to the Committee oiSupply, 148.

Pay, Non-effective Pay, and Allowances :

List of Exceptions sanctioned during the year 1915-16

(Corn.), 164.

Reserve and Special Reserve (Regulations) :

Further Regulations thereon (Act), 163.

Reserve (Regulations) :

Regulations thereon (Act), 33.

Supplementary Estimate (1915-16) :

Further amount required for the year ending 31st
1VIarch 1916 (Com.), 11, p. 11 (No. 22). Referred to the
Committee of Supply, 11.

Additional number of Men required for the year ending
31st March 1917 (Ganz.), 244, p. 244 (No.142). Referred
to the Committee of Supply, 244.

Territorial Force:

Schemes for Associations for Counties (Act), 5, 36, 74,

133, 135, 142, 202, 225, 227, 238.

Works and Buildings, 1916-17 (Vote 10) :

Statement of proposed Expenditure out of the Vote of

Credit ( Corn.), 215, p. 215 (No. 131).

ARUNDEL PORT : Annual Report and General Account
of the Commissioners for the year ended 25th March
1916 (Act), 77.

BANK OF ENGLAND : Return of the amount of Notes issued
more than forty years which have not been presented
for payment, written off on 25th October 1916 (Act),
233..

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
BANKING AND RAILWAY STATISTICS (Ireland): Report

thereon for the year 1915 (Corn.), 193.

BANKRUPTCY : Thirty-third Annual Report by the Board

of Trade (Act), 233, p. 233 (No. 136).

BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1914 (England) (General Rules):

Rules under the Act (Act), 215.

BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1914 (Proceedings): Accounts of
Receipts and Expenditure in Bankruptcy proceedings
under the Act during the year ended 31st March 1916
(Act), 59, p. 59 (No. 60). [Order for printing discharged,
223.]

BANKRUPTCY COURTS (Ireland): Return of the Official

Assignees for. 1915 (Act), 18.

BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES :

Seventy-seventh Annual Report for England and

Wales, 1914 ( Corn.), 22.

Scotland:

Sixty-first Annual Report, 1915 (Com.), 201.
V. MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES : Annual
Report of proceedings under Diseases of Animals Acts,
&c. ( Corn.), 35. Report on Agricultural Education, &c.
in Wales, 39. Annual Report of Chief Veterinary
Officer, 94. Report on recent Development of German
Agriculture, 192.

Agricultural Statistics:

Agricultural Statistics for 1915, Vol. L., Part I.,
Acreage and Live Stock (Com.), 70. Part II., Produce
of Crops, 137. Part III., Prices and Supplies of Corn,
226.

BO A RD OF EDUCATION : Regulations relative to Special
Grants in Aid ( Corn.), 34. Reports on Science Museum,
103. Report of the Board for 1914-15, 105. Report on
Victoria and Albert Museum for 1915, 116.
Interim
Report on Scholarships for Higher Education, 128.
Summary of Returns as to School Attendance, 140.
Report of Chief Medical Officer, 201. Report of Com-
mittee for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1915-16,
201. Summary of Returns as to. School Attendance
and Agriculture, 254.

Welsh Intermediate Education Act, 1889 :

Report on the Act for 1914 (Act),

(No. 69).

12,

p.

72

BOARD or PENSIONS BILL : Effect of Amendments

proposed (Ord. 239, pres. 239), p. 239 (No. 137).

BOILER EXPLOSIONS ACTS, 1882 AND 1890: Report to
the Secretary of the Board of Trade on the working of
the Acts (Corn.), 103.

BOUGIE FA.RM : Memorandum relative thereto (Com.),

231.

BRITISH MUSEUM : Return relative thereto (Ord. 7, pres.

70), p. 70 (No. 68).

BRITISH MUSEUM AND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM :

Regulations for partial closing ( Com.), 27.

BRITISH TRADE AFTER THE WAR : Report thereon by
Advisory Committee to the Board of Trade (Corn.), 4.
Summaries of Evidence before the Committee, 103.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE : Return relative thereto for
Session 1916 (Ord. 254, pres. 256), p. 256 (No. 148),

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267

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
CALEDONIAN CANAL : One Hundred and Eleventh Report

of the Commissioners (Act), 146, p. 146 (No. 105).

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE OBSERVATORY : Report of the

Astronomer thereon for 1915 (Com.), 223.

CEYLON WAR CONTRIBUTION : Treasury Minute relative

thereto ( Com.), 22.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.

Civil Services (Supplementary Estimate, 1916-17) :
Estimate of a further sum required for the service of
the year ending 31st March 1917 (Corn.), 139, p. 139
(No. 100). Referred to the Committee of Supply, 139.
Estimate of a further sum required for the service of
the year ending 31st March 1917 (Com.), 242, p. 242
(No. 140). Referred to the Committee of Supply, 242.

CHAMBER OF LONDON : Annual Accounts of the Cham-
berlain of London for years ending 31st December 1915
and 31st March 1916 (Act), 142.

CLERGY (West Indies) : Return of amount payable on
5th January 1916 for ecclesiastical purposes in the
West Indies (Act), 259.

CHANNEL ISLANDS (Crown Rights) : Return relative

thereto ( Ord. 119, pres. 254).

CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (Ireland) :
the Commissioners

Seventy-first Annual Report of
(Com.), 169.

CHARITY COMMISSION ( England and Wales) : Sixty-

third Report of the Commissioners (Corn.), 28.

CHELSEA HOSPITAL (Army Prize Money and Legacy
Funds) : Receipts and Expenditure to 31st March 1916
(Act), 211, p. 211 (No. 130).

CHILE (Customs Tariff): New Tariff Law (Com.), 201.

CHURCH ESTATES COMMISSION : Sixty-fifth Report from
the Commissioners, for the year preceding 1st March 1916
( Com.), 22.

CHURCH TEMPORALITIES (Ireland) : Report of the Comp-
troller and Auditor General upon the Account of the
Irish Land Commission in respect of Church Tempo-
ralities for the year ended 31st March 1916 (Act), 203,
p. 203 (No. 127).

CIVIL CONTINGENCIES FUND: Return relative thereto,

1915-16 ( Ord. 224, pres. 225), p. 225 (No. 133).

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS : List of all Pensions granted
during the year ending 31st March 1916 and charged upon
the Civil List (Act), 115, p. 115 (No. 94).

CIVIL SERVANTS OF MILITARY AGE : Return relative

thereto (Ord. 88, pres. 88), p. 88 (No. 78).

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION : Sixtieth Report of the

Commissioners, with Appendices ( Com.), 96.

CIVIL SERVICES:

COAL MINING ORGANISATION (Departmental Committee):
Third Report of the Committee thereon (Com.), 202.
COAL SHIPMENTS : Tables relative thereto for 1914-15

(Corn.), 123.

COLLEGE CHARTER ACT, 1871 : Application for Charter
to Trinity College of Music, London (Act), 4. Applica-
tion for Charter to Newnham College, Cambridge (Act),
87.

COLONIAL PROBATES ACT, 1892: Order in Council

under the A et (Act), 52.

COLONIAL REPORTS :

Annual Series :

Islands),

17, 875
21,

(Mauritius),
878

Reports, Nos. 847 (British Guiana)

( Com.), 10, 876
(Leeward
19,
877
(Trinidad and Tobago),
(Nigeria),
879
(Cayman Islands), 39, 880 (Saint Lucia), 55, 881
(East Africa Protectorate), 59, 882 (Imperial Institute),
883 (Nyassaland), 66, 884 (Gilbert and Ellice Islands),
88, 885 ( Wei-hai-wei), 119, 886 (Zanzibar), 171, 887
(Fiji), 888 (Sierra Leone), 889 (Turks and Caicos
Islands), 178, 890 (Gambia), 891 (Trinidad and Tobago),
892 (Hong Kong), 893 (Ashanti), 894 (Gold Coast),
895 (Malta), 896 ( Saint Helena), 897 (Seychelles), 898
(Bechuanaland), 899 (Gibraltar), 900 (Bahamas), 201,
901 (Swaziland), 202, 902 (Somaliland, 903 (Cyprus),
(Ceylon), 210, 905 (Straits Settlements), 906
904
(Grenada), 222, 907 (Falkland Islands), 225, 908
(Bermuda), 909 (Jamaica), 226, 910 (British Guiana),
244, 911 (Basutoland), 247, 912 (Barbados), 250.

COMMERCIAL PAPERS (No. 1, 1916) (Suez Canal): v.

SUEZ CANAL.

COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES ON QUESTIONS ARISING

OUT OF THE WAR (Com.), 96.

Civil Services and Revenue Departments (Estimates,

1916 -17):

COMMITTALS (Ireland) : Returns of the number of persons

committed for Trial in Ireland, 1915 (Act), 16.

Estimates for Civil Services and Revenue Departments
for the year ending 31st March 1917 (Corn.), 12, p. 12
(No. 26). Referred to the Committee of Supply, 12.

Civil Services and Revenue Departments, 1916-17

( Vote on Account) :

Vote on Account for the year ending 31st March
1917 (Com.) 12, p. 12 (No. 25). Referred to the
Committee of? Supply, 12.

Civil Services, 1916-17 (Revised Estimate) :

Revised Estimate for Expenses of House of Commons
(Corn.), 85, p. 85 (No. 75). Referred to the Committee
of Supply, 85.

Civil Services (Supplementary Estimate, 1915-16) :
Estimate of a further sum required for the service of
the year ending 31st March 1916 (Com.), 10, p. 10
(No. 18). Referred to the Committee of Supply, 10.

COMPANIES (Consolidation) ACT, 1908: Accounts of
Receipts and Expenditure in proceedings under the Act
during the year ending 31st March 1916 (Act), 59, p. 59
(No. 59).

[Order for printing discharged, 223.]

COMPANIES (Winding-up): Twenty-fifth Annual Report
by the Board of Trade (Act), 230, p. 230 (No. 134).

CONGESTED DISTRICTS BOARD (Ireland) : Report of the

Board for 1915-16 (Corn.), 201.

CONSOLIDATED FUND : Abstract Account of

made in the year 1915-16 (Act), 248, p. 248 (No. 145).

Issues

CONTRABAND OF WAR (Miscellaneous, No. 12, 1916) :

List of Articles (Corn.), 59.

CORONERS A.cT,

188.7

(Form of Inquisition):

Form

prescribed under the Act (Act), 104.

VOL. 171.Sess. 1916.

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[1916.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
COUNTY COURT RULES: Rules, dated April 1916 (Act),

66.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.

relative thereto, 121.
(Miscellaneous, No.
Further Correspondence relative thereto, 158.

COUNTY OFFICERS AND COURTS (Ireland) ACT, 1877 :
Account of Receipts and Payments under the Act for
1915-16 (Act), 142, p. 142 (No. 101).

COURT OF PROBATE DIVISION (High Court of Justice)

(Ireland): Annual Accounts for 1915 (Act), 27.

COURTS ( Emergency Powers) ACT, 1914: Rules under the

Act (A' ct), 39, 67, 203.

COURTS (Emergency Powers) (England) (County Courts) :
Rules under the Acts (Act), 104, 133. Directions under
the Acts (Act), 179.

CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES : Accounts of

Crown Agents' Office Funds for 1915 (Com.), 181.

CROWN OFFICE ACT, 1877. Orders in Council under the

Act (Act), 103, 169, 203.

'CROWN'S NOMINEE ACCOUNT : Abstract Account of
Receipts and Payments for 1915 (Act), 74, p. 74
(No. 72).

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS: Orders under the Acts

(Act), 5, 10, 36, 39, 107, 126, 167, 224, 230, 245.

DOGS REGULATION (Ireland) ACT, 1865: Account of
Receipts and Expenditure under the Act for 1915
(Act), 128.

DOMINICA WAR CONTRIBUTION 7 Treasury. Minute

relative thereto ( Com.), 201.

DUBLIN HOSPITALS : Fifty-eighth Report of the Board

of Superintendence, 1915-16 (Corn.), 224.

DUBLIN METROPOLITAN POLICE :

thereof for 1915 ( Cont.), 245.

Statistical Tables

DUCHY OF CORNWALL : Account of Receipts and Dis-

bursements for 1915 (Act), 23, p. 23 (No. 41).

DUCHY OF LANCASTER : Account of Receipts and Dis-

bursements for 1915 (Act), 23, p. 23 (No. 40).

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE : Seventh Report of the Commis-

sioners, for the year 1915-16 (Corn.), 247.

Methwold Reclamation Scheme :

Accounts in respect of Development Fund Grant (Act),

DEATHS FROM STARVATION, OR ACCELERATED BY
PRIVATION (England and Wales) : Return relative
thereto for 1915 (Ord. 9).

DECLARATION OF LONDON (Miscellaneous, No. 22, 1916) :
Note to Neutral Governments relative thereto ( Com.),
137.

DEFENCE OF THE REALM LOSSES (Royal Commission):

First Report of the Commissioners (Com.), 202.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL IN-
STRUCTION FOR IRELAND : Report on Trade at Irish
Ports during 1.914 (Com.), 22. Fifteenth Annual Report
of the Department, for 1914-15, 128. Black Scab
in Potatoes (Special Area, Ireland) Order, No. 2, 1916
(Act), 259.

DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES : Alien Enemies in Pro-
hibited Areas. Coal Mining Organisation.
Juvenile
Education. Land Settlement for Soldiers and Sailors.
National Health Insurance. Prices. Settlement and
Employment of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers on the
Spontaneous Combustion of Coal in Mines.
Land.
War Charities.

DEPORTATION OF BELGIANS (Miscellaneous, No .37 ,1916) :

Correspondence relative thereto (Corn.), 246.

DESTRUCTION OF A GERMAN SUBMARINE (Miscellaneous,
No. 7, 1916) : Further Correspondence relative thereto
( Com.), 22.

DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND PESTS ACTS : Orders under
[Order
the Acts
discharged and paper withdrawn, 123], 126, 138, 178,
`,.CS, 211, 215, 221, 222, 224, 227, 228, 230, 233, 236,
238, 239, 242, 245, 246, 262.

19, 111, 116

(Act),

17,

5,

9,

DEUTSCHE BANK (London Agency): Licence issued in

in connection therewith ( Corn.), 232.

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION : Sixth Report of the pro-

ceedings (Act), 248, p. 248 (No. 144).

DIET AT RUHLEBEN INTERNMENT CAMP (Miscellaneous,
No. 18, 1916) : Report on Conditions (Corn.), 103.
(Miscellaneous, No. 21, 1916), Further Correspondence

59, p. 59 (No. 61).

EAST INDIA :

Accounts and Estimates, 1916-17 :

Explanatory Memorandum on Accounts and Estimates,

1916-17 ( Com.), 246.

Civil Service:

Rules 1916 (Act), 33, Provisional Rule, 1916, 110.

Estimate :

Estimate of Revenue and Expenditure of the Govern-

ment of India for 1915-16 (Act), 74, p. 74 (No. 71).

Finance and Revenue Accounts:

Finance and Revenue Accounts of the Government of

India for 1914-15 (Act), 73.

Financial Statement and Budget:

Return relative thereto for 1916-17 (Add. 88, pres.

89) p. 89 (No. 80).

Home Accounts:

Annual Home Accounts of the Government of India

(Act), 73, p. 73 (No. 70).

Income and Expenditure:

Return relative thereto (Add. 99, pres. 100), p. 100

(No. 85).

India Office (Retirement at Sixty-five) :

Return relative thereto (Add. 16, pres. 17) (Add.

77, pres. 82).

Indian Students Department :

Report thereon for 1915-16 (Com.), 246.

Loans raised in England:

Return of all Loans raised in England, chargeable on
the Revenues of India, outstandino; at the commence-
ment of the half-year ending 31st March 1916 (Act), 59,
30th September 1916, 209, p. 209
p.' 59 (No. 57).
(No. 128).

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269

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS-continued.
EAST INDIA-continued.

Loans raised in India :

Return of all Loans raised in India, chargeable on the
Revenues of India, outstanding at the commencement
of the half-year ending 31st March 1916 (Act), 116, p. 116
(No. 91).

Military :

Papers relating to Battle of Kut-el-Amara (Com.), 94.

Progress and Condition:

Statement exhibiting the Moral and Material Progress
and Condition of India during 1914-15 (Act), 126, p. 126
(No. 36).

Punjab Legislative Council :

Amendments in the Regulations (Act), 96, 148.

Sanitary Measures :

Report thereon for 1914-15 (Com.), 202.

Trade:

Review thereof for 1914-15 (Corn.), 51.

relative thereto, 201.

Tables

ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION : Sixty-eighth Report from

the Commissioners, with Appendix ( Cum.), 18.

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE OF THE ALLIES : Recom-

mendations, thereof (Corn.), 103.

EDUCATION :

Ireland :

Annual Report of the Commissioners, 1915 (Com.),

98.

Scotland :

Minute continuing Code of Regulations

for Day
Schools (Corn.), 17. Statement relative to Education
(Scotland) Fund, 31. Minute amending Regulations for
Training and Certification of Teachers, 66. Minute
continuing Code of Regulations for Continuation Classes,
Forty-third Annual Report by the Accountant,
73.
100. Report of Committee of Council on Education for
1915-16, 115. Amendment to Superannuation Scheme
for Teachers, 1916, 155. Regulations as to Grants to
School Boards, 201.

EGYPTIAN GUARANTEED LOAN OF 1885: Account to

31st March 1916 (Act), 51.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING ACTS, 1882 TO 1909 (Proceedings):
Report by the Board of Trade of their proceedings
under the Acts during the past year (Act), 110, p. 110
(No. 91).

[Order for printing discharged, 115.]

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS DEFERRED ANNUITY
FUND. Second Septennial Actuarial Report (Act), 25,
p. 25 (No. 42).

EMIGRATION STATISTICS (Ireland) : Emigration Statistics

of Ireland for 1915 (Com.), 55.

ENEMY BANKS (London Agencies) : Report thereon ( Com.

262.

EUROPEAN WAR : Papers relating to German Atrocities

in Africa (Corn.), 148.

EVICTED TENANTS (Ireland) ACT, 1907: Return giving
particulars of persons reinstated under the Act during
the quarters ended 30th June, 30th September, and
31st December 1915 (Com. ), 128. 31st March 1916,
30th June 1916, and 30th September 1916, 233.

-

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS-continued.
EVICTIONS (Ireland) Return of Evictions in Ireland in

the quarter ended 31st December 1915 ( Com.), 16.

EXAMINATION OF MAILS (Miscellaneous, No. 9, 1916) :
Memorandum to Neutral Governments thereon (Com.),
(No. 20, 1916), Note from United States Govern-
49.
(No. 23, 1916), Note to United
ment thereon, 110.
States Ambassador thereon, 148.

EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENTS ACT, 1866:

Memorandum thereon (Corn.), 201.

EXPERIMENTS ON LIVING ANIMALS : Return relative

thereto (Add. 172, pres. 179), p. 179 (No. 116).

EXPLOSIVES : Fortieth Report of the Inspectors, 1915

(Com.), 103.

FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS : Annual Report of the

Chief Inspector for 1915 ( Com.), 110.

FACTORY AND WORKSHOP (Industrial Fatigue):

Second Interim Report on investigation thereon (Com.),

202.

FEDERATED MALAY STATES : Treasury Minute relative

to Local War Loan (Com.), 178.

FEE FUND (House of Lords).: Accounts from 1st April

1915 to 31st March 1916 (Com.), 89.

FINANCE ACCOUNTS : Accounts for 1915-16 (Act), 111,

p. 111 (No. 93).

FINANCE ACT, 1916: Order in Council under the Act

(Act), 198.

FINANCE (New Duties) ACT, 1916: Regulations under

the Act (Act), 222, 246.

FINANCE (No. 2) ACT, 1915: Regulations under the

Act (Act), 254.

FINANCE (No. 2) ACT, 1915 (Income Tax, Quarterly

Assessment) : Regulations thereunder (Act), 39.

FINANCE (No. 2) ACT, 1915 (Temporary Importation qf

111)tor Cars) : Regulations thereunder (Act), 80.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1916-17 : Statement of Revenue
and Expenditure as laid before the House by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer when opening the Budget
(Ord. 39, pres. 39), p. 39 (No. 50).

FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1916-17 (Rates of Income Tax
and Super Tax): Return relative thereto (Ord. 39,
pres. 39), p. 39 (No. 51).

FINES, &c. (Ireland) : Abstract of Accounts of all Fines
and other penal sums accounted for in 1914 (Act),
128.

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS COMMITTEE : Report

thereof

(Corn.), 87.

FISHERIES (Ireland) : Report on Sea and Inland Fisheries

for 1915 ( Com.). 227.

FISHERY BOARD ( Scotland) : Thirty-fourth Annual Report

thereof (Com.), 201.

FOOD SUPPLY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM : Report of
Physiology Committee of Royal Society thereon (Corn.),
245.

FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACT, 1890: Orders in Council

under the Act (Act), 52.

171.-Sess. 1916.

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[1916.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACTS, 1890 AND 1913: Orders
in Council under the Acts (Act), 34, 52, 101, 123, 169,
203, 231.

FOREIGN TRADE AND COMMERCE : Return relative
thereto for 1916 (Ord. 12, pres. 14), p. 14 (No. 27).

.

FORESHORES : Treasury Minute relating thereto (Act),

103.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES, &C. : Reports of the Chief Registrar

for 1915 (Part A) (Act), 17, p. 17 (No. 30).

[Order, of 26th January in Session 1914-16, for printing

discharged, 15.]

FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACTS, 1881 AND 1915: Order

in Council under the Acts (Act), 221.

GAS UNDERTAKINGS : [Order, 28th July 1915, for Return
relating to all authorised Gas Undertakings in the United
Kingdom, other than those of Local Authorities, for 1914,
discharged, 105.]

GAS UNDERTAKINGS (Local Authorities): [Order, 28th
July 1915, for Return relating to all authorised Gas
Undertakings in the United Kingdom belonging to Local
Authorities, for the year ended 31st March 1915, dis-
charged, 105.]

GENERAL LIGHTHOUSE FUND : Accounts for the year

1915-16 (Act), 243, p. 243 (No. 141).

GLEBE LANDS ACT, 1888: Rule under the Act (Cum.),

250.

GOVERNMENT CHEMIST : Report on the work of the

Government Laboratory for 1915-16 (Corn.), 229.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCES AND ANNUITIES : Account
of all Moneys received, and of the disposal thereof, &c.
in the year 1915 (Act), 37, p. 37 (No. 49).

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1915: Order in Council

under the Act (Act), 4.

GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND : Headings of a Settlement

(Glom.), 153.

GREECE (Miscellaneous, No. 27, 1916) : Collective Note

to Greek Government (Com.), 201.

GREEK LOAN : Account up to 31st December 1915

(Act), 5, p. 5 (No. 3).

GREEK LOAN OF 1898 : Account up to 31st March 1916

(Act), 51.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT, 1865: Orders in Council

under the Act (Act), 123, 233.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL AND TRAVERS' FOUNDATION :
Accounts for the year ended 31st March 1915 (Act),
10, p. 10 (No. 21). Statement of estimated Income
and Expenditure for 1916-17, 202, p. 202 (No. 126).

HARWICH HARBOUR : Accounts of the Conservancy

Board to 31st March 1916 (Act), 132.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS (Medical Service) GRANT
ACT, 1913: Report under the Act for 1915 ( Com.), 87.

HIGH-SPEED TELEGRAPHY : Report

of Committee

thereon ( Com.), 239..

HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS (Royal Commission) : Diary
of Viscount Percival in MSS. of Earl of Egmont, Vol. I.
( Corn.), 91. Report on MSS. of Alan George Finch,
Esq., 211. Eighteenth Report of the Royal Commission,.
218.

HOUSING ACT, 1914 : Account of Money issued and
Expenditure incurred under the Act (Act), 259, p. 259
(No. 145)

HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING; &c. ACT, 1909: Draft

Order under the Act (Act), 123.

IMPERIAL OTTOMAN GUARANTEED LOAN OF 1855:.

Account for the year 1915 (Act), 7.

IMPERIAL REVENUE (Collection and Expenditure) (Great
Britain and Ireland) : Return relative thereto ( Ord.
133, pres. 190), p. 190 (No. 118).

INCOME TA,x : Treasury Warrant appointing Special

Commissioner (Act), 103.

INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST (War

Restrictions) (England) : Rules (Act), 5, 133.

INDICTMENT RULES : March 1916 (Act), 32. April 1916,

57. May 1916, 90.

INEBRIATES ACTS, 1879 to 1900: Report of the Inspector

for 1915 (Com.), 190.

INEBRIATES ACTS (Inspector's Report) (Ireland): Twelfth
Report of the Inspector under the Acts, for 1915, with
Appendices (Corn.), 66.

INEBRIATES ACTS ( Scotland) : Eleventh Report, for 1914

and 1915 (Com.), 213.

INLAND REVENUE : Fifty-ninth Report of the Commis-

sioners, for 1915-16 (Corn.), 247.

to

(Act),

INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION (Ireland): Amended Rules
the Registration Council
relative
12.
Programme of Examinations for 1917,49, p. 49 (No. 53).
Accounts of the Board for 1915, 101, p. 101 (No. 87).
Rule determining number of Superintendents, 110. Rule
appointing Places of Examination, 111.
Examiners'
Rules, 139. Rules as to employment of Centre Superin-
tendents, 140. Report for 1915 (Corn.), 201. Report
to application of Teachers' Salaries Grant, 229.
as
Time Table of Examinations for 1917 (Act), 246.

INTERNED CIVILIANS (Release) (Miscellaneous, No. 35,
1916) : Further Correspondence relative thereto (Com.),
224.

INTERNMENT CAMPS

(Miscellaneous, No. 30,

1916)

:

Reports of Visits of Inspection (Corn.), 201.

IRELAND DEVELOPMENT GRANT ACT, 1903: Report of
proceedings for the year ended 31st March 1916 ( Corn.),
110.

IRISH LAND COMMISSION : Return of Advances made
under the Irish Land Purchase Acts during June 1915
(Corn.), 59.

Account :

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE AND COURT OF APPEAL, &C. :
Account showing Receipts and Expenditure during
the year ended 31st March 1916 (Act), 75, p. 75
(No. 73).

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General upon
the Account of the Irish Land Commission for the year
ended 31st March 1916, with Accounts (Act),'218, p. 218
(No. 132).

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271.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS-continued.
IRISH LAND PURCHASE FUND : Accounts for the year

ended 31st March 1915 (Act), 7, p. 7 (No. 14).

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS-continued.

ment to Forty-fifth Annual Report, containing Report
by the Medical Officer, 247.

IRISH UNIVERSITIES ACT, 1908 : Accounts of Receipts
and Expenditure of Universities and Colleges for
1915-16 (Act), 211, p. 211 (No. 129). Statute VI. of
University College, Cork, 10, p. 12 (No. 23). Statute
IV. of University College, Galway, 16, p. 18 (No. 31).
Statute IV. of University College, Dublin, 51, p. 51
(No. 55). Statute V. of University College, Dublin, 89.
Statute VIII. of National University of Ireland, 111,
[Order for printing discharged, 121.]
p. 111 (No. 92).
Statute VII. of University College, Cork, 140.

ISLE OF MAN : Account of Revenue and Expenditure for
119, p. 119

year ended 31st March 1916 (Act),
( No. 97).

JUDICIAL STATISTICS (Scotland) :

Report thereon for 1915 (Corn.), 243.

Ireland :

Orders under Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts (Act), 10.

Annual Report for 1915-16 ( Corn.), 201.

Scotland :

Twenty-first Annual Report, for 1915 ( Corn.), 132.

LOCAL TAXATION (Ireland) RETURNS : Returns thereof

for 1914-15 (Com.), 22.

LOCAL TAXATION RETURNS (England and Wales):
Summary of Returns for 1914-15 (Act), 230, p. 230
(No. 135).

LOCAL TAXATION (Scotland): Annual Local Taxation
Returns (Scotland) for 1914-15 (Act), 246, p. 246
(No. 143).

JUVENILE EDUCATION (Departmental Conzmittee): Interim

Report of the Committee (Corn.), 203.

LOCAL TAXATION (Scotland) ACCOUNT : Return showing

Provisions and Payments for 1915-16 ( Corn.), 167.

LAND REGISTRY : Account showing Receipts and Pay-
ments for the year ending 31st March 1916 (Act), 75,
p. 75 (No. 74).

LAND REGISTRY (New Buildings) ACT, 1900: Account
showing Money issued and expended and borrowed
under the A ct for the period ended 31st March 1916
(Act), 259, p. 259 (No. 150).

LAND SETTLEMENT FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
(Departmental Comnzittee): Part I. of Final Report
thereon ( Corn.), 4.

LICENSING OF MOTOR DRIVERS : Report of the Com-

mittee thereon (Corn.), 158.

LICENSING STATISTICS,

Statistics as to the
1915 :
operation and administration of the Laws relating to
the sale of Intoxicating Liquors for 1915 (Com.), 201.

LIGHTHOUSE FUND: v. GENERAL LIGHTHOUSE FUND.

LIGHTHOUSES, &c. (Local Inspections) : Reports to the
Board of Trade of Inspections of Local Lighthouses,
&c. (Act), 85.

LIGHT RAILWAYS ACTS, 1896 AND 1912: Report of
proceedings of the Board of Trade under the Acts,
and of the Light Railway Commissioners, for 1915
(Act), 256, p. 256 (No. 146).

LIQUOR TRADE FINANCE COMMITTEE (Scotland): Report

thereof ( Com.), 167.

LIQUOR TRAFFIC ( Central Control Board): Second Report

of the Board (Com.), 72.

LONDON TRAFFIC REPORT : Report of London Traffic

Branch of Board of Trade, 1915 (Com.), 10.

LUNACY: Return of the number of Visits made, and the
number of Patients seen, by the Commissioners
in
Lunacy during the six months ending 31st December
1915 (Act), 5. Ending 30th June 1916, 148. Report
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 1st
October 1915 and 31st March 1916, 85. Return of
all sums received by the Visitors of Lunatics for
Travelling Expenses, &c. from 1st January to 31st
December 1915, 31.

LUNACY ACT, 1890. Rule under the Act (Act), 228.

LUNACY AND MENTAL DEFICIENCY: First Annual

Report of the Board, Part I. (Act), 5, p. 6 (No. 6).

LUNACY (Vacating of Seats) ACT, 1886: Reports from
the Commissioners (laid upon the Table by Mr. Speaker)
(Act), 190.

MAGISTRATES (Ireland) : Return relative thereto (Ord.

123, pres. 210).

MAILS ON NEUTRAL VESSELS (Miscellaneous, No. 5, 1916):
Correspondence with United States Ambassador relative
thereto ( Com.), 4.

MALAY STATES : Report thereon for 1915 (Com.), 210,
Report on Unfederated Malay States for 1915, 210.
Report on State of Brunei, 210.

LIQUOR TRAFFIC FINANCE COMMITTEE (England and

Wales) : Report thereof (Corn.), 119.

MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR AND BREAD AND THE PRICE

OF MILK : Orders relative thereto (Com.), 233.

LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL ACT, 1902. Order in Council

under the Act (Act), 23.

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS (Ireland) :
Fifty-second detailed Annual Report, 1915

Com.

LOAN FUND SYSTEM (Ireland) : Seventy-eighth Annual

Report, 1915 (Corn.), 210.

LOAN SOCIETIES : Abstract of Accounts for the year

1914 (Act), 28.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD : Forty-fourth Annual
Report, 1914-15 ; Parts I., II., and III. (Corn.), 10.
Forty-fifth Annual Report, 1915-16 ; Part II., Housing
and Town Planning, 148. Parts I. and III., 198. Supple-

244.

V. BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES.

MATCHES : Regulation's relative thereto (Act), 202.

MEAT AND SUGAR PURCHASES : Treasury Minute

relative thereto ( Com.), 172.

MEDICAL COUNCIL : Accounts thereof for 1915 (Act),

30.

Vol, 171.- Sess. 1916.

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1916..

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS continued.
MEDWAY CONSERVANCY : Accounts of the Conservancy
Board for the year ending 31st March 1916 (Act), 148.
Statements of Receipts and Expenditure, 111.

MENTAL DEFICIENCY AND LUNACY (Scotland) ACT,
1913: Second Annual Report of the General Board of
Control under the Act (Com.), 167.

MERCANTILE MARINE (Examination for Certcates of
Competency) : Report thereon for 1915 (Corn.), 132.

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND: Account of Receipts and
Expenditure under the Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act
for 1915 (Act), 71.

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894: Orders in Council

under the Act (Act), 4, 193.

