HC Deb 03 August 1905 vol 151 cc181-93

Resolutions reported.

Whereas it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1904, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz.:—

  1. (a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £272,038 9s. 7d., as shown in Column No. 1 of the schedule hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £174,087 14s. 2d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended schedule, so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Navy Services exceeded the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £97,950 15s. 5d.
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain grants for Navy Services fell short of the total estimated receipts 182 by the sum of £5,310 9s. 8d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended schedule, while the receipts in aid of other Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £121,284 10s. 2d., as shown in Column No. 4 of the said appended schedule, so that the total actual receipts in aid of the grants for Navy Services exceeded the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £115,974 0s. 6d.
  3. (c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and the net expenditure are as follows, viz.:—

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses 255,627 10 3
Total Deficits 237,604 5 2
Net Surplus £18,023 5 1

And whereas by a Vote of Parliament during the present session (House of Commons Paper, No. 265, of 1905) a further sum of £100 has been granted for the expenditure of the year 1903–4, and the appropriation of additional receipts in aid of such expenditure has been sanctioned to the amount of £97,850 15s. 5d.

And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain grants for Navy Services as is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other grants for Navy Services.

Schedule.
Number of Vote. Navy Services 1903–1904. Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 .. Wages, etc., of Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coastguard, and Royal Marines .. .. .. 43,638 16 5 .. 271 6 3
2 .. Victualling and Clothing for the Navy .. .. .. .. 82,112 2 7 .. .. 11,180 16 11
3 .. Medical Establishments and Services .. .. .. .. .. 3,692 4 5 .. 601 9 10
4 .. Martial Law .. .. .. .. 1,294 15 11 84 11 8
5 .. Educational Services .. .. .. 4,160 17 9 .. 940 0 0
6 .. Scientific Services .. .. .. 654 5 3 .. 31 7 7
7 .. Royal Naval Reserves .. .. .. 13,384 3 1 3,337 18 11
8 .. Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, etc.:
Sec. 1 .. Personnel .. .. .. .. 589 17 2 .. 1,192 15 1
Sec. 2 .. Materiel .. .. .. 17,715 13 4 .. .. 47,382 6 1
Sec. 3 .. Contract Work .. .. 8,123 18 2 .. .. 2,053 4 5
9 .. Naval Armaments .. .. .. 94,281 12 4 .. 46,759 12 11
10 .. Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad .. .. .. 56,029 18 3 .. 5,770 8 6
11 .. Miscellaneous Effective Services .. .. .. .. 92,483 17 9 .. .. 5,357 15 1
12 .. Admiralty Office .. .. .. 3,477 8 9 .. .. 14 13 9
13 .. Half-Pay, Reserved and Retired Pay .. .. .. .. 6,612 11 0 .. 704 0 0
14 .. Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances .. .. .. 4,590 19 11 .. 822 1 3
15 .. Civil Pensions and Gratuities 6,818 18 4 .. 90 11 7
Amount written off as irrecoverable .. .. .. .. 6,464 3 4
272,038 9 7 174,087 14 2 5,310 9 8 121,284 10 2
Add Excess Vote .. 100 0 0
272,038 9 7 174,187 14 2 5.310 9 8 121,284 10 2
Net Deficit, £97,850 15 5 Net Surplus, £115,974 0 6
Net Surplus. £18,123 5 1

Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1904, as corrected in accordance with the Third Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of the present session, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz.:—

(a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Army Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £742,114 16s. 1d., as

2. "That the application of such sums be sanctioned."

shown in Column No. 1 of the Schedule hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Army Services fell short of the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £1,079,388 0s. 9d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended Schedule; so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Army Services fell short of the gros3 estimated expenditure by the net sum of £337,273 4s. 8d.

(b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £405,336 0s. 2d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of other Army Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £309,669 1s. 6d., as shown in Column No. 4 of the said appended Schedule; so that the total actual receipts in aid of the Grants for Army Services fell short of the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £95,666 18s. 8d.

