HC Deb 02 February 1904 vol 129 cc82-94

The following Papers, presented by His Majesty's 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. Explosions (Cotton Powder Company's Factory at Faversham).—Copy of Report by Major A. Cooper-Key, His Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the circumstances attending an Explosion of nitro-glycerine which occurred in the Final Washing House of the Factory of the Cotton Powder Company, Limited, at Uplees Marshes, Faversham, Kent, on the 23rd August, 1903.
  2. 2. Explosions (Cotton Powder Company's Factory at Faversham).—Copy of Report by Captain J. H. Thomson, His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Explosives, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the circumstances attending an Explosion of nitro-glycerine which occurred in the Final Washing House of the Factory of the Cotton Powder Company, Limited, at Uplees Marshes, Faversham, Kent, on the 9th November, 1903.
  3. 3. Sewage Disposal (Royal Commission).—Copy of Fourth Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire and report what methods of Treating and Disposing of Sewage may properly be adopted, together with Vol. II., Minutes of Evidence, Vol. III., Reports on Bacteriological Investigations, and Vol. IV., Reports on the Land Treatment of Sewage and Methods of Chemical Analysis of Sewage Effluents.
  4. 4. Historical Manuscripts (Royal Commission).—Copy of Report on the Manuscripts of Mrs. Stopford-Sackville of Drayton House, Northamptonshire, Vol. I.
  5. 5. Historical Manuscripts (Royal Commission).—Copy of Report on the Manuscripts of the Duke of Buccleuch and 83 Queensberry, K.G., K.T., preserved at Drumlanrig Castle, Vol. II.
  6. 6. Arsenical Poisoning (Royal Commission).—Copy of Final Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of Arsenical Poisoning arising from the Consumption of Beer and other articles of Food or Drink. Part I. Report.
  7. 7. Arsenical Poisoning (Royal Commission).—Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of Arsenical Poisoning arising from the consumption of Beer and other articles of Food or Drink. Part II. Vol. I. of Minutes of Evidence and Appendices.
  8. 8. Arsenical Poisoning (Royal Commission).—Copy of Final Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of Arsenical Poisoning arising from the consumption of Beer and other articles of Food or Drink. Part II. Vol. II. of Minutes of Evidence and Appendices.
  9. 9. Electricity in Mines.—Copy of Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to inquire into the use of Electricity in Mines, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices.
  10. 10. War in South Africa (Royal Commission).—Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the military preparations and other matters connected with the War in South Africa, with Minutes of Evidence (Vols. I. and II.) and Appendices.
  11. 11. Ankylostomiasis.—Copy of Report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by J. S. Haldane, esquire, M.D., F.R.S., on Ankylostomiasis in Westphalian Collieries.
  12. 12. Mines and Quarries.—Copy of General Report and Statistics for the year 1902; Part II., Labour; General Report and Statistics relating to persons employed and Accidents at Mines and Quarries in the United Kingdom, and to the enforcement of the Mines and Quarries Acts.
  13. 13. Mines and Quarries.—Copy of General Report and Statistics for the year 1902, Part III., Output; General Report and Statistics relating to the 84 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.
  14. 14. Prisons (England and Wales).—Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Prisons and the Directors of Convict Prisons, with Appendices, for the year ended 31st March, 1903.
  15. 15. Factories and Workshops.—Copy of Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops for 1902. Part II. Tables.
  16. 18. Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Great Britain).—Copy of Forty-sixth Report of His Majesty's Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools for 1902. Part II. General Report and Appendices III. to XI.
  17. 17. Police (Metropolis).—Copy of Re-port of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the year 1902.
  18. 18. Inebriates Acts (Inspector's Report).—Copy of Report of the Inspector under the Inebriates Acts, 1879 to 1900, for the year 1902.
  19. 19. 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 City of Bath, in the county of Somerset (being extensions and deviations of the existing and authorised undertaking of Bath Electric Tramways, Limited), and the abandonment of the construction of certain other Light Railways already authorised in the same city (Bath Electric Tramways (Light Railways Extensions) Order, 1903)/
  20. 20. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Light Railway Order, 1898 (Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Light Railway (Deviation and Amendment) Order, 1903).
