HC Deb 16 January 1902 vol 101 cc70-81

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. Prisons (England and Wales).—Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, with Appendices, for the year ended 31st March 1901.
  2. 2. Inebriates Acts (Inspectors' Report).—Copy of Twenty-first Report of the Inspectors of Retreats, and the Second Report of the Inspector of Certified Reformatories, under the Inebriates Acts, 1879 to 1899, for the year 1900.
  3. 3. Workmen's Compensation.—Copy of Statistics of Proceedings under The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, and The Employers' Liability Act, 1880, during the year 1900.
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  4. 4. Mines and Quarries.—Copy of General Report and Statistics for the year 1900, Part III., Output; General Report and Statistics relating to the Output and Value of the Minerals raised in the United Kingdom, the amount and value of the metals produced, and the exports and imports of Minerals.
  5. 5. University Education in Ireland (Royal Commission).—Copy of First Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the present condition of the Higher, General, and Technical Education available in Ireland outside Trinity College, Dublin (Vol. I., Report; Vol. II., Appendix, with Minutes of Evidence).
  6. 6. Factories and Workshops.—Copy of Supplement to the Annual Report of the Chief Inspector for 1900 (Fourth and Fifth Annual Returns of Persons employed in Factories).
  7. 7. Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Great Britain).—Copy of Forty-fourth Report of His Majesty's Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools for 1900. Part II. General Report and Appendices III. to XI.
  8. 8. Employment of School Children.—Copy of Report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by the Inter-Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the question of the Employment of Children during school age.
  9. 9. Mines (Accident at Donibristle Colliery, Fifeshire).—Copy of Report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by J. B. Atkinson, Esq., one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Mines, on the circumstances attending the Accident which occurred at the Donibristle Colliery, Fifeshire, on the 26th August 1901.
  10. 10. Explosions (Firework Factory at Longlands, near Ossett).—Copy of Report by Captain A. P. H. Desborough, His Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the circumstances attending an Explosion which occurred during the operation of forming coloured stars at the Factory of Mr. Mark Ellis Riley, at Long-lands, near Ossett, on the 26th September 1901.
  11. 11. Mines (Explosion at Llanbradach Colliery, near Cardiff).—Copy of Report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Joseph S. Martin, Esq., one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Mines, on the circumstances attending an Ex- 72 plosion which occurred at Llanbradach Colliery, near Cardiff, on the 10th September 1901.
  12. 12. Mines (Explosion at Talk-o'-th'-Hill Colliery, Staffordshire).—Copy of Report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by W. N. Atkinson, Esq., one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Mines, on the circumstances attending the Accident which occurred at Talk-o'-th'-Hill Colliery, Staffordshire, on the 27th May 1901.
  13. 13. Explosion (Elterwater Gunpowder Factory, near Ambleside).—Copy of Report by Captain M. B. Lloyd, R.A., His Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the circumstances attending an Explosion which occurred during repairs to the corning house at the Factory of the Elterwater Gunpowder Company, Limited, Elterwater, near Ambleside, on the 23rd October 1901.
  14. 14. Police (Metropolis).—Copy of Report of the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis for 1900.
  15. 15. Employment of School Children.—Copy of Minutes of Evidence taken before the Inter-Departmental Committee, appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to inquire into the question of the Employment of School Children, with Appendices and Index.
  16. 16. University Education in Ireland (Royal Commission).—Copy of Second Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the present condition of the Higher, General, and Technical Education available in Ireland outside Trinity College, Dublin, together with Appendix (Minutes of Evidence taken in November and December 1901).
  17. 17. East India (Statistical Abstract).—Copy of Statistical Abstract relating to British India from 1890–91 to 1899–1900. Thirty-fifth Number.
  18. 18. East India (Trade).—Copy of Review of Trade in India for 1900–1901.
  19. 19. East India (Royal Indian Engineering College).—Copy of Further Papers in regard to the Royal Indian Engineering College.
  20. 20. East India (Sanitary Measures).—Copy of Report on Sanitary Measures in India in 1899–1900, Volume XXXIII.
  21. 21. East India (Famine).—Copy of Report of the Indian Famine Commission, 1901, and Papers relating thereto.
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  22. 22. Indian Plague Commission, 1898–9.—Copy of Indices to the Evidence taken by the Indian Plague Commission, also Glossary, Maps, and Summary of the Report and Appendices, Volume IV.
