Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKERlaid 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 270 Reading thereof, no Standing Orders are applicable, viz.:—Municipal Corporations (Merthyr TYdfil Scheme Confirmation) Bill [Lords].
§ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time to-morrow.
§ Whitechapel and Bow Railway Bill. Read the third time, and passed.
§ Cordoba and Rosario Railway Bill [Lords]; Entre Rios Railways Bill [Lords]. [Not amended], considered; to be read the third time.
§ Clyde Navigation Bill [Lords]; Hastings Harbour Bill [Lords]; Hessle Gas Bill [Lords]; Marylebone Chapels Bill [Lords]; Metropolitan Railway Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Mexborough and Swinton Tramways (Extension of Time) Bill [Lords]. To be read a second time To-morrow.
§ West Cumberland Electric Tramways (Extension of Time) Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Mullingar, Kells, and Drogheda Railway Bill (by Order). Second Reading deferred till Thursday, 18th May.
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill. "To confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to Birkenhead, Bradford (Yorkshire), Chester, Derby, Leek, Ossett, and Plymouth," presented by Mr. Grant Lawson; supported by Mr. Gerald Balfour. Read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 177.]
§ Grangemouth Waterworks and Burgh Extension Order Confirmation Bill. "To confirm a Provisional Order, under The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to Grangemouth Waterworks and Burgh Extension," presented by the Lord-Advocate; read the first time; to be read a second time upon Wednesday, 3rd May, and to be printed. [Bill 178.]