§ Considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ (1.) Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise advances out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, or out of moneys in the hands of the National Debt Commissioners held on account of Savings Banks, of any sum of money, not exceeding £3,000,000 in the whole, to enable the Public Works Loan Commissioners, and not exceeding £1,200,000 in the whole, to enable the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to make advances in promotion of Public Works;
§ (2.) Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise further advances out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of any sum or sums of money, not exceeding £50,000 in the whole, to enable the Land Commission in Ireland to make advances in pursuance of "The Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883."
§ (3.) Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise advances out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of any sum of money, not exceeding £20,000, to enable the Fishery Board for Scotland to make advances in pursuance of any Act which may be passed in the present Session relating to the Tenure of Land by Crofters in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
1626§ (4.) Resolved, That it is expedient to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to reduce, on certain conditions, from five to four per cent. per annum, the rate of interest payable on the debt due to the Public Works Loan Commissioners by the Great Northern Railway Company of Ireland, in respect of the Belfast Central Railway undertaking recently purchased by that Company.
§ (5.) Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the Public Works Loan Commissioners to remit all sums due in respect of a loan of £20,000 advanced by them under "The Dunbar Harbour Loan Act, 1857," and to authorise the Fishery Board for Scotland to remit all sums due in respect of a loan of £2,500 advanced by them for the purposes of the Harbour at Dunbar.
§ (6.) Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the Public Works Loan Commissioners to remit on certain conditions all sums due in respect of interest on a loan of £8,400 advanced by them to the Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Railway Company.
§ (7.) Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to remit all sums due in respect of a loan of £220 advanced by them to the Lough Allen Clay Works Company, in pursuance of "The Labouring Classes Lodging Houses and Dwellings Act (Ireland) 1866."
§ (8.) Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the terms on which the Public Works Loan Commissioners are authorised by "The Public Works Loans Act, 1875," to advance money for the purposes of the Acts relating to the relief of the poor.
§ Resolutions to be reported upon Wednesday next.