  23. 23. Indian Plague Commission, 1898–9.—Copy of Report of the Indian Plague Commission, with Appendices and Summary, Volume V.
  24. 24. East India (China Expedition, 1900–1901).—Copy of Correspondence relating to the Evacuation of the Summer Palace at Peking by the British Troops.
  25. 25. South Africa.—Copy of Further Return of numbers of Persons in the Refugee Camps in South Africa, August 1901.
  26. 26. Army (Military Prisons).—Copy of Report on the Discipline and Management of Military Prisons, 1900.
  27. 27. Army (Re-organisation of Medical Services).—Copy of Report of Committee appointed by the Secretary of State to consider the Re-organisation of the Army Medical Services.
  28. 28. Army (Re-organisation of the Army and Indian Nursing Service).—Copy of Report of Committee appointed by the Secretary of State to consider the Re-organisation of the Army and Indian Nursing Service.
  29. 29. South Africa.—Copy of Return of numbers of Persons in the Concentration Camps in South Africa, September 1901.
  30. 30. Army.—Copy of Order in Council defining the Duties of the Principal Officers of the War Department.
  31. 31. South Africa.—Copy of Reports, &c., on the working of the Refugee Camps in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony, Cape Colony, and Natal.
  32. 32. South Africa (Despatches).—Copy of Despatches by General Lord Kitchener, dated 8th August, 8th September, and 8th October 1901, relative to Military Operations in South Africa, including a Supplementary Despatch, dated 18th October, on the Actions at Itala Mount, Fort Prospect, and Moedwill.
  33. 33. Army (Imperial Yeomanry).—Copy of Report of the Deputy Adjutant General of the Imperial Yeomanry regarding the Force and its future organisation.
  34. 34. South Africa.—Copy of Correspondence relative to the treatment of Natives by the Boers.
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  35. 35. South Africa.—Copy of Further Correspondence relative to the treatment of Natives by the Boers.
  36. 36. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland).—Copy of Abstracts showing the Acreage under Crops and the number of Live Stock in each county and province of Ireland, 1900–1901.
  37. 37. Banking, Railways, and Shipping Statistics (Ireland).—Copy of Report for the half-year ended 30th June 1901.
  38. 38. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings of the Commission during the month of March 1901.
  39. 39. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings of the Commission during the month of April 1901.
  40. 40. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings of the Commission during the month of May 1901.
  41. 41. Agrarian Outrages (Ireland).—Copy of Return for the quarter ended 30th September 1901.
  42. 42. Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 (Eviction Notices).—Copy of Return of Eviction Notices filed during the quarter ended 30th September 1901.
  43. 43. Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland).—Copy of First Annual General Report of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, 1900–1901.
  44. 44. Evictions (Ireland).—Copy of Return of Evictions in Ireland for the quarter ended 30th September 1901.
  45. 45. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings during the months of June and July 1901.
  46. 46. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland) (Migratory Labourers).—Copy of Report and Tables relating to Irish Migratory Agricultural and other Labourers for the year 1901.
  47. 47.—Irish Land Commission (Judicial Rents).—Copy of Return of Judicial Rents fixed during the month of January 1901.
  48. 48. Census of Ireland, 1901.—Copy of Census of Ireland, 1901. Part I. Vol. I. Province of Leinster (County of Carlow).
  49. 49. National Education (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to the Sixty-seventh 75 Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1900. Section II.
  50. 50. National Education (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to the Sixty-seventh Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1900. Section III.
  51. 51. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings during the month of August 1901.
  52. 52. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings during the month of September 1901.
  53. 53. Irish Land Commission (Judicial Rents.—Copy of Return of Judicial Rents fixed during the month of February 1901.
  54. 54. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland).—Copy of Tables showing the extent in statute acres, the produce of Crops for the year 1901, &c.
  55. 55. Local Taxation (Ireland).—Copy of Returns for the year 1899–1900.
  56. 56. Irish Land Commission (Rules).—Copy of Rules made by the Irish Land Commission under the Land Purchase Acts, dated 17th May 1901.
  57. 57. General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877.—Copy of Order closing the Prisons at Carrick-on-Shannon, Enniskillen, Mullingar, Omagh, Wicklow, and Drogheda.
  58. 58. Scottish Agricultural Prices.—Copy of Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture to inquire and report upon the existing methods of collecting and recording the Prices of Agricultural Products in Scotland, with Copy of the Minute appointing the Committee.