  21. 21. 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 Rail-ways in the county of Kent, from the River Thames near Greenhithe to Dart- 85 ford and Eynsford, with Branches to Swanley Junction and to Stansted (Dart-ford District Light Railways Order, 1903).
  22. 22. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending The Lastingham and Rosedale Light Railway Order, 1900 (Lastingham and Rosedale Light Railway (Extension of Time) Order, 1903).
  23. 23. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, reviving the powers granted and extending the period limited by The Bankfoot Light Railway Order, 1898, for the compulsory purchase of lands, and extending the period limited by that Order for the completion of the Railway and works by that Order authorised (Bankfoot Light Railway (Extension of Time) Order, 1903).
  24. 24. 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 borough of Burton-upon-Trent, the urban districts of Swadlincote and of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and the rural districts of Repton and of Hartshorne and Seales and of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the counties of Stafford, Derby, and Leicester (Burton and Ashby Light Railway Order, 1903).
  25. 25. 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 borough and rural district of Dover and parish of River, in the county of Kent (Dover and River Light Railway Order, 1903).
  26. 26. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending the Bere Alston and Calstock Light Railway Order, 1900 (Bere Alston and Calstock Light Railway (Extension of Time) Order, 1903).
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  27. 27. 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 Southampton, from Totton to Fawley (Totton, Hythe, and Fawley Light Railway Order, 1903).
  28. 28. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of a Light Railway in the rural district of Dartford, in the county of Kent (Dartford Light Railway (Extension) Order, 1903).
  29. 29. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, transferring to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Nelson the powers conferred upon the Barrowford Urban District Council by the Barrowford Light Railway Order, 1901, and amending that Order and the Nelson Light Railways Order, 1901 (Barrowford Light Railway Order, 1901 (Transfer, &c.) Order, 1903).
  30. 30. 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 Gloucester, in the parishes of Henbury and Shirehampton (Avonmouth Light Railway Order, 1903).
  31. 31. Railways (Continuous Brakes).—Copy of Return by Railway Companies of the United Kingdom on the use of Continuous Brakes for the six months ending the 30th June, 1903.
  32. 32. Statistical Abstracts (Foreign Countries).—Copy of Statistical Abstract for the principal and other Foreign Countries in each year from 1891 to 1900– 1901 (Twenty-ninth Number).
  33. 33. Commercial Mission to South Africa.—Copy of Report received from Mr. Henry Birchenough, the Special Commissioner appointed by the Board of Trade to inquire into and report upon the present position and future prospects of British Trade in South Africa.
    34. 87
  34. 34. Colonial Import Duties,—Copy of Return relating to the Rates of Import Duties levied upon the principal and other Articles Imported into the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom.
  35. 35. Conciliation Act, 1896 (Trade Disputes).—Copy of Fourth Report by the Board of Trade of Proceedings under the Conciliation Act, 1896.
  36. 36. East India (Sanitary Measures).—Copy of Report on Sanitary Measures in India in 1901–2 (Vol. XXXV.).
  37. 37. East India (Irrigation).—Copy of Report of the Indian Irrigation Commission, 1901–3. Part I. General. Part II. Provincial. Part III. Maps. Part IV. Appendix.
  38. 38. East India (Railways).—Copy of Report on the administration and working of Indian Railways, by Thomas Robertson, C.V.O., Special Commissioner for Indian Railways.
  39. 39. East India (Statistical Abstract). —Copy of Statistical Abstract relating to British India from 1892–3 to 1901–2. (Thirty-seventh Number).
  40. 40. East India (Trade).—Copy of Review of Trade of India for 1902–3.
  41. 41. East India (Trade).—Copy of Tables relating to the Trade of British India with British Possessions and Foreign Countries for the five years 1898–9 to 1902–3.
  42. 42. Imperial Institute (Indian Section).—Copy of Annual Report of the Imperial Institute (Indian Section) for the year 1902–3.
  43. 43. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings during the months of May, June, July, August, September, and October, 1903.
  44. 44. National Education (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to the Sixty-ninth Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1902. Section I.
  45. 45. National Education (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to the Sixty-ninth Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1902. Section II.