(c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Army Services and the net expenditure are as follows, viz.:—

Schedule.
Number of Vote. Army Services, 1903–1904. Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations-in-Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 Pay, etc., of Army (General Staff, Regiments, Reserve, and Departments) .. 180,560 0 0 .. 32,546 17 4
2 Medical Establishments: Pay, etc. .. 69,254 2 7 .. .. 28,109 15 0
3 Militia: Pay, Bounty, etc. .. .. .. 183,430 8 4 .. 1,100 11 10
4 Imperial Yeomanry: Pay and Allowances .. .. .. .. .. .. 64,367 12 7 .. 135 2 6
5 Volunteer Corps: Pay and Allowances .. 46,865 3 0 .. 1,465 13 5
6 Transport and Romounts .. .. 318,972 19 3 .. 152,584 19 4 ..
7 Provisions, Forage, and other Supplies .. 104,383 9 4 189,651 6 10 ..
8 Clothing Establishments, and Services 17,647 7 10 .. .. 78,317 15 4
9 Warlike and other Stores: Supply and Repair .. .. .. .. .. .. 380,789 2 8 .. 132,296 19 10
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs: Cost, including Staff for Engineer Services .. 93,864 16 1 53,918 17 3 ..
11 Establishments for Military Education .. 1,576 13 11 4,715 19 5 ..
12 Miscellaneous Effective Services .. 65,778 16 4 .. .. 31,391 14 5
13 War Office: Salaries and Miscellaneous Charges .. .. .. .. 18,848 0 10 .. .. 273 7 3
14 Non-effective Charges for Officers, etc. 141,930 10 0 .. .. 4,031 4 7
15 Non-effective Charges for Men, etc. .. .. 17,754 9 0 4,452 0 5
16 Superannuation, Compensation, and Compassionate Allowances .. .. .. 5,796 5 10 12 16 11
Balances irrecoverable .. .. .. 109,682 19 3
742,114 16 1 1,079,388 0 9 405,336 0 2 309,669 1 6
Net Surplus, £337,273 4 8 Net Deficit £95,666 18 8
Net Surplus … £241,606 6 0

Resolutions read a second time.

First Resolution.

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses 1,143,259 15 4
Total Deficits 901,653 9 4
Net Surplus £241,606 6 0

And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application, in reduction of the net charge on Exchequer Grants for certain Army Services, of the whole of the sums received in excess of the estimated Appropriation-in-Aid, in respect of the same Services, and have also temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Army Services as is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other Grants for Army Services.

1. "That the application of such sums be sanctioned."

Question put, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."

The House divided:—Ayes, 225; Noes, 125. (Division List No. 334.)