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894, AND MERCHANT
SHIPPING (Mercantile Marine Fund) ACT, 1898: Orders
in Council under the Acts (Act), 34, 52.

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT,

1894, AND MERCHANT
SHIPPING (Convention) ACT, 1914 : Orders in Council
under the A cts (Act), 101.

MERCHANT

SHIPPING ACT,

1894, AND MERSEY
CHANNELS ACT, 1897 : Orders in Council under the
Acts (Act), 4, 193.

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS, 1894 TO 1906 (Dispensing
Powers): Report by the Board of Trade (Act), 132,
p. 132 (No. 92).

MERCHANT SHIPPING (Load Line and Deck Cargoes of
Wood Goods): Report to Board of Trade thereon
(Corn.), 18.

MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD : Accounts for

the year ending 1st July 1916 (Act), 227.

MESSRS. SHEEHY SKEFFINGTON, DICKSON, AND MCIN-
thereof (Com.),

TYRE (Royal Commission) : Report
209.

METEOROLOGICAL COMMITTEE : Eleventh Report of the
Committee to the Treasury, for the year ending 31st
March 1916 ( Corn.), 211.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET : Accounts for 1915,

and an Account of Works executed (Act), 103.

METROPOLITAN POLICE : Accounts of the Metropolitan
Police and Police Pension Funds for the year 1915-16
(Act), 69, p. 69 (No. 66).

METROPOLITAN WATER BOARD : Thirteenth Annual

Report (Act), 212.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.

Nos.

War at Wittenberg Camp. Nos. 11, 36, Trading with
the Enemy. No. 12, 1916, Contraband of War. No. 13,
1916, Sworn Statement by Horst Von der Goltz alias
Bridgeman Taylor. Nos. 14 and 15, 1916, Rights of
Belligerents. Nos. 16, 19, 26, 1916, Prisoners of War.
No. 17, 1916, Prisoners of War (Transfer to Switzer-
18, 21, 25, 1916, Diet at Ruhleben
land).
Internment Camp. No. 22, 1916, Declaration of London.
Nos. 24, 32, 1916, Occupied Allied Territories. No. 28,
1916, Sweden and British Mail to Russia. No. 27, 1916,
Greece. No. 29, 1916, Prisoners of War (Reprisals).
Internment Camps. No. 33, 1916,
No. 30,
Submarines in Neutral Waters. No. 34, 1916, Typhus
Epidemic at Gardelegen. No. 35,1916, Interned Civilians
(Release). No. 31, 1916, Armenians
in Turkey..
No. 37, 1916, Deportation of Belgians. Nos. 38, 39, 1916
(Note communicated by United States Ambassador).

1916,

MISSION TO THE VATICAN : Notification relative thereto

(Com.), 250.

MOTOR CAR ACT, 1903, AND FINANCE ACT, 1916 :

Order under the Acts (Act), 231, 233.

MOTOR CAR ACTS : Order under the Acts (Act), 88.

MOTOR CAR ACTS, 1896 AND 1903, AND FINANCE ACT,

1916 : Regulations under the Acts (Act), 213.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (Incorporation of Buxton):
(Incorporation of

Charter of Incorporation (Act), 233.
Aylesbury), Charter of Incorporation (Act), 233.

MUNITIONS : Rules for Tribunals (Act), 17, p. 18 (No. 32)..
Rules for Tribunals (Scotland), 17, p. 18 (No. 33).
Tribunals (Amendment) Rules, 206. Ordering of Work
206. Ordering of Work
(Amendment) Regulation,
Tribunals
(Amendment) Regulation (Scotland), 206.
2) Rules, 1916, 211.
(Scotland) Amendment (No.
Tribunals
211.
Act of Sederunt regulating Appeals 32.

(Ireland) Amendment Rules, 1916,

MUNITIONS (France): Report on Output (Com.), 4.

MUNITIONS

(Health of Munition Workers) : Report
thereon. Memoranda Nos. 4 and 5 (Com.), 4. Report
on Canteen Construction and Equipment, 10. Report
on Fatigue and its Causes, 32. Memoranda Nos. 11,
12, 13, 201. No. 14, 222. No. 15, 238.

MUNITIONS (Military Service): Report on Headquarters

Staff (Com.), 239.

MIDWIVES ACT, 1902: Report on the work of the Central

Midwives Board for 1915-16 (Corn.), 233.

MUNITIONS of WAR ACTS, 1915 and 1916: Munitions

(Leaving Certificate) Rules, 1916 (Act), 7.

MILITARY SERVICE ACT, 1916: Orders in Council under

the Act (Act), 5, p. 6 (No. 5), 7, 103.

MUNITIONS TRIBUNAL (Ireland) RULES, 1916: Rules

for constituting Tribunals (Act), 28.

MILITARY SERVICE ACTS : Order in Council under the

Acts (Act), 103.

MUNITIONS TRIBUNALS : Cases heard ( Corn.), 201.

MILITARY SERVICE (Civil Liabilities) COMMITTEE :

Regulations by the Committee (Corn.), 87.
MILITIA ACT, 1882 (Deputy Lieutenants)

(Ireland) :
Descriptions of Qualifications lodged with the Clerk
of General Meetings of Lieutenancy in Ireland in 1915
(Act), 49.

MINES AND QUARRIES : Annual Report and Statistics for

1915 ; Part I. (Divisional Statistics) (Corn.), 201.

MUNITIONS

TRIBUNALS

(Appeal)

RULES,

1916:

Munitions (Appeal) Rules, 1916 (Act), 22.

MUNITIONS TRIBUNALS (Appeal) RULES (Ireland), 1916 :

Munitions (Appeal) Rules (Ireland) (Act), 52.

MUNITIONS TRIBUNALS ( Scotland) AMENDMENT RULES,
1916: Munitions (Amendment) Rules (Scotland) (Act),
89.

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS : No. 5, 1916, Mails on Neutral
Vessels. No. 6, 1916, Von Papen's Papers. No. 7, 1916,
Destruction of a German Submarine. No. 8, 1916, Alien
Enemies on the Steamship " Golconda." Nos. 9, 20, 32,
1916, Examination of Mails. No. 10, 1916, Prisoners of

NATIONAL DEBT : Return relative thereto( Ord. 198, pres.
200), p. 200 (No. 122). Return showing, at the close of
each financial year from 1875-6 to 1915-16, the aggregate
gross Liabilities of the State, as represented by the
nominal Funded Debt, &c. ( Corn.), 193.

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273

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
NATIONAL DEBT ANNUITIES : 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 ending 5th January 1916
(Act), 27, p. 27 (No. 44).

NATIONAL DEBT (Military Savings Banks): Account of
all Moneys received and paid by the Commissioners for
the Reduction of the National Debt, &c., from 19th
September 1845 to 5th January 1916 (Act), 17, p. 17
(No. 29).

NATIONAL DEBT (Savings Banks and Friendly Societies):
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 1915, &c. (Act), 15, p. 15 (No. 28), 29,
p. 29 (No. 46).
[Order to lie upon the Table, and to
be printed, discharged, 33.]

NATIONAL EDUCATION (Ireland): Eighty-first Report of

the Commissioners, 1914-15. ( Conz.), 201.

NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND ACT, 1906:
Ninth Report by the Board of Trustees, for 1915-16
(Corn.), 170.

NATIONAL GALLERY : Return relative thereto (Ord. 9,

pres. 10), p. 10 (No. 19).

NATIONAL GALLERY (Ireland) : Report thereon for 1915

(Com.), 52.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE .COMMISSION (Eng-

land) :

Reports of Decisions on Appeals (Coin.), 67.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION ( Eng-

land) (Regulations) :

National Health Insurance : Deposit Contributors'
Administration Expenses, Regulations, 1916 ( Act), 77.
Naval and Military Forces, Service during War Regula-
tions, 1916, 107.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.

19.16, 202.
Insurance Committees, Consolidated Regu-
lations (Scotland), 1916, 202. Qualifications of Midwives,.
Regulations (Scotland), 215.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION ( Wales)

National Health Insurance ( Wales) (Deposit Contri-

butors' Benefits) Order, 1916 (Com.), 254.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION (Wales)

(Regulations) :

National Health Insurance : Deposit Contributors'
Administration Expenses, Regulations (Wales), 1916
(Act), 7, p. 7 (No. 11). Decision of Questions, Regula-
tions ( Wales), 1916, 29.
Insurance Committees, Regu-
lations ( Wales),
1916,
Insurance Committees,
111.
Consolidated Regulations ( Wales), 1916, 202. Medical
Benefit Regulations ( Wales), 1916 (No. 2), 202.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE (Joint Committee) :

Second Annual Report of Medical Research Com-

mittee, 1915-16 ( Corn.), 233.

NAT TONAL HEALTH INSURANCE (Joint Committee) (Regu-

lations) :

National Health Insurance : Arrears, Amendment
Regulations, 1916 (Act), 23. Navy and Army, Consoli-
dated Regulations, 1916, 31.
Injuries in War Compen-
sation, Regulations,
1916, 34. Approved Societies,
Consolidated Regulations, 1916, 66. Arrears, Consoli-
dated Regulations, 1916, 103. Panel and Pharmaceutical
Committee, Regulations ( England and Wales), 1916, 103..
Insurance Committees, Consolidated Regulations, 1916
139. Exempt Persons, Consolidated Regulations, 1916:
169.
Provisional Medical Benefit, Regulations, 1916
(No. 2), 202. Provisional Arrears, Regulations, 1916
(No. 2), 202. Navy and Army, Amendment Regula-
tions, 1916, 202. Arrears, Regulations, 1916 (No. 2)
233. Exempt Persons, Consolidated Regulations, 1916,
238.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE (Departmental Com-
mittee) : Interim Report thereof (Corn.), 90. Further
Report, 230.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION (Ireland)

(Regulations) :

National Health Insuranee : Deposit Contributors'
Administration Expenses, Regulations (Ireland), 1916
(Act), 7, p. 7 (No. 12). Decision of Question, Regula-
tions (Ireland), 1916. 7, p. 7 ( No 13). Deposit Contri-
butors' Administration Expenses, Regulations (Ireland),
1916, 107.
Insurance Committees, Representation of
Insured Persons, Amendment Regulations (Ireland),
1916, 116.
Irish Migratory Labourers, Consolidated
Regulations, 1916, 206. Exempt Persons, Consolidated
Regulations ( Ireland), 1916, 206.
Insurance Committees,
Consolidated Regulation (Ireland), 1916, 206.

NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT, 1911 (Part L), ACCOUNT :
Account under Section 54 of the Act at 31st December
1915 (Act), 104, p. 104 (No. 90).

NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT, 1911 (Part II.), ACCOUNT :
Account under Section 92 (3) of the Act at 31st March
1916 (Act), 92, p. 92 (No. 82).

NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT, 1911 ( Unemployment Benefit

Audit) : R .port of Committee thereon (Com.), 239.
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACTS, 1911 to 1913: Second
Report on the work of the National Insurance Audit
Department ( Com.), 23.

National Health

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION ( ,cotland) :
Employer's
(Act),
10.

Custom Order
Subsidiary Employments Order (Scotland), 1916,

( Scotland), 1915 (No. 2)

Insurance : Special

NATIONAL INSURANCE (Unemployment) ACTS, 1911 to
1016.: Inspectors (Unemployment Insurance) Regula-
tions,
220.
Insurance
(Supplementary, :\ o. 2), Regulations, 1916, 247.

Unemployment

(Act),

1916

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE COM MISS I 0

(Regulations):

-( Scotland)

National Health Insurance : Appointment of Rvre-
sentaiives of Insured Persons on Insurance Comaiitee,,
Amendment Regulations
10.
Panel and Phartnaceutial Committees, Amieudnient
Regulations (Scotland), 1916, 39. Dep sit Contributors'
Administration 1%x pe rises, Regulations- ( Scotland (, 1916
(No. 2), 103. Medical Benefit Regulations (Seotleind),

t Scotland), 1916 (Ac!).

V oL. 171.

Seas. 19 16.

NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY : Return relative

thereto (Ord. 167, pres. 169), p. 169 (No. 113).

NATIONAL PoRT RAIT GALLERY : Fifty-ninth Annual

Report of the Trustees ( Coin.), 126.

NATIONAL RELIEF FUND : Report by the Executive
Committee of the National Relief Fund to 30th Sep-
tember 1915 (Corn.), 4.
To 31st March 1916, 121.
Report as regards Scotland to 30th September 1915,
39.

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[1916.

.A CCOUNTS AND PAPERS continued.
NATIONAL SCHOOL TEACHERS'

PENSION
FUND : Accounts of Receipts and Payments for 1915
(Coin.), 247.

(Ireland)

NAVAL AGENCY AND DISTRIBUTION ACT, 1864: Order

in Council under the Act (Ad), 221.

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT, 1865 :
Orders in Council approving Mernorials of the Admiralty
for sanctioning certain payments, &c. (Act), 5, 7, 23,
52, 57, 70, 100, 123, 133, 193, 203, 221, 231, 233, 239,
254, 262.

NAVAL DISCIPLINE ACT, 1866 : Orders in Council under

the Act (Act), 101, 133.

NAVAL PRIZE AcT, 1864, and NAVAL AGENCY AND
DISTRIBUTION ACT, 1864 : Order in Council under
the Acts (Act), 23.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY : Accounts of Naval Prize
Money, &c. for the year ending 31st March 1916 (Act),
144.

NAVAL SAVINGS BANKS : Account of Deposits, &c. in
9

(Act), 9, p.

in 1914-15

Naval Savings Banks
:No. 17).

NAVY :

Appropriation Account :

Appropriation Account of the sums granted by Parlia-
ment for Navy Services for 1914-15, with the Report
of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Act), 7, p. 7
(No. 10). Referred to a Committee of the whole
House, 197.

Estimates, 1916-17 :

Navy Estimates for the year 1916-17 (Corn.), 18,
p. 18 (No. 34). Referred to the Committee of Supply,
18.

Exceptions to King's Regulations :
sanctioned

of Exceptions

List
(Corn.), 29.

during 1914-15

Excesses, 1914-15 :

Statement thereon (Com.), 150, p. 150 (No. 108).

.Referred to the Committee of Supply, 150.

Supplementary Estimate, 1915-16 :

Estimate of further sum required for year ending
31st March 1916 (Com.), 10, p. 10 (No. 20). Referred
to the Committee of Supply, 10.

NAVY AND ARMY SERVICES, WARLIKE OPERATIONS,
AND OTHER EXPENDITURE ARISING OUT OF THE
WAR, 1916.-17 ( rote of Credit) : Estimate of the sum
required for the year 1916-17, for Navy and Army
Services, Warlike Operations, and other Expenditure
arising out of the, War
16).
Referred to the Committee of Supply, 10.

(Corn.!, 9,

(No.

p. 9

NAVY AND ARMY SERVICES, WARLIKE OPERATIONS,
AND OTHER EXPENDITURE ARISING OUT OF THE
WAR, 1915-16 (Supplementary Vote of Credit) : Supple-
mentary Estimate of the sum required for the year
1915-16 for Navy and Army Services, Warlike Opera-
tions, and other Expenditure arising out of the War
(Com.), 8, p. 9 (No. 15). Referred to the Committee

Supply, 10.

NAVY AND ARMY SERVICES, WARLIKE OPERATIONS,
AND OTHER EXPENDITURE ARISING OUT OF THE
WAR, 1916 -17 (Supplementary Vote of Credit) : Supple -
mentary Estimate of the sum required for the year

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.

1916-17, for Navy and Army SerVices, Warlike Opera-
tions, and other Expenditure arising out of the War
(Corn.), 88, p. 88 (No. 77). Referred to the Com-
mittee of Supply, 88. Supplementary Estimate of the
sum required to be voted for Navy and Army Services,
Warlike Operations, and other Expenditure arising out
of the War (Com.), 144, p. 144 (No. 102). Referred to
the Committee of Supply, 144.
Supplementary Esti-
mate of the sum required to be voted for Navy and
Army Services, Warlike Operations, and other Expen-
diture arising out of the War ( Com.), 202, p.
202
(No 123). Referred to the Committee of Supply,.202.
Supplementary Estimate of the sum required to be voted
for Navy and Army Services, Warlike Operations, and
other Expenditure arising out of the War (Com.), 242,
p. 242 (No. 139). Referred to the Committee of
Supply, 242.

NAVY AND MARINES (Property of Deceased) ACT, 1865 :

Orders in Council under the Act (Act), 7, 203.

NIGERIA : Particulars of Sale of Enemy Properties (Com.),

222.

NOTE COMMUNICATED BY UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR
(Miscellaneous, No. 38, 1916): Note of 12th December
(Miscellaneous, No. 39, 1916) Note
1916 ( Com.), 259.
of 20th December 1916, 259.

OCCUPIED ALLIED TERRITORIES (Miscellaneous, No. 24,
1.916) : Correspondence with United States ..Ambassador
thereon (Com.), 155.
(Miscellaneous, No. 32, 1916),
Correspondence respecting relief, 201.

OLD AGE PENSIONS : Administrative Concessions

to
Pensioners ( Corn. ), 171. Treasury Scheme for additional
allowances, 202.

ORDNANCE SURVEY : Report

March 1916 ( Com.), 140.

relative thereto to 31st

OUTPUT OF COAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM : Return
relative thereto (Ord. 44, pres. 49), p. -49 (No. 54).
Return relative thereto (Ord. 190, pres. 191), p. 191
(No. 120).

OXFORD, UNIVERSITY OF : U. UNIVERSITIES.

'PACIFIC CABLE ACT, 1.901 : Accounts under the Act to

31st March 1916 (Act), 202, p. 202 (No. 125).

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS : List

of Bills, Reports,
Estimates, and Accounts and Papers printed by Order
of the Ilouse, and of Papers presented by Command,
Session 1916, with a General Alphabetical
Index
thereto ; 30th Parliament, Sixth Session, 6th and 7th
George V., 15th February 1916 to 22nd December 1916
(laid upon Tilde by Mr. Speaker, 263).

ATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE MARKS : Thirty-third
Report of the Comptroller General of Patents, Designs,
and Trade Marks, for 1915 k Act), 59, p. 59 (No. 58).

PAWNBROKERS' RETURNS ( Ireland) : Return of Accounts

for 1915 (Act), 18.

-)ENA.1. SERVITUDE ACTS ( Conditional Licence) : Licences.
granted under the Acts to Convicts, with Conditions
(Act). 23, 77, 91, 137, 213, 215.

PENSIONS (Governors of Dominions, 5'c.) ACT, 191.1:

Return of Pensions (Act), 49.

PERMANENT CHARGES COMMUTATION : Return for period
from August 1913 to November 1915 (Act), 202, p. 202
(No. 124).

PETERHEAD HARBOUR : Reports concerning Peterhead

Harbour Works (Com.), 254.

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275

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
PHARMACY (Ireland) ACT, 1875: Regulations under the

Act (Act), 193.

PIERS AND HARBOURS (Pvvvisional Orders) : Report 'of

proceedings by the Board of Trade (Act), 10.

POLICE :

Counties and Boroughs (England and Wales) :

Reports of the Inspectors of Constabulary for the
ending 29th September 1915 (Act), 19, p. 19

year
(No. 35).

Metropolis :

Report of the Commissioner for 1914 (Corn.), 6. For

1915 (Corn.), 256.

Scotland :

Fifty-eighth Annual Report of

the

Inspector of

Constabulary for Scotland, for 1915 (Corn.), 44.

POLICE ACT, 1890: 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 1915 (Act), 80.

PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY : Seventh Annual Report,

for year 1914-15 (Act), 203.

POST OFFICE : Report thereon for 1915-16 (Com.), 247.

Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post :

Foreign and Colonial

(No. 77) Warrant, 1916 (Act), 17.
1916, 32.

(No. 79) Warrant, 1916, 206.

Parcel Post Amendment
(No. 78) Warrant,

Foreign and Colonial Post :

Foreign and Colonial Post (Cash on Delivery)

Amendment (No. 13) Warrant,,1916 (Act), 245.
Foreign and Colonial Post, except Parcels :

Foreign and Colonial Post Amendment (No. 14)

Warrant, 1916 (Act), 206.

London Railway Act, 1913 :

Account under the Act for 1914-15 (Act), 5, p. 5

(No. 4).

Aloney Orders :

Money Order Amendment

(No. 3) Regulations,
1916 (Act), 18. Postal Order (Foreign and Colonial)
Amendment (No. 1) Regulations, 1916, 245.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS : Accounts of all Deposits
received and paid, &c. in 1915 (Act), 119, p. 119
(No. 96).

POST OFFICE SERVANTS : Second Report of. Committee
appointed to examine issues arising out of the Report of
the Select Committee of the House of Commons thereon
( Com.), 72.

POST OFFICE

TELEPHONES :
Accounts for the year ended 31st March 1916, with
.additional Statement (Act), 241, P. 241 (No. 138).

TELEGRAPHS

AND

POTATOES (Growers' Returns) ORDER, 1916 : Order of

Board of Trade (Act), 245.

PRICE OF MILK ORDER (No. 2), 1916 : Order of the

Board of Trade (Act), 254.

PRICES

( Departmental Committee) :

Interim Report

thereof (Com.), 201.

PRISONERS OF WAR (Miscellaneous, No.

1916) :
Correspondence with United States Ambassador relative
18, 1916)
thereto

(Miscellaneous, No.

(Com.), 90.

16,

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS continued.

Correspondence respecting employment,. 103.
(Miscel
igneous, No. 26, 190), Correspondence with United
States Ambassador relative thereto, 178.

PRISONERS OF WAR AT WITTENBERG CAMP ( Miscel-
laneous, No. 10, 1916): Report by Government Com-
mittee thereon ( Com.), 55.

PRISONERS OF WAR (Reprisals) (Miscellaneous, No. 29,,
1916) : Correspondence relative thereto (Com.), 201.

PRISONERS OF WAR (Transfer to Switzerland) (Miscel
laneous No. 17, 1916) : Correspondence with United.
States Ambassador relative thereto (

93.

PRISONS (England and Wales): Report of Commissioners

of Prisons for 1915-16 (Corn.), 201.

PRISONS (Scotland) ACT,

1877 : Annual Report of

Commissioners, 1915 ( Com.), 116.

PRIVATE BILLS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS : Return rela-
tive thereto for Session 1916 (Ord. 254, pres. 256), p. 257.

PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE ( Scotland) ACT,
1899 : Reports by the Chairman of Committees of the
House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways and Means
in the House of Commons under the Act (Act), 23, 140.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND CHARGES ACT, 1891 : Treasury
Minute relative to Registry of Friendly Societies (Act),:
94.

PUBLIC BILLS : Return relative thereto for Session

1916 ( Ord. 255, pres. 256), p. 257.

PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE: Account of the
gross Public .Income and Expenditure in the year ended
31st March 1916, with the Balances in the Exchequer,
&c. (Act), 67, p. 67 (No. 64).

PUBLIC OFFICES SITE (Dublin) ACT, 1903: Accounts
of Money issued, expended, and borrowed under the
Act for the period ended 31st March 1916 (Act), 259,
p. 259 (No, 151).

PUBLIC OFFICES, SITES, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS
EXPENSES ACCOUNTS, 1915 -16: Accounts of Money
issued, expended, and borrowed under the Acts for
the period ended 31st March 1916 (Act), 262, p. 262
(No. 152).

PUBLIC PETITIONS : Return relative thereto for Session

1916 (ord. 254, pres. 256), p. 257.

PUBLIC RECORDS : Seventy-seventh Annual Report of

the Deputy Keeper (Coin.), 57.

Ireland :

Forty-eighth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper

(Corn.), 193.

PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE : Additional Rule relative

thereto (Act), 99.

.Schedules of Documents not considered of sufficient

public value to justify their preservation :

Supreme Court of Judicature (Act), 155. Clerks of
the Peace, Clerks of County Councils, and Town
Clerks, 206. Customs and Excise, 233.

PUBLIC RETRENCHMENT : Third Report of Committee
thereon (Com.), 4. Final Report of Committee thereon,
17.

VOL. 171.Sess. 1916.

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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
PUBLIC SERVICES

IN INDIA (Royal Commission) :

Report of Commissioners (Com.), 146..

PUBLIC TRUSTEE : Eighth Annual Report (Com.), 70.

Rules, 1916 (Act). 17.

PUBLIC WORKS (Ireland) : Treasury Minute relative
thereto (Act), 164. Eighty-fourth Annual Report of
the year
the Commissioners, with Appendices,
1915-16 (Corn.), 238.

for

PUBLIC WORKS LOAN BOARD : Forty-first Annual Report
of the Board, 1915-16, with Appendices (Act),103, p. 103
(No. 89).

PUBLIC WORKS LOANS BILL : Return relative thereto

(Ord. 144, pres. 146), p. 146 (No. 104).

QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY : Annual Report and Accounts

of the Governors for 1915 ( Com.), 34,

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS : Returns of Accidents and Casual-
ties, as reported to the Board of Trade by Railway
three months ending 30th
Companies, during the
September 1915 (Com.), 4. Year 1915, 96. General
Report on Accidents in 1915, 140.

RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC ACTS, 1854 TO 1894:
Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Railway and Canal
Commission, with Appendix (Com.), 96.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
ROCKET LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS : Report for the year

1915-16 thereon ( Com.), 201.

ROYAL COMMISSIONS : Ancient Monuments in Wales
and Monmouthshire Defence of the Realm Losses.
Historical Manuscripts. Messrs. Sheehy Skeffington,
Dickson, and McIntyre. Rebellion in Ireland. Public
Services in India. Venereal Diseases.

ROYAL

OBSERVATORY

Annual Report ( Com.), 82.

(Edinburgh) : Twenty-sixth

ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND CORPORATION : Twelfth

Report, for the year 1915 (Com.), 200.

SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH, KINGSTON-UPON-HULL, BILL :
Report by the Attorney General thereon (pursuant to
S. 0. 175a), 27. Referred to the Committee on the
Bill, 27.

SAVINGS BANKS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES: Account
showing Interest accrued,.&c. in 1915 (Act), 158, p. 158
(No. 111).

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND EMPLOYMENT IN AGRI-
CULTURE : Returns to the Board of Education relative
thereto (Com.), 17.

SEAMEN'S SAVINGS BANKS (Money Orders and Trans-
mission of Wages): Account of Deposits, with Statement
of Receipts and Payments to 31st March 1915 (Act), 71.

RAMSGATE HARBOUR : Receipts

1915-16 (Act), 233.

and Payments for

SEED POTATOES ORDER: Order of the Board of Trade,

December 1916 (Act), 262.

REBELLION IN IRELAND (Royal Commission) : Report

thereof (Com.), 115. Minutes of Evidence, 158.

RECRUITING (Ireland) : Statement relative thereto (Com.),

227.

REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS :

Great Britain :

Fifty-ninth Report, for 1915 ( Corn.), 201.

Ireland :

Fifty-fourth Report, for 1915 (Corn.), 248.

REGISTRY OF DEEDS (Ireland) : Treasury Order under

the Acts ( /let), 222.

REGISTRY OF DEEDS (Ireland) ( Fees): Treasury Order

under the Acts (Act), 262.

REGULATION OF MEALS ORDER, 1916. Order of Board

of Trade (Act), 246.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE (England, Scotland, and
Ireland) : Return relative thereto (Ord. 163, pres. 190),
p. 190 (No. 119).

REVENUE

DEPARTMENTS

Estimate,
1916-17) : Estimate of further sum required for service
of year ending 31st March 1917 (Corn.), 146, p. 146
(No. 103). Referred to the Committee of Supply.
146.

( Supplementary

RIGHTS OF BELLIGERENTS (.11iscellaneon s, Nos. 14 and
15, 1916) : Further Correspondence with the United
States Government thereon (Corn.), 67.

ROAD BOARD : Sixth Annual Report thereof (Act), 169,

p. 169 (No. 114).

SELECT COMMITTEES : Return relative thereto for Session

1916 ( Ord. 255, pres. 257), p. 257.

SETTLEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF DISCHARGED
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ON THE LAND (Departmental
Committee) : Part II. of Final Report thereof (Com.),
111. Minutes of Evidence, 201.

SHOPS ACT, 1912: Orders made by Local Authorities
under the Act (Act), 4, 5 (Scotland), 6, 9, 10, 16, 17,
22 (Ireland), 23, 34, 35, 49, 51, 55, 59, 66, 67, 70, 82,
87, 89, 90, 103, 111, 115, 123, 126, 132, 133,135, 144,
148, 150, 153, 158, 166, 172, 202, 203, 209, 211, 226,
227, 246 (Scotland), 246, 248.

SINKING FUNDS : Account showing amount received
from the Exchequer in respect of Old and New Sinking
Funds in the year ended 31st March 1916 (Act), 91,
p. 91 (No. 81).

SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE : Return relative thereto for

Session 1916 (Ord. 255, pres. 257).

SMALL LANDHOLDERS (Scotland) ACTS : Fourth Report

by Scottish Land Court (Com.), 158.

SOANE'S MUSEUM : Statement of the Funds thereof

k Act), 68.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF COAL IN MINES (Depart-
mental' Committee) : [Order of Session 1914-16, that the
Minutes of Evidence to First Report of Committee do
lie upon the Table, discharged, 5.]

SPRING ASSIZES ACT, 1879: Two Orders in Council

relating to the ensuing Spring Assizes (Act), 34.

STATISTICAL ABSTRACTS ( Colonies) :

Statistical Abstract from 1900 to 1914. Fifty-second

Number (Corn.), 191.

ROAD IMPROVEMENT FUND : Abstract Accounts thereof

for 1915-16. (Act), 158, p. 158 (No. 110).

STREET ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY VEHICLES : Return

relative thereto (Add. 18, pres. 22), p. 22 (No. 39).

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277

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.

SUBMARINES
No. 33,
thereof (Corn.), 201.

IN NEUTRAL WATERS (Miscellaneous,
1916) : Memorandum respecting treatment

'SUEZ CANAL (Commercial,

1, 1916) : Returns of
Shipping and Tonnage passing through the Canal, 1913,
1914, and 1915 ( Com.), 132.

,Yo.

'SUGAR. PURCHASES : Treasury Minute thereon (Com.),

233.

SUGAR SUPPLY : Memorandum issued by Royal Commis-

sion (Com.), 230.

SUPERANNUATION'S :

Superannuation Act, 1884:

Treasury Minutes declaring that. the following
Persons in the undermentioned Departments were
appointed to the Offices set against their names
without the grant of a Civil Service Certcate,
through inadvertence on the part of the heads of
their Departments, viz. :

Frederick Whatling Robinson, Telegraphist (Act), 30.

lir. Thomas Ince, Postmaster, Blyth, 193.

Superannuation Act, 1887.:

Treasury Minutes granting Retired Allowances

under the Act to

Mr. Arthur Cook, Minor Staff Clerk, Patent Office
(Act), 34. Mr. George Bradrick, Staff Clerk, Foreign
Office, 254.

SUPREME COURT (Fees): Order relative thereto (Act),

250.

SUPREME COURT (Rules) : Rule (January), 1916 (Act),
5. Role (April), 1916, 57. Rules (May), 1916, 92.
RuleS' (July), 1916, 153. Costs Rules (December),
1916, 257.

SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE : Accounts for the
. year ended 29th February 1916
(Act), 198, p. 198

(No. 121).

;SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE ACT (Ireland), 1877 :

Order in Council under the Act (Act), 88.

SUPREME COURT OF .JUDICATURE (Ireland) : Return

relative thereto ( Ord. 68, pres. 77).

SUPREME COURT (Prize, 6"c. Deposit Account, 1914-15) :
Return relative thereto (Ord. 36, prey. 37), p. 37
(No. 48).

:SWEDEN AND BRITISH MAIL TO RUSSIA (Miscellaneous,
No. 28, 1916) : Correspondence relative thereto (Corn.),
198.

SWORN STATEMENT BY HORST YON-DER GOLTZ alias
1916

BRIDGEMAN TAYLOR (Miscellaneous, No. 13,
(Com.), 66.

'TEMPORARY LAWS : Register of Temporary Laws for the
Sixth Session of the Thirtieth Parliament of the United
Kingdom (pres. 67, pursuant to Report of Select Committee
on Expiring Laws, 1866), p. 68 (No. 65).

`TB AMES CONSERVANCY : Report of proceedings by the

Conservators for 1915 (Act), 51, p. 51 (No. 56).

'TRADE AND NAVIGATION : Accounts relative thereto for

1916 (Ord. 18, pies. 22), p. 22 (No. 38).