  46. 46. National Education (Ireland.—Copy of Appendix to the Sixty-ninth Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1902. Section III.
    47. 88
  47. 47. Queen's College (Galway).—Copy of Report of the President for the Session 1902–3.
  48. 48. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland).—Copy of Tables showing the extent in statute acres and the produce of the Crops for the year 1903.
  49. 49. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland) (Migratory Labourers).—Copy of Report and Tables relating to Irish Migratory Agricultural and other Labourers for the year 1903.
  50. 50. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland).—Copy of Abstracts showing the Acreage under Crops and the number of Live Stock in each county and province of Ireland for the year 1902–3.
  51. 51. Agrarian Outrages (Ireland).—Copy of Return for the quarter ended 30th September, 1903.
  52. 52. Agrarian Outrages (Ireland).—Copy of Return for the quarter ended 31st December, 1903.
  53. 53. Evictions (Ireland).—Copy of Return of Evictions in Ireland for the quarter ended 30th September, 1903.
  54. 54. Evictions (Ireland).—Copy of Return of Evictions in Ireland for the quarter ended 31st December, 1903.
  55. 55. Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 (Eviction Notices).—Copy of Return of Eviction Notices filed during the quarter ended 30th September, 1903.
  56. 56. Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 (Eviction Notices).—Copy of Return of Eviction Notices filed during the quarter ended 31st December, 1903.
  57. 57. Banking, Railway, and Canal Statistics (Ireland).—Copy of Report on the Banking, Railway, and Canal Statistics of Ireland for the half-year ended 30th June, 1903.
  58. 58. Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Ireland).—Copy of Forty-first Report of the Inspector for the year 1902.
  59. 59. Shell-Fish (Ireland). —Copy of Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland on the Shell-Fish Layings on the Irish coast as respects their liability to sewage contamination.
  60. 60. Board of Education.—Copy of Reports from University Colleges, 1903.
    61. 89
  61. 61. Board of Education (Special Reports).—Copy of Special Reports on Educational Subjects. School Training and Early Employment of Lancashire Children.
  62. 62. Board of Education (Education Committees).—Copy of Statement of Schemes for the Formation of Education Committees approved during the period 1st August to 30th November, 1903, by the Board of Education, under Section 17 of the Education Act of 1902.
  63. 63. Board of Education.—Copy of Return showing the Number of Persons on the Teachers' Register under Regulation 5 (2) (a) of the Teachers' Registration Regulations.
  64. 64. Board of Education. —Copy of Regulations relating to the Royal College of Science, the. Royal College of Art, and to Museums under the Board of Education from 1st August, 1903, to 31st July, 1904.
  65. 65. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.—Copy of Report on the Results of Investigations into Cider Making carried out on behalf of the Bath and West and Southern Counties Society in the years 1893 to 1902, by F. J. Lloyd, F.C.S, F.I.C.
  66. 66. Postal Convention (Denmark).—Copy of Agreement between the Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Post Office of Denmark. Dated 22nd August, 14th September, 1903.
  67. 67. Wireless Telegraphy. —Copy of Procés-Verbaux and Protocole Final of the Preliminary International Conference at Berlin on Wireless Telegraphy.
  68. 68. Meteorology.—Copy of Report of the Meteorological Council to the Royal Society for the year ending 31st March, 1903.
  69. 69. Preferential and Retaliatory Duties.—Copy of Return of Preferential and Retaliatory Duties imposed, raised, reduced, or repealed in the years 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1853, and 1860, stating (1) the rate of duty levied, and (2) the revenue derived from, and the quantities imported, of the articles concerned, in the three years preceding and in the three years following such change.
    70. 90
  70. 70. Chapter House, Westminster. —? Copy of Memoranda by Professor Church, F.R.S., furnished to the First Commissioner of His Majesty's Works, &c, concerning the treatment of Decayed Stone-Work in the Chapter House, Westminster Abbey.
  71. 71. Peterhead Harbour.—Copy of Reports respecting Peterhead Harbour Works.