AYES.
Agg-Gardner, James Tynte Faber, George Denison (York) Lucas, Col. Francis(Lowestoft)
Allhusen, Augustus Henry Eden Fellowes, Rt. Nn. AilwynEdward Lucas,ReginaldJ.(Portsmouth)
Anson, Sir William Reynell Fergusson,Rt.Hn.Sir J.(Manc'r Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred
Arkwright, John Stanhope Fielden, Edward Broeklehurst Macdona, John Cumming
Arnold-Forster,Rt Hn.Hugh O. Finch, Rt. Hon. George H. MacIver, David (Liverpool)
Arrol, Sir William Finlay,Rt Hn Sir R.B.(Inv'rn'ss Maconochie, A. W.
Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John Fisher, William Hayes M'Killop, James (Stirlingshire)
Aubrey-Fletcher, Rt.Hn. SirH. Fitzroy, Hon. EdwardAlgernon Majendie, James A. H.
Bagot, Capt. Josceline Fitz Roy Flannery, Sir Fortescue Marks, Harry Hananel
Bailey,James (Walworth) Flower, Sir Ernest Martin, Richard Biddulph
Baird, John George Alexander Forster, Henry William Massey-Mainwaring, Hn. W. F.
Balcarres, Lord Gardner, Ernest Maxwell, W.J.H.(Dumfriesshire
Balfour,Rt. Hn. J. A. (Manch'r Garfit, William Mildmay, Francis Bingham
Balfour, Capt. C. B. (Hornsey) Gibbs, Hon. A. G. H. Milvain, Thomas
Balfour,Rt Hn Gerald W (Leeds Godson, Sir Augustus Frederick Molesworth, Sir Lewis
Balfour, Kenneth R. (Christch. Gordon, J. (Londonderry, S.) Moon, Edward Robert Pacy
Banbury, Sir Frederick George Gordon,MajEvans(T'r H'mlets Morgan,DavidJ.(Walthamstow
Banner, John S. Harmood- Gore, Hon. S. F. Ormsby- Morpeth, Viscount
Bathurst, Hon. Allen Benjamin Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon Morrell, George Herbert
Beach,Rt.Hn.Sir MichaelHicks Goschen, Hon. George Joachim Morrison, James Archibald
Bentinck, Lord Henry C. Goulding, Edward Alfred Morton, Arthur H. Aylmer
Bhownaggree, Sir M. M. Gray.Ernest (West Ham) Mount, William Arthur
Bigwood, James Greene, Henry D. (Shrewsbury) Murray, Charles J. (Coventry)
Bill, Charles Grenfell, William Henry Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath)
Bingham, Lord Gretton, John Nicholson, William Graham
Blundell, Colonel Henry Groves, James Grimble O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens
Bond, Edward Hall, Edward Marshall Palmer, Sir Walter (Salisbury)
Boscawen, Arthur Griffith Halsey, Rt. Hon. Thomas F. Pease,HerbertPike(Darlington)
Bousfield, William Robert Hamilton,Marq.of(L'nd'nderry Pemberton, John S. G.
Brassey, Albert Hardy, Laurence(Kent,Ashford Percy, Earl
Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John Harris, F.Leverton (Tynem'th Pierpoint, Robert
Brown, Sir Alex. H. (Shropsh.) Haslam, Sir Alfred S. Pilkington, Colonel Richard
Brymer, William Ernest Hay, Hon. Claude George Platt-Higgins, Frederick
Bull, William James Heath, Arthur Howard (Hanley Plummer, Sir Walter R.
Butcher, John George Heath,Sir James(Staffords.NW Powell, Sir Francis Sharp
Campbell,J.H.M.(Dublin Univ. Helder, Sir Augustus Pretyman, Ernest George
Carlile, William Walter Henderson, Sir A. (Stafford, W. Pryce-Jones,Lt.-Col. Edward
Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert Purvis, Robert
Cautley, Henry Strother Hill, Henry Staveley Randles, John S.
Cavendish,V.C.W. (Derbyshire Hope,J.F.(Sheffield,Brightside Rankin, Sir James