  59. 59. Scottish Agricultural Prices.—Copy of Minutes of Evidence taken before the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture to inquire and report upon the existing methods of collecting and recording the Prices of Agricultural Products in Scotland, with Appendices and Index.
  60. 60. Board of Agriculture.—Copy of Annual Report on the Distribution of Grants for Agricultural Education and Research in the year 1900–1901, &c.
  61. 61. Board of Education (Special Reports).—Copy of Special Reports on Educational Subjects, Vol. 7. Rural Education in France.
  62. 62. —Board of Education (Special Reports).—Copy of Special Reports on 76 Educational Subjects, Vol. 8. Education in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Holland, Hungary, &c.
  63. 63. Board of Education (Special Reports).—Copy of Special Reports on Educational Subjects, Vol. 9. Education in Germany.
  64. 64. Board of Education (Special Reports).—Copy of Special Reports on Educational Subjects, Vol. 10. Education in the United States of America.
  65. 65. Board of Education.—Copy of Reports from University Colleges, 1901.
  66. 66. Crofter and Cottar Colonisation Scheme.—Copy of Twelfth 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.
  67. 67. Judicial Statistics (Scotland).—Copy of Report on the Judicial Statistics of Scotland for the year 1900.
  68. 68. Census of Scotland, 1901—Copy of Return of Population, &c. of Parliamentary Constituencies.
  69. 69. Post Office (Parcel Post between the United Kingdom and Uruguay).—Copy of Agreement between the British and Uruguayan Post Offices concerning the Exchange of Parcels by Parcel Post.
  70. 70. Peterhead Harbour.—Copy of Reports respecting Peter head Harbour Works.
  71. 71. Meteorology.—Copy of Report of the Meteorological Council to the Royal Society for the year ending 31st March 1901.
  72. 72. Census of England and Wales, 1901.—Copy of Census of England and Wales, 1901 (County of London).
  73. 73. Food Preservatives (Committee).—Copy of Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the use of preservatives and colouring matters in the preservation and colouring of Food, together with Minutes of Evidence, Appendices, and Index.
  74. 74. Fog Signals.—Copy of Report of Trinity House Fog Signal Committee on Experiments conducted at St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, in 1901.
  75. 75. Railways (Continuous Brakes).—Copy of Return by the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom on the progress made in the use of Continuous 77 Brakes, &c., for the six months ending the 30th June 1901.
  76. 76. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the city of Wakefield, and the townships of Horbury, Alverthorpe, Sandal Magna and Outwood, in the west riding of the county of York (Wakefield and District Light Railway Order, 1901).
  77. 77. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the city of Durham, the parish of Brancepeth, the urban district of Brandon and Byshottles, and the parishes of Bearpark, Neville's Cross, and St. Oswald's, in the county of Durham (Durham and District Light Railways Order, 1901).
  78. 78. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Ordermade by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of a Light Railway in the county of Somerset from Bridgwater to Nether Stowey and Stogursey (Bridgwater, Stowey, and Stogursey Light Railway Order, 1901).
  79. 79. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the county of Somerset, in the city and county borough of Bath, and in the rural district of Bath (Bath and District Light Railways Order, 1901).
  80. 80. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of a Light Railway in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk from Bury St. Edmunds to Stanton, Walsham-le-Willows, South Lopham, and Diss, (Bury and Diss Light Railway Order, 1901).
  81. 81. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the county of Derby from Derby to Ashbourne (Derby and Ashbourne Light Railway Order, 1901).
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  82. 82. Light Railways Act, 1896.—copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Order, 1899 (Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Amendment Order, 1901.
  83. 83. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending the Hadlow Light Railway Order, 1897 (Hadlow Light Railway Amendment Order, 1901).
  84. 84. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of a Light Railway in the county of Essex, to join the proposed Elsenham: Thaxted, and Bardfield Light Railway with the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway (Bardfield and Sible Hedingham Light Railway Order, 1901).
  85. 85. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the parish of Mitcham, in the rural district of Croydon, in the county of Surrey (Mitcham Light Railway Order, 1901).
  86. 86. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending The Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway Order, 1898 (Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway Amendment Order, 1901).
  87. 87. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the rural district of Halesowen, in the county of Worcester (Halesowen Light Railway Order, 1901).
