§ Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bills, 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.:—Barry Railway (Extension of Time, etc.) Bill [Lords]; Ipswich Dock Commission Bill [Lords]; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bill [Lords]; Tynemouth Gas Bill [Lords]. Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time.
808§ Bishop's Stortford and District Gas Bill. Verbal Amendments made; Bill read the third time, and passed.
§ Great Central and Midland Joint Railways Bill; Sutton Gas Bill. Read the third time, and passed.
§ Birkdale Improvement Bill; Soothill Nether Urban District Tramways Bill. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Appleby Corporation Gas Bill [Lords]; Govan Burgh (Electricity) Bill [Lords]; London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Bill [Lords]; Young and Bell's Patents Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Brixham Gas Bill (by Order). As amended, considered; an Amendment made; Bill to be read the third time.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 1). Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade, under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, relating to Barry, Clitheroe, Gainsborough, Glastonbur), Heysham, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Saffron Walden, Walmer, Whickham, and Yardley, ordered to be brought in by Mr. Bonar Law and Mr. Gerald Balfour.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill. "To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade, under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, relating to Barry, Clitheroe, Gainsborough, Glastonbury, Heysham, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Saffron Walden, Walmer, Whickham, and Yardley," presented accordingly, and read the first time; to be referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 141.]