Cayzer, Sir Charles William Hornby, Sir William Henry Rasch, Sir Frederic Carne
Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) Hoult, Joseph Ratcliff, R. F.
Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) Houston, Robert Paterson Reed, Sir Edw.James (Cardiff)
Chamberlain,Rt. Hn. J. (Birm. Howard, John(Kent,Faversh'm Reid, James (Greenock)
Chamberlain,Rt Hn.J.A.(Worc. Howard, J.(Midd., Tottenham) Remnant, James Farquharson
Chamberlayne,T.(S'thampton Hozier, Hon. James HenryCecil Renwick, George
Chapman, Edward Hunt, Rowland Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield)
Clare, Octavius Leigh Hutton, John (Yorks. N.R.) Robertson, Herbert (Hackney)
Clive, Captain Percy A. Jeffreys, Rt. Hon. Arthur Fred. Rolleston, Sir John F. L.
Coates, Edward Feetham Jessel, Captain Herbert Merton Rutherford, John (Lancashire)
Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. Kenyon, Hn. Geo. T.(Denbigh) Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool)
Coghill, Douglas Harry Keswick, William Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford-
Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole Kimber, Sir Henry Sadler, Col. Sir Samuel Alex.
Compton, Lord Alwyne Knowles, Sir Lees Samuel,SirHarryS.(Limehouse
Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) Laurie, Lieut.-General Saunderson,Rt.Hn.Col. Edw.J
Crossley, Rt. Hon. Sir Savile Law,Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) Sharpe, William Edward T.
Dalrymple, Sir Charles Lawrence,Wm.F. (Liverpool) Sinclair, Louis (Romford)
Davenport, William Bromley- Lawson,Hn. H.L.W.(Mile End) Skewes-Cox, Sir Thomas
Davies,Sir Horatio D(Chatham Lawson,John Grant(Yorks.NR Sloan, Thomas Henrv
Dickson, Charles Scott Lee,Arthur H(Hants.,Fareham Smith, Abel H.(Hertford,East)
Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph Lees, Sir Elliott (Birkenhead) SmithRtHnJ Parker(Lanarks
Dixon-Hartland,Sir FredDixon Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage Stanley, Hon Arthur(Ormskirk
Dorington,Rt.Hn. Sir John E. Llewellyn, Evan Henry Stanley, Rt Hon. Lord(Lancs.)
Doughty, Sir George Long, Col. Charles W.(Evesham Stewart, Sir Mark J. M'Taggart
Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- Long,Rt.Hn.Walter(Bristol,S) Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John M.
Duke, Henry Edward Lonsdale, John Brownlee Stock, James Henry
Dyke,Rt. Hn. Sir WilliamHart Lowe, Francis William Stone, Sir Benjamin
Faber, Edmund B. (Hants, W.) Loyd, Archie Kirkman Stroyan, John
Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) Warde, Colonel C. E. Wrightson, Sir Thomas
Talbot,Rt.Hn.J.G.(Oxf'dUniv. Welby,Lt.-Col. A. C. E.(Taunton Wylie, Alexander
Thornton, Percy M. Welby,Sir Charles G.E. (Notts.) Yerburgh, Robert Armstrong
Tollemache, Henry James Whiteley,H.(Ashton und. Lyne
Tomlinson, Sir Wm. Edw. M. Whitmore, Charles Algernon TELLERS FOE THE AYES—Sir
Tuff, Charles Willoughby de Eresby, Lord Alexander Acland-Hood and
Vincent, Col.SirC.E.H.(Sheffield Wilson, John (Glasgow) Viscount Valentia.
Vincent, Sir Edgar (Exeter) Wodehouse,Rt.Hn. E.R. (Bath)
Walrond,Rt.Hn. Sir William H. Wortley,Rt. Hon. C.B. Stuart-
