§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Sir Charles Forster.)
§ MR. T. H. BOLTON (St. Pancras, N.)I had placed upon the Paper a Notice of my intention to move that this Bill should be referred to a Hybrid Committee; but having regard to the course adopted by the House on Friday upon the Cricklewood, Kilburn, and Harrow Road Tramways Bill, I do not propose to move that Reference. I prefer to act upon the suggestion of the hon. 3 Gentleman the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means (Mr. Courtney), and to move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Tramways Act, 1870, the powers of Tramways Companies, and the management of tramways.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed.