HC Deb 14 February 1901 vol 89 cc67-9

The following Papers, presented by Royal Command 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, 1896:—

  1. 1. Trade Reports (Annual Series).— Copies of Diplomatic, and Consular Reports, Annual Series, Nos. 2542 to 2553.
  2. 2. Trade Reports (Miscellaneous Series). —Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, Nos. 545 to 547.
  3. 3. Treaty Series (No. 1, 1901).—Copy of Agreement between the United Kingdom and Germany relative to China; dated 16th October,"1900.
  4. 4. Treaty Series (No. 2, 1901).—Copy of Convention between the United Kingdom and Japan for the protection of the Estates of Deceased Persons. Signed at Tokio, 26th April, 1900. Ratifications exchanged at Tokio, 25th October, 1900.
  5. 5. Metric System (Foreign Countries) (Commercial, No. 1, 1901).—Copy of Reports from Her late Majesty's Repre- 68 sentatives in Europe on the Metric System, Part II.
  6. 6. Africa (No. 1, 1901).—Copy of Return of the Names of the British and American Firms who tendered for the supply of certain Bridges for the Uganda Railway, and the Amounts of the various Tenders.
  7. 7. South Africa (Despatches).—Copy of Despatches relating to the War in South Africa.
  8. 8. Colonial Reports (Annual).—Copies of Reports Nos. 308 (Leeward Islands, Annual Report for 1,899), 309 (St. Helena, Annual Report for 1899), 310 (British Honduras, Annual Report for 1899), 311 (St. Lucia, Annual Report for 1899), 312 (St. Vincent, Animal Report for 1899), 313 (Basutoland, Annual Report for 1899–1900), 314 (Hong Kong, Annual Report for 1899), 315 (Southern Nigeria, Annual Report for 1899–1900), 316 (Grenada, Annual Report for 1899).
  9. 9. Explosions (Gunpowder Factory at Blackbeck, Lancashire).—Copy of Report by Captain A. P. H. Desborough, Her late Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the circumstances attending an Explosion which destroyed the Coining House of Messrs F. C. Dickson and Company's Gunpowder Factory at Blackbeck, Haver thwaite, Lancashire, on the 27th August, 1900.
  10. 10. Inebriates Acts 1879 to 1899.— Copy of Twentieth Report of the inspectors of Retreats, and the First Report of the Inspector of Certified Reformatories, under the Inebriates Acts, 1879 to 1899, for the year 1899.
  11. 11. Mines and Quarries.—Copy of General Report and Statistics for the year 1899, Part IV., Colonial and Foreign Statistics; Statistics relating to Persons employed, Output, and Accidents at Mines and Quarries in the British Colonies and in Foreign Countries.
  12. 12. Military Hospitals in South Africa (Royal Commission).—Copy of Report of the Royal Commission appointed to consider and report upon the care and treatment of the sick and wounded during the South African Campaign.
  13. 13. Military Hospitals in South Africa (Royal Commission).—Copy of Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal Commission.
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  14. 14. Military Hospitals in South Africa (Royal Commission).—Copy of Appendix to Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal Commission.
  15. 15. Irish Inland Fisheries Commission. —Copy of Report of the Commissioners.
  16. 16. Irish Inland Fisheries Commission. —Copy of Appendix to the Report of the Commissioners, Part I., Minutes of Evidence.
  17. 17. Irish Inland Fisheries Commission. —Copy of Appendix to the Report of the Commissioners, Part II, Documents.
  18. 18. Irish Inland Fisheries Commission. —Copy of Appendix to the Report of the Commissioners, Part III., Translation of the Report of the Royal Commission on Norwegian Salmon Fisheries, 1896–8, and of a Treatise by Mr. Landmark on Hatcheries and the Rearing of Fry.
  19. 19. Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund Act, 1898 (Light Dues).— Copy of Report of a Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to examine the claims and suggestions received for exemption from Light Dues, or for alteration of the existing scale or rules. Part II, Appendix.
  20. 20. 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, 1900.
  21. 21. Crofter and Cottar Colonisation Scheme.—Copy of Eleventh Report of the 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.
  22. 22. Arsenical Poisoning.—Copy of Report to the Local Government Board on recent Epidemic Arsenical Poisoning attributed to Beer, by Dr. George Seaton Buchanan.

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

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