NOES.
Allen, Charles P. Hayden, John Patrick Priestley, Arthur
Asquith, Rt. Hon. Her. Henry Helme, Norval Watson Rea, Russell
Atherley-Jones, L. Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. Reckitt, Harold James
Baker, Joseph Allen Henderson, Arthur (Durham) Redmond, John E. (Waterford
Barry, E. (Cork, S.) Higham, John Sharp Richards, Thomas
Bell, Richard Hutchinson, Dr. Charles Fredk. Rickett, J. Compton
Black, Alexander William Isaacs, Rufus Daniel Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion)
Bolton, Thomas Dolling Jacoby, James Alfred Roberts, John H. (Denbighs)
Bright, Allan Heywood Joicey, Sir James Roe, Sir Thomas
Broadhurst, Henry Jones,DavidBrynmor(Swanse a Rose, Charles Day
Burt, Thomas Jones, Leif (Appleby) Samuel, Herbert L. (Cleveland)
Buxton, N. E. (York, NR, Whitby Jones, William (Carnarvonshire Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel)
Buxton, SydneyCharles (Poplar Jordan, Jeremiah Seely, Maj.J.E.B.(Isle of Wight
Caldwell, James Kennedy, P. J. (Westmeath,N.) Shackleton, David James
Causton, Richard Knight Kitson, Sir James Shaw, Thomas (Hawick B.)
Cawley, Frederick Lambert, George Shipman, Dr. John G.
Channing, Francis Allston Lamont, Norman Slack, John Bamford
Clancy, John Joseph Langley, Batty Smith, Samuel, (Flint)
Crean, Eugene Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cornwall) Soames, Arthur Wellesley
Crooks, William Leese, Sir Joseph F.(Accrington Soares, Ernest J.
Delany, William Lloyd-George, David Spencer,RtHn.C.R.(Northants)
Dobbie, Joseph Lough, Thomas Sullivan, Donal
Doogan, P. C. Lundon, W. Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe
Edwards, Frank Lyell, Charles Henry Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.)
Ellice,CaptEC(S.Andrw's Bghs MacNeill, John Gordon Swift Thomas, DavidAlfred(Merthyr
Emmott, Alfred M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) Thompson,Dr.EC(Monaghan,N
Evans,Sir FrancisH.(Maidstone M'Fadden, Edward. Toulmin, George
Eve, Harry Trelawney M'Kean, John Ure, Alexander
Fenwick, Charles Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) Walton, John Lawson (Leeds, S.)
Findlay,Alexander(Lanark,NE Moss, Samuel Weir, James Galloway
Flavin, Michael Joseph Moulton, John Fletcher White, Luke (York, E.R.)
Flynn, James Christopher Murphy, John Whiteley, George (York, W.R.)
Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) Murnaghan, George Whitley, J. H. (Halifax)
Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Nolan, Col. John P.(Galway, N. Whittaker, Thomas Palmer
Fuller, J. M. F. Norton, Capt. Cecil William Wilson, Henry J. (York. W.R
Gladstone, Rt.Hn. HerbertJohn O'Brien,Kendal(Tipperary Mid Wilson, John (Falkirk)
Grant, Corrie O'Brien, Partick (Kilkenny) Woodhouse, Sir J.T(Huddersf'd
Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill O'Connor,James (Wicklow, W.) Young, Samuel
Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) Yoxall, James Henry
Hammond, John Parrott, William TELLERS FOR. THE NOES—
Harcourt, Lewis Partington, Oswald Mr. Cremer and Mr. Barran
Hardie,J. Keir(Merthyr Tydvil) Pirie, Duncan V.
Harrington, Timothy Power, Patrick Joseph

