§ Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of 1517 Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and which are applicable thereto, have been complied with, viz.:—Shropshire and Worcestershire Electric Power Bill [Lords].
§ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.
§ Hampton Court Gas Bill, Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
§ Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (Extension of Time) Bill, read the third time, and passed.
§ Frinton-on-Sea Sea Defences Bill [Lords]; Pontypridd Urban District Council Bill [Lords]; South Lancashire Tramways Bill [Lords]. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Aston Manor Improvement Bill [Lords] (by Order). As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Castleblaney, Keady, and Armagh Railway (Extension of Time) Bill. Ordered, That, in the case of the Castleblaney, Keady, and Armagh Railway (Extension of Time) Bill, Standing Orders 211, 236, and 237 be suspended, and that the Committee of Selection have leave to appoint the Committee on the Bill to sit and proceed forthwith.—(Mr. Caldwell.)
§ Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation Bill. Ordered, That, in the case of the Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation Bill, Standing Order 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—(Mr. Caldwell.)
§ Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed.
§ Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Provisional Order Bill. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 13) Bill. Read the third time, and passed.