  88. 88. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the urban districts of Rishton, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, and Padiham, the rural districts of Clitherhoe and Burnley, and the parishes or townships of Read, Simonstone, and Whalley, and (under certain conditions) in the county 79 borough of Blackburn, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster (Blackburn, Whalley, and Padiham Light Railways Order, 1901).
  89. 89. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the boroughs of Kidderminster and Bewdley, and in the parish of Kidderminster Foreign, in the rural district of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester (Kidderminster and Bewdley Light Railways Order, 1901).
  90. 90. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending the Tanat Valley Light Railway Order, 1898 (Tanat Valley Light Railway Amendment Order, 1901).
  91. 91. Straits Settlements (Federated Malay States).—Copy of Reports on the Federated Malay States for 1900.
  92. 92. Court of Colonial Appeal.—Copy of Correspondence relating to the Proposed Establishment of a Final Court of Colonial Appeal.
  93. 93. South Africa.—Copy of Further Papers relating to Legislation in the Transvaal affecting Natives.
  94. 94. South Africa.—Copy of Further Correspondence relating to Affairs in South Africa.
  95. 95. South Africa.—Copy of Further Papers relating to the Working of the Refugee Camps in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony, Cape Colony, and Natal.
  96. 96. South Africa.—Copy of Further Papers relating to the Working of the Refugee Camps in South Africa.
  97. 97. Colonial Reports (Miscellaneous).—Copy of Report, No. 18 (Hong Kong, Report on Operations in the New Territory during 1900).
  98. 98. Colonial Reports (Miscellaneous).—Copy of Report, No. 17 (Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Report for 1896–1900).
  99. 99. Colonial Reports (Annual).—Copies of Reports, Nos. 330 (Straits Settlements, Annual Report for 1900), 331 (Fiji, Annual Report for 1900), 332 (St. Lucia, Annual Report for 1900), 333 (Seychelles, Annual Report for 1900), 334 (Falkland Islands, Annual Report for 1900), 335 (Mauritius and Rodrigues, Annual Report 80 for 1900), 336 (British New Guinea, Report for 1899–1900), 337 (Leeward Islands, Annual Report for 1900), 338 (Trinidad and Tobago, Annual Report for 1900), 339 (British Honduras, Annual Report for 1900), 340 (Hong Kong, Annual Report for 1900), 341 (Ceylon, Annual Report for 1900), 342 (Gibraltar, Annual Report for 1900), 343 (Basutoland, Report for 1900–1901), 344 (Gold Coast, Annual Report for 1900), 345 (Grenada, Annual Report for 1900).
  100. 100. Treaty Series (No. 7, 1901).—Copy of Convention between the United Kingdom and Denmark for the Exchange of Press Telegrams at reduced rates. Signed at Copenhagen, 15th August 1901.
  101. 101.—Egypt (No. 3, 1901).—Copy of Correspondence respecting an assault on British Officers near Cairo.
  102. 102. Treaty Series (No. 9, 1901).—Copy of International Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Signed at the Hague, 29th July, 1899. With an Appendix containing Certificates of Exchange of such Ratifications of Powers parties to the Convention as had been deposited at the Hague down to 15th July 1901.
  103. 103. Treaty Series (No. 11, 1901).—Copy of International Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War by Land. Signed at the Hague, 29th July 1899. With an Appendix containing Certificates of Exchange of such Ratifications of Powers parties to the Convention as had been deposited at the Hague down to 15th July 1901.
  104. 104. Treaty Series (No. 10, 1901).—Copy of International Convention for adapting to Maritime Warfare the principles of the Geneva Convention of 22nd August 1864. Signed at the Hague, 29th July 1899. With an Appendix containing certificates of Exchange of such Ratifications of Powers parties to the Convention as had been deposited at the Hague down to 15th July 1901.
  105. 105. Treaty Series (No. 8, 1901).—Copy of Treaty between the United Kingdom and Servia for the Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals. Signed at Belgrade, 6th December | 23rd November 1900. Ratifications exchanged at Belgrade, 13th March | 28th February 1901.
  106. 106. United States (No. 1, 1902).—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 81 Treaty signed at Washington, 18th November 1901, relative to the establishment of a communication by Ship Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  107. 107. Trade Reports (Annual Series).—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Annual Series, Nos. 2696 to 2738.
  108. 108. Trade Reports (Miscellaneous Series).—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, Nos. 564 to 571.

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

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