'TRADE BOARDS ACT, 1909: Regulations under the Act

(Act), 73, 220, 221.

`TRADE (Financial Facilities) : Report by Committee

thereon (Corn.), 201.

lRADE (Foreign Countries and British Possessions) : Annual
Statement for 1915, Vol. I. (Com.), 121. Vol. II., 201.

VOL. 171.Sess. 1916.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.
TRADE OF AUSTRALIA : Report thereon for 1915. ( Com.),

121.

TRADE OF CANADA : Report thereon for 1915 ( Corn.),

103.

TRADE OF NEW ZEALAND: Report thereon for 1915
(Com.), 103. Supplementary Report for 1915, 243.
TRADE REPORTS (Diplomatic and Consular Reports)
(Annual Series): Reports, Nos. 5555 to 5563 (Com.), 4.
Nos. 5564 to 5566, 28.

TRADING WIT II THE ENEMY (Miscellaneous, No. 11, 1916):
Correspondence with United States Ambassador thereon
(No. 36, 1916) Further Correspondence,
(Coni.), .57.
230.

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY (Amendment) ACT, 1915:
Rules under the Act (Act), 39, 104. Supplementary
Lists of Orders under the Act, 99, 246.

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY (Amendment) ACT, 1916:
List of Orders under the Act (Act), 49.
Summary of
Cases dealt with ( Corn.), 142. Supplementary Lists of
Orders (Act), 163, 213. Memorandum for guidance of
Controllers ( Corn.), 222.

TRAMWAYS AND LIGHT RAILWAYS (Street and Road, and
Trackless Trolley Undertakings) :
[Order, 28th April
1915, for Return of Street and Road Tramways and
Light Railways, and Trackless Trolley Undertakings,
authorised by Parliament, with Accounts, &c., discharged,
105.1

TREATY SERIES :

No.

1, 1916, Declaration relative

to Red Cross
Convention (Corn.), 16. No. 2, 1916, Agreement relative
to Money Orders between Seychelles and Madagascar,
22. No. 3, 1916, Convention with Denmark relating
to Arbitration, 178. No. 4, 1916, Treaties, &c. with
Foreign States, 218. No. 5, 1916, Exchange of Notes
relating. to Prizes of War, 238. No. 6, 1916, Treaty
of Commerce with Portugal, 238.
1916,
Agreement with France respecting Trade with Morocco
242.

No.

7,

TRINIDAD : Rule relative to Prisons therein (Act), 5.

the

TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS : Twenty-fourth Annual Report
of
the
Inspection Committee
of Trustee Savings Banks, for the year ended 20th
November 1915 (Act), 27, p. 27 (No. 45).

proceedings of

TYPHUS EPIDEMIC AT GARDELEGEN (Miscellaneous,

No. 34, 1916): Report thereon (Com.), 215.

ULTIMUS H1ERES( Scotland) (Account and List of Estates) :
Return relative thereto (Ord. 66, pres. 67), p. 67
(No. 63).

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE : Supplementary Regu-

lations, 1916 (Act), 32.

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA: Papers relating to certain

Trials (Com.), 222.

UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ACT,

1877 :

Cambridge :

Statutes under the Act--Trinity College (Act), 34,

p. 34 (No. 46). Clare College, 222, p. 222 (No. 60).

Oxford :

Statutes under the ActUniversity College (Act),
5, p. 5 (No. 1). Christ Church, 70, p. 70 (No. 67).
University, 181, p. 181 (No. 117). All Souls College;
222, p. 222 (No. 59).

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[1916.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERScontinued.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS continued.

UNIVERSITIES

(Scotland) ACT,

( Ordinance) :
University Court Ordinance, No. 50 (Edinburgh, No. 16)
(Institution of a Degree in the Theory, History, and
Practice of Education) (Act), 96, p.-96, No. 84. (No. 51)
(General, No. 3)
to Preliminary
(Regulations
Examinations), 100, p. 100 (No. 86).

1889

as

UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN : Annual Statistical Report
of the University for the year 1914 -15: (Act), 233
(No. 146), Abstract of Accounts for the year 1914-15,
233.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH : Annual Statistical Report
the University for the year 1914-15 (Act), 51.
of
Report on the state of the Finances of the University
for the year 1914-15, 51.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW : Abstract of Accounts for the
year 1914-15'. (Act), 85. Annual Statistical . Report of
the University for tke year 1914-15, 21, p. 21 (No. 36).
[Order for printing discharged, 121.]

UNIVERSITY OF SAINT ANDREWS : Annual Statistical
. Report of the University for the year 1914-15 (Act),
193. Abstract of Accounts for the year 1914-15,
193.

VENEREAL DISEASES (Royal Commission) : Final Report

of the Commissioners, with Appendices (Com.), 9.

VON. PAPEN'S PAPERS (Miscellaneous, No. 6, 1916) :

Selection therefrom. (Corn.), 4.

VOTE OF CREDIT :

(Appropriation Account), 1914-15 :
Account for year ended 31st March 1915 (Act), 12, p. 12.
(No. 24).

WAGES AND EFFECTS OF DECEASED.SEAMEN : Account
thereof for the year ended 31st March 1916 (Com.), 233.

WAR CHARITIES (Departmental Committee) : Report of

Committee thereon ( Com.), 126.

WAR LOANS FOR SMALL INVESTORS : Report of the

Committee thereon (Com.), 4.

WAR ORGANISATION IN THE DISTRIBUTING TRADES
IN SCOTLAND : Second Report of the Committee thereon
(Com.), 35.

WAR _PENSIONS, &C. STATUTORY COMMITTEE. Draft

Regulations for Grants (Corn.), 164.

WASTE OF WHEAT ORDER, 1916: Order of Board of

Trade (A ct), 245.

WELSH CHURCH ACT, 1914: Account of Receipts and
Payments of Welsh Church. Commission from 24th
September 1914 to 31st December 1915 (Act), 39. p. 39
(No. 52).

WELSH UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGES ( Grants in Aid):
Return relative thereto (Ord. 66, pres. 66), p. 66
(No. 62).

WEST AFRICA Report of Committee on Nuts and Seeds
(Com.), 100. Minutes of Evidence before the Committee,
100.

WEST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARD : Report of the

Board for 1915-16 (Comer.), 247.

WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY ( Extension from Banavie to
Fifteenth Annual Report thereon, with

Mallaiy) :
Accounts, for 1915-16 -(Act), 258.

WINTER ASSIZES ACTS, 1876 AND 1677 : Orders in

Council under the Acts (Act), 193..

WINTER ASSIZES (Ireland) : Three Orders in Council for

holding Winter Assizes in Ireland (Act), 233.

WOODS, FORESTS, AND LAND REVENUES : Abstract
Accounts of the Commissioners for the year ending
31st March 1915 (Act), 5, p. 5 (No. 2). Ninety-
fourth Report of the Commissioners, 1916, 116, p. 116,
(No. 95).

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION (industrial Diseases): Order
by Secretary of State under the Workmen's Compen-
sation Act, 1900 (Corn.), 82.

ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS:

Ordered, 7, &c.
Addressed for, 16, &c.
Ordered, and presented accordingly, 39, &c.
Presented by Command, 4, &e.

By Command, during Recess, deli-
vered to Librarian of the House of Commons, pursuant
to Standing Order No. 95, 4, &c.

By Address, 17, &c.
By Order, 10, &c.
By Act, 4, &c.
Pursuant to Standing Order 175a

Laid upon the Table by Mr. Speaker, 190,

27, &c.

263.

Laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the
House, by Act, 7, &c. Pursuant to Report of Select
Committee on Expiring Laws (1866), 68.

&c.

To be printed, 5, &c.
Referred to the Committee of Supply, 10,.

Referred to a Committee of the whole

House, 197, &c.

Referred to the Committee on the Bill,.

27, &c.

Order for printing discharged, 115, &c.
Older of

former Session

for printing,

discharged, 15.

Order for Paper to lie upon the Table

discharged, 123.

Order for Paper to lie upon the Table,

and be printed, discharged, 33.

Order of former Session for Paper to lie upon.

the Table discharged, 5.

Order

discharged, 105.

of

former Session

for Return'.

ADDITIONAL INCOME TAX on INCOME from certain.

SECURITIES. Vide W AYS and MEANS.

ADJOURNMENT of the HOUSE. Vide HOUSE.

ADJOURNMENT of

No. 10. Vide HOUSE.

the HOUSE under Standing Order-

ADDRESSES :
OF THANKS :

KING'S SPEECH ; Motion for Address of Thanks,.
to His Majesty for His Most Gracious Speech at
the opening of Parliament ; Ddbare :ajOurn-A, 5.
proposed ( Air Services),.'
Resumed ; A mend cent
withdrawn ; Main Questi.m again proposed ; Am
'tient proposed (Pcirsions and Allowances), withdrawn
Main Question a2ain proposed ; Debato. adjourned...7..

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_ADDRESSES: OF THANKS- continued.

Resumed ; Amendment proposed (Merchant Shipping
Control), negatived ; Main Question. again proposed ;
Amendment proposed (Volunteer Training Corps
{Recognition)'), withdrawn ; Address agreed to ;
to
be presented by Privy Councillors or Meml,ers of
His Majesty's Household,
to
be interrupted under Standing Order (Sittings of
the House), 9. King's Answer, 10.

Proceedings not

9.

EARL. KITCHENER, FIELD-MARSHAL (Memorial to) ;
House resolves itself into Committee ; Resolution for
an humble Address to His Majesty, &c. ; Resolution
to be reported, 108. Resolution reported, and agreed
to ; Address to be presented by Privy Councillors or
Members of His Majesty's Household, i II. King's
Answer, 118.

AIR RAID. Vide HOUSE (Adjournment under Standing

Order No. 10).

AIR SERVICE ; Motion, That this House urges that His
Majesty's Government should, without delay, take every
possible step to make adequate provision for a powerful
Air Service ; proceedings interrupted by Message to
attend Lords Commissioners ; Question again proposed,
and House adjourned for want of:Forty Members, 87.

AIR SERVICES. Vide KING'S SPEECH (Motion for

Address).

ALEXANDER'S RESTITUTION [Lords] ; Bill, intituled Au
Act for the restitution in blood of the heirs' of the late
Reginald Gervase Alexander so far as relates to the
Honour and Dignity of the Barony of Cobham ; brought
from the Lords ; read the first time ( King's Consent
read a second time, and committed to a
signified) ;
nominated ; Three
Select Committee, ; Committee
quorum ; Bill to be printed, 82. Bill reported without
to be read the third time, 87. Bill read
Amendment ;
the third time and passed, without Amendment, 88.
( Cited as An Act for the restitution in blood of the heirs of the
late Reginald Gervase Alexander so far as relates to the
Honour and Dignity of the Barony of Cobham) Royal
Assent, 95.

ALEXANDRA (Newport and South Wales) DOCKS and
RAILWAY ; Bill presented, and read the first time, 8.
To be read a second time ; day appointed for Second
Reading, 11. Read a second time, and referred to the
Examiners, 15. Report, Standing Orders not previously
inquired into complied with ; Bill
19.
Reported,' with Amendments, 88. As amended, con -
sidered, 91. Bill read the third time and passed, 97.
Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 120.
(Cited as Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Dock
and Railway Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

committed,

ALLOWANCES to DISCHARGED SOLDIERS. Vide HOUSE

(Adjournment under Standing Order No. 10).

.ATTESTED MEN of FORTY-ONE. Vide HOUSE (Adjourn-

ment under Standing Order No. 10).

AMENDMENTS :-

MADE :-To Questions ; by leaving out
To insert words,
others,
words and inserting
7.
13. By leaving out words, 108. And inserting others,
160. By leaving out. words and adding others, 212.

Bills on Second Reading ; "three months,"

122.

In Committee ; Amendments made

to
proposed Amendment, 130. By adding words, 145.
By leaving out words and inserting others, 168.

Proposed worth,, as amended, added, 53.

Inserted, 145.

Amendment,

as

amended, made,

60.

Amendment amended by leaving out words, 196.

On Report ; by leaving out words and
inserting others, 85. Words, as amended, inserted, 85,
86. By inserting words, 86. Proposed words amended
and inserted, 218. Amendment proposed to proposed
Amendment, to leave out words and insert others ;
proposed words inserted, 21.9.

Nov MADE :-To add words to the Address,
9. To leave out words and add others, -33. To leave
out words in a Motion,. 49. To insert words in a
Resolution reported from Committee of the whole House,,
129.

'Bills in Committee ;

to insert words, 53.
To leave out words and insertot hers, 53, 75, &c. To insert
words in a new Clause, 115. To leave out words and
insert others in a new Clause, 115. Amendment prOposed
to proposed Amendment, to add ,words, 195. Amend-
ment proposed to Schedule, to leave out a paragraph,
196.

In Committee ; Amendment proposed to

proposed Amendment, to insert words, 124.

On Report ;

to insert words, 59, 86. To
leave out a subsection, 60, 85. To leave out words, 85.
To leave out a Clause, 86. Ti) add words to proposed
new Clause, 135. To leave out lines and insert words,
218. To leave out a word and insert another in proposed
Amendment, 161.

WITHDRAWN

To the Address, 7, 8. To
insert words in a Motion, 228. To leave out words and
add others, on Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave
the Chair for Committee of Supply, 22. To insert words
in Resolution reported from Committee of Ways, and
Means, 108, 112.

Bills in Committee ; . to leave out words,
and insert others, 53. To leave out a subsection, 76.
To insert, words, 53, &c. To insert words in a new
Clause, 115. To leave out words, 53.

Amendment proposed to Schedule, to leave

out a paragraph, 197.

Amendment proposed to proposed Amend-

ment, to add words, 53. To leave out words, 124.

Amendment to proposed Amendment to a

Motion withdraWn, 50.

On Report ;

to insert words, 59. To leave
out a paragraph, 60. To leave out. a Clause, 60. To
leave out a subsection, 85. To leave out a word, 161.
To leave out from the words last inserted to end of
paragraph, and insert words, 220.

Amendment to proposed Amendment, to

leave out words, 60, 86.

Amendment ruled out of Order by Mr.

Speaker, 108. By the Chairman, 251.

ANGLO-PORTUGUESE COMMERCIAL TREATY ; Bill

to
amend the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act,
1914 ; presented, and ordered to be read a second. time,.
92. Second Reading deferred, 95. Bill read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
House, 97. Considered in Committee, and reported,
without Amendment ; Bill to be read the third time, 98.
Third Reading deferred, 100, 10, 105, 107, 110, 114,
116, 118, 121, 122, 125, 127, 131, 132, 134, 137, 139,
141, 143, 146, 147, 149, 153, 154, 158, 160, 162, 164,
166, 169, 170, 172. Bill read the third time and passed,
176. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment,
(Cited as Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty
194.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 200.

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[1916,,

ANZAC (Restriction on Trade Use of Word); Bill to prohibit
the use of the word Anzac in connection with any trade,
business, calling, or profession ; presented, and ordered
to be read a second time, 218. Second Reading deferred,
222. Read a second time ; Message to attend the Lords'
Commissioners ; Bill committed to a Committee of the
Committee deferred, 225, 226.
whole House, 223.
in Committee, and reported, 227.
Bill
considered
Consideration, as amended, deferred, 228. As amended,
considered. Bill read the third time and passed, 230.
Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 242.
(Cited as " Anzac" (Restriction on Trade Use of Word)
Act, 1916), Royal Assent, 251.

ARMY (Annual) ; Bill to provide, during twelve months, for
the discipline and regulation of the Army ; ordered ;
read the first time, 31.
presented accordingly, and
Seccrd Reading deferred, 32, 34. Bill read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
Hof.se, 35. Bill considered in Committee, and reported,
without Amendment ; read the third time and passed,
36. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment,
(Cited as Army (Annual) Act, 19161 Royal Assent,
52.
66.

ARMY ACT (Amendment) ; Bill to amend subsection five
of section seventy of the Army Act; presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 160.
Second Reading
read a second time ; House
deferred, 163, 166. Bill
immediately resolves itself into Committee on the Bill ;
Bill considered in Committee, and reported ; as amended,
considered ; Bill read the third time and passed, 167.
Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 172.
(Cited as Army (Courts of Inquiry) Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 173.

AYR COUNTY (North Division) WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

BALLOT for BILLS, &c. ; Motion, That, until

the
House otherwise determines, and so far as the House
does not otherwise determine, no Public Bills other than
Government Bills be introduced, and no Ballot be taken
for determining the precedence of such Bills ; and
Question amended, by leaving out words and inserting
others, and agreed to ; Order, That, until the thirty-first
day of March, no t'ublie Bills other than Government
taken for
be
Bills
determining the precedence of such Bills, 7.

introduced, and no Ballot

be

Order, That, until the House otherwise deter-
mines, and so far as the House does not otherwise
determine, no Public Bills other than Government Bills
be introduced, and no Ballot be taken for determining
the precedence of such Bills, 37.

of

BAPTIST CHAPELS CHARITIES ; Bill to confirm a. Scheme
of the Charity Commissioners for the application or
certain Charities ;
presented,
and
management
Second Reading
ordered to be read a second time, 194.
deferred, 199. Read a second time ; Bill committed to
a Committee of the whole House, 204. Committee
deferred, 208, 210, 211, 213, 214. Considered in Com-
mittee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill read
the third time and passed,216. Agreed to by the Lords,
(Cited as Baptist Chapels
without Amendment, 232.
Scheme Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal kssent, 2J1.

WHGHTON and DISTRICT GAS ; Bill presented ; read the
to be read a second time, 8. Day appointed
first time ;
for Second Reading, 12. Read a second time, and
referred to the Examiners, 15. Report, Standing Orders
not previously inquired into complied with ; Bill corn-
-flitted, 19. Withdrawn, 110.

BEntis COUNTY (Northern or Abingdon Division) WENT..

Vide ELECTIONS.

BERWICK COUNTY WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.
BETHANY CHAPEL CHARITY ; Bill to confirm a Scheme
of the Charity Commissioners for the application or
management of' the Charity consisting of the Bethany
Particular Baptist Chapel at West Cross, Mumbles, in
the Parish of Oystermouth, in the County of Glamorgan ;
presented, and ordered to be read a second time, 194..
Second Reading deferred, 199. Read a second time ;
Bill Committed to a Committee of the whole House, 204.
Committee deferred, 208, 210, 212, 213, 214. Con-
sidered in Committee, and reported, without Amend-
ment ; Bill read the third time and passed, 217. Agreed
to by the Lords, without Amendment, 232.
(Cited as
Bethany Chapel Charity Scheme Confirmation Act, 1916),
Royal Assent, 251.

BETHLEHEM CHAPEL ( Tryddynl CHARITY; Bill

to
confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the
application or management of the Charity consisting of
the Bethlehem Chapel in the Civil Parish of Tryddyn,
in the County of Flint ; presented, and ordered to be
Second Reading deferred, 199.
read a second time, 194.
Read a second time ; Bill committed. to a Committee of
the whole House, 204. Committee deferred, 208, 210,
211, 213, 214. Bill considered in Committee, and re-
ported, without Amendment ; read the third time and
passed, 216. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Bethlehem Chapel (Tryddyn)
ment, 232.
Charity Scheme Car l rmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent,.
251.

BILLS :

PRIVATE :-

List of Bills to,originate in the House of Lords,.

3.

Certificate of Examiners as to compliance with

Standing Orders, 6.

Read the first

time, 8. Day appointed for
a second time, and
Second Reading,
committed, 15, &c. Read a second time, and referred
to the Examiners, 15, &c.

11, Sic.

Read

Brought from the Lords ; read the first time, and,

referred to the Examiners, 32, &c.

Examiners' Reports. Vide EXAMINERS.
Second Reading put off for three months, 122.
Motion, That a Bill be now read a second time ;
Amendment proposed, " three months," withdrawn ; Bill
read a second time, and committed ; Instruction to the
Committee, 214.

Reported, without Amendment,

Amendments, 57.

37. With

Titles amended, 61, 83, 84, 146.
Reported from Local Legislation Committee ;

Special Report, 8.

Standing Orders 211, 223, and 243 suspended;.

Committee on Bill to sit and proceed forthwith, 193.

Standing Order 243 suspended ; Bill read the

third time and passed (Estate Bill), 191.

Standing Order 211 suspended ; Committee on
a Bill have leave to sit and proceed on day named, 150.
Standing Orders 211 and 236 suspended ; Com-

mittee to sit on day named, 162.

Standing Orders 223 and 243 suspended ; Bill

read the third time and passed, 178..

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BIL LS continued,.

PRIVATE--continued.

Bill, as amended, considered, 35.
Bill read the third time and passed, 30.
Verbal Amendment made ; Bill read the third

time and passed, 52.

Bill

read the

Amendments, 96.

third time and passed, with

Order, That a Bill be committed, discharged ;

Bill withdrawn, 110.

REPORTS FROM GROUPS
PRIVATE BILLS :

(Group A) ; Adjournment of Committee, 33,36.

PUBLIC:
PUBLIC

Ballot for Bills and Alotions ; Order relative

thereto amended, 7.
Motion for

leave, and Mr. Speaker or Mr.
Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Standing
Order No. 11, 161.

Bill ordered to be brought. in upon Resolutions
,reported from Committee of the whole House (Ways
and Means), 13, 31, 48, 65, 93, 152, 166, 209, 249, 257.
Upon other Resolutions, 166, 224, 239.

Presented, supported by Members, and ordered

to be read a second time, 13, &c.

Outlawries Bill; read the first time, 4,

Ordered ; presented accordingly, 148, &c.
Bill brought from the Lords ; read the first
time (King's Consent signified) ; read a second time ;
committed to a Select Committee ; Committee nomi-
nated ; Three quorum ; Bill to be printed, 82.

Motion, That a Bill be now read a second time ;
proceedings interrupted by Message to attend the Lords
Commissioners ; Question again proposed ; Bill read a
second time, and committed, 95, 250.

Bills read a second time, and committed, 36.
After Amendment proposed, "six months," and not
" Three months,' 127, 138, 234. Amend-
made, 73.
ment withdrawn, 97.

Bill read a second time ; proceedings interrupted
by Message to attend the .Lords Commissioners ; Bill
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 223.

Bill ordered upon Resolution reported from
Committee of Ways and Means, 257. Read a second
time ; remaining stages to be taken immediately, not-
withstanding the practice of the House relating to the
interval between the various stages of such Bills, 259
(War Loan Bill).

Order

for Committee read ; Motion for an
Instruction to divide the Bill into two Bills, and Question
negatived, 75.

Bills committed to a Committee of the whole

House, 36, 73, &c.

Bill, as amended in Committee, to be printed,

55, 118.

Considered in Committee, and reported ;

as
amended, considered ; further consideration adjourned,
177.

Considered in Committee (pro forma), and re-
ported ; recommitted to a Committee of the whole House,
231, 242.

Considered in Committee, and reported, without
Amendment, 48, 76 [Lords]. With an amended Title,
84. With a new Title ; House immediately resolves
itself into Committee on recommitted Bid, 242.

Bill recommitted ; House immediately resolves

itself into the Committee, 58.

Motion, That this-House will immediately resolve

itself into a Committee on a Bill, withdrawn, 16.

Motion, That a Bill be committed to a Select.
Committee of Five Members, withdrawn ; ,Bill corn-
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, 192.

Motion, That a Finance Bill, immediately on its
being reported to the House, may be considered, notwith-
standing the interval between the various stages of a
relating to Finance, withdrawn, 138 [Finance
Bill
Bill].

Motion, That the Third Reading of a Finance
Bill may be proceeded with immediately after the Bill
has been reported to the House, as amended, notwith-
standing the practice of the House as to the interval
between the various stages of a Bill relating to Finance ;
Bill read the third time and passed, 140 [Finance
Bill].

As amended, considered ; proceedings postponed
at 8.15, and resumed ; King's Consent and Prince of
Wales' Consent on Third Reading ; Bill read the third
time and passed, 190.

As amended, considered ; Motion, That the Bill
be now read the third time ; Debate adjourned ; Bill, as
amended, to be printed, 220.

A s

amended, considered ; Bill recommitted in
respect of an Amendment to a Clause ; considered in
Committee, and reported; as amended on recommittal,
considered ; Bill read the third time and passed, 58.

As amended, considered, 135. Bill recommitted

in respect of certain Clauses, 137.

Bills read the third time and passed, 52, 57, 85,

&c., 88 [Lords]. With a new Title, 234, 242.

King's Consent and Prince of Wales' Consent

signified, 191.

Bill returned from the Lords, with Amendments,
257. Lords' Amendments considered ; several agreed to,
several disagreed to ; Amendment made to the Bill in lieu
of an Amendment disagreed to ; Committee appointed to
draw up Reasons for disagreeing to certain of the Lords'
Amendments ; nominated. ; Three quorum ; to withdraw,
261. Reasons for disagreeing to certain of the Lords'
Amendments reported, and agreed to, 261. Clerk to
carry the Bill to the Lords, with Reasons, 262. Lords.
do not insist on their Amendments to which this House:
bath disagreed, 263,(Ministry of Pensions Bill).

Bill returned from the Lords, with Amend-
ments, 66, 90. Lords' Amendments considered ; one
agreed to ; one amended, and agreed to ;
remaining
Lords' Amendments agreed to, 70. Lords agree to the
Amendments made by the Commons to the Amendment
made by the Lords to the Bill, without Amendment, 77..
Lords' Amendments considered ; one agreed to ; one
divided, and agreed to; remaining Lords' Amendments,
agreed to, 92 (Military Service Bill).

Lords' Bill returned to the Lords, with Amend-
ments, 239. L.rds agree to certain of the Amendments,.
without Amendment, and to certain other of the Amend-
ments, with Amendments, and make certain consequen-
tial Amendments to the Bill, 247. Day appointed for
their consideration, 247. Lords' Amendments to Com-
mons' Amendments, and Lords' consequential Amend-
ments to the Bill, agreed to, 253 (Registration of
Business Names Bill).

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[1916.

BILL Scontinued.

PUBLICcontinued.

Bill returned from the Lords, with Amendments,
255. Motion, That the Lords' Amendments be now
considered ; Debate adjourned, 257. Debate resumed;
Lords' Amendments considered ; several agreed to ;
several agreed to with special entries ; several disagreed
to ; Amendment made to the Bill in lieu of' one of
the Amendments disagreed to; Committee appointed to
draw up Reasons for disagreeing to certain of the Lords'
Amendments;
to with-
draw, 259. Reasons for disagreeing to certain of
the Lords' Amendments reported, and agreed to, 261.
Lords agree to the Amendment made by this House in
lieu of an Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill,
and do not insist on their Amendments to which this
House hath disagreed, 263 (Defence of the Realm
(Acquisition of Land) Bill).

nominated ; Three quorum ;

BILLS passed with unusual Expedition:

Bill read a second time, after Amendment,
" three months," not made ; House immediately resolves
itself into Committee on the Bill ; Bill considered in
Committee, and reported, without Amendment ;
read
the third time and passed, 138.

Read a second time ; House immediately resolves
itself into Committee on the Bill ; Bill considered in
Committee, and reported ;
amended, considered ;
read the third time and passed, 167, 193, 2.58.

as

Bill

considered in Committee, and reported,
without Amendment; read the third time and passed,
48, 52, &c.

Considered in Committee, and reported ;

as
amended, considered ; read the third time and passed,
34, 84.

Titles amended, 61, 84, 156, 161, 242.
Bills withdrawn, 73, 248.

LIST of BILLS endorsed with Mr. Speaker's or
Mr. Deputy Speaker's Certificate under the PAR-
LIAMENT ACT, 1911 :

Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Bill, 17. Consoli-
dated Fund ( No. 2) 13i11, 35. Consolidated Fund (No. 3)
Bill, 98. Consolidated Fund '(No. 4) Bill, 162. Con-
solidated Fund (No. 5) Bill,. 214. Consolidated Fund
( Appropriation) Bill, 261. Finance (New Duties) Bill,
64.

Isle of Man (Customs) Bill, 159.

HYBRID BILLS :

Presented, 163.
Examiners to examine Bill with respect to com-

pliance with Standing Orders, 164.

No Standing Orders applicable, 166.
Bill read a second time ; Motion, That the Bill
be committed to a Select Committee of Five Members.
&c., withdrawn ; Bill committed to a Committee of the
whole House, 192.

Motion, That a Bill be now read a second time ;
proceedings interrupted by Message to attend the Lords
Commissioners ; Question again proposed ; Amendment
proposed, " three months," not made ; Bill read a second
time, 192.

BILLS UNDER THE PRIVATE LEGISLATION

PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1899:

Report of names of Fifteen Members to form
the Parliamentary Panel of Members to act as Com-
missioners under the A.ct, 28.

Certain Orders to be dealt with by Private Bill

and not by Provisional Order, 23.

Report of Chairman of Ways and Means and
the Chainran of Committees of the House of Lords,
That the provisions of a Bill are of such a character that
they should. be dealt with as a Private Bill, and not by
Provisional Order, 23. That they are of opinion that
the. Draft Provisional Orders for which Petitions have
been presented be allowed to proceed, subject to such
recommendations as
they may hereafter make with
respect to the several Orders, 140.

Bill presented, and ordered (under Section 7 of

the Act) to be considered, 224, 241.

Bill presented, and ordered (under Section 9 of

the Act) to be read a second time, 16, 44.

Read a second time, and ordered to be con-

sidered, 23.

Considered ; to be read the third time, 29.
Read the third time and passed, 30, 64, 226, &c.

PROVISIONAL ORDER BILLS :--

Presented ; read the first time, and referred to

the Examiners, 23.

Read a second time, and ordered to be con-

sidered, 23.

Bill reported, without Amendment, 80, 88, 94, &c.
Bill-reported; Provisional Orders confirmed, 72,

80, &c.

Examiners' Report, no Standing Orders applic-
able, 30. Standing Orders applicable complied with,
30, &c.

Reported, with Amendments ; one Order not
confirmed, remaining Orders confirmed ; Title amended,
119.

Bill read a second time, and committed, 32, &c.

Consideration, as amended, deferred, 25.

Considered ;
Read the third time and passed, without Amend-

to be read the third time, 29.

went, 39, 73, 82, &c.

Read the third time and passed, with Amend-

ments, 126, 196 [Lords].

Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 37.
Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment,

&c.

80, 120,

Lords' Amendments agreed to, 39.
Order for

committal discharged ; Bill with-

drawn, 116.

Royal Assent to Bills, 21, 38, 66, 87, 95, 104-

144, 165, 173, 192, 200, 251, 263.

BOARD of PENSIONS [Salaries and 'Remuneration] ; Com-
mittee to consider ; King's Recommendation signified,
236. Considered in Committee ; Resolution to be re-
ported, 237. Resolution reported, and agreed to, 238.

BOARD of PENSIONS BILL. Vide MINISTRY for PEN-

SIONS BILL.

BOLTON BOROUGH WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

BRADFORD

Street)

(Infirmary

BAPTIST

CHAPEL
to confirm a Scheme of the Charity
CHARITY ; Bill
Commissioners for the application and management of
the Charity consisting of the clear proceeds of sale of
the Bethel Baptist Chapel and School in Infirmary
Street, in the City of Bradford ; presented, and ordered
to be read a second time, 194. Second Reading de-
ferred, 199. Read a second time ; Bill committed to a

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283

BRADFORD

(Infirmary
CHARITY-continued.

Street)

BAPTIST

CHAPEL

Committee of the whole House, 204. Committee de-
ferred, 208, 21.0, 211, 213, 214. Considered in Coin-
tnittee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill read
the third time and passed, 216. Agreed to by the
Lords, without Amendment, 232.
(Cited as Bradford
(Infirmary Street) Baptist Chapel. Scheme Confirmation
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 251.

BRADNINCH CHAPEL CHARITY ; Bill to confirm a Scheme
of the Charity Commissioners for the application or
management of the Charity consisting of the Particular
Baptist Chapel and Trust Property in the Parish of
Bradninch, in the County of Devon ; presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 194. Second Reading
deferred, 199. Read a second time ; Bill committed
to a Committee of the whole House, 204..
Com-
mittee deferred, 208, 210, 211, 213, 214. Considered
in Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill
read the third time and passed, 216. Agreed to by the
Lords, without Amendment, 232.
( Cited as Bradninch
Chapel Charity Scheme Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 251.

BAILEY v. SYMONDS ; Petition for leave for proper officer
leave given to

to attend trial and produce documents ;
attend, 230.

BRITISH MUSEUM (Petition for Aid) ; King's Recom-
mendation signified, 6. Referred to the Committee of
Supply, 10. Vide ACCOUNTS.
PUBLIC PETITIONS.
SUPPLY.

BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ; Bill to amend the British
North America Act, 1867 ; presented, and ordered to
be read a second time, 71. Second Reading deferred,
73, 74, 76, 80, 81, 84, 86, 88, 89. Bill read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
House, 91. Considered in Committee, and reported,
without Amendment ; Bill read the third time and
passed, 93. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
ment, 101.
(Cited as British North America Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 101.

BRITISH SHIPS (Transfer Restriction); Bill to amend and
extend the British Ships (Transfer Restriction) Act,
1915 ; presented, and ordered to be. read a second time,
173. Read a second time ; Bill committed to a Com-
mittee of the whole House, 180. Considered in Com-
mittee, and reported; as amended, considered ; Bill read
the third time and passed, 188. Agreed to by the
Lords, with an Amendment, 198. Day appointed for its
consideration, 199. Lords' Amendment agreed to, 200.
(Cited as British Ships ( Transfer Restriction) Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 200.

BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH CHAPEL CHARITY ; Bill to con-
firm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the
application or management of the Charity consisting of
the Protestant Congregational Dissenters' Chapel in the
Parish of Burnham-on-Crouch, in the County or Essex ;
presented, and ordered to be read a second time, 194.
Second Reading deferred, 199. Read a secand time ;
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House, 204,
Committee deterred, 208, 210, 211, 213, 214. Con-
sidered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment ;
Bill read the third time and passed, 216. Agreed to
by the Lords, without Amendment, 232.
(Cited as
Burnham-on-Crouch Chapel Scheme Confirmation Act,
1916) Royal Assent, 251.

BURNLEY CORPORATION [Lords]; Report, That the Bill
should originate in the House of Lords, 3. Report;
Standing Orders certified to have been complied with, 6.
Bill brought from the Lords ; read the first time, and
referred to
32. Report, Standing

the Examiners,

VoL. 171.-Sess. 1916.

Orders not previously inquired into complied with; Bill
to be read a second time, 34. Read a second time,
and committed, 39. Reported, with Amendments, 57.
As amended, considered, 67. Bill read the third time
and passed, with Amendments, 70. To which the Lords
agree, 72.
(Cited as Burnley Corporation. Act, 1916
Royal Assent, 87.

BUSINESS of the HOUSE. Vide HOUSE.

CANADA COMPANY [Lords]; Report, That the Bill.
should originate in the House of Lords, 3. Report,
Standing Orders certified to have been complied with, 6..
Brought from the Lords ;
read the first time, and
referred to the Examiners, 44. Report, Standing Orders.
not. previously inquired into complied with ; Bill to be
read a second :time, 50. Read a second time, and com-
mitted, 59. Reported, with Amendments,
73. As
amended, considered, 115. Bill read the third time and
passed, with Amendments, 121. To which the Lords
agree, 126.
(Cited as Canada Company's Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 145.

CARDLo'F RAILWAY ; Bill presented, and read the first.
time ;
to be read a second time, 8. Day appointed for
Second Reading, 12. Read a second time, and referred
to the Examiners,
15. Report, Standing Orders not
previously inquired into complied with ; Bill committed,
19. Reported, with Amendments, 32. As amended,.
considered, 35. Bill read the third time, and passed,
39. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 92.
(Cited as Cardiff Railway Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 95.
CENTRAL CONTROL BOARD (Liquor Traffic); 'Motion,.
That, in the opinion of this House, the Central Control
Board (Liquor Traffic) should no longer be independent
of the control of Parliament, and that its proceedings.
and expenditure .should be made subject to the control
of a Minister responsible to Parliament ; proceedings
postponed at 8.15, and resumed, 221. Question again:
proposed ; Closure claimed three times, assent withheld,
and at Eleven of the clock Mr. Speaker interrupts the
Business, and Question put, pursuant to Standing Order
(Closure of Debate), and negatived, 221.

CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS

OR DEPUTY CHAIRMAN :

Reports list of- Bills (Private) to originate in

the House of Lords, 3.

Reports that a Bill under the Private Legisla-
tion Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, should be dealt
with as a PriVate Bill, and not by Provisional Order, 23:

Reports Title amended, 84.
Takes the Chair as Deputy Speaker, 58, 64, 65,

68, 69, 169, 243, 245.

Withholds his assent to Closure, 75, 78.
Leaves the Chair to make his Report
taken to

Objection

74, &c.

22,

House,
proceedings, 120.

Directs Member to discontinue his

(irrelevance), 40.

Rides Amendment out of order, 251.

to the
further

speech,

CHAIRMEN'S PANEL ;

Report from the Committee of Selection of

Eight M embers to serve on the Chairmen's Panel, 22.

Appointment of Members under the Parliament.

Act, 22.

Nine Members to be the Panel

Committees on unopposed Bills, 22.

to serve on,

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[1916.

CHESTER BOROUGH WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

CHESTER COUNTY (Hyde Division) WRIT.

ELECTIONS.

Vide

To carry Bills to
the Lords, and acquaint them that this House hath
agreed to the same, with an Amendment or Amendments,
70, 90, &c. Without Amendment, 76, 88, &c.

CHICORY (Customs). Vide WAYS and MEANS.

CHICORY, &c. (Excise). Vide WAYS and MEANS.

CIDER and PERRY. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

CITY Of DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY ; Bill
presented, and read the first time ; to be read a second
time, 8. Day appointed for Second Reading, 12. Read
a second time, and referred to the Examiners, 15.
Report, Standing Orders not previously inquired into
complied with ; Bill
reported,
committed,
with Amendments, 25. As amended, considered, 28.
Bill read the third time and passed, 30. Agreed to by
the Lords, without Amendment, 92.
(Cited as City
if Dublin Steam Packet Company's Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 95.

19. Bill

CLAUSES

Clause read the first time ; Motion, That the
Clause be read a second time ; Motion and Clause with-
drawn, 81, 117, &c.

Clauses twice read, and made part of the Bill,

54, 84, 252, &c.

Clause, as amended, agreed to, 195, 235, &c.
Clause, as amended, added to the Bill, 239.
Question, That the Clause be read a second

time, negatived, 81, 136, &c.
the

Clause read

Amendment proposed, to add words
Question negatived ; Clause added, 135.

first and second time ;
to the Clause ;

CLAYTON ANILINE COMPANY (Railways)

[Lords] ;
Report on Petition for Bill, Standing Orders not
complied with ; Report referred to Select Committee on
Standing Orders, 71. Resolution reported from Select
Committee on Standing Orders, That the Standing Orders
ought to be dispensed with, 127. Brought from the
Lords; read the first time, and referred to the Examiners,
146. Report, Standing Orders not previously inquired
into complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 147.
Read a second time, and committed, 158. Standing
Orders 211 and 236 suspended ; Committee
to sit,
and proceed on day named, 162. Bill reported, with
Amendments, 164.
169.
Bill read the third time and passed, with Amendments,
178. To which the Lords agree, 181.
( Cited as Clayton
Aniline Company, Limited (Railways), Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 192.

As amended,

considered,

CLERK OF THE CROWN

To make out
new Writs, 6, 11, 14, 15, 21, 27, 51, 71, 83, 132, 158,
163, 169, 191, 198, 201, 203.

CLERK OF THE CROWN IN IRE-

LAND :

sages to the Lords, 35, 102, 104, &c.

To carry M es-

Informs the House
of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker, 58, 64, 65,
68, 69, 169, 243, 245.

CLOSURE OF DEBATE :
QUESTIONS put, pursuant to Standing Order (Closure of

Debate); by Mr. Speaker or Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir Philip Magnus, 85.

Sir Frederick Banbury, 221.

QUESTIONS declined to be put (Closure of Debate) by

Mr. Speaker or Mr. Deputy Speaker :

Mr. Booth, 83.

Colonel Gretton (three times), 221.

QUESTIONS declined to be put (Closure of Debate) by the
Chairman or Deputy Chairman in Committee of the
whole House :
Sir John Lonsdale, 75.
Sir Philip Magnus, 78.

Sir Frederick Banbury, 78

COATBRIDGE GAS ORDER CONFIRMATION ; Bill

to
confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legis-
(Scotland) Act,
lation Procedure
relating to
Coatbridge Gas ; presented,.and ordered (under Section 7
of the Act) to be considered, 223. Bill considered, 225.
Bill read the third time and passed, 226. Agreed to
by the Lords, without Amendment, 239.
(Cited as
Coatbraye Gas Order Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 251.

1899,

COCOA. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

COFFEE. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

COLCHESTER GAS [Lords]; Report, That the Bill should
originate in the House of Lords, 3. Report, Standing
Orders certified to have been complied with, 6. Brought
from the Lords ;
read the first time, and referred to the
Examiners, 99. Report, Standing Orders not previously
inquired into complied with ; Bill to be read a second
time, 102. Read a second time, and committed, 115.
138. As amended,
Reported, with Amendments,
considered, 148. Bill read the third time and passed,
with Amendments, 155. To which the Lords agree, 164.
(Cited as Colc hester Gas Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 165.

COLONIAL BANK ; Bill presented, and read the first time;
to be read a second time, 8. Day appointed for Second
leading, 12. Second Reading deferred, 15. Bill read a
second time, and referred to the Examiners, 16. Report,
Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied
with ; Bill committed, 21. Reported, without Amend-
ment, 49. Verbal Amendment made ; Bill read the
third time and passed, 52. Agreed to by the Lords,
with Amendments, 82. Lords' Amendments agreed
(Cited as Colonial Bank Act, 1916) Royal.
to, 85.
Assent, 95.

To Make out

COMMITTEES:

new Writs, 3, 6, 52, 59, 68, 213, 218.

CLERK OF THE HOUSE :

printing of the Journal, 4.

the Table, 5.

To direct

the

Lays Papers upon

COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE:

Board of Pensions [Salaries and Remunera..
tion] ; Committee to consider ; King's Recommendation
signified, 236. Considered in Committee; Resolution
to be reported, 237. Resolution reported, and agreed to,
238.

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285

,COMMITTEES - continued.

COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE-.

continued.

Constabulary and Police (Ireland) [Money] ;
.Committee to consider; King's .Recommendation signified,
Considered in Committee ; Resolution to be
222.
reported, 223. Resolution reported, and agreed to ; Bill
ordered, 224. Vide Bill.

Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land)
[ Expenses] ; Committee to consider; King's Recommenda-
tion signified, 128. Committee deferred, 131. Considered
in Committee ; Resolution to be reported, 134. Report
deferred, 137, 139. Resolution reported, and agreed to,
140.

Education (Fee Grant); Committee to con-
sider; King's Recommendation signified, 153. Committee
deferred, 154, 158, 160, 162. Considered in Committee ;
Resolution to he reported, 163. Resolution reported,
and agreed to ;. Bill ordered, 166.

Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener, K.G. (Memorial
to) ; Committee to consider of an humble Address to
His Majesty, relative to a Monument to be erected to
the memory of the late Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener,
K.G., 105. Considered in Committee ; Resolution to be
reported, 108. Resolution reported, and agreed to ;
by Privy
be presented
to ;
Address
Councillors, &c., 111. King's Answer, 118.

agreed

to

Finance ( Exchange of Securities); Committee
signified, 91.
to consider ; King's Recommendation
Considered in Committee ; Resolution to be reported,
Resolution reported ;
93. Report deferred, 95, 97.
read -a second time ; Question, That this House doth
agree with the Committee ; Debate adjourned, 98.
Debate further adjourned, 100, 102, 105, 107. Adjourned
Debate resumed ; Resolution agreed to, 108.

Finance (New Duties) [Expenses] ; Com-
mittee to consider ; King's Recommendation signified,
43. Considered in Committee ; Resolution to be reported,
and
48.
agreed to, 51.

-Report deferred, 50.

Resolution reported,

Government of India [Retiring Allowances
consider ; King's
to
and Gratuities] ; Committee
178. Considered in Com-
Recommendation signified,
mittee ; Resolution to be reported,' 180. Resolution
reported, and agreed to, 188.

Government War Obligations ; Committee to
236.
consider ; King's Recommendation
Considered in Committee ; Resolution to be reported,
237. Resolution reported, and agreed to ; Bill ordered,
238. Vide Bill.

si gnified,

National

Insurance

( Munition
Workers) [Expenses] ; Committee, to consider ; King's
Recommendation signified, 125. Considered in Com-
mittee ; Resolution to be reported, 128. Resolution
reported, and agreed to, 129.

(Part

II.)

Naval and Military War pensions, &c. (Ex-
penses) [Consolidated Fund] ; Committee to consider ;
Committee
King's Recommendation
deferred, 27, 28, 29, 30. Considered in Committee, 31.
Report deferred, 32. Resolution reported, and agreed
to, 33.

signified,

25.

Navy and Army Expenditure, 191 4-15 ; Com-
mittee to consider the surpluses and deficits, &c. upon
Navy and Army Grants ;
.Appropriation Accounts
referred, 197. Committee deferred, 200. Considered in
Committee; Resolutions to be reported, 204. Resolutions
agreed to, 207.

VoL. 171.-Sess. 1916.

New Ministries and Secretaries [Salaries and
Remuneration] ; Committee to consider; King's Re-
commendation signified, 248. Considered in Committee ;
Resolution to be reported. 250. Resolution reported, and
aoreed to, 255.

Public Works Loans [Remission of Debt] ;
Committee to consider; King's Recommendation signified,
147. Committee deferred, 150. Considered in Com-
mittee ; Resolution to be reported, 152. Report deferred,
154, 157.

Registration of Business Names [Remunera-
tion] ; Committee to consider ; King's Recommendation
signified, 223. Considered in Committee; Resolution to
be reported, 224. Resolution reported, and agreed to,
226.

JOINT COMMITTEES :-

32.

Consolidation Bills ; The Lords communicatt,
that they have come to the following Resolution, viz.,
That it is desirable that all Consolidation Bills in the
present Session be referred to a Joint Committee of
Lords' Message
both Houses of Parliament,
considered ; Commons concur with the. Lords in their
Resolution ; Message to acquaint, 35. Message from
the Lords appointing a Committee of Five Lords, and
requesting this House to appoint an equal number of
their Members, 37. Lords' Message considered ; Select
Committee of. Five Members appointed ; Message to
acquaint ; FiVe Members nominated ; Three quorum, 48.
Message from the Lords proposing place and time of
meeting ; Lords' Message considered ; Committee to
meet the Committee of the Lords as proposed ; Message
to the Lords to acquaint, 58.

Larceny Bill referred to the Joint Committee,
37. Reported from the Committee, with Amendments,
140.

Government of India Bill referred to the Joint
Committee, 92. Reported from the Committee, with
Amendments, 154.

considered ;

Select Committee

Message from the Lords, That they have
referred a Bill to the Joint Committee, and added Three
Lords to the said Committee, and request this House to
Lords'
add an equal number of their Members, 92.
of Eight
Message
Members appointed to join with the Lords for the
consideration of the Government of India Bill ; Message
to the Lords to acquaint, 102. Members discharged and
others added in respect of the Government of India Bill,
102. Message from the Lords proposing place and
Lords' Message considered ;
time of meeting, 126.
Committee to meet the Committee of the Lords as
proposed ; Message to acquaint, 126.

SELECT COMMITTEES ON BILLS :-

Alexander's Restitution Bill ; Committee
nominated ; Three quorum, 82. Reported, without
Amendment, 87.

Divorce Bills ; Select Committee nominated,.

99. Vide DIVORCE BILLS.

SELECT

MATTERS:-

COMMITTEES

ON. VARIOUS

Appointed; Committee to consist of Fifteen
Members, 14. Appointed and nominated, 14. Seven-
teen Members, 14.

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[1916.

COMMITTEES-continued.

SELECT

COMMITTEES

MATTERS-continued.

ON VARIOUS

That Five be the quorum, 14. Three, 14.
Committee has power to sit as two Com-

mittees, 27.

Motion for the appointment of

Committee withdrawn, 144.

a Select

House of Commons (Kitchen and Refreshment
Rooms); appointed and nominated; power to send for
persons,
and records ; Three quorum, 14.
Report and Special Report, 135.

papers,

Local Legislation Committee ; nominated by
the Committee of Selection ; power to send for persons,
papers, and records, &c. ; Four quorum, 27. Special
Report, 88.

Privileges ; appointed, 4.

Public Accounts ; Committee to consist of
Fifteen Members ; nominated ; power to send for per-
sons, papers, and records ; Five quorum,
First
Report, 94. Second Report, 170.
Publications

ap-
pointed and nominated ; power to send for persons,
papers, and records ; Three quorum,
14. Member
discharged, another added, 72. Report, 163.

and Debates Reports ;

14.

Public Petitions ;

appointed ;

nominated ;

Three quorum, 14. First Report, 163. Second, 257.

ordered upon Resolution reported from the Committee
of the whole House ; presented accordingly ; read the-
first time, 224. Read a second time ; Bill committed to
a Committee of
the whole House, 227. Committee
deferred, 228. Considered in Committee, and reported,..
229. As amended, to be printed, 230. Consideration, as
amended, deferred, 231, 232. As amended, considered, 232.
Third Reading deferred, 234. Bill read the third time-
and passed, with a new Title, 234. Agreed to by the-
Lords, without Amendment, 255.
(Cited as Constabulary,
and Police (Ireland) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

CONSOLIDATION BILLS. Vide JOINT COMMIT TEES.

CONSOLIDATED FUND BILLS. Vide WAYS and MEANS._

CONWAY and COLWYN BAY JOINT WATER SUPPLY-
FLordS1 ; Examiners' Report on Petition . for Bill_
originating in the Lords, Standing Orders not complied-
with ; Report referred to Select Committee on Standing
Orders, 110. Resolution reported from Select Committee-
on Standing Orders, That the Standing Orders ought to
be dispensed with, 127. Brought from the Lords, 142.
Read the first time, and referred to the Examiners, 143...
Report, Standing Orders not previously inquired into
complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 147.. Read_
a second time, and committed, 158.
Standing Order-
211 suspended; Committee have leave to sit and proceed.
with the Bill on day named, 160. Bill reported, with
Amendments, 164. As amended, considered, 169. Bill
read the third. time and passed, with Amendments, 178.
To which the Lords agree, 181.
( Cited as Conway and
Colwyn Bay Joint Water Supply Board Act, 1916),
Royal Assent, 192.

Selection ; nominated, 16.

CORK COUNTY ( West Cork) WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

Standing Orders ; nominated, 16.
Committees appointed for disagreeing to certain

of the Lords' Amendments to Bills, 260, 261.

CHAIRMEN'S PANEL :-

Report from the Committee of Selection of

Seven Members to serve on the Chairmen's Panel, 22.

Appointment of Members under the Par-

liament Act, 1911, 22.

Nine Members to he the Panel

Committees on unopposed Bills, 22.

to serve on

CONFERENCE at CARDIFF. Vide HOUSE (Adjournment

V
under Standing Order No. 10).

of
or management

the Charity Commissioners for
of

CONGREGATIONAL CHAPELS C FIAKITIES ; Bill to confirm
a Scheme
the
application
certain Charities ;
presented, and ordered to be read a second time, 194.
Second Reading deferred, 199. Read a second time ;
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House, 204.
Committee deferred, 2 ,9, 210, 212, 213, 214. Considered
in Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill
read the third time and passed, 217. Agreed to by the
Lords, without Amendment, 232.
t Cited as Congrega-
tional Chapels Scheme Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 251.

and

CONSTABUL A RY

POLICE
[Money] ;
Committee to consider ; King's Recommendation signified,
-222.
to be
reported, 223. Resolution reported, and agreed to ;
Bill ordered, 224. Vide Bill.

in Commit tee ; Resolution

Considered

(Ireland)

CONSTABULARY and POLICE (Ireland); Bill to amend
the Law relating to the Pay and Pensions of the Royal
Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police ;

CORNWALL COUNTY (South East or Bodmin Division).

WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

COUP T of SESSION (Extracts) ; Bill to amend the form,
of warrant of execution on Extracts of decrees of the
Court of Session, and to provide for the means of making-
and the authentication of such Extracts ; presented,
and ordered to be read a second time, 190.
Second
Reading deferred, 193. Read a second time ; Bill
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 197.
Committee deferred, 199. Considered in Committee,
and reported, without Amendment ; Bill read the third
time and passed, 204. Agreed to by the Lords,
without Amendment, 221.
(Cited as Court of Session.
(Extracts) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 223.

COURTS (Emergency Powers) (Amendment) [Lords]; Bill,,
intituled An Act to amend the Courts (Emergency.
Powers) Act, 1914, in relation to officers and men of
His Majesty's Forces, mortgagees, and companies ;
brought from the Lords, 59. Read the first time, 68..
Second Reading deferred, 69. Bill read a second time ;.
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House,
70. Committee deferred, 72, 73. Bill considered in.
Committee, 74.
considered in Committee, and
reported, without Amendment ;
read the third time,
and passed, without Amendment, 76.
( Cited as Courts
(Emergency Powers)
(Amendment) Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 87.

Bill

COURTS (Emergency Powers) (Amendment) (No. 2) ; Bill to
give to Courts in connection with the present war further
powers of granting relief; presented, and ordered to be
read a second time, 95. Bill read a second time ; Bill
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 97.
Considered in Committee, and reported ; as amended,
considered ; Bill read the third time and passed, 98.
Agreed to by the Lords, withOut Amendment, 101.
(Cited as Courts (Emergency Powers) (. o. 2) Act, 19] 6)
Royal Assent, 101.

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the

',CRAVEN ESTATES [Lords] ; Bill, intituled An Act for
inheritance of the estates in the
charging . on
Counties of London and Middlesex known as
the
Craven Estates certain incumbrances now affecting the
life interest of Augustus William Craven therein, and
for the rearrangement of certain policies of assurance on
his life, and for other purposes connected with the said
estates ; brought from the Lords ; read the first time,
Examiners'
and
Report, no Standing Orders applicable ; Bill
to be
-read a second time, 166. Read a second time, and
211 suspended ; Com-
committed, 178. Standing
mittee to sit and proceed forthwith, 181. Reported,
without Amendment, 181. Standing Order 243 sus-
pended ; Bill read the third time and passed, without
(Cited as Craven .Estates Act, 1916)
Amendment, 191.
Royal Assent, 200.

to the Examiners,

referred

164.

4CUMBERLAND COUNTY (Cochermouth Division) WRIT.

Vide ELEC noNs.

"CUSTOMS DUTIES. Vide WAYS AND MEANS.

DAYLIGHT SAVING ; Motion, That, in view especially
of the economy in fuel and its transport that would be
effected by shortening the hours of artificial lighting,
this House would welcome a measure for the advance-
ment of clock time by one hour during the summer
months of this year.; Question agreed to, 74.

inittee, and reported, 203.
Consideration, as amended,
deferred, 208, 210, 211, 217. As amended, considered ;
Motion, That the Bill be now read the third time ;
Debate adjourned ; Bill, as amended, to be printed, 218
Debate resumed ; Bill read the third time and passed
223 Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments ; day
appointed for their consideration, 255. Motion, That
the Lords' Amendments be now considered ; Debate
adjourned, 257. Debate resumed ; Question put, and
agreed to ; Lords' Amendments considered ;
several
agreed to ; several agreed to with special entries ; several
disagreed to ; Amendment made to the Bill in lieu of one
of the Amendments disagreed to ; Committee appointed
to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for dis-
agreeing to certain of their Amendments ; Committee
nominated ; Three quorum ;
to withdraw, 259. Reasons
for disagreeing to certain of the Lords' Amendments to
the Bill reported, and agreed to, 261.. Clerk to carry
Bill to the Lords with Reasons, 261. The Lords agree
to the Amendment made by this House in lieu of an
Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, and do not
insist on their Amendments to which this House hath
(Cited as Defence of the Realm (Acquisi-
disagreed, 263.
tion of Land) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

DEFENCE of the REALM (Acquisition of Land) [Ex-
penses]; Committee to consider ; King's Recommendation
signified, 128. Committee deferred, 131, 132. Con-
sidered in Committee ; Resolution to be reported, 134.
Report deferred, 137, 139. Resolution reported, and
agreed to. 140.

.DEATH Of FIELD-MARSHAL EARL KITCHENER, K.G.

Vide HOUSE. KITCHENER, EARL.

SPEAKER.

DIVORCE BILLS :

DEBATES :

Debate

adjourned,

On Question,
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair, 28. On
Question, That this House doth agree with the Com-
mittee in a Resolution, 98. On Third .Reading of a Bill,
220.

8.

144, 199, 244.

Motion, That the Debate be adjourned,

Debate resumed, 9. On Question, That
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair, 29. On Question,
That this House doth agree with the Committee in a
Resolution, 108.

Debate stood adjourned, objection being
taken to further proceeding after half-past Eleven, 212.
On Question, That a Bill be now read the third time,
223.

DEFENCE of the REALM ACT (Administration). Vide

Amendment on going into Committee of Supply.

DEFENCE Of the REALM REGULATION ; Motion, That,
in the opinion of this House, the interest of the public
requires that an immediate and material modification
should be made in the new Regulation 27A issued under
the Defence of the Realm Act ; and Question negatived,
74.

.DEFENCE of the REALM (Acquisition of Land); Bill to
make provision with respect
to the possession and
acquisition of Land occupied or used for the Defence of
the Realm in connection with the present war, and for
other purposes connected therewith ; presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 101.
Second Reading
deferred, 105, 107, 110, 114, 116, 118, 121, 122, 125.
Motion, That the Bill be now read a second time ;
.Amendment proposed, "three months," and not made ;
Bill read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee
of the whole House, 127. Committee deferred, 131, 132,
134, 139. Bill considered in .Committee, 140. Com-
mittee deferred,-143, 147, 153. Considered in Committee,
156. Committee deferred, 160, 162, 169, 177, 191, 199.
'Considered in Committee, 194. Considered in Com-

Select Committee nominated, 99. Attendance

of Witness ordered, 108.

and

committed,

Irvine's Divorce Bill [Lords] ; brought from
the Lords, 94. Read the first time, 95. Read a second
97. Message to the Lords
time,
requesting Copies of Minutes of Evidence and Proceed-
ings, 104. Minutes of Evidence, &c. communicated, 108.
Bill reported from the Select Committee on Divorce
Bills, without Amendment ; Bill to be read the third
time, 119. Minutes of Evidence, 8c,c. to be returned to
the Lords, 119. Bill read the third time and passed,
(Cited as Irvine's Divorce Act,
without Amendment, 123.
1916) Royal Assent, 145.

Lecky's Divorce Bill [Lords]; brought from
the Lords ; read the first
time, 120. Read a second
123. Message to the Lords
time, and committed,
requesting Copies of Minutes of Evidence and Proceed-
ings, &c. 123. Minutes of Evidence communicated from
the Lords, 128. Bill reported from the Select Committee
on Divorce Bills, without Amendment; Bill to be read
the third time, 133. Minutes of Evidence, &c. to be
returned to the Lords, 133. Bill read the third time and
(Cited as Lecky's
passed, -without Amendment, 139.
Divorce Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

Gore's Divorce Bill [Lords] ; brought from
the Lords, 142. Read the first time, 143. Read a
second time, and committed, 148. Message to the Lords
requesting Copies of Minutes of Evidence and Proceed-
ings, &c., 148. Minutes of Evidence, &c. communicated
153. Bill reported from the Select
from the Lords
Committee on Divorce Bills, without Amendinent ; Bill
to be read the third time, 159. Minutes of Evidence, &c.
to be returned to the Lords, 159. Bill read the third
time and passed, without Amendment, 166.
(Cited as
Gore's Divorce Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 173.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.
DUBLIN RECONSTRUCTION ( Emergency Provisions); Bill
to amend the Law as to the erection of buildings and the
making and improvement of streets in connection with
the reconstruction of areas, streets, and buildings recently
damaged or destroyed in Dublin, and for other purposes

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DUBLIN RECONSTRUCTION (Emergency Provisions)

166.

applicable,

Standing Orders,

. continued.
incidental thereto ; presented, and ordered to be read a
second time, 163. Examiners to examine the Bill with
respect to compliance with
164.
Second Reading deferred, 165. Examiners' Report, no
Standing Orders
Second Reading
deterred, 167, 170, 172, 177, 191. Motion, That the
Bill be now read a second time ; proceedings interrupted
by Message to attend the Lords Commissioners ; Ques-
tion again proposed ; Amendment proposed, " three
months," on Division not made ; Bill read a second time ;
Motion, That the Bill be committed to a Select Committee
of Five Members, withdrawn ; Bill committed to a Com-
mittee of the whole House, 192. Committee deferred,
197, 199, 206, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 217, 220, 222,
223, 225, 226, 228, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 238,
239, 241, 243.
Bill
considered in Committee, and
reported, 244.
Consideration, as amended, deferred,
248. As amended, considered ; Bill read the third time
and passed, 252. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amend-
ments, 261.
262.
(Cited as Dublin Reconstruction (Emergency Provisions)
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

Lords' Amendments agreed to,

EARNED INCOME. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

EARL KITCHENER, K.G. Vide KITCHENER, EARL.

EDINBURGH CORPORATION ORDER CONFIRMATION ;
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act; 1899, relating to
Edinburgh Corporation ; presented ; read the first time,
and ordered (under Section 9 of the Act) to be read a
second time, 44. Bill read a second time, and ordered
to be considered, 57. Considered, 59. Bill read the
third time and passed, 64. Agreed to by the Lords,
without Amendment, 82.
(Cited as Edinburgh Corpora-
tion Order Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 87.

EDUCATION [Fee Grant] ; Committee to consider ; King's-
Recommendation signified, 153. Committee deferred,.
154, 158, 160, 162. Considered in Committee ; Resolu-
tion to be
reported, 163. Resolution reported, and
agreed to ; Bill ordered, 166. Vide infra.

EDUCATION ( Fee Grant); Bill to alter the limitation on
the ages of children in respect of whom a Fee Grant is
payable ; ordered upon Resolution reported from Com
mittee of the whole House ; presented acpordingly ; read
the first time, 166. Read a second time ; Bill committed
to a Committee of the whole House, 167. Considered
in Committee, and reported, without Amendment, 170..
Bill read the third time and passed, 172. Agreed to by
the Lords, without Amendment, 191.
( Cited as Rlernen--
tory Education (Fee Grant) Act, 1916) Royal Assent,,
192.

EDUCATION (Provision of Meals) (Ireland) ; Bill to amend
the Education (Provision of Meals)
(Ireland) Act,...
1914 ; presented, and ordered to be read a second time, .
44 ; Second Reading deferred, 50, 52. Bill read a second,
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
House, 55. Considered in Committee, and reported,,
without Amendment ; Bill
read the third time and
passed, 57. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
ment, 66.
(Cited as Education (Provision of Meals),
(Ireland) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 66.

ELECTIONS :

Orders and Regulations for regulating the
mode of proceeding in respect of Members returned
for two or more places ; Vote of Peers ; Corrupt
Practices, &c., 3.

Writ issued by Mr. Speaker in accordance-
with the provisions of the Lunacy (Vacating of Seats>
Act, 1886, 191.

WRITS ISSUED DURING THE RECESS, AND AUTUMN ADJOURNMENT.

FOR WHAT PLACE.

IN THE ROOM OF

ON WHAT ACCOUNT.

Louth County (North Division), during

the Adjournment.

Nottingham County (Mansfield Division)

Ayr County (North Division)

Augustine Roche, Esquire

Sir Arthur Basil Markham

Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Frede-

rick Campbell.

Deceased, 3.

Deceased, 203.

Deceased, 203.

WRITS ISSUED DURING THE SESSION.

FOR WHAT PLACE.

IN THE ROOM OF

ON WHAT ACCOUNT.

Liverpool Borough (East

Division).

Toxteth

Edward Marshall Hall, Esquire, K.C.

Recorder of Guildford, 6.

Tyrone County (South Tyrone)

-

Andrew Long Horner, Esquire, K.C.

Deceased, 6.

Worcester County (Mid or Droitwich

Division).

Chester Borough -

Major the Honourable John Caven-

dish Lyttelton.

Robert Armstrong Yerburgh, Esquire

Cumberland
Division).

County

(Cockermouth

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Baronet

Bolton Borough -

Thomas Taylor, Esquire

Manor of Northstead, 11.

Chiltern Hundreds, 14.

Manor of Northstead, 14.

Manor of Northstead, 15.

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ELECTIONScontinued.

WRITS ISSUED DURING THE SESSIONcontinued.

FOR WHAT PLACE.

IN THE ROOM OF

ON WHAT ACCOUNT.

Hertford County (Eastern or

Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston,

Hertford

or Har-

Knight.

John William Logan, Esquire -

Chiltern Hundreds, 15.

Chiltern Hundreds, 21.

Division).

