§ Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of 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.:—New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Bill [Lords]. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.
§ Bexhill Water and Gas Bill. Read the third time, and passed.
§ North Staffordshire Railway Bill (King's Consent signified). Read the third time, and passed.
§ Croyden Gas Bill; Great Northern Railway Bill; London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Bill; Ryde Gas Bill; Southend-on-Sea Gas Bill. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1). Bill to confirm certain Provisional 740 Orders of the Local Government Board relating to Ashton-in-Makerfield, Brighton, Manchester, Nelson, Scarborough, and Sunderland. Ordered to be brought in by Mr. Grant Lawson and Mr. Walter Long.
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill. "To confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to Ashton-in-Maker-field, Brighton, Manchester, Nelson, Scarborough, and Sunderland," presented accordingly, and read the first time; to be referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 140.]
§ Colney Hatch Gas Bill; London and North Western Railway Bill; Midland Railway Bill. Reported, with Amendments; Reports to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
§ Acton Improvement Bill. Reported, with Amendments, from the Police and Sanitary Committee [Costs awarded]; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.