HC Deb 30 January 1900 vol 78 cc61-5

The following Papers, presented by Command of Her Majesty during the Recess, were delivered to the Librarian of the House of Commons during the Recess, pursuant to the Standing Order of the 14th August, 1889:—

1. Crofter and Cottar Colonisation Scheme.—Copy of Tenth Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to carry out a Scheme of Colonisation in the Dominion of Canada of Crofters and Cottars from the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland, with Appendices.

2. Judicial Statistics (Scotland).—Copy of Report of the Judicial Statistics of Scotland for the year 1898.

3. East India (Trade).—Copy of Review and Tables relating to the Trade of British India with British Possessions and Foreign Countries for the five years 1894–5 to 1898–9.

4. Public Records (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to Thirteenth Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland. An Index to the Act or Grant Books and Original Wills of the Diocese of Dublin from 1800 to 1858.

5. Evictions (Ireland).—Copy of Return for the quarter ended 30th September, 1899.

6. Irish Land Commission (Judicial Rents).—Copy of Returns of Judicial Rents fixed during March, 1899.

7. Irish Land Commission (Judicial Rents).—Copy of Returns of Judicial Rents fixed during April and May, 1899.

8. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings of the Commission during the month of September, 1899.

9. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings of the Commission during the month of October, 1899.

10. Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888.—Copy of Returns made to the Board of Trade in pursuance of section 39, sub-section (2), of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, in respect of the canals and navigations in the United Kingdom, for the year 1898.

11. Railways (Continuous Brakes).—Copy of Return by the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom on the progress made in the use of Continuous Brakes, etc., for the six months ending the 30th June, 1899.

12. Meteorology.—Copy of Report of the Meteorological Council to the Royal Society for the year ending the 31st March, 1899.

13. Peterhead Harbour.—Copy of Reports respecting Peterhead Harbour Works.

14. Post Office (Parcel Post with Egypt).—Copy of Agreement concerning the Exchange of Postal Parcels concluded between the Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Postal Administration of Egypt.

15. Colonial Reports (Annual).—Copies of Reports, Nos. 277 (Bahamas, Annual Report for 1898), 278 (British Honduras, Annual Report for 1898), 279 (Mauritius and Rodrigues, Annual Report for 1898), 280 (Grenada, Annual Report for 1898),281 (St. Vincent, Annual Report for 1898), 282 (Hong Kong, Annual Report for 1898), 283 (Jamaica, Annual Report for 1898–9), 284 (Lagos, Annual Report for 1899), 285 (Seychelles, Annual Report for 1898), 286 (Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands, Annual Report for 1899), and 287 (Straits Settlements, Annual Report for 1898).

16. South Africa.—Copy of Correspondence relating to the despatch of Colonial Military Contingents to South Africa.

17. Mines (Explosion at Llest Colliery).—Copy of Reports to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Mr. Chester Jones, Barrister-at-Law, and Mr. J. T. Robson, Her Majesty's Inspector of Mines, on the circumstances attending an explosion which occurred at the Llest Colliery, Pontyrhyl, on the 18th August, 1899.

18. Explosions (Upton Towans, Gwithian).—Copy of Report by Captain J. H. Thomson, R.A., Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Explosives, to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the circumstances attending an Explosion of Blasting Gelatine which occurred in a mixing house of the factory of the National Explosives Company, Limited, at Upton Towans, Gwithian, near Hayle, Cornwall, on the 19th October, 1899.

19. Metropolitan Water Supply (Royal Commission).—Copy of Final Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the subject of the Water Supply within the limits of the Metropolitan Water Companies, with Index to the First and Final Reports of the Commissioners.

20. Factories and Workshops.—Copy of Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops for the year 1898, Part II., Reports.

21. Accidents to Railway Servants (Royal Commission).—Copy of the Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the causes of the accidents, fatal and non-fatal, to Servants of Railway Companies and of Truck Owners, Part I., Report.

22. Accidents to Railway Servants (Royal Commision).—Copy of Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the causes of the accidents, fatal and non-fatal, to Servants of Railway Companies and of Truck Owners, Part II., Minutes of Evidence and Appendices.

23. Treaty Series (No. 18, 1899).—Copy of Convention for the Exchange of Money Orders between the United States of America and the Colony of British Honduras. Signed at Washington, 20th February, 1899.

24. Treaty Series (No. 19,1899).—Copy of Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the United States of America, providing for the Establishment of a Provisional Boundary between the Dominion of Canada and the Territory of Alaska, in the Region about the Head of Lynn Canal, 20th October, 1899.

25. Treaty Series (No 20, 1899).—Copy of Additional Articles to the Convention of 11th July, 1896, between Great Britain and Italy respecting the Exchange of Parcels by Parcel Post. Signed at Rome, 28th October, 1899.

26. Treaty Series (No. 1,1900).—Copy of Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and France respecting the Waiver of Consular Fees on the Issue of Certificates of Origin.

27. Treaty Series (No. 2, 1900).—Copy of Agreement between the United Kingdom and France for the Exchange of Press Telegrams by night at reduced rates. Signed at Paris, 8th November, 1899. Ratifications exchanged at Paris, 16th December, 1899.

28. Treaty Series (No. 3, 1900).—Copy of Declaration between the United Kingdom and France prolonging for one year the Declaration of 11th December, 1888, regulating the Telegraphic Communication between the two Countries. Signed at London, 20th March, 1899. Ratifications exchanged at Paris, 30th December, 1899.

29. Germany (No. 1, 1899).—Copy of Despatch to Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Berlin, inclosing Copies of the Convention and Declaration between Great Britain and Germany of 14th November, 1899, for the Settlement of the Samoa and other questions.

30. Trade Reports (Annual Series).—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Annual Series, Nos. 2363 to 2374.

31. Trade Reports (Miscellaneous Series).—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, Nos. 517 to 520.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table.

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