Leicester County (Southern

borough Division).
South Shields Borough

-

Right Honourable Russell Rea

Deceased, 27.

Chester County (Hyde Division)

Francis Neilson, Esquire

Manor of Northstead, 27.

Surrey County (North Eastern

Wimbledon Division).

Queen's County (Ossory Division)

or

Right Honourable Henry Chaplin

Chiltern Hundreds, 51.

William Delany, Esquire

Deceased, 52.

Dublin University

Londonderry County

Division).

(South Derry

Right Honourable James Mussen

His Majesty's Attorney General for

Campbell, K.C.

Ireland, 59.

Right Honourable John Gordon, K.C.

Judge of His Majesty's High Court

of Justice in Ireland, 68.

Gloucester

County

(Northern

Tewkesbury Division).

Lancaster County (South West

Widnes Division).
Berwick County -

Northumberland County (B erwic k-upon-

Tweed Division).
Exeter Borough -

Cornwall County (South Eastern or

Bodmin Division).

or

or

Michael Hugh Hicks Beach (com-
monly called Viscount Quening-
ton).

Colonel William Hall Walker -

Died of wounds received in action, 71.

Chiltern Hundreds, 83.

Right Honourable Harold

John

His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland,

Tennant.

Baronet, K.G.

Duke, x.c.

Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey,

Right Honourable Henry Edward

Lieutenant General Sir Reginald

Pole-Carew, K.C.B.

132.

Manor of Northstead, 158.

Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu-

tenant of Ireland, 163.
Chiltern Hundreds, 169.

York County, Southern Part of the West

Riding (Collie Valley Division).

Charles Leach, Esquire -

Berks County (Northern or Abingdon

Division).

Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable
Harold Greenwood Henderson.

seat

This

having

vacant
under the Lunacy (Vacating of
Seats) Act, 1886, 191.
Manor of Northstead, 198.

become

Winchester Borough

-

Saint Pancras Borough (West Division)

Fermanagh County (North Fermanagh

Division).

Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable

Killed in action, 201.

Guy Victor Baring.
Captain Felix Cassel, K.C.

-

Chiltern Hundreds, 206.

Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh, Esquire,

Manor of Northstead, 213.

K.C.

Cork County (West Cork)

-

James Gilhooly, Esquire -

Deceased, 218.

Middlesex County (Hornsey Division) -

Sheffield Borough (Hallam Division)

-

Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
of

the Earl

(commonly called
Ronaldshay).

Right Honourable Charles Beilby

Stuart-Wortley, K.C.

Chiltern Hundreds, 241.

Chiltern Hundreds, 250.

Ashton-under-Lyne Borough

Major Sir William Maxwell Aitken,

Baronet.

Manor of Northstead, 250.

Edinburgh and Saint Andrews Univer-

sities.

Derby Borough -

Inverness County

Tower Hamlets Borough (Whitechapel

Division).

Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay, G.C.M.G.,

now Baron Finlay of Nairn.

Lord Chancellor of Great Britain,

262.

Sir Thomas Roe, Knight

-

Manor of Northstead,, 262.

Sir John Alexander Dewar, Baronet

Chiltern Hundreds, 262.

Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel, Baronet

Manor of Northstead, 262.

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ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDER ; Bill to
confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of
Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 to. 1909,
relating to Church Stretton ; presented ; read the first
time, and referred to the Examiners, 35. Report,
Standing Orders applicable complied with ; Bill to be
read a second time, 50. Read a second time, and com-
mitted, 52. Reported, without Amendment ; Provi-
sional Order confirmed, 72. Bill read the third time
and passed, 73. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Electric Lighting Order
Amendment, 120.
Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

ENTERTAINMENTS DUTY. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

ESTATES BILL. Vide CRAVEN ESTATES BILL [Lords].

RHODES ESTATES BILL [Lords].

ESTIMATES ; Resolution, That the several Estimates pre-
sented to this House be referred to the Committee of
Supply, 10.

EVIDENCE ; Message to the Lords requesting Copies of
Minutes of Evidence on a Divorce Bill, 104, 123, &c.
Minutes of Evidence communicated, 108, &c. Minutes
of Evidence to be returned to the Lords, 119, 133, &c.

EXAMINERS :

Bills (Private) referred to them, 32, &c.

In the case of Bills, Standing Orders not
previously inquired into complied with ; Bills to he
read a second time, 34, &c. Bills committed, 19, 30, &c.
Standing Orders applicable thereto complied with in the
case of Provisional Order Bills, 30. No Standing Orders
applicable in the case of Provisional Order Bills, 30.

LORDS' BILLS :-Reports, That they had
certified that the Standing Orders have been complied
with in respect of the Bills originating in the House of
Lords, 6. 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,
44, 71, &c.

No Standing Orders applicable in the case of

Petition for Bill originating in the Lords, 114.

To examine Bills (Hybrid) with respect to

compliance with Standing Orders, 164.

Report, no Standing Orders applicable, 166.

EXCESS PROFITS DUTY On SALE Of ASSETS. Vide

WAYS and MEANS.

EXCESS PROFITS DUTY (Sale of Ships). Vide WAYS

and MEANS.

EXCESS PROFITS DUTY. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

EXCESS PROFITS in case Of COMPANIES where DIREC-
TORS have controlling INTEREST. Vide WAYS and
MEANS.

EXPLANATORY

ACCOUNTING
PERIODS and ACCUMULATING PROFITS. Vide WAYS
and MEANS.

PROVISIONS

as

to

EXTENDED POWER to BORROW.

Vide WAYS and

MEANS.

EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE ; Bill to continue various
expiring Laws ; presented, and ordered to be read a
second time, 150. Second Reading deferred, 154, 157.
Read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of
the whole House, 159. Considered in Committee, and
reported, without Amendment ; Bill read the third time
and passed, 162. Agreed to by the Lords, without
( Cited as Expiring Laws Continuance
Amendment, 164.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 165.

FERMANAGH COUNTY (North Fermanagh Division)

WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

FERNDALE GAS [Lords]; Report, That the Bill should
originate in the House of Lords, 3. Report, Standing
Orders certified to have been complied with, 6. Brought
from the Lords ; read the first time, and referred to
the Examiners, 99. Report, Standing Orders not pre-
viously inquired into complied with ; Bill to be read a
second time, 102. Bill read a second time, and com-
mitted, 115. Reported, with Amendments, 138. As
amended, considered, 153. Bill read the third time and
passed, with Amendments, 158. To which the Lords
(Cited as Ferndale Gas Act, 1916) Royal
agree, 164.
Assent, 165.

FIELD-MARSHAL EARL KITCHENER, K.G. Vide. HOUSE.
EARL, DEATH Of
to).

(Memorial

KITCHENER,
SPEAKER.

FINANCE BILLS. Vide' WAYS and MEANS.
FINANCE (Exchange of Securities); Committee to consider ;
King's Recommendation signified, 91. Considered in
Committee ; Resolution to be reported, 93. Report
deferred, 95, 97. Resolution reported ; read a second
time ; Motion, That this House doth agree with the
Committee in the said Resolution ; Debate adjourned,
98. Debate further adjourned,
105, 107.
Adjourned Debate resumed ; Resolution agreed to, 108.
FINANCE (Exchequer Bonds) AMENDMENT BILL. Vide

102,

100,

WAYS and MEANS.

FINANCE (New Duties) [Expenses] ; Committee to con-
sider ; King's Recommendation signified, 43. Considered
in Committee ; Resolution to be reported, 48. Report
deferred, 50. Resolution agreed to, 51.

FOLKESTONE Gas ; Bill presented, and read the first
time ; to be read a second time, 8. Day appointed for
Second Reading, 12. Read a second time, and referred
to the Examiners, 15. Report, Standing Orders not
previously inquired into complied with ; Bill committed,
19. Reported, with Amendments, 57. As amended,
considered, 67. Bill read the third time and passed, 70.
Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 120. Lords'
(Cited as Folkestone Gas
Amendments agreed to, 126.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

FOOD PRICES ; Motion, That, in the opinion of this House,
is the duty of the Government to adopt further
it
methods of organisation to increase and conserve the
food supply, and so diminish the risk of
national
shortage and serious increase in prices in the event of
the war being prolonged ; Debate adjourned, 231.
Resumed ; Question put, and agreed to ; Resolution,
232.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ; Bill to amend the Law relating to
Friendly Societies for purposes connected with the
present war ; presented, and ordered to be read a
second time, 234. Read a second time ; Bill committed
to a Committee of the whole House, 236. Considered in
Committee, and reported, without Amendment ;" Bill
read the third time and passed, 237. Agreed to by the
(Cited as Friendly
Lords, without Amendment, 247.
Societies Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 251.

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GAMBLE INSTITUTE, GOUROCK, ORDER CONFIRMA-
TION ; Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the
Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899,
relating to the Gamble Institute, Gourock ; presented,
and ordered (under Section 7 of the Act) to be considered,
241. Considered, 242. Bill read the third time and
passed, 243. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Gamble Institute, Gourock, Order
ment, 255.
Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent,. 263.

GAS PROVISIONAL ORDERS ; Bill to confirm certain
Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under
the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating
to Fleetwood Gas and Long Eaton Gas ; presented ; read
the first time, and referred to the Examiners, 23. Report,
Standing Orders applicable complied with ; Bill to be
read a second time, 30. Read a second time, and
committed, 32. Reported, without Amendment ; Pro-
visional Orders confirmed ; Bill to be read the third time,
37. Bill read the third, time and passed, 39. Agreed
to by the Lords, without Amendment, 82.
( Cited as Gas
Orders Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 87.

GAS (Standard of Calorific Power); Bill to authorise as
respects Gas undertakings the substitution of a standard
of calorific power for a standard of illuminating power ;
presented, and ordered to be read a second time, 101.
Second Reading deferred, 105, 107, 110, 114, 116, 118,
Read a second time ; Bill committed to
120, 122.
a Committee of the whole House, 125.
Committee
deferred, 127. Considered in Committee, and reported,
without Amendment ; Bill read the third time and passed,
129. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 144.
Lords' Amendments agreed to, 160.
(Cited as Gas
(Standard of Calorc Power) Act, 1916) Royal Assent,
165.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY (Northern or Tewkesbury Division)

WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

GORE'S DIVORCE [Lords]; Bill, intituled An Act to dissolve
the Marriage of Reginald Edward Gore with the Honour-
able Nellie Viola Castalia Florence Gore (commonly
called Lady Viola Gore), his now wife, and to enable
him to marry again, and for other purposes ; brought
from the Lords, 142. Read the first time, 143. Read a
second time, and committed, 148. Message to the
Lords requesting Copies of Minutes of Evidence and
148. Minutes of Evidence, &c.
Proceedings, &c.,
reported from the Select
communicated, 153.
Committee on Divorce Bills, without Amendment ; Bill
to be read the third time, 159. Minutes of Evidence, &c.
to be returned to the Lords, 159. Bill read the ;bird
time and passed, without Amendment, 166.
(Cited as
Gore's Divorce Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 173.

Bill

GOVERNMENT of INDIA (Amendment)

[Lords]; Bill,
intituled An Act to amend certain enactments relating to
the Government of India, and to remove doubts as to the
validity of certain Orders in Council made for India ;
Bill referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation
Bills, 92. Report from Joint Committee on Consolida-
tion Bills, 154. Brought from the Lords ; read the first
time, 164. Second Reading deferred, 169, 170, 172.
Read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of
the whole House, 176.
180.
Considered in Committee, and reported ; as amended,
read the third time and passed, with
considered ;
Amendments, 188.E To which the Lords agree, 198.
(Cited as Government of India (Amendment) Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 200.

Committee deferred,

GOVERNMENT of INDIA. [Retiring Allowances and Gratui-
ties]; Committee to consider ; King's Recommendation
signified, 178. Considered in Committee ; Resolution to
be reported, 180. Resolution reported, and agreed to,
188.

GOVERNMENT of IRELAND ; Motion, That the system of
government at present maintained in Ireland is incon-
sistent with the principles for which the Allies are
fighting in Europe, and has been mainly responsible for
the recent unhappy events and for the present state of
feeling in that country ; Amendment proposed, to leave
out words and add others, and made ; Question, That
those words be there added ; and it being after Eleven,
and objection taken to further proceeding, Debate stood
adjourned, 212.

GOVERNMENT of IRELAND ; Resolution, That, in view of
the announcement by the Government that they do not
intend to introduce their long-promised Bill to settle the
government of Ireland, it is vitally necessary and urgent'
that the Government should immediately disclose to the
House their plans for the future government of Ireland
during the continuance of the war, 159.

GOVERNMENT WAR OBLIGATIONS ; Committee to con-
sider; King's Recommendation signified, 236. Considered
in Committee ; Resolution to be reported, 237. Resolu-
tion reported, and agreed to ; Bill ordered, 238.

GOVERNMENT WAR OBLIGATIONS ; Bill to make pro-
vision with respect to Obligations incurred by or on behalf
of His Majesty's Government for the purposes of the
present war, or in connection therewith, and for other
purposes in relation thereto ; ordered ; presented accord-
ingly ; read the first time, 239. Second Reading deferred,
241. Motion, That the Bill be now read a second time ;
Motion, That the Debate be now adjourned ; Question
negatived ; Bill read a second time ; Bill committed to a
Committee of the whole House, 241. Committee deferred,
243, 245, 248. Considered in Committee, and reported,
251. Chairman rules Amendment out of order, 251.
As amended, considered, 258. Bill read the third time
and passed, 261. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Government War Obligations
Amendment, 263.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL and TRAVERS' FOUNDATION ;
Resolution, That the Statement be approved, 217. Vide
ACCOUNTS.

GREAT CENTRAL and SHEFFIELD and DISTRICT RAIL-
WAYS [Lords] ; Report on Petition for Bill, Standing
Orders not complied with ; Report referred to Select
Committee on Standing Orders, 4-1. Report from Select
Committee on Standing Orders, That Standing Orders
ought to be dispensed with, 64. Bill brought from the
the first time, and referred to the Examiners,
Lords ;
eport, Standing Orders not previously inquired
120.
into complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 123.
Read a second time, and committed, 131. Reported,
with Amendments ; Title amended, 146. As amended,
considered, 153. Bill read the third time and passed,
with Amendments, 158. To which the Lords agree, 164.
(Cited as Great Central and Sheffield District Railways
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 165.

HALIFAX CORPORATION PROVISIONAL ORDER ;
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of His
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under the
Halifax Corporation Act, 1911 ; presented ;
read the
first time, and referred to the Examiners, 71. Report,
to be read a
no Standing Orders applicable ; Bill
second time, 80. Read a second time, and committed_
82. Reported, without Amendment ; Provisional Order
confirmed ; Bill to be read the third time, 94. Bill read

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HALIFAX

CORPORATION

continued.

PROVISIONAL ORDER

the third time and passed, 96. Agreed to by the Lords,
(Cited as Halifax Corporation
without Amendment, 138.
Act Provisional Order Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 145.

HERTFORD COUNTY (Eastern or Hertford Division)

WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

HOLLIGRAVE CHARITY ; Bill to confirm a Scheme of the
Charity Commissioners for the application of the Charity
of Margaret Holligrave under the management of the
Clothworkers' Company ; presented, and ordered to be
read a second time, 194. Second Reading deferred, 199.
Read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of
the whole House, 204. Committee deferred, 208, 210,
211, 212, 214. Considered in Committee, and reported,
without Amendment ; Bill read the third time and
passed, 215. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Holligrave Charity Scheme Con-
ment, 232.
firmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 251.

HORNSEY GAS [Lords] ; Report, That the Bill should
originate in the House of Lords, 3. Report, Standing
Orders certified to have been complied with, 6. Brought
from the Lords ; read the first time, and referred to the
Examiners, 99. Report, Standing Orders not previously
inquired into complied with ; Bill to be read a second
time, 102. Read a second time, and committed, 115.
Reported, with Amendments, 128. As amended, con-
sidered, 137. Bill read the third time and passed, with
Amendments, 142. To which the Lords agree, 142.
(Cited as Hornsey Gas Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

HOSPITAL SHIP " PORTUGAL" ; Mr. Speaker informs
the House of a Communication from the Russian Duma
denouncing the attack on the Hospital Ship " Portugal,"
70.

HOUSE

Attends the Lords Commissioners in the

House of Peers, at the opening of the Session, 3.

On other occasions, 21, 38, 66, 87, 95, 101.
At the close of the Session, 263.

MEETS at certain HOURS :

At Twelve on a Thursday, 99.
At Twelve on a Wednesday, 200.
That this House do sit to-morrow (Friday),

247, 259.

SITTINGS of the HOUSE :

House at its rising do adjourn till a certain
day, 9, 16, 19, 25, 29, 33, 37, 67, 69, 209, 213, 221, 225,
229, 232, 244, 246.

ADJOURNED for want of Forty Members at :
Eight minutes after Eight, 87.
Eight minutes before Six, 200.
Seven minutes before Eight, 228.

Four minutes before Eleven, 232.
Five minutes after Eleven, 234.
Adjourned one hour after the conclusion of

Government Business, 27, 226, &c.

After half-past Eleven, 193, &c.
Motion, That this House do now adjourn,

withdrawn, 70, 163.

Motion, That this House do now adjourn,

negatived, 36, 147.

Motion, That this House do now adjourn, and
at Eleven o'clock the Motion for adjournment lapsed,
without Question put, 68, 148.

Motion, That this House do now adjourn ;
interrupted by Message to attend Lords Commissioners ;
Question again proposed, and House adjourns for want
of Forty Members, 200.

House proceeds to the Business of the day,
less than Forty Members having risen in their places to
support Motion for adjournment under Standing Order
No. 10, 99, 171, 233.

House interrupted in its proceedings by Mes-
sage to attend Lords Commissioners, 21, 38, 66, 87, 95,
101, 144, 165, 173, 192, 223, 250.

House interrupted in its proceedings, leave
having been given to move the adjournment of the House
under Standing Order No. 10, 148, 179, 190, 221.

Member directed to withdraw from the House ;
Member suspended from the service of the House, 155.
Removed from ,the House by the Serjeant-at-Arms,
155.

of

Sitting

the House suspended under
Standing Order No. 21, owing to disorderly conduct of a
Member, who refuses to withdraw when directed to do
so by Mr. Speaker, 155.

Notice taken that strangers were present ;
Question put forthwith ; strangers ordered to withdraw,
68.

Secret Session ; Motion, That the remainder
of this day's Sitting he a Secret Session, and Question
agreed to, 68.

Petition presented at the Bar of the House

by the Lord Mayor of Dublin ; read, 191.

Petition for leave to the proper Officer of the
House to attend a trial and produce documents, &c.;
leave given, 213, 230.

ADJOURNS :

(Easter), from Wednesday 19th April

Tuesday 25th April, 66.

(Whitsuntide), from Thursday 1st June till

Tuesday 20th June, 101.

(Autumn Recess) ; Motion, That to-morrow
Mr. Speaker, so soon as he has reported the Royal Assent
to the Bills which have been agreed on by both Houses,
do adjourn the House, without Question put, till Tuesday
10th October ; withdrawn, 199.

(Autumn Recess) ; Resolution, That

this
House, at its rising to-morrow, do adjourn till Tuesday
10th October, 199.

From Tuesday 12th December till Thursday

14th December, 246.

till.

ADJOURNMENT under STANDING ORDER NO. 10 :
Ireland (Martial Law) (Mr. Dillon) ; leave

given ; Motion not proceeded with, 77.

Martial Law in Ireland (Mr. G-innell) ; leave
of the House not being signified, the House proceeds to
the Business of the day, 99.'

Ireland (Government Proposals) (Mr. John
Redmond) ; leave given ; and at Eleven of the clock the
lapsed, without Question
Motion for the adjournment
put, 148.

Air Raid (Mr. Pemberton Billing) ; pleasure
of the House not signified, and less than Forty Members
having risen in their places, the House proceeds to the
Business of the day, 171.

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HOUSEcontinued.

ADJOURNMENT under STANDING ORDER NO. 10

continued.

Irish Migratory Labourers and Military Ser-
vice (Mr.Hugh Law) ; leave given ; Motion withdrawn,
179.

Allowances

to Discharged Soldiers (Mr.

Barnes) ; leave given ; Motion withdrawn, 190.

Attested Men of Forty-one (Mr. George
Terrell) ; leave given; Motion not proceeded with, 215.
(Captain Barnett) ;

Shops (Early Closing)

leave given; Motion withdrawn, 221.

Conference at Cardiff (Mr. Thomas) ;

given, 230. Motion withdrawn, 231.

leave

Marine Transport in Asia Minor (Mr. Pem-
berton Billing); pleasure of the House not signified, and
less than Forty Members having risen in their places, the
House proceeds to the Business of the day, 233.

Irish Political Prisoners (Mr. Dillon); leave

given ; Motion not proceeded with, 257.

INFORMED of various MATTERS :

By the Clerk at the Table of Mr. Speaker's

unavoidable absence, 58, 64, 65, 68, 69.

By Mr. Speaker of a Communication from
the Russian Duma relating to the attack on the Hospital
Ship " Portugal," 70.

By Mr. Speaker of Communications from
Foreign Parliaments relating to the death of Field-
Marshal Earl Kitchener, K.G., 104.

By Mr. Speaker that he had issued a
Warrant to make out a new Writ for the electing of a
Member to serve in this present Parliament in the room
of a Member whose seat had become vacant under the
Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act, 191.

By Mr. Speaker of a Letter he had received

relating to the Imprisonment of a Member, 227.

HOUSE 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
persons, papers, and records ; Three
to send for
quorum, 14. Report and Special Report, 135. Member
nominated a Member of the Select Committee, 224.

HOUSE, BUSINESS OF THE :

ORDERS giving precedence to other Business over

SUPPLY on Thursday :

Members' Salaries and Allowances ; Motion

relating thereto, 49.

Other Government Business, 57, 69, 108, 128,

138, 15.5.

Military Service Bill, 73.

Ireland (Continuance of Martial Law

other Government Business), 80.

, and

Finance Bill, 88.

Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Bill, 98.

Adjournment (Whitsuntide), 101.

EXEMPTION from STANDING ORDER NO. 1 (Sittings

of the HousE) :

King's Speech (Motion for an Address), 9.
Government Business, 11, 12, 44, 75, 77, 80,
83, 90, 92, 98, 148, 150, 155, 159, 160, 163, 167, 179,
190, 191, 199, 206, 209.

Supply, 29, 173, 247.
Ways and Means, 40, 247.
Military Service Bill, 85.
Friday Sitting ; proceedings on Government
Business not to be interrupted at Five or half-past Five,
249.

Motion, That Government Business be not
interrupted under Standing Order No. 1, withdrawn, 171.

OTHER ORDERS:

rising

Order, That, until the House otherwise deter-
mines, and so far as the House does not otherwise
determine, on every day on which the House sits,_
(1) Government Business do have precedence ; (2) At
the conclusion of Government Business Mr. Speaker
shall propose the Question, That this House do now
adjourn, and, if that Question shall not have been agreed
to, Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House without Question
put, not later than one hour after the conclusion of
Government Business if that Business has been concluded
before 10.30 p.m., but, if that Business has not been so
concluded, not later than 11.30 p.m. ; (3) If the day be
a Thursday the House shall at its risino, stand adjourned
until the following Monday ; (4) Any
Business
set down for consideration at a quarter-past Eight of
the clock on any day. shall, if Government Business is
concluded before that time, be taken at the conclusion of
Government Business, and; for the purposes of the
preceding provisions of this Order, shall be deemed to be
Government Business ; (5) All Select Committees, includ-
ing Committees on Private Bills, shall have power to sit
on Friday, and, if the House adjourns from Thursday or
Friday till the following Tuesday, on Monday, notwith-
standing the adjournment of the House ; (6) Whenever the
House adjourns from Thursday to the following Monday
or Tuesday, Members desiring to give Notice of Questions
for oral Answer on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday
may send Notices of such Questions to the Clerks at the
Table, and any Notices of Questions so received by them
the clock on a Friday or Monday
before Five of
shall be accepted as Notices of Questions for oral
Answer on the followino. Monday, Tuesday, or Wednes-
day, respectively, and be printed and circulated with the
Votes ; (7) Whenever the House adjourns from Thurs-
day to the following Monday or Tuesday, Members
desiring to give Notice of new Clauses and Amendments
to Bilis may send such Notices to the Clerks at the
Table, and any such Notices reeeived by them before
Five of the clock on a Friday or Monday shall be
printed and circulated with the Votes ; after Amend-
ments made, 13.

War Loan Bill ; Order, That the remaining
stages of the War Loan Bill may he taken immediately
after the Bill has been read a second time, notwithstand-
ing the practice of the House relating to the interval
between the various stages of such a Bill, 259.

Finance Bill ; Motion, That the Finance Bill,
immediately on its being reported to the House, as
amended on recommittal, may be considered, notwith-.
standing the practice. of the House as to the interval
between the various stages of a Bill relating to Finance ;
withdrawn, 138.

Finance Bill ; Motion, That the Third Read-
ing of the Finance Bill may be proceeded with this day
after the Bill has been reported tothe House, as amended

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OTHER ORDERS-continued.

on recommittal, notwithstanding the practice of
the
House as to the interval between the various stages of a
Bill relating to Finance ; and Question resolved in the
Affirmative, 140.

Supply ; Order, That, for the purpose of con-
cluding the Business of Supply for the present Session,
fifteen days, either before or after the fifth day of Au--
gust, shall be allotted under Standing Order No. 15. for
the consideration of the Annual Estimates for the Army,.
Navy, and Civil Services, including Votes on Account ;
respects the present Session, that Standing
and,
Order shall have effect as if in paragraph 7 of that
- Standing Order the fourteenth day were substituted
for the last day but one of the days so allotted, and as if
in paragraph 8 of that Standing Order the fifteenth
day were substituted for the twentieth day so allotted ;
after Amendments made, 160.

as

Supply ; Order, That, notwithstanding any-
thing in Standing Order No. 15, Supplementary Esti-
mates for new Services, Army and Army Ordnance
Factories Excess Estimates, 1914-15, and Navy Excess
Estimate, 1914-15, may be considered in Committee of
Supply this day, and that Business other than Business
of Supply may be taken before Eleven of the clock ;
and that the proceedings on Government Business be
not interrupted this night under the Standing Order
(Sittings of the House), and may be entered upon at any
hour though opposed, 173.

Supply ; Order, That, notwithstanding any-
thing in Standing Order No. 15,
the Reports of
Supplementary Estimates for new Services, Army and
Army Ordnance Factories Excess Estimates, 1914-15,
and Navy Excess Estimate, 1914-15 may be considered
before Ten of the clock this day ; and that the proceed-
ings on Government Business be not interrupted this
night under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House),
and may be entered upon at any hour though opposed,
181.

Government Business ; Order, That, for the
remainder of the Session, Government Business be not
interrupted under any Standing Order regulating the
Sittings of the House, and may be entered upon at any
hour though opposed, 250.

New Ministers and Secretaries [Salaries and
Remuneration] Motion, That the Resolution of the
Committee on New Ministers and Secretaries [Salaries
and Remuneration] may be considered this day as soon
as it is reported' from the Committee, notwithstanding
the practice of the House relating to the interval
between the report and consideration of such a Resolu-
tion ; Motion withdrawn, 250.

IMPERIAL CONTINENTAL GAS ASSOCIATION [Lords] ;
Report, That the Bill should originate in the House of
Lords, 3. Report, Standing Orders certified to have
been complied with, 6. Brought from the Lords ; read
time, and referred to the Examiners, 44.
the first
Report, Standing Orders not previously inquired into
complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 50. Read
a second time, and committed, 59.
Reported, with
Amendments, 80. As amended, considered, 90. Bill
read the third time and passed,. with Amendments, 96.
( cited as Imperial Con.
To which the Lords agree, 99.
tinental Gas Association Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 101.

IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, (Management) ; Bill to provide for
transferring the management of the Imperial. Institute
from. the Board of Trade to the Colonial Office, and for

Other purposes connected therewith ; presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 33. Second Reading
deferred, 35. Read a second time ; Bill committed to a
Committee of the whole House, 36. Committee deferred,
38, 43, 48, 50, 51. Bill considered in Committee; and
reported, without Amendment ; read the third time and
passed, 52. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Imperial Institute (Management)
ment, 66.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 66.

IMPRISONMENT
SPEAKER.

Of

a MEMBER.

Vide MEMBERS.

INCOME TAX. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

INSTRUCTIONS :

Agreed to :-

Instruction to the Gentlemen appointed
to prepare and bring in a Bill that they make provision
therein pursuant to certain Resolutions reported from
the Committee of. Ways and Means, 65.

To the Committee on the Finance Bill
that they have power to make provision therein pur-
suant to the said Resolution, 108, 112.

To the Committee on a Private Bill
that they have power to amend Clause 4 of the Bill, 214.

Question negatived :-

Bill into two Bills, 75.

Motion for an Instruction to divide a

INSURANCE PREMIUMS (Restriction of Relief). Vide

WAYS and MEANS.

INSURANCE PREMIUMS (Tax on Surrenders, %.c.). Vide

WAYS and MEANS.

INTERRUPTIONS of proceedings by Message to attend the
Lords Commissioners, 21, 33, 66, 87, 95, 101, 144, 165,
173, 192, 223, 250.

IRELAND (Government Proposals). Vide HOUSE, Adjourn-

ment under Standing Order No. 10.

IRELAND (Martial Law). Vide HOUSE, Adjournment

under Standing Order No. 10.

IRELAND (Continuance of Martial Law) ; Motion, That
the Government should immediately make a full state-
ment of their intentions as to the continuance of execu-
tions in that country and the continuance of Martial
Law ; Question negatived, 80. Motion to have prece-
dence of Supply, 80.

IRISH MIGRATORY LABOURERS and MILITARY SERVICE.
Vide HOUSE, Adjournment under Standing Order
No. 10.

IRISH POLITICAL PRISONERS. Vide HOUSE, Adjourn-

ment under Standing Order No. 10.

IRVINE'S DIVORCE [Lords] ; Bill,

intituled An Act
to dissolve the Marriage of the Honourable Flora Fitz-
maurice Irvine with Edward Saint George Tottenham
Irvine, her now husband, and to enable her to marry again,
and for other purposes ; brought from the Lords, 94.
Read the first time, 95. Bill read a second time, and
committed, 97. Message to the Lords requesting Copies
of Minutes of Evidence and Proceedings, Ste., 104.
Minutes of Evidence communicated from the Lords, 108.
Attendance of Witness ordered, 108. Bill reported,
without Amendment, from Select Committee on Divorce
Bills, with Minutes of Proceedings ; Bill to be read the
119. Minutes of Evidence, &c. to be
third time,
returned to the Lords, 119. Bill read the third time
(Cited as Irvine's
and passed, without Amendment, 123.
Divorce Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

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ISLE of MAN ( Customs) ; Bill to amend the Law with
respect to Customs Duties in the Isle of Man ; presented,
and ordered to be read a second time,, 144. Read a
second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
House, 147. Committee deferred, 149. Considered in
Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill to
be read the third time, 152. Third Reading deferred,
154, 157. Bill read the third time and passed (endorsed
with Mr. Speaker's Certificate), 159. Agreed to by the
Lords, without Amendment, 164.
(Cited as Isle of Man
(Customs) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 165.

JOURNAL :

Sessional Orders, 4.

JOINT COMMITTEES. Vide COMMITTEES.

KING :

His Speech at the opening of the Session,
delivered to both Houses, 5. At the close of the
Session, 263.

His Spe ech reported by Mr. Speaker, 5.

His Speech (Motion for an Address), 5.
His Recommendation signified to Motions,
25, 43, 91, 125, 128, 147, 153, 178, 222. To Petition for
Aid, British Museum, 6.

His Consent signified on First Reading of a

Bill (Public), 82.

His Consent to Bills on Third Reading

(Private Bills), 191.

His Assent to Bills, 21, 38, 66, 87, 95, 101,

144, 165, 173, 192, 200, 251, 263.

His Answers to Addresses, 10, 118.

KITCHENER, EARL, N.G., DEATH Of ; Communications
from Foreign Parliaments relating to his death read to
the House by Mr. Speaker, 104.

Memorial to ; Committee to consider of an
humble Address to His Majesty relative to a Monument
to be erected to the memory of the late Field-Marshal
Earl Kitchener, 105. Considered in Committee ; Reso-
lution to be reported, 108. Resolution reported, and
agreed to ; Address to be presented by Privy Councillors
or Members of His Majesty's Household, 111. King's
Answer, 118.

KITCHEN and REFRESHMENT ROOMS, HOUSE Of COM-

MONS. Vide HOUSE.

