§ RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 29 July 1897;—for,
§ RETURN "of the Number of Days on which the House sat in the Session of 1897, 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 Midnight, and the Number of Entries in each Day's Votes and Proceedings (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.160, of Session, 1896)."—(Dr. Farquharson.)
| Month. | Day | House met. | House adjourned. | Hours of Sitting. | Hours after Midnight. | Entries in Votes. | |||||
| 1897. | H. | M. | H. | M. | H. | M. | H. | M. | |||
| Jan. | 19 | Tu. | 2 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 9 | 45 | - | - | 82 |
| Jan | 20 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 35 | - | - | 19 |
| Jan | 21 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| Jan | 22 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 11 | 57 | 8 | 57 | - | - | 169 |
| Jan | 25 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | 37 |
| Jan | 26 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 38 |
| Jan | 27 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 40 | - | - | 28 |
| Jan | 28 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| Jan | 29 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| Total | 9 | - | - | - | - | 75 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 460 | |
| Feb. | 1 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 40 |
| Feb. | 2 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 30 |
| Feb. | 3 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 5 | 55 | - | - | 33 |
| Feb. | 4 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 141 |
| Feb. | 5 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 137 |
| Feb. | 8 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 41 |
| Feb. | 9 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 23 |
| Feb. | 10 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 40 | - | - | 80 |
| Feb. | 11 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| Feb. | 12 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 11 | 50 | 8 | 50 | - | - | 44 |
| Feb. | 15 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 53 |
| Feb. | 16 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 32 |
| Feb. | 17 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 5 | 55 | - | - | 48 |
| Feb. | 18 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 43 |
| Feb. | 19 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 25 |
| Feb. | 22 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 52 |
| Feb. | 23 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 15 | - | - | 30 |
| Feb. | 24 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 35 | - | - | 41 |
| Feb. | 25 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 39 |
| Feb. | 26 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 36 |
| Total | 20 | - | - | - | - | 162 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 994 |
| Month. | Day. | House met. | House adjourned. | Hours of Sitting. | Hours after Midnight. | Entries in Votes. | |||||
| 1897. | H. | M. | H. | M. | H. | M. | H. | M. | |||
| May | 3 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 89 |
| May | 4 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 50 | - | - | 36 |
| May | 5 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 50 | - | - | 89 |
| May | 6 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 70 |
| May | 7 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 41 |
| May | 10 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 110 |
| May | 11 | Tu. | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 65 |
| May | 12 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 50 | - | - | 71 |
| May | 13 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 74 |
| May | 14 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 42 |
| May | 17 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| May | 18 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 74 |
| May | 19 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 50 | - | - | 54 |
| May | 20 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 74 |
| May | 21 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 51 |
| May | 24 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 113 |
| May | 25 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 56 |
| May | 26 | Wd. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 40 | - | - | 54 |
| May | 27 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 73 |
| May | 28 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 70 |
| May | 31 | M. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 114 |
| Total | 21 | - | - | - | - | 172 | 42 | 2 | 42 | 1,516 | |
| June | 1 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 75 |
| June | 2 | W. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 50 | - | - | 61 |
| June | 3 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 123 |
| June | 4 | Fr. | 12 | 0 | 1 30pm | 1 | 30 | - | - | 24 | |
| June | 17 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 8 | 45 | - | - | 85 |
| June | 18 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 4 | 50 | - | - | 47 |
| June | 21 | M. | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 15 | - | - | 51 |
| June | 23 | W. | 2 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 13 |
| June | 24 | Th. | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 41 |
| June | 25 | Fr. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 29 |
| June | 28 | M. | 3 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 30 | - | - | 57 |
| June | 29 | Tu. | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 46 |
| June | 30 | W. | 12 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 50 | - | - | 87 |
| Total | 13 | - | - | - | - | 82 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 730 |