§ The Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. J. W. Lowther) 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 considered, and they had determined that the Bills contained in the following List should originate in the House of Lords, viz.:—Aberdeen Corporation (Tramways): Aberystwith Gas: Agricultural Company of Mauritius: Bacup Corporation Water: Bakewell Gas: Belfast Corporation (Hospitals): Belfast Harbour: Bideford and Clovelly Railway: Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad (Tramway Extensions): Blackpool Improvement: Blackpool Palatine Promenade Pier: Blackpool Sea Water: Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company: Brighton Underground Railway: Buckie (Cluny) Harbour: Buenos Ayres Northern Railway: Bury Corporation: Caledonian Railway: Carlisle Corporation Water: Central Electric Supply: Chelsea Electricity Supply: Chipstead Valley Railway: Clergy Mutual Assurance Society: Clontarf and Hill of Howth Tramroad: Colonial Bank: Cranbrook and Paddock Wood Railway: Crowhurst, Sidley, and Bexhill Railway: Dover Harbour: Dundee Corporation Tramways: Dundee Suburban Railway (Extension of Time): Eastern Telegraph Company: Edinburgh and District Water: Edinburgh and Leith Corporations Gas: Edinburgh Merchant Company: Exeter, Teign Valley, and Chagford Railway: Felixstowe and Walton Water: Filey Water and Gas: 350 Folkestone Corporation Water (Transfer): Folkestone Gas: Folkestone Water: Forres Water: General Power Distributing Company: Glasgow and South-Western Railway: Great North of Scotland Railway: Great Orme Tramway and Tramroad: Guy's Hospital: Halifax Corporation: Hamilton Water: Heywood Corporation Water: Holmes's Patent: Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock: Inner Temple Buildings (King's Bench Walk): Isle of Wight Railway (Brading Harbour and Railway): Kettering Water: Kingstown and Kingsbridge Junction Railway (Abandonment): Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway: Leicester Freemen: Liskeard Corporation (Water): Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company: London and North Western Railway: London and North Western Railway (Steam Vessels): London and North Western Railway (Wales): London and South Western Railway: London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway: London, Chatham, and Dover Railway: Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company: Marianao and Havana Railway Company: Market Harborough Gas: Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (New Works): Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Various Powers): Mersey Railway: Metropolitan Electric Supply: Midland Railway: Midland Railway (West Riding Lines): Midlothian and Peebles District Board of Lunacy (Water): Milford Docks: Morley Corporation (Gas): Morley Gas: Natal Land and Colonisation Company: Newcastle and Gateshead Water: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation: Newhaven and Seaford Water: Newhaven and Seaford Water Board: Newhaven Harbour: Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation: Newtown Water: North British Railway: North Eastern Railway: Norton and Halton Roads: Paisley Corporation (Loans): Patriotic Assurance Company: Portsmouth Corporation Tramways: Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company: Redhill and Reigate Gas: Reigate Gas: Rochdale Corporation Water: Saint Marylebone Churches: Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green: Saint Thomas, Southwark, and Saint Saviour, Southwark: Seaham Harbour: Sheringham and Beeston Protection: Sheringham Gas and Water: South Eastern Railway: Stirling Gas: Swansea Gas: Ten- 351 terden Railway: Todmorden Corporation Water: Todmorden Corporation (Water Transfer): Torrington and Okehampton Railway: Tyne Improvement: Tyne Improvement Commissioners (Constitution): Tynemouth Corporation Water: Upper Assam Tea Company: Waterford City Gas: Wath-upon-Dearne Urban District Council: Windsor and Ascot Railway: Wirral Railway: Wolverhampton and Essington Mineral Railway: Workington Railways and Docks: Yeovil Corporation: Yeovil Gas.