SELECT COMMITTEES.

LANCASTER COUNTY (South West or Widnes Division)

WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

read the first

LAND DRAINAGE (Feltwell) PROVISIONAL ORDER ; Bill
to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of
Agriculture and Fisheries under the Land Drainage
Act, 1914, relating to Feltwell New Fen District and
Feltwell Fen Second District, in the County of. Norfolk ;
time, and referred to the
presented ;
Examiners, 90. Report, no Standing Orders applicable ;
Bill to be read a second time, 100. Read 'a second time,
and committed, 102. Reported, with Amendments;
Provisional Order confirmed; Bill to be considered, 119.
As amended, considered, 121. Bill read the third time
and passed, 126; Agreed to by the Lords, without
Amendment, 164.
(Cited as Land Drainage (Feltwell)
Provisional Order Confirmation A ct,'1916) Royal Assent,
165.

LAND DRAINAGE (Lilleshall) PROVISIONAL ORDER ;
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
of Agriculture and Fisheries under the Land Drainage
Act, 1861, relating to a proposed drainage, district in the
read the first time, and
County of Salop ; presented ;
referred to the Examiners, 96. Report, no Standing
Orders applicable ; Bill to be read a second time, 102.
Read a second time, and committed, 10. Reported, with-
out Amendment ; Provisional Order confirmed ; BBL to
be read the third time, 119. Bill read the third time and
passed, 121. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Land Drainage (Lilleshall) Pro-
ment, 164.
visional Order Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent,
165.

LAND DRAINAGE ( Welland) PROVISIONAL ORDER ; Bill
to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of
Agriculture and Fisheries under the Land Drainage Act,
1914, relating to the Rivers Welland and Glen ; pre-
sented read the first time, and referred to the. Examiners,
96. Report, no Standing Orders applicable ; Bill to be
read a second time, 102. Read a second time, and com-
mitted, 105. Order for
committal discharged ; Bill
withdrawn, 116.

LARCENY [Lords]; Bill, intituled An Act to consolidate
and simplify the Law relating to Larceny triable on
indictment and kindred offences ;
referred to the Joint
Committee on Consolidation Bills, 37. Reported from
the Committee, with Amendments, 140. Brought from
the Lords, 170. Read the first time, and to be printed,
Second Reading deferred, 191, 193, 197, 199.
181.
Motion, That the Bill be now read a second time ;
Amendment proposed, " three months," withdrawn ; Bill
read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of
the whole House, 204. Committee deferred, 208, 210,
211, 212, 214. Considered in Committee, and reported,
with Amendments ; as amended, considered ; Bill read
the third time and passed, with Amendments, 215. To
which the Lords agree, 223.
(Cited as Larceny Act,
1916) Royal Assent, 223.

LAW and PROCEDURE (Emergency Provisions) (Ireland);
Bill to amend the Law and the Procedure of Civil Courts
in Ireland in relation to conditions arising out of the
recent disturbances in that country ;
presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 154. Second Read-
ino deferred, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166. Read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
House, 167. Committee deferred, 170, 172, 177, 191.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amend-
ment ; Bill read the third time and passed, 192. Agreed
to by the Lords, without Amendment, 198.
(Cited as
Law and Procedure (Emergency Provisions) (Ireland)
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 200.

LECKY'S DIVORCE [Lords] ; Bill, intituled An Act to
dissolve the Marriage of Hugh Lecky with Annie
Margaret Lecky, his present wife, and to enable him to
marry again, and for other purposes ; brought from
read the first time, 120. Read a second
the Lords ;
time, and committed, 123. Message to the Lords
requesting Copies of Minutes of Evidence and Proceed-
ings, &c., 123.. Minutes of Evidence communicated
from the Lords, 128. Reported, without Amendment,
from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Proceed-
ings ; Bill to be read the third time, 133. Minutes of
Evidence, &c. to be returned to the Lords, 133. Bill
read the third time and passed, without Amendment,
(Cited as Lechy's Divorce Act, 19] 6) Royal Assent,
139.
145.

LEICESTER COUNTY (Southern or Harborough Division)

WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

LICENCES for SALE of TABLE WATERS, &C., and CIDER.

Vide WAYS and MEANS.

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LIVERPOOL BOROUGH (East Toxteth Division) WRIT:

Vide ELECTIONS.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Emergency Provisions); Bill to
make provision with respect to officers and servants of
local authorities serving in or with His Majesty's Forces,
and to make various administrative provisions with a
view to economy. in money and labour in connection with
the present war ; presented, and ordered to be read a
second time, 33. Second Reading deferred, 35. Read a
second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the
whole House, 36. Committee deferred, 38, 43, 48, 50,
51. Bill considered in. Committee, and reported, 53.
Bill, as amended, to be printed, 55. Consideration, as
amended, deferred, 56. As amended, considered ;
re-
committed in respect of an Amendment to a Clause ;
considered in Committee, and reported ; as amended on
recommittal considered ; Bill read the third time and
passed, 58. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments ;
day appointed for considering them, 66. Consideration
of Lords' Amendments deferred, 68, 69. Lords' Amend-
ments considered ; one agreed to ; one amended, and
remaining Lords' Amendments agreed to ;
agreed to ;
Message to acquaint, 70. The Lords agree to the
Amendments made by this House to the Amendments
made by the Lords to the Bill, without Amendment, 77.
(Cited as Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act,
1916) Royal Assent, 87.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Emergency Provisions) (No. 2) ;
Bill to make provision with respect to the calculation of
the amounts payable and transferable in respect of
pauper lunatics under section twenty-four of the Local
Government Act, 1888 ; presented, and ordered to be
read a second time, 231. Second Reading deferred, 232,
234. Read a second time ; Bill committed to a Com-
mittee of the whole House, 236. Committee deferred,
237, 239. Considered in Committee, and reported ; as
amended, considered ; Bill read the third time and passed,
240. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment,
(Cited as Local Government (Emergency Provi-
247.
sions) (No. 2) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 251.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1) ;
Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local
Government Board relating to Bradford, Burton-upon-
Trent, Buxton, Saint Helens, and Warrington ; pre-
sented ; read the first time and referred to the Examiners,
23. Report, no Standing Orders applicable ; Bill
to be read a second time, 30. Read a second time, and
committed, 32. Reported, without Amendment ; Pro-
visional Orders confirmed ; Bill to be read the third time,
94. Bill read the third time and passed, 96. Agreed to
by the Lords, without Amendment, 133.
( Cited as Local
Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation
(No. 1) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 2) ;
Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local
Government Board relating to Margate, Newbury,
Totnes, the Middlesex Districts Joint Small-pox Hos-
pital District, and the District of the Wath and Bolton
Gas Board ; presented ; read the first time; and referred to
the Examiners, 55. Report, Standing Orders applicable
complied with, 70. Bill read a second time, and committed,
71. Reported, without Amendment ; Provisional Orders
confirmed ; Bill to be read the third time, 80. Bill read
the third time and passed, 82. Agreed to by the Lords,
(Cited as Local Government
without Amendment, 138.
Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act,
1916) Royal Assent, 145.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 3) ;
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Govern-
ment Board relating to Stafford ;
read
the first time, and referred to the Examiners, 65.

-presented ;

Report, Standing Orders applicable complied with ; Bill
to be read a second time, 75. Read a second time, and
committed, 77. Reported, with Amendments ; Pro-
visional Order confirmed ; Bill to be considered, 119.
Ati amended, considered, 121. Bill read the third time'
and passed, 126. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Local Government Board's
Amendment, 153.
3) Act, 1916)
Provisional Order Confirmation (No.
Royal Assent, 165.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (NO. 4) ;
Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local
Government Board relating to Dover, Hedon, Scar-
borough, and Sheffield ; presented ; read the first time,
and referred to the Examiners, 65. Report, no Standing
Orders applicable ; Bill to be read a second time, 75.
Bill read a second time, and committed, 77. Reported,
without Amendment ; Provisional Orders confirmed ;
Bill to be read the third time, 88. Bill read the third
time and passed, 89. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Local Government Board's
Amendment, 138.
Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 4) Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 145.

LOCAL. GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 5);
Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local
Government Board relating to Aberavon, Carlisle, Maid-
stone, Nelson, Saint Helens, and the Wandle Valley Joint
Sewerage District ; presented ; read the first time, and
referred to the Examiners, 75. Report, Standing Orders
applicable complied with ; Bill to be read a second time,
87. Bill read a second time, and committed, 89.
Reported, with Amendments ; one Order not confirmed ;
remaining Orders confirmed ; Title amended ; Bill to be
considered, 119. As amended, considered, 121. Bill
read the third time and passed, 126. Agreed to by the
Lords, without Amendment,
(Cited as Local
Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation
(No. 5) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 165,

153.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 6) ;
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Govern-
ment Board relating to Lancaster ; presented ;
read
time, and referred to the Examiners, 75.
the first
Report, no Standing Orders applicable ; Bill to be read
a second time, 82. Read a second time, and committed,
Reported, with Amendments ; Provisional Order
85.
confirmed ; Bill, as amended, to be considered, 94. As
amended, considered, 96. Bill read the third time and
passed, 97. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Local Government Board's Pro-
ment, 138.
visional Order Confirmation (No. 6) Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 145.

read the first

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 7) ;
Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local
Government Board relating to Westhoughton and the
District of the Swinton and Mexborough Gas Board ;
time, and referred to the
presented ;
Examiners, 90. Report, Standing Orders applicable
complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 100. Read
a second time, and committed, 102. Reported, without
Amendment ; Provisional Orders confirmed ; Bill to be
read the third time, 119. Bill read the third time and
passed, 121. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Local Government Board's Pro-
ment, 153.
visional Orders Confirmation (No. 7) Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 165.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ireland) PROVISIONAL ORDER
(No. 1); Bill to confirm a Provisional Order of the
Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the
City of Dublin ; presented ;
read the first time, and
referred to the Examiners, 49. Report, no Standing
Orders applicable, 58. Bill read a second time, and
committed, 64. Reported, without Amendment ; Pro-

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, (Ireland) PROVISIONAL ORDER

(No. 1)-continued.

Visional Order confirmed, 72. Bill read the third time
and passed. 73. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Local Government Board
Amendment, 120.
(Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (NO. 1) Act,
1916) Royal Assent, 145.

read the first

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ireland) PROVISIONAL ORDERS
(No. 2) ; Bill to confirm certain ProvisiOnal Orders of
the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to
the City of Dublin and the County of Louth (two) ;
time, and referred to the
presented ;
Examiners, 70. Report, Standing Orders applicable
complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 80. Read
a second time, and committed, 82. Reported, without
Amendment ; Provisional Orders confirmed ; Bill to be
read the third time, 94. Bill read the. third time and
passed, 96. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
( Cited as Local Government Board ( Ireland)
ment, 150.
Provisional Orders Cofirmation (No. 2) Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 16.5.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ( Ireland)

read the first

PROVISIONAL' 'ORDER
(Gas) ; Bill to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local
Ireland relating to Bangor ;
Government Board for
time, and referred to the
presented ;
Examiners, 70. Report, Standing Orders applicable
complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 80. Read
a second time, and committed, 82. Reported, without
Amendment ; Provisional Order confirmed ; Bill, to be
read the third time, 94. Bill read the third time and
passed, 96. Agreed .to by the Lords, without Amend-
( Cited as Local Government Board (Ireland)
ment, 138.
Provisional Order :Coifirmation'(Gas) Act, 1916) Royal
Assent. 145.

LOCAL LEGISLATION -COMMITTEE ; Order, That the
Committee of 'Selection do nominate a Committee, not
exceeding Fifteen Members, to he called the Local Legis-
lation Committee, to whom ;hall be committed all Private
Bills promoted. by municipal and other local authorities
by which it
is proposed to create powers relating to
police, sanitary, or other local government regulations
in Conflict with, deviation from, or excess of the provi-
sions of the general Law, &c. ; power to send for persons,
papers, and records ; Four quorum, 27.

ments, 88.

Tynemouth 'Corporation Bill, with Amend-

Special Report, 88.

LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (Money) ; Bill

to regulate
the expenditure on capital account and lending of money
by the London County Council during the financial
period from the first day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and sixteen, to the thirtieth clay of September,
one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and for other
purposes ; presented ; read the first time, and referred to
the Examiners, 64. Report, Standing Orders applicable
complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 82. .Read a
second time, and committed, 89. Reported, with Amend-
ments, 98. As amended, considered, 102. Bill read the
third time and passed, 114. Agreed to by the Lords,
(Cited as London COunty
without Amendment, 142.
Council (Money) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

LONDONDERRY COUNTY. (South Derry Division) WRIT.

Vide ELECTIONS.

LORD. MAYOR of DUBLIN presents PETITION at the BAR

of the HotaisE,. 191.

LORDS :

MESSAGES TO :-

Concurring with the Lords in their. Resolution

appointing a Joint Committee, 35.

VOL. 171. ----Sess. 1916.

Acquainting the Lords as to the appointment
of Five Members to join with the Lords on a Joint
Committee, 48.

Acquainting the Lords to meet the Committee

of the Lords as proposed, 58, 127.

Requesting Copies of Minutes of Evidence

and Proceedings on a Divorce Bill, 104, 123, 148.

MESSAGES FROM:-

Communicating a Resolution as to the appoint-

ment of a Joint Committee, 32.

Appointing Committee of Five Lords on a

Joint Committee, 37.

Proposing place and time of meeting of Com-

mittee, 58, 126.

Communicating Minutes of Evidence in the

case of a Divorce Bill, 108, 128, 153.

Royal Assent to Bills, 21, .38, 66, 87, 95; 101;

144, 165, 173, 192, 200, 251, 263.

MACHINES fin. AERATING WATERS. Vide WAYS

and MEANS.

MARINE TRANSPORT in ASIA MINOR. Vide ADJOURN-

MENT of the HOUSE under Standing Order No. 10.

MARRIAGE of BRITISH SUBJECTS (Facilities); Bill to
amend the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities)
Act, 1915 ; presented, and ordered to be' fead -a second
Second Reading deferred, 125. Read a
time, 121.
second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the
Considered in Committee, and
whole House, 127.
reported, without Amendment ; Bill read the third time
and passed, 131. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Marriage of British
Amendment, 142.
(Facilities) Amendment Act, 1916) Royal
Subjects
Assent, 145.

MARRIAGE (Scotland); Bill to amend the Law relating to
the registration of irregular Marriages in Scotland and to
amend, during the continuance of the present war, the
Marriage Notice (Scotland) Act, 1878, so far as applying
to persons serving in the naval and military Forces of the
Crown ; presented, and ordered to be read a second
time, 33. Second Reading deferred, 35. Read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
House, 36. Committee deferred, 38, 43. Bill considered
in Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; read
the third time and passed, 48. Agreed to by the Lords,
( Cited as Marriage (Scotland)
without Amendment, 66.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 67.

MARRIAGES PROVISIONAL ORDER ; 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, 71. Report, no Standing
Orders applicable ; Bill to be read a second time, 80.
Read a second time, and committed, 82. Reported, with-
out Amendment ; Provisional Order confirmed ; Bill to
be read the third time, 94. Bill read the third time and
passed, 96. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Provisional Order (Marriages)
ment, 138.
Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

MARTIAL LAW in IRELAND.

Vide ADJOURNMENT Of

the HOUSE under Standing Order No. 10.

MATCHES, CUSTOMS. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

MATCHES, EXCISE. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

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MEMBERS :

their election, 4.

returned for two or more places, to make

touching their Return or Election is in Debate, 4.

to withdraw during the time any matter

draw till their Returns are determined, 4.

returned upon double Returns, to with-

ordered to prepare and bring in Bills,

11.

present Bills, 11.
nominated

as

temporary Chairmen by

Mr. Speaker, 19.

nominated Members of Select Committees,
16, 224. Of Commission under the Private Legislation
Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, 28.

Fifteen Members nominated, to be called

the Local Legislation Committee, 27.

nominated on a Joint Committee, 48.
Nine Members to be the Panel to serve on

unopposed Bills, 22.

Seven Members to be the Chairmen's

Panel, 22.

appointed under the Parliament Act, 1911,
with whom Mr. Speaker shall consult with regard to a
Money Bill, 22.

Eight Members appointed on the Select
Committee to join with the Lords on a Joint Committee,
102.

discharged from a Joint Committee and

others added in respect of a Bill, 102.

discharged from a Select Committee, 72.
move adjournment of the House under
Standinc, Order No. 10 ; Motion withdrawn, 179, 190,
221, 231.

the House under
Standing Order No. 10, but Motion not proceeded with,
77, 215, 257.

move adjournment of

move adjournment of the House, but leave
Of the House not signified, and less than Forty Members
rise in their places to support Motion fur adjournment
under Standinc, Order No. 10 ; House proceeds to the
Business of the day, 99, 171, 233.

report Bills from Groups of Private Bills,

128.

report Resolutions from Select Committee

on Standing Orders, 127.

report from Select Committees, 94, 135.
Member ordered to resume his seat on

account of tedious repetition, 9.

Member directed to discontinue his speech

(irrelevance), 40, 67, 69, 83, 249.

Member conducts himself in a grossly
disorderly manner, and ordered to withdraw, but persists
in his disorderly conduct, and named by gr. Speaker ;
suspended from the service of the House ; directed to
withdraw ; refuses to obey the order, and Serjeant-at-
Arms directed to remove Member from. the House ;
Sitting 'of the House suspended under Standing Order
No. 21, 155,

suspension of a Member ; Order, That the

period of his suspension do terminate this day, 211.

Letter received by Mr. Speaker relating to

the imprisonment of a Member, 227.

Member's seat vacant under the Lunacy

(Vacating of Seats) Act, 1886, 191.

Forty Members not present in the House ;

HOuse counted out, 87, 200, 228, 232, 234.

Members killed in action or died of

wounds, 71, 201.

Members' salaries and allowances ; Motion, That
a Member of the House of Commons shall not receive a
salary and allowance as a Member of the House and, in
addition, full pay as a member of His Majesty's naval or
military Forc,es for the same period, and that in such a
case a Member shall be entitled to elect whether he
receives his salary and allowance as a Member of the
House or his pay as a member of His Majesty's naval or
military Forces ; withdrawn, after Amendments proposed,
and not made, 49.

NEW MEMBERS SWORN :-

Captain James Stuart Rankin, for the Borough of

Liverpool (East Toxteth Division), 14.

Captain Sir Owen Cosby Philipps, K.C.M.G., for the

Borough of Chester, 18.

Herbert James Whiteley, Esquire, for the County of

Worcester ( Mid or Droitwich Division), 19.

Captain William Edge, for the Borough of Bolton,

19.

Joseph Bliss, Esquire, for the County of Cumberland

(Cockermouth Division), 22.

William Coote, Esquire, for the County of Tyrone

(South Tyrone Division), 22.

Noel Pemberton Billing, Esquire, for. the County of

Hertford (Eastern or Hertford Division), 28.

Cecil Algernon Cochrane, Esquire, for the Borough

of South Shields, 31.

Percy Alfred Harris, Esquire, for the County of
Leicester (Southern or Harborough Division), 36.
Thomas Owen Jacobsen, E3quire, for the County of

Chester (Hyde Division), 39.

Patrick Joseph Whitty, Esquire, for the County of

Louth (North booth Division), 39.

Sir Stuart Auchincloss Coats, Baronet, for the County
of Surrey (North Eastern or Wimbledon Division),
68.

Ri,,ht Honourable James Henry Mussen Camp-
bell, for the Borough of the College of the Holy
and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, near
Dublin, 72.

John Lalor Fitzpatrick, Esquire, for the Queen's

County (Ossory Division), 77.

William Frederick Hicks Beach, Esquire, for the
County of Gloucester (Northern or Tewkesbury
Division), 90.

Colonel. William Hall Walker,

Lancashire ( Widnes Division), 90.

for South West

Denis Stanislans Henry. Esquire, K.C., for the County

of Londonderry (South Derry Division), 96.

Right Honourable Harold John Tennant, for the
'cc.,

Right Honourable Henry Edward Duke,

i.'otaity of Berwick, 146.

for the Borough of Exeter, 170.

Charles Augustine Hanson, Esquire, for the County
of Cornwall (South Eastern or Bodmin Division),
190.

Sir Francis Douglas Blake, Baronet, for the County
of Northumberland (Berwick-on-Tweed Division),
194.

Frederick William Mallalieu, Esquire, for the County
of York, Southern Part of the West Riding (Colne
Valley Division), 203.

Archie Kirkman Loyd, Esquire, x.c., for the County
of Berks (Northern or Abingdon Division), 203.
Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Charles Hilton Seely, Baronet,
for the County of Nottingham (Mansfield Division),
203.

Captain Richard Whieldon Barnett, for the Borough

of Saint Pancras (West Division), 211.

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ME M B ER S-continued.

NEW MEMBERS SWORN-continued.

Major Douglas George Carnegie (commonly called the
Honourable Dong 1,is George Carnegie), for the
Borough of Winchester, 21,5.

Lieutenant-General

Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-
Weston, K.C.B., for the County of Ayr (Northern
Division), 223.

Lieutenant Edward Mervyn Archdale, R.N. (retired),
for the County of Fermanagh (North Fermanagh
Division), 224.

Daniel O'Leary, Esquire, for the County of Cork

(West Cork Division), 234.

William Kennedy Jones, Esquire, for the County of

Middlesex (Hornsey Division), 247.

MESSAGES :

From the Lords Commissioners, by the
Gentleman Usher at the opening of the Session, 3. At
the end of the Session, 263.

At other times ; Royal Assent to Bills,
21, 38, 66, 87, 95, 101, 144, 165, 173, 192, 200, 223, 251,
263.

MEMORIAL to FIELD-MARSHAL EARL KITCHENER,
K.G. ; Committee to consider of an humble Address to
His Majesty, relative to a Monument to be erected to
the memory of the late Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener,
K.G., 105. Considered in Committee ; Resolution to be
reported, 108. Resolution reported, and agreed to ;
Address to be presented by Privy Councillors or Members
of His Majesty's Household, 111. King's Answer, 118.

MERCHANT SHIPPING ( Control). Vide KING'S SPEECH,

Motion for Address.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (Salvage) ; Bill to authorise the
recovery of Salvage in respect of services rendered by
certain ships belonging to His Majesty ; presented, and
ordered to he read a second time, 170.
Second Reading
deferred, 172. Read a second time ; Bill committed to
a Committee of the whole House, 177. Considered in
Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bull
read the third time and passed, 180. Agreed to by the
Lords, without Amendment, 194.
(Cited as Merchant
Shipping (Salvage) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 200.

METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS ; Bill presented,
and read the first time ; to be read a second time, 8.
12. Read a
Day appointed for Second Reading,
second time, and referred to the Examiners, 15. Report,
Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied
with ; Bill committed, 21. Reported, with A mendinents,.
37. As amended, considered, 44. Bill real the third
time and passed, 50. Agreed to by the Lords, with an
Amendment, 120. Lords' Amendment agreed to, 123,
(Cited as Metropolitan Electric Tramways Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 145.

METROPOLITAN POLICE ; Sessional Order, 4.

'MILITARY SERVICE; Motion for leave to bring in a Bill
to make flit Cher provision with respect to Military
Service ; withdrawn, 69.

.
MILITARY SERVICE ; Bill to make further provision with
respect to Military Service during the present War ;
ordered ; presented accordingly ; read the first time, 72.
Motion, That the Bill he now read a second time :
Amendment proposed, "six months," on Division not
made ; Bill read a second time ; Bill committed to a
Comm ittee of the whole House, 73. Committee deferred,
74. Order for Committee read ; Motion, That it be an
Instruction to the Committee to divide the Bill
into
two Bills ; Question negatived ; Bill considered in
Committee, 75. Considered in Committee ; proceedings

postponed at 8:15, and resumed, 77. Considered in Com-
mittee, and reported, 80. As amended, considered, 83.
As amended, considered ; read the third time and passed,
and to he printed, 85. Agreed to by the Lords, with
Amendments; day appointed for considering them, and.
to be printed, 90. Lords' Amendments considered ; one
agreed to ; one divided, and agreed to ; remaining Lords'
Incidental proceedings ;
Amendments agreed to, 92.
Closure claimed ; assent withheld by the Chairman, 78..
By Mr. Speaker, 83. Question put, pursuant to Closure,.
85. Proceedings on Second Reading to have precedence
of Supply, 73. Member directed to discontinue his
speech (irrelevance), 83. Proceedings not to be inter-.
rupted under Standing Order (Sittings of the House),.
85.
Royal Assent, 95.

( Cited as Military Service Act, 1916 (Session 2)

MINISTERS, Questions to. Vide QUESTIONS.
MINISTRY of PENSIONS (changed from Board of Pen-
sions (recommitted) Bill), 242. Bill for establishinf
a Board of Pensions, and for purposes connected there.
with ; ordered ; presented accordingly ; read the first.
time, 230. Second Reading deferred, 231, 232. Motion,.
That the Bill be now read a second time ; Amendment:
proposed, " three months," withdrawn ; Bill accord-,
ingly read a second time ; Bill committed to a Com-
mittee of the whole House, 234. Committee deferred, 236,.
237, 241. Considered in Committee, 238. Considered in
Committee (pro forma), and reported, with a new Title ;
House immediately resolves itself into Committee on the
recommitted. Bill; Ministry of Pensions Bill (changed
from Board of Pensions (recommitted) Bill); considered_
in Committee, and reported, 242. As amended, con-
sidered ; Bill read the third time and passed, 244..
Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments ; day
appointed for their consideration, 257. Lords' Amend-
ments considered ; several agreed to, several disagreed
to ; Amendment made to the Bill in lieu of one of the
Amendments disagreed to ; Committee appointed to
draw up Reasons for disagreeing to certain of the Lords'
Amendments to the Bill ; Committee nominated ; Three
to withdraw, 261. Reasons for disagreeing to
quorum ;
certain of the Lords' Amendments reported, and agreed
to, 261. Clerk to carry the Bill to the Lords, with
Reasons, 262. Lords do not insist on their Amend-
merits to the Bill to which this House hath disagreed,
(Cited as Ministry if Pensions Act, 1916) Royal
263.
Assent, 263.

MORIAH CHAPEL (Broughton) CHARITY; Bill to con-
firm a Scheme of the Chanty Commissioners for the
application or management of the Charity consisting of
Moriah Chapel, in the Civil Parish of Broughton, in the
county of Denbigh ; presented, and ordered to be read
a second time, 194. Second Readin
deferred, 199.
Read a second time; Bill committed to a Committee of
tie Iviole House, 204. Committee deferred, 208, 210,
12, 213, 214. Considered in Committee, and reported,.
read the third time and
without Amendment ; Bill
passed, 217. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
( Cited as Moriah Chapel (Brougluon) Charity
ment, 232.
Scheme Confirmation Act, 1916)-Royal Assent, 251.

MOTIONS :

QUESTIONS agreed to :-

Secret Session, 68.
Sittings of the House, 69.
Da, light Saving, 74.
Business of the House, 83, 140.
That a Member be suspended, 155.

WITHDRAWN :-

itself into Committee on a Bill, 16.

That this House will immediately resolve

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MOTIONScontinued.

WITHDRAWN continued.

Members' Salaries and Allowances, 50.
Business of the House (Finance Bill),
138. Government Business not to be interrupted under
Standing Order (Sittings of the House), 171.

For the appointment of a Select Com-

mittee, 144.

179, 190, 221.

244.

For leave to bring in a Bill, 69.
That this House do now adjourn, 70, 163,

That the Debate be adjourned, 144, 199,

That a Bill be committed to a Select

Committee of Five Members, &c., 192.

Motion for adjournment of the House
under Standing Order No. 10, withdrawn, 179, 190, 221,
231.

Adjournment, Autumn Recess ; That
to-morrow Mr. Speaker, so soon as he has reported the
Royal Assent to the Bills which have been agreed upon
by both Houses, do adjourn the House, without Question
put, till Tuesday the 10th day of October next, 199.

and Secretaries [Salaries and Remuneration]), 250.

Business of the House ( New Ministries

QUESTIONS negatived :

Defence of the Realm Regulation, 74.
Instruction to divide a Bill into two Bills,

Ireland (Continuance of Martial Law),

75.

80.

That this House do now adjourn, 36, 147.
Motion for adjournment under Standing Order No. 10,
not proceeded with, 77, 215, 257. Lapsed at Eleven,
148.

Motion, Air Service, and House adjourns for want of

Forty Members, 87.

Questions put forthwith, 68.

MOTOR CARS. Vide WAYS and MEANS.
MOTOR SPIRIT LICENCE DUTY. Vide WAYS and

MEANS.

MUNICIPAL CORPORAT IONS (Buxton Scheme Confirma-
tion [Lords] ; Bill, intituled An Act to confirm a
Scheme made by a Committee of the Lords of His
Majesty's Privy Council under the Municipal Corpora-
tion Acts, 1882 and 1885, relating to Buxton ; brought
from the Lords, 94. Read the first time, and referred
to the Examiners, 95. Examiners' Report, no Standing
Orders applicable ; Bill to be read a second time, 123.
Read a second time, and committed, 126. Reported,
with Amendments ; Provisional Order confirmed, 194.
As amended, considered ; read the third time and passed,
with Amendments, 198. To which the Lords agree,
(Cited as Municipal Corporations (Buxton Scheme
200.
Confirmation) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 200.

'MUNITIONS (Liability for Explosions) ; Bill

to obtain
contributions from persons in the event of their liability-
for damage or loss from explosions of, or other accidents
in connection with, Munitions being assumed by His
Majesty's Government ; presented; and ordered to be
Second Reading deferred, 245.
read a second time, 242.
Read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of
the whole House, 248. Considered in Committee, and

reported, without Amendment ; Bill read the third time
and pasSed, 253. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Munitions (Liability for
Amendment, 257.
Explosions) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

MUNICIPAL SAVINGS BANKS ( War Loan Investment);
Bill to facilitate the investment of savings in securities
issued for the purpose of the present war by means of
the establishment of Municipal Savings Banks ; pre-
sented, and ordered to be read a 'second time, 52.
Second Reading deferred, 56, 58, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 71,
72. Withdrawn, 73.

MUNICIPAL SAVINGS BANKS (War Loan Investment)
(No. 2) ; Bill to facilitate the investment of savings in
securities issued for the purposes of the present war
by means of the establishment of Municipal Savings
Banks ; presented, and ordered to be read a second time,
135. Second Reading deferred, 139, 141, 143, 146, 147,-
149, 152, 154, 157, 159, 162, 164, 166, 167, 170, 172,
178, 180. Read a second time ; Bill committed to a
Committee of the whole House, 189. Considered in
Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill
read the third time and passed, 190. Agreed to by the
(Cited as Municipal
Lords, without Amendment, 198.
Savings Banks (War Loan Investment) Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 200.

NATION AL GALLERY [Lords] ; Bill,

intituled An
Act to amend the National Gallery Act, 1856, and
the National Gallery Loan Act, 1883 ; brought from
the Lords, 257.

1911,

NATIONAL INSURANCE (Part II.) (Munition Workers);
Bill to extend the provisions of the National Insurance
relating to unemployment insurance to
Act,
certain trades and employments in connection with the
present war ; presented, and ordered to be read a second
Second Reading deferred, 122. Read a
time, 119.
second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the
whole House, 125. Committee deferred, 127. Considered
in Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill
read the third time and passed, 129, Agreed to by
( Cited as National
the Lords, without Amendment, 142.
Insurance (Part II.) (Munition Workers) Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 145.

NATIONAL INSURANCE (Part IL) (Munition Workers)
[Expenses] ; Committee to consider ; King's Recom-
mendation signified, 125. Considered in Committee ;
Resolution to be reported, 128. Resolution reported,
and agreed to, 129.

NATIONAL

Employment

( Temporary

INSURANCE

in
Agriculture) ; Bill to provide for the exception from
Part I. of the National Insurance Act, 1911, of persons
who are temporarily employed in agriculture in connection
with the present war ; presented, and ordered to be
read a second time, 234. Motion, That the Bill be,
now read a second time ; Amendment proposed, " three
read a second time ; Bill
months," not made ; Bill
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 236.
Considered in Committee, and reported ; as amended,
considered ; Bill read the third time and passed, 237.
Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 247. .(Cited
as National insurance (Temporary Employment in Agricul-
ture) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 251.

NAVAL and MILITARY WAR PENSIONS, &c. (Expenses)
[Consolidated Fund]; Committee to consider; King's
Recommendation signified, 25. Committee deferred, 27,
28, 29, 30.. Considered in Committee, 31. Report
deferred, 32. Resolution reported, and agreed to, 33.