  72. 72. Colonial Reports (Annual). —Copies of Reports Nos. 394 (Turks and Caicos Islands, Annual Report for 1902), 395 (Seychelles, Annual Report for 1902), 396 (Ceylon, Annual Report for 1902), 397, (Gold Coast, Annual Report for 1902), 398 (Barbados, Report for 1902–3), 399 (Fiji, Annual Report for 1902), 400 (Lagos, Annual Report for 1902), 401 (British Solomon Islands, Report for 1902–3), 402 (Cocos-Keeling Islands, Annual Report for 1903), 403 (St. Vincent, Report for 1902–3), 404 (Grenada, Annual Report for 1902), 405 (Southern Nigeria, Annual Report for 1902), 406 (Straits Settlements, Annual Report for 1902), 407 (Trinidad and Tobago, Report for 1902–3), 408 (Basutoland, Report for 1902–3), 409 (Northern Nigeria, Annual Report for 1902), 410 (Malta, Report for 1902–3), 411 (St. Lucia, Annual Report for 1902), 412 (Mauritius, Annual Report for 1902), 413 (British Guiana, Report for 1902–3).
  73. 73. Colonial Reports (Miscellaneous). —Copies of Reports Nos. 22 (Seychelles, Report on Para Rubber), 23 (Dominica, Roads and Land Settlement. Report on the Expenditure of the Parliamentary Grant-in-Aid), 24 (Grenada, Report on Land Settlement in Carriacou), 25 (Hong- Kong, Bubonic Plague. Memorandum on the Treatment of Patients in their own Homes and in Local Hospitals).
  74. 74. Canada.—Copy of Canadian Sessional Paper containing Correspondence in connection with the German Tariff.
  75. 75. West Indies.—Copy of Further Correspondence relating to the Volcanic Eruptions in St. Vincent and Martinique in 1902 and 1903.
  76. 76. Straits Settlements.—Copy of Reports on the Federated Malay States for 1902.
    77. 91
  77. 77. Cyprus.—Copy of Despatch from the High Commissioner covering a Report on the Agricultural Fund for the year ended 31st March, 1903.
  78. 78. Marriage and Divorce Law (Colonies).—Copy of Papers relating to the Laws of Marriage and Divorce in self-governing British Colonies.
  79. 79. Transvaal.—Reports of the Transvaal Labour Commission.
  80. 80. Army (Recruiting). —Copy of Annual Report of the Inspector-General of Recruiting for the first nine months of the year 1903.
  81. 81. Army (Volunteer Corps).—Copy of Annual Return of the Volunteer Corps of Great Britain for the year 1902.
  82. 82. Military Prisons.—Copy of Report on the Discipline and Management of Military Prisons in 1902.
  83. 83. Patriotic Fund.—Copy of Forty-second Report of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund.
  84. 84. Rifle Ranges.—Copy of Return of Rifle Ranges available for Regular Troops and Militia, and of Rifle and Carbine Ranges available for the Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteer Forces [Address 16th July, 1903; Mr. Courtenay Warner.]
  85. 85. Judicial Statistics (Scotland).—Copy of Report on the Judicial Statistics of Scotland for the year 1902.
  86. 86. Census of Scotland, 1901.—Copy of Eleventh Decennial Census of the Population of Scotland, taken 31st March, 1901, with Report (Vol. III.).
  87. 87. Board of Manufactures (Scotland).—Copy of Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the administration of the Board of Manufactures (Scotland).
  88. 88. Licensing (Scotland) Act, 1903.—Copy of Tables showing the Populations of Counties, Local Government Districts, and Burghs in Scotland with reference to the Provisions of the Licensing (Scotland) Act.
  89. 89. Naval Manœuvres. —Copy of Report of the Naval Manœuvres of 1903.
  90. 90. Census of England and Wales, 1901.—Copy of Index to the Population Tables for England and Wales in the 92 county volumes of the Census Report, 1901.
  91. 91. Highways.—Copy of Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the President of the Local Government Board to inquire into the subject of Highways Authorities and Administration in England and Wales, with Minutes of Evidence.
  92. 92. Treaty Series (No. 12, 1903).—Copy of Convention between the United Kingdom and France respecting Commercial relations between France and Jamaica. Signed at London, 8th August, 1902. Ratifications exchanged at London, 12th August, 1903.
