§ The following Papers, presented by Command of His Majesty during the Easter Recess, were delivered to the Librarian of the House of Commons during the Recess, pursuant to the Standing Order of the 14th August 1896:—
- 1. Trade Reports (Annual Series),—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Annual Series, Nos. 2568 to 2572;
- 2. Trade Reports (Miscellaneous Series),—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, Nos. 519 and 550;
- 3. Egypt (No. 1, 1901),—Copy of Reports by His Majesty's Agent and Consul General on the Finances, Administration, and Condition of Egypt and the Soudan in 1900;
- 4. China, (No. 3, 1901),—Copy of Further Correspondence respecting events at Peking [in continuation of China (No. 4, 1900)];
- 5. Army (Military Works),—Copy of Approximate Estimate of Expenditure under the Barracks Act. 1890, and Military Works Acts, 1897 and 1899;
- 6. Army (Recruiting),—Copy of Annual Report of the Inspector General of Recruiting for 1900;
- 7. Congested Districts (Scotland) Act, 1897,—Copy of Third Report to the Secretary for Scotland of the Congested Districts (Scotland) Board;
- 8. National Gallery, etc. (Scotland),—Copy of Seventh Annual Report to the Secretary for Scotland by the Com-
594 missioners and Trustees of the Board of Manufacturers in Scotland, being for the year ending 30th September, 1900; - 9. Explosions (Nobel's Explosives Factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire).—Copy of Report by Captain M. B. Lloyd, His Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the circumstances attending an Explosion which occurred in one of the dynamite cartridge huts at the Factory of Nobel's Explosives Company, Limited, at Ardeer, near Stevenston, in the county of Ayr, on the 29th January, 1901;
- 10. Explosions (Chilworth Gunpowder Factory),—Copy of Report by Major A. Cooper-Key, His Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the circumstances attending an Explosion which occurred in the corning house at the factory of the Chilworth Gunpowder Company, Limited, at Chilworth, Surrey, on the 12th February, 1901.
§ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table.