Second Resolution.

Question put, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."

The House divided:—Ayes, 221; Noes, 123. (Division List No. 335.)

AYES.
Agg-Gardner, James Tynte Arnold-Forster, Rt.Hn.HughO. Bagot, Capt. Josceline FitzRoy
Allhusen,Augustus Henry Eden Arrol, Sir William Bailey, James (Walworth)
Anson, Sir William Reynell Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John Baird, John George Alexander
Arkwright, John Stanhope Aubrey-Fletcher, Rt.Hon SirH. Balcarres, Lord
Balfour, Rt.Hn.A. J. (Manch'r) Gore, Hon. S. F. Ormsby- Mount, William Arthur
Balfour,Rt Hn GeraldW.(Leeds Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon Murray, Charles J. (Coventry)
Balfour, Kenneth R. (Christch. Goschen, Hon. George Joachim Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath
Banbury, Sir Frederick George Goulding, Edward Alfred Nicholson, William Graham
Banner, John S. Harmood- Gray, Ernest (West Ham) O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens
Bathurst, Hon. Allen Benjamin Greene, Henry D. (Shrewsbury) Palmer, Sir Walter (Salisbury)
Beach, Rt.Hn.SirMichael Hicks Grenfell, William Henry Pease, HerbertPike(Darlington
Bentinck, Lord Henry C. Gretton, John Pemberton, John S. G.
Bhownaggree, Sir M. M. Groves, James Grimble Percy, Earl
Bigwood, James Hall, Edward Marshall Pierpoint, Robert
Bill, Charles Halsey, Rt. Hon. Thomas F. Pilkington, Colonel Richard
Bingham, Lord Hamilton, Marq.of(L'donderry Platt-Higgins, Frederick
Blundell, Colonel Henry Hardy, Laurence(Kent,Ashf'rd Plummer, Sir Walter R.
Bond, Edward Harris, F. Leverton (Tynem'th Powell, Sir Francis Sharp
Boscawen, Arthur Griffith- Haslam, Sir Alfred S. Pretyman, Ernest George
Bousfield, William Robert Hay, Hon. Claude George Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward
Brassey, Albert Heath, ArthurHoward(Hanley) Purvis, Robert
Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John Heath, SirJames(Staffords.NW Randles, John S.
Brown, Sir Alex. H. (Shropsh.) Holder, Sir Augustus Rankin, Sir James
Brymer, William Ernest Henderson, Sir A.(Stafford, W.) Rasch, Sir Frederic Carne
Bull, William James Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert T. Ratcliff, R. F.
Butcher, John George Hill, Henry Staveley Reed,Sir Edw.James(Cardiff
Campbell, J.H.M.(Dublin Univ. Hope, JF(Sheffield,Brightside Reid, James (Greenock)
Carlile, William Walter Hornby, Sir William Henry Remnant, James Farquharson
Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. Hoult, Joseph Renwick, George
Cautley, Henry Strother Howard, John(Kent Faversham Roberts Samuel, (Sheffield)
Cavendish, V. C. W.(Derbyshire Howard, J. (Midd.,Tottenham) Robertson, Herbert (Hackney)
Cayzer, Sir Charles William Hozier, Hn. James Henry Cecil Rolleston, Sir John F. L.
Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) Hunt, Rowland Rutherford, John (Lancashire)
Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) Hutton, John (Yorks., N.R.) Rutherford. W. W. (Liverpool)
Chamberlain, Rt. Hn.J.(Birm.) Jeffreys, Rt.Hon. Arthur Fred. Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford-
Chamberlain,Rt Hn JA.(Worc.) Jessel, Captain Herbert Merton Sadler, Col. Sir Samuel Alex.
Chamberlayne, T.(S'thampton) Kenyon, Hon. Geo.T(Denbigh) Samuel,Sir HarryS.(Limehouse
Chapman, Edward Keswick, William Saunderson,Rt.Hn.Col. Edw.J.
Clare, Octavius Leigh Kimber, Sir Henry Sharpe, William Edward T.
Clive, Captain Percy A. Kuowles, Sir Lees Sinclair, Louis (Romford)
Coates, Edward Feetham Laurie, Lieut.-General Skewes-Cox, Sir Thomas
Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. Law, Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) Sloan, Thomas Henry
Coghill, Douglas Harry Lawrence, Wm. F. (Liverpool) Smith,Abel H. (Hertford,East)
Colston, Chat. Edw. H. Athole Lawson, HnH.L.W.(Mile End) Smith, Rt HnJ.Parker(Lanark.
Compton, Lord Alwyne Lawson, JohnGrant(YorksN.R Stanley, Hon.Arthur(Ormskirk
Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) Lee, ArthurH(Hants.,Fareham Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Lancs.
Crossley, Rt. Hon. Sir Savile Lees, Sir Elliott (Birkenhead) Stewart, Sir Mark J.M Taggart
Dalrymple, Sir Charles Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John M
Davenport, W. Bromley- Llewellyn, Evan Henry Stock, James Henry
Davies, SirHoratioD.(Chatham Long, Col.CharlesW.(Evesham) Stone, Sir Benjamin
Dickson, Charles Scott Long, RtHn.Walter(Bristol, S.) Stroyan, John
Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph Lonsdale, John Brownlee Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester)
Dorington, Rt.Hn. Sir John E. Lowe, Francis William Talbot,Rt.Hn.J.G.(Oxf'd Univ.
Doughty, Sir George Loyd, Archie Kirkman Thornton, Percy M.
Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft) Tollemache, Henry James