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NAVAL and MILITARY WAR PENSIONS, &c. (Expenses);
Bill to provide for the payment of a Grant in Aid of
the funds at the disposal of the Statutory Committee
constituted under the Naval and Military War Pensions,
&c. Act, 1915, and for payments by Local Authorities
in aid of the -expenses of local and district committees
under that Act ; presented, and ordered to be read a
second time, 23. Second Reading deferred, 27, 28, 29,
30. Bill read a second time ; Bill committed to a
Committee of the whole House, 31. Committee deferred,
32. Bill considered in Committee, and reported ;
as
read the third time and passed,
amended, considered ;
34. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 37.
(Cited as Naval and Military War Pensions,
,Scc.
(Expenses) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 38.

NAVAL DISCIPLINE (Delegation of Powers) ; Bill

to
amend the Naval Discipline Act with respect to the
powers and duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the
Grand 'Fleet during the present war ; presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 90.
'Second Reading
deferred, 93, 95. Bill read a second time Bill com-
the whole House, 97.
of
mitted to a Committee
reported, without
and
in Committee,
Considered
Amendment ; Bill read the third time and passed, 98.
Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 101.
(Cited as Naval Discipline (Delegation of Powers) Act,
1916) Royal A ssent, 101.

NAVAL PRIZE PROCEDURE ; Bill to amend the Law as
to the jurisdiction of Prize Courts in the case of
proceedings against persons in His Majesty's Naval
'Service or in the employment of the Admiralty, and as
to the transfer of proceedings in Prize ; presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 11. Second Reading
deferred, 14. Bill read a second time Motion, That
this House will immediately resolve itself
Committee
on the Bill, withdrawn ; Bill committed to a Committee
of the whole House, 16. Considered in Committee,
and reported, without Amendment ; read the third time
and passed, 17. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Naval Prize Procedure Act,
Amendment, 19.
1916) Roy al Assent, 21.

NAVY and ARMY EXPENDITURE, 1914-15 ; Resolution
of the House to resolve itself into a Committee to consider
the surpluses and deficits upon Navy and Army Grants
for 1914-15, and the application of surpluses to meet
expenditure not provided for in the Grants for that
year ; Appropriation Accounts for the Navy and Army
Departments referred to the Committee, 197.
Com-
mittee
in Committee ;
Resolutions to be reported, 204. Resolutions reported,
and agreed to, 207.

Considered

deferred,

200.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and GATESHEAD GAS [Lords];
Report, That the Bill should originate in the Lords, 3.
Report, Standing Orders certified to have been corn -
plied with, 6. Brought from the Lords ; read the first
time, and referred to the Examiners, 105. Report,
Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied
with ; Bill to be read a" second time, 114. Read a
second time, and committed,
121. Reported, with
Amendments, 167. As amended, considered r Standing
Orders suspended ; Bill read the third time and passed,
with Amendments, 178. To which the Lords agree,
(Cited as Newcastle- upon -Tyne, and Gateshead Gas
181.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 192.

NEW MINISTRIES and, SECRETARIES

[Salaries and
Remuneration]; Committee to consider ; King's Recom-
mendation signified, 248. Considered in Committee ;
Resolution to be reported, 250. Resolution reported,
and agreed to, 255.

NEW MINISTRIES mid SECRETARIES ; Bill for establishing
the appointment of

certain new Ministries

and for

additional Secretaries or Under Secretaries in certain
Government Departments, and for purposes incidental
thereto ; presented, and ordered to be read a second
time, 248. Motion, That the Bill be now read a second
time; proceedings interrupted by Message to attend the
Lords COmmissioners ; Question again proposed ; Bill
read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of
the whole House, 250. Considered in Committee, and
reported, 255. As amended, considered. Bill read the
third time and passed, 257. Agreed to by the Lords,
(Cited as New Ministries
without Amendment, 261.
and Secretaries Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

NEW TITLES to BILLS ; In Committee, 242. On Third:

Reading, 234.

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (substituted Bill) ; Report,
That the Bill should be dealt with by Private Bill, and
not by Provisional Order, 23. Read the first time, 30.
Day appointed for Second Reading, 34. Second Reading
deferred, 35, 39, 44, 49, 52. Bill read a second time,
and referred to the Examiners, 54. Report, Standing
Orders not previously inquired into complied with; Bill
Reported, with Amendments ; Title
committed, 58.
amended, 83. As amended, considered, 89. Bill read
the third time and passed, 94. Agreed to by the Lords,
with Amendments, 133. Day appointed for considering
(ated--
them, 139. Lords' Amendments agreed to, 142.
as North British Railway Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

NORTHWICH URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL (Gas); Bill,
presented, and read the first time ; to be read a second
time, 8. Day appointed for Second Reading, 12. Read-
a second time, and committed, 15. Withdrawn,-169.

NORTHUMBERLAND

COUNTY

(Berwick - upon - Tweed

Division) WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

NOTICE taken that FORTY MEMBERS were not present

in the HOUSE, 87, 200, 228, 232, 234.

NOTICE taken that STRANGERS were present, 68.

NOTTINGHAM COUNTY (Mansfield Division) WRIT. Vide

ELECTIONS.

OBJECTION taken to further proceeding; the Chairman

left the Chair, 120. Debate stood adjourned, 212.

ORDERS :

Sessional- Orders, 4.

Business of the House, Orders relative thereto.

Vide HousE, Business of.

Suspension of a Member, 211.

Questions to Ministers, 218.

OUTLAWRIES ; Bill read the first time, 4.

OUTPUT of BEER (Restriction); Bill to put temporary
restrictions on the Output of Beer; presented, and ordered
to be read a second time, 57. Second Reading deferred,
'64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 80, 81, 84, 86, 89,
91, 95. Motion, That the Bill be now read a second
time ; Amendment proposed, "six months," and with-
drawn ; Bill read a second time ; Bill committed to a
Committee of the whole House, 97. Committee deferred,
98, 102, 107, 114, 118, 120, 122. Bill considered in
as
Uommittee,
amended, deferred, 127. As amended, considered ; Bill
read the third time and passed, 129. Agreed to by
Day appointed
the Lords, with Amendments, 150.
for considering them, 154. Lords' Amendments agreed
( Cited as Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916)
to, 159.
Royal Assent, 165.

Consideration,

reported,

and

123.

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OUTPUT of BEER (Restriction) (No. 2) ; Bill to amend the
Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916 ; presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 225. Read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
House, 227. Committee deferred, 228. Considered in
Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill
read the third time and passed, 229. Agreed to by the
Lords, with an Amendment ; day appointed for its
consideration, 247. Lords' Amendment agreed to, 249.
(Cited as Output of Beer (Restriction) Amendment Act,
1916) Royal Assent, 251.

PACIFIC ISLANDS REGULATIONS ( Validation) ; Bill
to validate certain King's Regulations made under
the Pacific Order in Council,
1893 ; presented, and
ordered to be read a second time, 35. Read a second time ;
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House, 36.
Committee deferred, 38, 43, 48; 50, 51. Bill considered
in Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; read
the third time and passed, 53. Agreed to by the Lords,
(Cited as Pacc - Islands
without Amendment, 66.
Regulations (Validation) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 66.

PARLIAMENT :

ing and assembling of Parliament, 2.

Proclamation for further prorogu-

Meets, 3.
Opened by Commission, 3.
Prorogued, 263.
Parliamentary Papers laid upon

the Table by Mr. Speaker, 263.

PARLIAMENT and LOCAL ELECTIONS ; Bill to amend
the Parliament and Registration Act, 1916, and to extend
the Elections and Registration Act, 1915, with respect to
elections of local authorities and other bodies, and the
revision of jurors' lists in Ireland ; ordered ; presented
accordingly ; read the first time, 179.
Second Reading
deferred, 189. Read a second time ; Bill committed to a
Committee of the whole House, 190. Considered in
Committee, and reported ; as amended, considered ; Bill
read the third time and passed, 192. Agreed to by the
Lords, with an Amendment ; day appointed for its
consideration, 198. Lords' Amendment agreed to, 200.
( Cited as Parliament and Local _Elections Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 200.

PARLIAMENTARY REGISTER and ELECTIONS (War
Facilities)
[Lords] ; Bill, intituled An Act to make
provision for framing a Special Register of Electors, and
to facilitate voting by persons engaged on war service or
on truu ition work at elections of Members of Pal liament
during the present War ; brought from the Lords, 246.

PENSIONS and ALLOWANCES. Vide KING'S SPEECH

(Motion for Address).

PENSIONS to JAILORS. Vide SUPPLY (Navy Estimates).

PENSIONS tO SOLDIERS. Vide SUPPLY (Army Estimates).

PETITIONS :

Public ; presented, 6, 28.
Public Petitions ; Select. Committee
appointed and nominated ; Three to be the quorum, 14.
First Report, 163.
Second, 257.

for Aid (British Museum); King's
Recommendation signified, 6. Referred to the Com-
mittee of Supply, 10.

neard by Counsel, &c., 81.

Public ; against a Hill, praying to be

at the Bar, 191.

presented by the Lord Mayor of Dublin:;

for leave to the proper Officer of the
House to attend a trial and produce documents, &c., 213,.
230.

time,

PIER and HARBOUR PROVISIONAL ORDERS; Bill to
confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board
of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act,
1861, relating to Hyde and Wicklow ; presented ;
read
and referred to the Examiners, 77.
the first
Report, no Standing Orders applicable ; Bill to be read
a second time, 94. Bill read a second time, and com-
mitted, 96. Reported, with Amendments ; Provisional.
Orders confirmed ; Bill to be considered,
As
amended, considered, 131. Hill read the third time and
passed, 133. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
( Cited as Pier and Harbour Orders Confirma-
ment, 164.
tion Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 165.

128.

PISGAH CHAPEL (Trydden) CHARITY ; Bill to confirm
a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the applica--
tion or management of the Chari,,y consisting of the
Pisgah Chapel and Property in the Civil Parish of
Trydden, in the County of Flint ; presented, and ordered
to be read a second time,
Second Reading.
deferred, 199. Read a second time ; Bill committed
to a Committee of the whole House, 204. Committee
deferred, 208, 210, 212, 213, 214. Considered in Com-
mittee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill read the
third time and passed, 216. Agreed to by the Lords,"
(Cited as Pisgah Chapel"
without Amendment, 232.
(Trydden) Charity Scheme Confirmation A ct,
1916) ,
Royal Assent, 25L

194.

PLYMOUTH and STONEHOUSE GAS; Bill presented, and
read the first time ; to be read a second time, 8. Day
appointed for Second Reading, 12. Read a second time,
and referred to the Examiners, 15. Report, Standing--
Orders not previously inquired into complied with ; Bill
committed, 30. Reported, with Amendments, 37. As
amended, considered, 44. Bill read the third time and
passed, 51. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amend-
ments, 120. Lords' Amendments agreed to, 123.
(Cited
as Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Act, 1916) Royal Assent,.
145.

PLYMOUTH WORKHOUSE CHARITIES; Bill to confirm a
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application
or management of the Charity called or known as the Work-
house Charities, in the County Borough of Plymouth,,
in the County of Devon ; presented, and ordered to be
read a second time, 194. Second Reading deferred, 199..
Read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of
the whole House, 204. Committee deferred, 209, 210,
Considered in Committee, and reported,
212, 213, 214.
without Amendment ; Bill read the third time and passed,
217. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 232..
(Cited as Plymouth Workhouse Charities Scheme Confirma-
tion Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 251.

POLICE,

&c..

FACTORIES,

(Miscpllaneous Provisions)
(changed from Police, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill);
Bill to amend the enactments relatin, to the Police, and'
certain other enactments with the administration of which
the Secretary of State for the Home Department is
concerned ; presented, and ordered to be read a second
time, 101. Second Reading deferred, 105, 107, 110, 114,
116, 118,120, 122. Read a second time ; Bill comuutted
to a Committee of the whole House, 125. Committee
deferred, 127. Considered in Committee, and reported,..
129. As amended, considered ; Bill, read the third time
and passed, 132. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amend-
ments, 140. Day appointed for their consideration, 1 ii0.
Lords' Amendments agreed to, 164.
(Cited as Police,.
( Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1916)
Factories, Bic.
Royal Assent, 165.

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..PREVENTION of CORRUPTION ; Bill to amend the Law
relating to the prevention of Corruption ; presented, and
ordered to he read a second time, 221. Read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole
House, 223. Committee deferred, 225. Considered in
Committee, and reported, 225. Consideration, as amended,
deferred, 227, 228. As amended, considered ; Bill read
the third time and passed, 229 Agreed to by the
Lords, with an Amendment ; day appointed for
its
consideration, 255.
Lords' Amendment agreed to, 258.
(Cited as Prevention of Corruption Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 263.

PRIVILEGES ; Committee of Privileges appointed, 4.

PROCEEDINGS of the HousE ; postponed (at a quarter-
past Eight), 54, 148, 214:
Resumed, 54, 149, 214.
Interrupted by Message to attend the Lords Commis-
sioners, 21, 38, 66, 87, 95, 101, 144, 165, 173, 192, 223,
250. Resumed after interruption, 21, 38, 67, 87, 95, 101,
145, 165, 173, 192, 223, 251. Leave having been given
to move the adjournment of the House under Standing
Order No. 10, 78, 148,179, 190, 221. Resumed, 78, 14.9,
179, 190, 221.

PROVISION as

to SERVICE in the NAVY or ARMY.

Vide WAYS and MEANS.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS ; Committee to consist of Fifteen
Members ; nominated ; power to send for persons, papers,
and records ; Five to be the quorum, 14. First Report,
94. Second Report, 170. Report to be now considered,
215. Vide ACCOUNTS.

PUBLICATIONS and DEBATES REPORTS ; Select Com-
mittee appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the arrange-
ments for .the Official Report of Debates, and to inquire
into the expenditure on Stationery and Printing for this
House and the Public Service generally ; nominated;
power to send, for persons, papers, and records ; Three
to be the quorum, 14. Member discharged, another
added, 72. Report, 163.

PUBLIC AUTHORITIES and BODIES (Loans); Bill to
make further provision with respect to the borrowing
powers of Councils of counties and of municipal boroughs,
and other public authorities and bodies ; presented, and
ordered to be read a second tine, 255. Read a second
time ; House immediately resolves itself into Committee
on the Bill ; Bill considered in Committee, and reported ;
as amended, considered ; Bill read the third time and
passed, 258. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amend-
(Cited as Public Authorities and Bodies
ment, 261.
(Loans) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

PUBLIC WORKS LOANS [Remission of Debt] ; Committee
to consider ; King's Recommendation signified, 147.
Committee deferred, 150. Considered in Committee ;
Resolution to be reported, 152. Report deferred, 154,
157. Resolution reported, and agreed to, 159.

PUBLIC WORKS LOANS ; 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, 138.
Second Reading deferred, 141, 143, 146. Read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House,
147. Committee deferred, 149, 153, 154, 157. Con-
sidered in Committee, and reported, without Amend -
ment ; Bill
159.
Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 164.
(Cited as Public Works Loans Act, 1916) Royal Assent,
165.

read the third time and passed,

QUEEN'S COUNTY (Ossory Division) WRIT. Vide

ELECTIONS.

QUESTIONS :

RESOLVED in the AFFIRMATIVE :

Secret Session, 68.
Daylight Saving, 74.

Business of the House, 83, 140;167, 199.
That a Bill be read the third time, 86.

PASSED in the NEGATIVE:

Defence of the Realm Regulation, 74.

Military

Service Bill ; Motion for an

Instruction to divide the Bill into two Bills, 7.5.

Ireland (Continuance of Martial Law), 80.
Adjournment of the House, 36, 147.
Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic),

Sale of Enemy Property, 228.

221.

QUESTIONS to MINISTERS ; Order, That, for the remain-
der of the Session, the time during which Questions may
be taken be extended till Four of the clock, 218.

Order relative to the time as to sending

Notices of Questions to the Clerks at the Table, 12.

RAILWAY FARE DUTIES.

Vide WAYS

and

MEANS.

REBELLION in IRELAND (Death of Civilians) ; Petition
presented at the Bar of the House, 191. Vide HOUSE.
LORD MAYOR of DUBLIN.

PETITIONS.

RE-ELECTION of MINISTERS ; Bill to make temporary
provision rendering unnecessary the re-election of Mem-
bers of the House of Commons on acceptance of certain
Offices ; ordered ; presented accordingly ; read the first
time, 135. Motion, That the Bill he now read a second
time ; Amendment proposed, "three months," not made ;
Bill read a second time; House immediately resolves itself
into Committee on the Bill ; Bill considered in Com-
mittee, and reported, without Amendment ;
read the
third time and .passed, 138. Agreed to by the Lords,
without Amendment,
( Cited as Re-election of
Ifinisters Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

144.

RE-ELECTION of MINISTERS (No. 2) ; Bill to make
temporary provision for rendering unnecessary the re-
election of Members of the House of Commons on
acceptance of Office ; presented, and ordered to be read a
second time, 247. Motion, That the Bill be now read a
second time [Member directed to discontinue his speech
(irrelevance)) ; Bill read a second time ; House imme-
diately resolves itself into Committee on the Bill ; Bill
considered in Committee, and reported, without .Amend-
ment ; Bill read the third time and passed, 249. Agreed
to by the Lords, without Amendment, 250.
( Cited. as
Re-election of Ministers ( No. 2) Act, 1913) Royal Assent,
251.

REGISTRATION and ELECTION ; Motion for a Select
Committee ; Debate arising ; _Motion, That the Debate
be adjourned, withdrawn ; Original Question again pro-
posed ; Motion withdrawn, 144.

REGISTRATION of BUSINESS NAMES [Lords]; Bill, inti-
tuled An Act to provide for the Registration of firms
persons carrying on Business under Business
and
Names ; brought from the Lords, 171. Read the first
time, 194. Second Reacting deferred, 199, 203, 208,
210, 211, 212, 214, 217, 220, 222. Read a second time ;
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House, 223.
Committee deferred, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230. Considered

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Consideration,

REGISTRATION Of BUSINESS NAMES [Lords]continued.
in Commitee, pro forma, and reported ; as amended,
recommitted to a Committee of the whole House, 231.'
Considered in
Committee deferred, .231, 232, 234.
reported, 234.
as
Committee,
amended, deferred, 237, 239. As amended, considered;
Bill read the third time and passed, with Amendments,
the Amendments
to certain of
239. Lords
made by this House, without Amendment, and agree to
certain other of the said Amendments, with Amend-
ments, and make certain consequential Amendments to
the ;Bill ; day appointed for their consideration, 247.
Lords' Amendments to Commons' Amendments, and
Lords' consequential Amendments, agreed to, 253. (Cited
as Registration of Business Names Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 263.

agree

REGISTRATION Of BUSINESS NAMES [ Remuneration] ;
Committee to consider ; King's Recommendation signi-
fied, 223. Considered in Committee ; Resolution to be
reported, 224. Resolution reported, and agreed to, 226.

RELIGIOUS ORDERS RELIEF ; Bill to repeal certain enact-
the suppression or prohibition of Roman
ments for
Catholic religious orders, communities, and societies ;
presented, and ordered to be read a second time, 44.
Second Reading deferred, 50, 52, 55, 57, 58, 64, 65, 67,
68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 80, 82, 84, 86, 89, 91, 93, 95.
Withdrawn, 97.

RESOLUTIONS :

Sessional Resolutions, 3.

Address of Thanks (King's Speech), 9.
Earl Kitchener, Field-Marshal, Memorial

to ; Resolution, 108.

Government of Ireland, 159.
Greenwich Hospital and Travers' Founda-

tion, 217.

Food Prices. 232.

for

read the first

RHODES ESTATE [Lords]; Examiners' Report, That in
the case of the Petiti6n
the Bill originating
in the Lords no Standing Orders are applicable, 114.
time, and
Brought from the Lords ;
referred to the Examiners, 150. Report, Standing
Orders not previously inquired into complied with ; Bill
to be read a second time, 160. Day appointed for
Second Reading, 1-66. Second Reading deferred, 169,
181, 198, 206, 209. Motion, That the Bill be now read
a second time ; A mendment proposed, " three months,"
withdrawn ; Bill read a second time, and committed ;
Instruction to the Committee to amend Clause 4 of
the Bill, 214. Reported, with Amendments, 225. As
amended, considered, 229. Bill read the third time and
passed, with Amendnients, 231. To which the Lords
(Cited as Rhodes Estate Act, 1916) Royal
agree, 237.
Assent, 251.

time,

.RIVER GLEN [Lords] ; Report, That the Bill

should
originate in the Lords, 3. Report, Standing Orders
certified to have been complied with, 6. Brought
read the first
referred
from the -Lords ;
Report, Standing Orders
to the Examiners, 133.
not previously inquired into complied with ; Bill to be
read a second time, ,142. Read a second time, and
committed, 148. Standing Order 211 suspended ; Com-
Mittee to sit on day named, 150. Bill reported, With
Amendments, 153. As amended, considered, 162. Bill
read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 166.
(Cited as River Glen
To which the Lords, agree, 171.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent; 173.

and

ROYAL MARINES ; Bill to extend further

the term of
service of the Royal Marine Force during the present
War ; presented, and ordered to he read a second time,.
Second Reading deferred, 115, 118, 120, 122, 125.
111.
Bill read a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee
in Committee,.
of the whole House, 127. Considered
and reported, without Amendment ; Bill read the third
time and passed, 131. Agreed to by the Lords, without
( Cited as Royal Marines Act, 1916)
Amendment, 144.
Royal Assent, 145.

ROYAL ASSENT to BILLS, 21, 38, 66, 87; 95, 101, 144,,

165, 173, 192, 200, 251, 263.

SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH, KINGSTON-UPON-HULL Bill
to be read a second.
presented, and read the first time ;
time, 8. Day appointed for Second Reading, 12. Read
a second time, and committed, 15.- Report of Attorney
General on the Bill, 27. Bill reported, with Amend-
ments, 36. As amended, considered, 58. Bill read the
third time and passed, 69. Agreed to by the Lords,
with Amendments, 126. Lords' Amendments agreed to,.
(Cited as Saint John's Church, Kingston-upon4lull,,
131.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

SAINT PANCRAS BOROUG H ( West Division)

Vide ELECTIONS.

SALE of ENEMY PROPERTY ; Motion, That, in the
this House, where enemy properties and
opinion of
businesses in Crown Colonies and Protectorates are
offered for sale, provision should be made for securing
that such properties and businesses should be sold only
to natural-born British subjects or companies wholly
British ; Amendment proposed, and withdrawn ; Question
negatived, 228.

SAILORS and SOLDIERS (Gifts for Land Settlement); Bill
to authorise the acceptance and administration by certain
Government Departments and local authorities of gifts
for the settlement or employment on Land of men who.
have served in His Majesty's Forces ' presented, and
Second Reading
ordered to be read a second time, 237.
deferred, 238. Read a second time ; Bill committed to
a Committee of the whole House, 241.
Committee
deferred, 241. Considered in Committee, and reported ;
as amended, considered ; read the third time and passed,
243. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment,
(Cited as Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts .fer Land,
255.
Settlement) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

SCHEDULES ;

agreed to, 118.

agreed to, disagreed to ;

amended, and

SECRET SESSION ; Motion relative thereto, 68. Vide

HOUSE.

SELECT COMMITTEES. Vide COMMITTEES.
SELECTION ; Select Committee nominated, 16. Nominates
a Committee not exceeding Fifteen Members, &c., to be
called the Local Legislation Committee, 27. Names of
Fifteen Members to act as Commissioners under the
Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899,
28. Report of Seven Members to be the Chairmen's
Panel, 22. Nominates Nine Members to be the Panel
to serve on unopposed Bill Committees, 22. Chairmen's
Panel ; appointment of Members under the Parliament
Act with whom Mr. Speaker shall consult, 22.
SMALL HOLDING COLONIES [Lords] ; Bill,

intituled
An Act to provide for the acquisition and management
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305

SMALL HOLDING COLONIES [Lords] -- continued.

SOUTH SHIELDS BOROUGH WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

Colonies, and to extend the powers of acquisition
management of Land by certain Government Departments
under the Development and Road Improvement Funds
Act, 1909, and for other purposes connected therewith ;''
brought from the Lords, 126. Read the first time, 127.
Second Reading deferred, 131. Read a second time ;
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House, 132.
Committee deferred, 134, 139, 141, 143. Bill considered
in Committee ; proceedings interrupted by Message to
attend the Lords Commissioners ; Bill again considered
in Committee, and at Eleven o'clock Chairman leaves
the Chair, 144.
Con-
sidered in Committee, 152, 154. Committee deferred,
158, 160, 162, 169, 177. Considered in Committee ;
proceedings postponed at 8.15 under Standing Order
No. 10 ( Adjournment of the House) ; resumed ; Bill, as
amended,
as
amended, deferred, 189. As amended, considered
proceedings postponed at 8.15 under Standing Order
No. 10 (Adjournment of the House) ; resumed ; King's
Consent and Prince of Wales' Consent signified ; Bill
read the third time and passed, with Amendments, 190.
To which the Lords agree, 194.
(Cited as Small Holding
Colonies- Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 200.

Committee deferred,

Consideration,

reported,

to be

179.

149.

SERGEANT -AT -ARMS ;

to communicate Sessional Orders
to Commissioners of Police, 4. Removes Member from
the House, 155.

SHOPS (Early Closing).

Vide ADJOURNMENT of the

HOUSE under Standing Order No. 10,

SHROPSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, and STAFFORDSHIRE
ELECTRIC POWER [Lords]; Examiners' Report, That in
the case of the Petition for the Bill originating in the
Lords the Standing Orders have not been complied with ;
Report referred to Select Committee on Standing Orders,
114. Resolution reported from Select Committee on
Standing Orders, That the Standing Orders'ought to be
dispensed with, 127. Bill brought from the Lords ; read
time, and referred to the Examiners, 171.
the first
Report, Standing Orders not previously inquired into
.complied with ; Bill to be read a second time, 178. Read
a second time, and committed ; Standing Orders 211,
223, and 236 suspended ; Committee on Bill to sit, and
proceed forthwith, 193. Reported, without Amendment,
Standing Order 243 suspended ; Bill read the
194.
third time and passed, without Amendment,
198.
(Cited as Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire
Electric Power Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 200.

SITTINGS of the HOUSE. Vide HOUSE.

SOUTH EASTERN and LONDON, CHATHAM, and DOVER
RAILWAYS [Lords]; Report, That the Bill
should
originate in the Lords, 3. Report, Standing Orders
certified to have been complied with, 6. Bill brought
from the Lords ; read the first time, and referred to
the Examiners, 101.
Report, Standing Orders not
previously inquired into complied with ; Bill to be read
a second time, 107. Day appointed for Second Reading,
116. Second Reading deferred, 118. Motion, That the
Bill be now read a second time ; Amendment proposed,
" three mouths," and made ; Second Reading put off for
three months, 122.

SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS ; Bill presented, and read
to be read a second time, 8. Day
the first time ;
appointed for Second Reading, 12. Read a second time,
and referred to the Examiners, 15. Report, Standing
Orders not previously inquired into complied with ; Bill
committed, 30. Reported, with Amendments, 49. As
amended, considered, 55. Bill read the third time and
passed, 58. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments,
101. Lords' Amendments agreed to, 102.
(Cited as
South Metropolitan Gas Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

SPEAKER, MR. , OR MR. DEPUTY

SPEAKER

goes up to the House of Peers at

opening of the Session, 3.

the

resumes the Chair at Four of the clock, 3.
reports His Majesty's Speech at' the opening
of the Session, 5. Reads His Majesty's Speech to the
House, 5.

attends the Lords Commissioners, at the
opening of the Session, 3. At the end of the Session,
263. Royal Assent to Bills, 21, 38, 66, 87, 95, 101,
144, 165, 173, 192, 200, 223, 250.

acquaints the House that he had issued
Warrants for new Writs during the Recess, 3. During
the Adjournment, 203.

to issue Warrants for new Writs, 6, 11,
14, 15, 21, 27, 51, 52, 59, 71, 83, 132, 158, 163, 169,
191, 198, 201, 206, 213, 218, 241, 250, 262.

to peruse the Votes and license the printing

thereof, 4.

to license the printing of the Journal, 4.
his nomination of temporary Chairmen, 19.
lays upon the Table Parliamentary Papers,
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers,
and General Index, 263.

Reports from Examiners, 19, 21, &c.
puts the Question, pursuant to Standing
Order (Closure of Debate), 85. Withholds his assent
to Closure, 83, 221.

puts the Question, pursuant to Standing

Order No. 11, on introduction of a Bill, 161.

puts Questions forthwith, pursuant to Order

of the House, 68.

certifies Bills in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 1 of the Parliament Act, 1911, 17, 35,
64, 98, 159, 162, 214, 261.

unavoidable absence, 58, 64, 65, 68, 69, 169,

243, 245.

adjourns the House at half-past Eleven,

pursuant to Order, 32.

adjourns the House after half-past Eleven,

without Question put, 30.

adjourns the House for want of Forty

Members, 87, 200, 228, 232, 234.

adjourns the House one hour after the con-

clusion of Government Business, 27, 39, 226, &c.

interrupts the Business at Eleven of the

clock, 221.

informs the' House of a Communication from
the Russian Duma relating to the attack on the Hospital
Ship " Portugal," 70.

informs the House of Communications from
Foreign Parliaments relative to the Death of Field-
Marshal Earl Kitchener, A.G., 104.

informs the House that, in accordance with
the provisions of the Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act,
1886, he had issued a Warrant to the Clerk of the
Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a
Member for the seat which had become vacant under
the Act, 191.

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[191G.

SPEAKER, MR., OR MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER

continued.

informs the House that he had received a
Letter relating to the Imprisonment of a Member, 227..

rules an Amendment to be out of order, 108.
directs a Member to withdraw immediately
from the. House on account of disorderly conduct ; names
Member for disregarding the authority of the Chair ;
directs Member to withdraw from the House, after
being suspended ; directs Serjeant-at-Arms to remove
Member, and suspends the Sitting of the House, under
Standing Order No. 21, 155. Resumes the Chair, 155.
directs Member to resume his seat, on

account of tedious repetition, 9.

directs Member to discontinue his speech,

on account of irrelevance, 40, 67, 69, 83, 249.

calls on Members who support Motion for
adjournment under Standing Order No. 10 to rise in
their places, 99, 171, 233.

SPECIAL COMMISSIONS ( Dardanelles and Mesopotamia);
Bill to constitute Special Commissions to inquire into
the conduct of operations of War in the Dardanelles
and into the conduct of operations of War in Mesopo-
tamia ; ordered ; presented accordingly ; read the first
Second Reading deferred, 150. Read a
time, 148.
second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the
whole House, 154. Considered in Committee, and re-
ported [Title amended] ; as amended, to be considered,
and to be printed, 155. Consideration, as amended, de-
ferred, 159. As amended, considered [Title amended] ;
Bill read the third time and passed, 161. Agreed to by
the Lords, with an Amendment ; day appointed for its
consideration, 171. Lords' Amendments agreed to, 179.
( Cited as Special Commissions (Dardanelles and Mesopo-
tamia) Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 192.

SPECIAL ENTRIES, on consideration of Lords' Amend-

ments to Bills, 259, 260.

SPECIAL REGISTER ; Bill to make provision for framing
a Special Register of Electors ; presented, and ordered
to be read a second time, 181. Read a second time ;
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House, 190.
Committee deferred, 193, 197, 199, 206, 211, 217, 220,
222, 223. Considered in Conimittee, 224. Committee
deferred, 227, 228, 231, 232, 234, 238, 245. Withdrawn,
248.

SPECIAL REPORTS :

Local Legislation Committee, 88.
House of Commons (Kitchen and

Refreshment Rooms) (Select Committee), 135.

SPEECH ; His Majesty's Speech, at the opening of the
Session, delivered by the Lords Commissioners, 5. At
the end of the Session, 263.

SPEECHES. Vide KING.

SPEAKER.

STANDING ORDERS :

nated, 16.

Select Committee nomi-

Reports

from them,

64.

to
them ; That the Standing Orders have not been
complied with in the case of Petitions for Bills, 44,
71.

Reports

referred

the
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with in the case
of Bills, 64, 127.

Reports ;

That

211
suspended ; Committee to sit on day named, 150, 160.
Forthwith, 181.

Standing Order

Standing Orders 211
and 236 suspended ; Committee to sit on day named,
162.

Standing Orders 211,
223, and 236 suspended ; Committee to sit forthwith,
193.

Standing Orders 223
and 243 suspended ; Bill read the third time and passed,
178.

Standing Order 243
suspended ; Bill read the third time and passed, 191,
198, &c.

suspended under Standing Order No. 21, 155.