  93. 93. Treaty Series (No. 13, 1903).—Copy of Accession of Mexico to the Industrial Property Convention, 1883, and additional Act of 1900. 7th September, 1903.
  94. 94. Treaty Series (No. 14, 1903).—Copy of Accession of Germany to the Industrial Property Convention, 1883, etc. 1st May, 1903.
  95. 95. Treaty Series (No. 15, 1903).—Copy of Parcel Post Convention, with detailed regulations, between the United Kingdom and Chile. Signed at Santiago, 21st October, 1902.
  96. 96. Treaty Series (No. 16, 1903).— Copy of Protocol for submitting to Arbitration certain questions as to the interpretation of treaties with Japan with regard to leases held in perpetuity. Signed at Tokio, 28th August, 1902.
  97. 97. Treaty Series (No. 17, 1903).—Copy of Treaty between the United Kingdom and China respecting Commercial relations, etc. Signed at Shangai, 5th September, 1902. Ratifications exchanged at Peking, 28th July, 1903.
  98. 98. Treaty Series (No. 18, 1903).—Copy of Agreement between the United Kingdom and France providing for the Settlement by Arbitration of certain classes of questions which May arise between the two Governments. Signed at London, 14th October, 1903.
  99. 99. Treaty Series (No. 1, 1904).—Copy of Convention for the establishment of a Parcel Post Service between the United States and Hong-Kong. Signed at Washington, 21st November, 1903.
    100. 93
  100. 100. Turkey (No. 4, 1903).—Copy of further correspondence respecting the affairs of South-Eastern Europe.
  101. 101. Turkey (No. 1, 1904).—Copy of further correspondence respecting the Affairs of South-Eastern Europe, March to September, 1903.
  102. 102. China (No. 3, 1903).—Copy of Report by Acting Consul Litton on a journey in North-West Yunnan.
  103. 103. China (No. 1, 1904).—Copy of Report by Mr. C. W. Campbell, "His Majesty's Consul at Wuchow, on a journey in Mongolia (with a Map).
  104. 104. Africa (No. 11, 1903).—Copy of Reports on the Geology of the East Africa Protectorate, by the late E. E. Walker (Government Geologist).
  105. 105. Africa (No. 12, 1903).—Copy of Report by the Mombasa - Victoria (Uganda) Railway Committee on the Progress of the Works and Revenue Working, 1902–3 (with two maps).
  106. 106. Africa (No. 13, 1903).—Copy of Report on the Trade and General Conditions of the British Central Africa Protectorate for the year 1902–3 by Major F. B. Pearce, Acting Commissioner.
  107. 107. Africa (No. 14, 1903).—Copy of Despatch to certain of His Majesty's Representatives abroad in regard to alleged cases of ill-treatment of Natives, and to the existence of Trade Monopolies in the Independent State of the Congo.
  108. 108. Africa (No. 15, 1903). Copy of General Report on the Uganda Protectorate for the year, ending 31st March, 1903.
  109. 109. Forestry Laws (Commercial No. 8, 1903).—Copy of Reports from certain of His Majesty's Representatives abroad respecting Forestry Laws.
  110. 110. Most-Favoured-Nation Clauses (Commercial No. 9, 1903).—Copy of Return of Most-Favoured-Nation Clauses in existing Treaties of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Foreign Powers, stating the period when terminable, and showing whether they apply to the British Colonies, in force on the 1st July, 1903.
  111. 111. Houses of Legislature (Official Reports of Proceedings), Miscellaneous (No. 5, 1903,—Copy of Correspondence 94 showing the systems in force in certain foreign countries for publishing Official Reports of Proceedings in the Houses of Legislature.
  112. 112. Drama (State or Municipal Support) (Miscellaneous, No. 6, 1903).—Copy of Return as to Financial Support given from State or Municipal Funds to Dramatic, Operatic, or Musical Performances in Foreign Countries.
  113. 113. Trade Reports (Annual Series).—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Annual Series, Nos. 3066 to 3113.
  114. 114. Trade Reports (Miscellaneous Series).—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, Nos. 596 to 601.

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

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