Duke, Henry Edward Lucas, Reginald J.(Portsmouth Tomlinson, Sir Wm. Edw. M.
Dyke, Rt.Hn. SirWilliam Hart Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred Tuff, Charles
Faber, Edmund B. (Hants, W.) Macdona, John Cumming Vincent,Col.Sir C.E.H(Sheffield
Faber, George Denison (York) MacIver, David (Liverpool) Vincent, Sir Edgar (Exeter)
Fellowes, RtHn.AilwynEdward Maconochie, A. W. Walrond, Rt.Hn.Sir WilliamH.
Fergusson, Rt Hn Sir J. (Manc'r M'Killop, James (Stirlingshire) Warde, Colonel C. E.
Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst Majendie, James A. H. Welby, Lt.-Col.A.C.E(Taunton
Finch, Rt. Hon. George H. Marks, Harry Hananel Whiteley, H.(Ashton und.Lyne
Finlay, Rt Hn Sir RB.(Inv'rn'ss Martin, Richard Biddulph Whitmore, Charles Algernon
Firbank, Sir Joseph Thomas Massey-Mainwaring, Hn. W. F. Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Fisher, William Hayes Maxwell,W.J.H (Dumfriesshire Wilson, John (Glasgow)
Fitzroy, Hon Edward Algernon Mildmay. Francis Bingham Wodehouse, Rt.Hn. E.R.(Bath
Flannery, Sir Fortescue Milvain, Thomas Wortley, Rt. Hn. C. B. Stuart-
Flower, Sir Ernest Molesworth, Sir Lewis Wrightson, Sir Thomas
Forster, Henry William Moon, Edward Robert Pacy Wylie, Alexander
Gardner, Ernest Morgan,David J. (Walthamstow Yerburgh, Robert Armstrong
Gibbs, Hon. A. G. H. Morpeth, Viscount
Godson, Sir AugustusFrederick Morrell, George Herbert TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Sir
Gordon, J. (Londonderry, S'th Morrison, James Archibald Alexander Acland-Hood and
Gordon, MajEvans (T'rH'mlets Morton, Arthur H. Aylmer Viscount Valentia.
NOES.
Allen, Charles P. Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. Pirie, Duncan V.
Asquith, Rt. Hn. Herb. Henry Henderson, Arthur (Durham) Power, Patrick Joseph
Atherley-Jones, L. Higham, John Sharp Priestley, Arthur
Baker, Joseph Allen Holland, Sir William Henry Rea, Russell
Barran, Rowland Hirst Hutchinson, Rr. Charles Fredk. Reckitt, Harold James
Barry, E. (Cork, S.) Isaacs, Rufus Daniel Redmond, John E. (Waterford)
Bell, Richard Jacoby, James Alfred Richards, Thomas
Black, Alexander William Joicey, Sir James Rickett, J. Compton
Bolton, Thomas Dolling Jones, D. Brynmor (Swansea) Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion)
Bright, Allan Heywood Jones, Leif (Appleby) Roberts, John H. (Denbigbs.)
Broadhurst, Henry Jones, William (Carnarvonshire Roe, Sir Thomas
Burt, Thomas Jordan, Jeremiah Rose, Charles Day
Buxton, NE(York,N.R,Whitby Kennedy, P.J.(Westmeath,N.) Samuel, Herbert L.(Cleveland)
Buxton, Sydney Chas. (Poplar) Kitson, Sir James Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel)
Caldwell, James Lambert, George Seely,Maj.J.E.B.(Isleof Wight)
Causton, Richard Knight Lamont, Norman Shackleton, David James
Channing, Francis Allston Langley, Batty Shaw, Thomas (Hawick, B.)
Clancy, John Joseph Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cornwall) Shipman, Dr. John G.
Crean, Eugene Leese, Sir Jos. F. (Accrington) Sinclair, John (Forfarshire)
Cremer, William Randal Lloyd-George, David Slack, John Bamford
Crooks, William Lough, Thomas Smith, Samuel (Flint)
Delany, William Lundon, W. Soares, Ernest J.
Dobbie, Joseph Lyell, Charles Henry Spencer, Rt.Hn.C.R(Northants
Doogan, P. C. MacNeill, John Gordon Swift Sullivan, Donal
Edwards, Frank MacVeagh, Jeremiah Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe)
Emmott, Alfred M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) Thomas, D. Alfred (Merthyr)
Eve, Harry Trelawney M'Fadden, Edward Thompson,Dr E.C(Monagh'n,N
Fenwick, Charles M'Kean, John Toulmin, George
Findlay, Alex. (Lanark, N.E.) M'Kenna, Reginald Ure, Alexander
Flavin, Michael Joseph Morgan, J.Lloyd (Carmarthen) Walton, J. Lawson (Leeds, S.)
Flynn, James Christopher Moss, Samuel Weir, James Galloway
Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) Moulton, John Fletcher White, Luke (York, E. R.)
Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Murnaghan, George Whiteley, George (York, W.R.)
Gladstone, Rt. Hn. Herb. John Murphy, John Whitley, J. H. (Halifax)
Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill Nolan, Col. John P.(Galway,N.) Whittaker, Thomas Palmer
Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. Norton, Capt. Cecil William Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.)
Hammond, John O'Brien, K. (Tipperary Mid.) Wilson, John (Falkirk
Harcourt, Lewis O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) Woodhouse,Sir J.T(Hudd'rsfi'd
Hardie,J. Keir(Merthyr Tydvil) O'Connor, Jas. (Wicklow, W.) Young, Samuel
Harrington, Timothy O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.)
Hayden, John Patrick Parrott, William TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Mr.
Helme, Norval Watson Partington, Oswald Corrie Grant and Mr.Cawley.

Resolutions agreed to.