Sitting of the House

Question put, pursuant

to Standing Order No. 11, 161.

STONY STRATFORD CHARITIES ; Bill

to confirm a
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the applica-
tion or management of certain Charities in the Parishes
of Stony Stratford East and Stony Stratford West,
constituting and known as the Town of Stony Stratford,
in the County of Buckingham ; presented, and ordered to
be read a second time, 194. Second Reading deferred,
199. Read a second time ; Bill committed to a Com-
mittee of the whole House, 204. Committee deferred,
208, 210, 211, 212, 214. Considered in Committee, and
reported, without Amendment ; Bill read the third time
and passed, 216. Agreed to by the Lords, without
(Cited as Stony Stratford Charities
Amendment, 232.
Scheme Confirmation Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 251.

STRANGERS ; Notice taken that strangers were present ;
Question put forthwith ; strangers ordered to withdraw,
68.

SUGAR, CUSTOMS. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

SUGAR, EXCISE. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

SUMMER TIME ; Bill to provide for the local Time in
Great Britain and Ireland being in advance of Green-
wich and Dublin mean time, respectively, during the
summer months ; presented, and ordered to be read a
second time, 75. Bill read a second time ; Bill com-
the whole House, 79.
mitted
Committee deferred, 81. Considered in Committee, and
reported, with an amended Title ; as amended, con-
sidered; read the third time and passed, 84. Agreed
(Cited as
to by the Lords, without Amendment, 87.
Summer Time Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 87.

to a Committee of

SUPPLEMENTARY VOTES Of CREDIT. Vide SUPPLY.

SUPPLY :

Resolution, That this House will, upon
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider
of the Supply to be granted to His Majesty ; Estimates
referred, 10.

Committee deferred, 14, 16, 18, 25, 26, 31,
32, 35, 37, 43, 48, 50, 52, 55, 56, 58, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 82, 84, 86, 88, 93, 95, 97, 99,

6 & 7 GEO. V.] INDEX to the ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIRST VOLUME.

307

SUPPLY - continued.

101, 107, 110, 114, 116, 118, 125, 127, 131, 132, 137, 139,
141, 145, 147, 153, 154, 158, 160, 162, 164, 169, 180, 189,
191, 193, 197, 200, 206, 210, 211, 212, 214, 217, 220, 222,
223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 231, 232, 234, 236, 237, 239,
241, 243, 250, 253, 256.

Considered in Committee, 11, 18, 21, 24,
29, 33, 38, 89, 90, 100, 104, 120, 121, 134, 143, 149, 170,
206, 258.

(Army Estimates) ; Motion, That Mr.
Speaker do now leave the Chair ; Amendment proposed
(Pensions to Soldiers), not made ; Main Question again
proposed ; Debate adjourned, 28. Debate resumed ;
Supply considered in Committee (Land Forces) ; no
Vote, 29.

(Civil Services and Revenue Departments
Estimates) ; Motion, That Mr. Speaker do now leave
the Chair ; Amendment proposed (Defence of the Realm
Act, administration), not made ; Main Question put, and
agreed to ; Supply considered in Committee (Class I.,
Royal Palaces); no Vote, 33.

(Navy Estimates) ; Motion, That Mr.
Speaker do now leave the Chair ; Amendment proposed
(Pensions to Sailors), withdrawn ; Main Question put,
to ; Supply considered in Committee
and
(Officers, Seamen, and Boys) ; no Vote, 22.

agreed

Supplementary Vote of Credit (1915-16)
and Vote of Credit (1916-17) ; Motion, That Mr.
Speaker do now leave the Chair, and Question agreed
to, 11, 90.

Supplementary Vote of Credit, 1916-17 ;
Motion, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ;
proceedings postponed at 8.15, 148. Resumed, and
Question agreed to, 149.

Petition of Trustees of the British Museum

referred to the Committee of Supply, 10.

Motion, That a sum be granted ; whereupon,
Motion, That a reduCed sum be granted ; proceedings
interrupted by Message to attend the Lords Com-
missioners ; proceedings resumed ; Question, That a
reduced sum be granted, put, and negatived ; Original
Question agreed to, 165.

Motion to reduce sums negatived, 18, 100,

165, &c. Withdrawn, 38, 121.

Motion to reduce items negatived or with-

drawn, 21, 173.

Items withdrawn, 21, 173.
First Four Resolutions agreed to ; Fifth
Resolution read a second time, and on Division agreed
to ; subsequent Resolutions agreed to, 152.

Resolutions reported ; first Ninety-one Reso-
lutions postponed ; Ninety - second and subsequent
Resolutions agreed to, 187.

Proceedings interrupted by Message to
173.

attend the Lords Commissioners, 21, 38, 165,
Resumed, 21, 38, 173.

Other Business

to have precedence of
Supply on Thursdays, 49, 57, 69, 73, 80, 88, 95, 101, 108,
128, 138, 155.

Reports deferred, 21, 23, 43, 48, 50, 52, 55,
56, 58, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 82,
84, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105,
107, 110, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 125, 127, 131, 132, 134,
137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 146, 147, 149, 169, 170, 172, 176,
180, 247.

Business of Supply not to be interrupted
1 ( Sittings of the House),

under Standing Order No.
29, 173, 181, 247.

Reports may be considered before Ten of
the clock, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order
No. 15, 181.

Fifteen days to be allotted for the con-

sideration of the Estimates, 160.

Resolution of former day read; Bill ordered,

31.

33, 120, 143.

Considered in Committee ; no Vote, 22, 29,

Allotted Days :-First (2nd March), 19.
Second (9th March), 25. Third (16th March), 29.
Fourth (30th March), 37. Fifth (22nd May), 89. Sixth
(31st May), 99. Seventh (20th June), 104. Eighth
(29th June), 120. Ninth (3rd July), 121. Tenth (18th
July), 143. Eleventh (3rd August), 165. Twelfth
(8th August), 170. Thirteenth (9th August), 171.
(15th
Fourteenth
August), 181.

(10th August),

Fifteenth

173.

Subject.

Agreed to
in
Committee.

Sum granted.

Resolutions Reported,
and Agreed to.

21 February :

Supplementary
Vote of Credit,

Vote of Credit, 1915-16
1916-17 -

Supplementary

Vote of Credit, 1916-17

23 May :

25 July :

Supplementary

Vote of Credit, 1916-17

Supplementary

Supplementary

11 October :
Vote of Credit, 1916-17

14 December :
Vote of Credit, 1916-17

VOL. 171.-- Sess. 1916.

Page.

s.

d.

Page.

11

11

120,000,000
300,000,000 - -

-

90

300,000,000

149

450,000,000 -

206

300,000,000

-

247

400,000,000

R 2

13

13

93

150

209

249

308

INDEX to the ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIRST VOLUME.

[1916.

Sum granted.

Resolutions Reported,
and Agreed to

Agreed to
in
Committee,

Page.

Subject.

SUPPLYcontinued.

NAVY.
1 March:
NAVY SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1915 -16.
-

Wages, &c. (Supplementary)

8 March;
NAVY ESTIMATES, 1916-17.

-

350,000 Officers, Seamen, and Boys -
Wages, &c.
Victualling and Clothing for the Navy
Medical Establishments and Services
Civilians employed on Fleet Services
Educational Services
Scientific Services
-
Royal Naval Reserves
Section 1. Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c. Personnel
Section 2. Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c. Materiel
Section 3. Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c. Contract

-

Work -

-

-

-

Naval Armaments
-
WOrks, Buildings, and Repairs, at Home and Abroad
Miscellaneous Effective Services
Admiralty Office
Half Pay and Retired Pay
-
Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate
-
Civil Superannuation, Compensation Allowances, and Gratuities
Army (Excesses), 1914-15
-
Army (Ordnance Factories) (Excesses), 1914-15
Navy (Excesses), 1914-15

Allowances -

-

-

ARMY.
1 March:

ARMY SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1915-16.

Pay; &c. (Supplementary)

16 March ;

Land Forces, 4,000,000, all ranks
-
Pay, &c.

-

-

31 May ;

6

War Office

ARMY ESTIMATES, 1916-17.

-

-

-

-

Medical Establishment, Pay, &c.
Special Reserve
Territorial Forces
Establishments for Military Education
Quartering, Transport, and Remounts
Supplies and Clothing
-
Ordnance Department Establishments and General Stores -
Engineer Stores and Aviation -
Works and Buildings

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

10

24
24
176
176
176
176
176
176
176
176

176
176
176
176
176
176

176
176
176
176
176

18

29
29

99

175

1.75
176
176
176
176
176
176
176

1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

1,000
1,000
10
10
100

10

1,000

1,000

1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

Page.

24

26

187

24

31

Resolution of 9th March
read ; Bill ordered.
Vide ARMY (AN-

L NUAL) BILL.

151

186

6 & 7 GEO. v.

INDEX to the ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIRST VOLUME. 309

Subject.

Agreed to
in
Committee.

Sum granted.

Resolutions Reported,
and Agreed to.

SUPPLYcontinued.

Page.

s.

Page.

ARMYcontinued.

31 Maycontinued.

ARMY ESTIMATES, 1916-17=continued.

Miscellaneous Effective Services
Half Pay, Retired Pay, and other Non-effective Charges for

Officers

-

-

Pensions and other Non-effective Charges for Warrant Officers,
-

Non-commissioned Officers, Men, and others -

-
Civil Superannuation, Compensation, and Gratuities -

-

-

20 December:

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1916-17.

Land Forces, 1,000,000, all ranks

-

CIVIL SERVICES.
1 March:

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1915-16.

CLASS I.

1,000 -

1,000 -

1,000

1,000

-

176

'176

176

176

258

186

261

Diplomatic and Consular Buildings (Supplementary) -

18

I

37,330 -

CLASS II.

Kew Gardens (Supplementary)
Foreign and other Secret Services (Supplementary) -

National Gallery (Supplementary)

CLASS IV.

CLASS V.

Colonial Services (Supplementary)
Treasury Chests Abroad -

-

CLASS VI.

Miscellaneous Expenses (Supplementary) -
Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation, Statutory Committee

Ministry of Munitions
Ministry of Munitions (Ordnance Factories)

2 March ;

VOTE ON ACCOUNT.
Civil Services and Revenue Departments, 1916-17 (Vote on

Account)

-

-

VOL 171.--Sess. 1916.

18

18

18

19

19.

19

19

19

19

-
50,100
50,000 -

-

4,800 -

24

49,828
1,847 -

1,700 -
414

1,000

1,000

Resolutions' to be con-
sidered on day named,
Further con-
25.
sideration of Resolu-
tions deferred,
26.
Agreed to, 28.

21

f 36,634,000

25

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INDEX.Fto th ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIRST VOLUME.

[1916.)

Subject.

Agreed to
in
Committee.

Sum granted.

Resolutions Reported,
and Agreed to.

S UP P L Y--continued.

Page.

s.

d.

Page.

CIVIL SERVICEScontinued.

30 March:

CLASS I.

-

-

Royal Palaces -
-
Osborne
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens
Houses of Parliament Buildiugs
Miscellaneous Legal Buildings ( Great Britain) -
Art and Science Buildings (Great Britain)
Diplomatic and Consular Buildings
Revenue Buildings -
Insurance and Labour Exchange Buildings (Great Britain)
Public Buildings in Great Britain
His Majesty's Works and Public Buildings

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22 May:

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Survey of the United Kingdom

-

20 June :

CLASS VII.

-

National Health Insurance Joint Committee
National Health Insurance Commission (England)
National Health Insurance Commission (Wales)
National Health Insurance Commission (Scotland)
National Health Insurance Commission (Ireland)
National Insurance Audit Department
-
Treatment of Tuberculosis (Special Grants)

Post Office

Local Government Board -

Colonial Office -

3 July :

11 July:

3 August :

8 August:
Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation, Salary of the Vice-Chairman

of the Statutory Committee -

9 August :

CLASS II.

Board of Agriculture (Scotland)

Scottish Land Court-

CLASS III.

38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38

89
89

104

104

104

104

104

104

104

32,700
3,100
54,000
24,600
23,000
43,200
17,900
350,600
91,900
141,400
88,700

135,160 =
-
1,030

-

148,709

3,167,239

204,923

426,902

273,475

54,000

275,000

121

14,537,145

-

-

166,797

35,850 -

1,150 -

43,959

-

.4,853 -

134

165

-

170

171

171

150

151

151

15t

152

152

188

188.

187

187

6 & 7 GEO. v.

INDEX to the ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIRST VOLUME. 311

Subject.

Agreed to
in
Committee.

Sum granted.

Resolutions Reported,
and Agreed to.

SUPPLY-continued.

Page.

s.

d.

Page.

CIVIL SERVICES-continued.

9 August-continued.

CLASS IV.

Public Education (Scotland)
National Galleries (Scotland)

-
-

CLASS II.

Secretary for Scotland and Subordinate Offices -
Fishery Board (Scotland) -
-
General Board of Control for Scotland
Registrar General's Office (Scotland)
Local Government Board for Scotland

Law Charges and Courts of Law (Scotland)

CLASS III.

Treasury -

10 August :

CLASS I.

Insurance and Labour Exchange Buildings,
-

(Supplementary) -

-

-

_

Harbours under the Board of Trade -
Peterhead Harbour -
Rates on Government Property
Public Works and Buildings, Ireland
Railways, Ireland

-

-
-
-

CLASS II.

House of Lords Offices
House of Commons
Home Office
-
Foreign Office -
Privy Council Office
Board of Trade
Mercantile Marine Services
Bankruptcy Department of the Board of Trade -
Charity Commission -
-
Government Chemist
Civil Service Commission -
Exchequer and Audit Department
Friendly Societies Registry
Board of Control, England
The Mint
-
National Debt Office -
Public Record Office
Public Works Loan Commission
Registrar General's Office, England -
-
Stationery and Printing -
Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues

-

-

Great Britain

-

171

171

171
171
171
171
171

171

173

173
173
173
173
173
173

173
173
173
173
173
173
173
173
173
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174

1,544,742 - -
-

2,522

-

187

-
8,493
11,969 -
18,568
--
-
4,096
16,924

53,746 -

74,547

-

181-186

95,000
1,431
14,000
488,500
101,354
41,867

22,288
200,162
166,801
36,271
5,631
180,011
72,634
5
15,777
15,383
25,866
41,720
12,337
43,092
46
7,439
12,995
4,000
26,715
276,959
12,150

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INDEX tatheONE HUNDRED. and SEVENTY -FIRST "VOLUME.

Subject.

Agreed to

Ill

Committee.

Sum granted.

Resolutions Reported,
and Agreed to.

S

['PLY -continued.

Page.

s.

d.

Page.

CIVIL SERVICES-continued.

10 Azi pust-continupd.

CLASS IL-continued.

Secret Service (including a Supplementary suni of £300,000)
Household of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland -
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland
Charitable Donations and Bequests Office, Ireland
Congested Districts Board for Ireland
Local Government Board, Ireland
Public Record Office, Ireland -
Public Works Office, Ireland
-
Registrar General's Office, Ireland
Valuation and Boundary Survey, Ireland -

-.

-

-

CLASS III.

-

-

-

Law Charges
-
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses -
Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Criminal Appeal
Land Registry -
Public Trustee -
County Courts -
-
Police, England and Wales
Prisons, England and the Colonies
Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Great Britain
Criminal Lunatic Asylums, England -
Register House, Edinburgh
Prisons, Scotland
-
Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions, Ireland
Supreme Court of Judicature and other Legal Departments in

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

..

-

-

-

Ireland -

-

-

-

-

Irish Land Commission
County Court Officers, &c., Ireland -
Dublin Metropolitan Police (including a Supplementary sum of

-

-

£100).

-

-

-

7

7

-

Royal Irish Constabulary (including a Supplementary sum of
-

£400)

-

_

_

-

-
Prisons,- Ireland
-.
Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Ireland
Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Ireland

-

-
-

-

-

CLASS IV.

-

Board of Education -
British Museum
National Gallery
National Portrait Gallery -
Wallace Collection
London Museum
Scientific Investigation, &c.
Scientific Investigation, &c. Supplementary sum)

-

174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174

174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174
174

179
174
174

174
174
174

174

175
175
175
175

175
175
175
175
175
175
175
175

320,000
1,784
13,447
73,170
1,243
105,750
65,528-
3,830
24,871
8,360
14,672

35,038
10,404
177,416
23,147
5
65,174
58,282
280,090
165,384
28,524

24,789
50,635
32,911
67,570 -
433,918 - -
- -

66,284

39,293

-

729,775
65,190
49,788
4,-(40

9,736,732
'68,599
6,489

2,591
1,570
'66,671
20,000

181-18(1

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313

Subject.

Agreed to
in
Committee.

Sum granted.

Resolutions Reported,
and Agreed to.

SUPPLYcontinued.

CIVIL SERVICEScontinued.

10 Augustcontinued.

CLASS IV. continued.

Page.

s.

d.

Page.

Britain, and Intermediate

Universities and Colleges, Great

Education, Wales -
ublic Education, Ireland

-
Intermediate Education, Ireland
Endowed Schools Commissioners, Ireland -
National Gallery of Ireland
Science and Art, Ireland
Universities and Colleges, Ireland

-

-

-
-

CLASS V.

Diplomatic and Consular Services
Colonial Services
Telegraph Subsidies and Pacific Cable
Cyprus (Grant in Aid)

-

-

-

-

CLASS VI.

Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Miscellaneous Expenses

-

-

ospitals and Charities, Ireland
emporary Commissions
epayments to the Local Loans Fund
reland Development Grant
epayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund
ospitals (Special Grants)

-

I

CLASS VII.

Id Age Pensions
abour Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance
ighlands and Islands (Medical Service) Board
riendly Societies' Deficiency -

MUNITIONS.

inistry of Munitions
linistry of Munitions (Ordnance Factories)

-

-

REVENUE DEPARTMENTS ESTIMATES, 1916-17.
ustoms and Excise -
-
nland Revenue (including a Supplementary sum of £150,000) -

-

-

-

175
175
175
175
175
175
175

175
175
175
175

175
175
175
175
175
175
175
175

175
175
175
175

175
175

175
175

211,200
832,704
40,000
505
845
124,453
59,000

372,290
506,197
12,875
1,000

455,694
7,743
778
2,000
3,219
5,000
27,311
10,000

7,654,000
618,262
42,135
15,307

-
-
- -
-

-

900
90

1,374,513
1,536,350

-

4 December :

CLASS II.

reasury and Subordinate Departments (Supplementary

244

600

ublic Education (Ireland) (Supplementary)

CLASS IV.

Nr oL.1.71.Sess.' 1916.

244

178,880

S S

181-186

249

249

314

INDEX to the ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIRST VOLUMIE.

SURREY COUNTY (North Eastern or Wimbledon Division)

WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.

SUSPENSION Of a MEMBER. Vide HOUSE. MEMBERS.

SUSPENSION of SITTING of the HOUSE, under Standing

Order No. 21, 155.

read the first

SWANSEA HARBOUR [Lords]; Report, That the Bill
should originate in the Lords, 3. Report, Standing'
Orders certified to have been complied with, 6. Bill
time, and
brought from the Lords ;
referred to the Examiners, 32. Report, Standing Orders
not previously inquired into complied with ; Bill to be
read a second time, '34. Read a second time, and
committed, 39. Reported, with Amendments, 57: As
amended, considered, 88. Bill read the third time and
passed, with Amendments, 90. To which the Lords
(Cited as Swansea Harbour Act, 1916)
agree, 92.
Royal Assent, 95.

TABLE WATERS, &c. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

TELEGRAPH ( Construction) ; Bill to amend the Telegraph
Acts, 1863 to 1915, with respect to the construction and
maintenance of telegraphic lines ; presented, and ordered
to be read a second time, 143. Second Reading deferred,
145, 147, 149, 153, 154, 158, 160. Read a second time ;
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House, 162.
Committee deferred, 163, 166. Considered in Com-
mittee, and reported ; as amended, considered ; Bill read
the third time and passed, 167. Agreed to by the
Lords, with an Amendment, 194. Lords' Amendment
( Cited as Telegraph (Construction) Act,
agreed to, 197.
1916) Royal Assent, 200.

for use

TIME (Ireland) ; Motion for leave to bring in a Bill to
assimilate the Time adopted for use in Ireland to that
in Great Britain ; Motion being
adopted
opposed, Mr. Speaker put the Question forthwith, pur-
suant to Standing Order No. 11 ; Bill ordered
pre-
sented accordingly, and read the first time, 161. Second
Reading deferred, 164, 166, 169, 170, 172, 178, 191.
Read a second time ; House immediately resolves itself
into Committee on the Bill ; Bill considered in Com-
mittee, and reported, without Amendment ; read the
third time and passed, 193. Agreed to by the Lords,
(Cited as Time (Ireland)
without Amendment, 198.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 200.

TINDER BOXES, &c. Vide WAYS and MEANS.
TITLES. of BILLS amended ; Private Bills in Committee,
83, 146. Provisional Order Bill in Committee, 119.
Public Bills in Committee, 84, 156. Public Bills on
Report, 61, 161.

TRADING with the ENEMY and EXPORT Of PROHIBITED
GOODS; Bill to amend the Law relating to Trading
with the Enemy and the Export of Prohibited Goods ;
presented, and ordered to be read a second time, 218.
Second Reading deferred, 221. Read a second time ;
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House,
223. Committee deferred, 225. Considered in Com-
mittee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill read
the -third time and passed, 226. Agreed to by the
Lords, with an Amendment ; day appointed for its
consideration, 239. Lords' Amendment agreed to, 241.
(Cited as Trading with the Enemy and Export of Pro-
hibited Goods Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 251.

TRADING with the ENEMY (Copyright); Bill to make
provision with respect to Copyrights which would, had
a state of war not existed, have vested in enemies ;
presented, and ordered to be read a second time, 128.
Second Reading deferred, 132, 134, 137, 139, 141, 143,
146, 147, 149, 153. Withdrawn, 154.

.

TRADING with the ENEMY (Copyright) (I170'i).;" )111''

in workS
make provision with respect to Copyrlight
first published or made in an enemy country during the
present war ; presented, and ordered to be read.a second.
Second Reading deferred, 158, 1+60. Read
time, 154.
a second time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the
whole House, 162. Committee deferred, 164, 166.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amend-
ment ; Bill read the third time and passed, 168. Agreed
(Cited s
to by the Lords, without Amendment, 173.
Trading with the Enemy (Copyright) Act, 1916) RoT I
Assent, 173.

TRANTON V. ASTOR ; Petition for leave to the grope
Officer of the House to attend a trial and produe
documents, &c. ;

leave given to attend, 213.

TYNEMOUTH CORPORATION ; Bill presented, and rea
the first time ; to be read a second time, 8. Da
Second Readin
appointed for Second Reading, 12.
deferred, 15, 16, 21. Bill read a second time, and corn
mitted, 28. Reported from Local Legislation Corn
mittee, with Amendments, 88. As amended, considered
96. Bill read the third time and passed, 100. Agree(
to by the Lords, with Amendments,
Lords
142.
(Cited as Tynemoutl
Amendments agreed to, 147.
Corporation Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 165.

TYRONE

COUNTY (South

Tyrone) WRIT.

Vid

ELECTIONS.

UXBRIDGE GAS ; Bill presented, and read the firs
time ; to be read a second time, 8. Day' appointed fo
Second Reading, 12. Read a second time, and referre
to the Examiners, 15. Report, Standing Orders no
previously inquired into complied with ; Bill committed.
19. Reported, with Amendments, 37. As amended
considered, 44. Bill read the third time and passed, 51
Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 120. Lords
(Cited as Uxbridge G a
Amendments agreed to, 123.
Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

UNEARNED INCOME (Graduated Relief).

and MEANS.

; Vide WAY

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY [Lords]; Report, Tha
Repor

the Bill should originate in the Lords,. 3.
Standing Orders certified to have been complied with,
Brought from the Lords ; read the first time, and referre
to the Examiners, 44. Report, Standing Orders n t
previously inquired into complied with ; Bill to be read
second time, 50. Read a second time, and committed, 5
Reported, with Amendments, 72. As amended,. con-
sidered ; Bill to be read the third time, 100. Bill rea
the third time and passed, with Amendments, 107. T
which the Lords agree, 120.
Land Company Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 145.

(Cited as ,Van Diemen s

VICE - CHAMBERLAIN of the HOUSEHOLD ;, reports Hi
Majesty's Answer to the Address at the opening of th
Session, 10. Memorial to Field-Marshal Earl Kitchenei,
118.

VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS (Recognition).

KING'S SPEECH.

Vid

VOLUNTEER [Lords] ; Bill,

intituled An Act to giv
effect to agreements on the part of tnembers. of Volunteer
Corps to attend drills or undergo training, or perfor
military duty ; brought from the Lords, 247. Read th
first time, 247. Read a second time ; Bill committed t
a Committee of the whole House, 249. Considered i
Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; Bill rea
the third time and passed, without Amendment, 25
(Cited as Volunteer Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 263.

4

& 7 GEO.. V.]

INDEX to the ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIRST VOLUME.

315

VOTES and PROCEEDINGS ; Sessional Order ; to be printed,

4.

OTES of CREDIT. Vide SUPPLY.

(Cited as War Risks (Insurance by Trustees) Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 66.

-WAKEFIELD CORPORATION ; Bill presented, and
read the first time ; to be read a second time, 8. Day
Read a second
appointed for Second Reading,
time, and committed, 15. Reported, with Amendments,
37. As amended, considered, 51. Bill read the third
time and passed, 57. Agreed to by the Lords, with
Amendments, 126. Lords' Amendments agreed to, 133.
( Cited us :WakefieM Corporation Act, 1916) Royal
Assent, 145.

12.

WALES,. PRINCE of ; His Consent signified on Third

Reading of a Public Bill, 191.

WAR CHARITIES ; Bill to provide for the registration of
Charities for purposes connected with the present War ;
presented, and ordered to be read a second time, 159.
Second. Reading deferred, 162. Read a second time ;
Bill committed to'a Committee of the whole House, 163.
Committee deferred, 166;172. Considered in Committee,
163, 177. As amended, considered ; further consideration
adjourned, 177. As amended, further considered ; Bill
read the third, time and passed, 180. Agreed to by the
Lords, with Amendments, 198. Day appointed for their
consideration, 199. Lords' Amendments agreed to, 200.
.kezted as.War Charities Act, 1916) Royal Assent, 200.

WAR LOAN, BILL. Vide WAYS and MEANS.

WAR ,BISIS (Insurance by Trustees) [Lords] ; Bill,
intituled An Act to facilitate the insurance against War
Risks of property subject to trusts ; brought from the
Lords, 32_ Read the first time, 35. Read a second
time ; Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House,
36. Committee deferred, 38, 43, 48, 50, 51. Bill con-
'sidered in-Committee, and reported, without Amendment ;
,read the third time and passed, without Amendment, 53.

WAYS AND MEANS FOR RAISINCI

THE SUPPLY :

Resolution, That this House will, upon Monday
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the
Ways and Means for raising the Supply to be granted to
His Majesty, 10.

Committee deferred, 14, 16, 18,
31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 50, 51,
29,
71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 80, 81, 84,
68, 69,
99, 100,

19, 21, 22, 25,
55, 56, 58, 65,
27, 28,
86, 88, 89, 93,
67,
120, 122, 125,
102, 105, 107, 114, 115, 118,
95,
127, 131, 133, 137, 139, 142, 143, 146, 147, 153,.154,
158, 160, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 176, 180, 189, 191,
193, 197, 200, 206, 210, 211, 212, 214, 217, 220, 222,
223, 225, 226, 228, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 238,
239, 241, 243, 245, 250, 253.

Considered in Committee, 11, 30, 40, 44, 63, 91,

96, 108, 133, 149, 163, 207, 256.

Proceedings not to be interrupted under Standing

Order No. 1, 40, 247.

Reports deferred, 50, 51, 55, 56, 58, 99, 100,

102, 105, 107.

Resolutions reported ;

first Seven Resolutions
agreed to ; Bill ordered, 48. Eighth and subsequent
Resolutions further considered, and agreed to, 61.

Resolution reported ; amended, and agreed to,

108.

Amendment proposed to a Resolution withdrawn,

108, 112.

Instruction to the Committee on the Finance
Bill that they have power to make provision therein
pursuant to the said Resolutions, 108, 112.

Subject.

Agreed to
in Committee.

Resolutions Reported, and
Agreed to.

21 February :

Page.

Page.

the sum of £120,000,000 be granted -

Towards making good the Supply for year ended 31st March 1916,
-
Towards making good the Supply for year ended 31st March 1917,
-

the sum of £300,000,000 be granted -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

16 March :

Towards making good the Supply for year ended 31st March 1916,

the sum of £198,039 be granted

-

-

-

-

-

Towards making good the Supply. for year ended 31st March 1917,
-

the sum of £36,636,000 be granted -

-

-

-

.

11

11

30

30

}. Vide

CONS

(No. 1) BILL.

13
OLIDATED

FUND

31

Bill ordered. Vide infra.

Vol,. 171.-Sess. 1916.

s s 2

316

INDEX to the ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIRST VOLUME.

Ct

WAYS AND MEANS FOR RAISING THE SUPPLYcontinued.

Subject.

4 April:

Agreed to
in Committee.

Resolutions RepOrted, and
Agreed -O.

Page.

Page.

-
-

Entertainments Duty
Railway Fare Duties
Matches (Customs)
Matches (Excise)
Table Waters, &c.
Machines for Aerating Waters
Cider and Perry -
Cocoa -
Coffee -
Chicory (Customs)
Chicory, &c. (Excise)
Sugar (Customs)
Sugar (Excise)
Motor Cars -
Income Tax
Earned Income
Unearned Income (Graduated Relief) -
Provision as to Service in the Navy or Army
-
Excess Profits Duty
-
-
Excess Profits in case of Companies where Directors have Con-

-

trolling Interest

Explanatory Provisions as to Accounting Periods and Accumulating

Profits

-

Excess Profits Duty on Sale of Assets -
Extended Power to Borrow -

Amendment of Law

5 April :

17 April:

Table Waters (Customs)
-
Cider and Perry (Customs) -
Licences for Sale of Table Waters, &c., and Cider
Tinder Boxes, &c. (Customs)
Tinder Boxes (Excise)

-

-

Towards making good the Supply for year ended 31st March 1917,

the sum of £300,000,000 be granted -

23 May :

Additional Income Tax on Income from certain Securities

29 May :

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
90
40
40

40

40
40
40

44

63
63
63
64
64

91

96

Resolutions reported, 45. First. Seven
Resolutions agreed to, 48.
Bills
ordered. Vide FINANCE (NEW
DUTIES) BILL, 318. Eighth and
subsequent Resolutions to be farther
considered, 48. Further considered,
and agreed to, 61.

63

'Bill ordered. Vide FINANCE BILL,

65

318.

93

Bill

ordered.

Vide CONSOLI-
DATED FUND (No. 3) BILL. 318.

Resolution reported ; amended, and
agreed to, 108.
Instruction to the
Committee on the Finance Bill,
108.

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319

WAYS AND MEANS FOR RAISING THE

SUPPLY continued.

WINCHESTER BOROUGH WRIT. Vide ELECTIONS.
WITNESSES ; Sessional Resolutions, 3. Ordered to

attend Select Committee on Divorce Bills, 108.

WORCESTER COUNTY (Mid or Droitwich Division) WRIT.

Vide ELECTIONS.

WRITS. Vide ELECTIONS.

Writ issued under the provisions of the Lunacy

(Vacating of Seats) Act, 1886, 191.

A

WESTON-SUPER-MARE GRAND PIER [Lords]; Report,
That the Bill should originate in the Lords, 3. Report,
Standing Orders certified to have been complied with, 6.
Brought :from the Lords ; read the first time, and referred
to the EXaminers, 36. Report, Standing Orders not pre-
viously inquired into complied with; Bill to be read a
second time,44. Reported, without Amendment, 72. Bill
read the third time and passed, without Amendment, 75.
(Cited as Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Act, 1916)
Royal Assent, 87.

1 EADON WATER [Lords] Report, That the Bill
3. Report, Standing
should originate in the Lords,
Orders certified to have been complied with, 6. Brought
from the Lords ; read the first time, and referred to the
Examiners, 99. Report, Standing Orders not previ;usly
inquired into complied with ; Bill to be read a second
time, 114. Read a second time, and committed, 121.
Reported, with Amendments, 144. As amended, con-
sidered, 155. Bill read the third time and passed, with
Amendments, 162. To which the Lords agree, 171.
(Cited as Yeadon Waterworks Act, 1916) Royal Assent,
173.

