HC Deb 14 February 1905 vol 141 cc81-93

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 (Newcastle Emlyn).—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 which occurred in an ironmonger's shop at Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, on the 25th November, 1904.
  2. 2. Beck (Adolf) (Committee of Inquiry).—Copy of Report of the Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to inquire into the case of Mr. Adolf Beck, together with Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and facsimiles of various Documents.
  3. 3. Coal Supplies (Royal Commission).—Copy of Final Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of the Coal Resources of the United Kingdom. Parts I. to XIII.
  4. 4. Historical Manuscripts (Royal Commission).—Copy of Report on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont, Vol. I.
  5. 5. Historical Manuscripts (Royal Commission).—Copy of Report on the Manuscripts of the Marquess of Lothian, preserved at Blickling Hall, Norfolk.
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  6. 6. Historical Manuscripts (Royal Commission).—Copy of Report on the Manuscripts of Lady du Cane.
  7. 7. Mines and Quarries.—Copy of General Report and Statistics for the year 1903; 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.
  8. 8. Mines and Quarries.—Copy of General Report and Statistics for the year 1903; Part III., Output; General Report and Statistics relating to the 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.
  9. 9. (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, 1904.
  10. 10. Factories and Workshops.—Copy of Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops for 1903. Part II. Tables.
  11. 11. Factory and Workshop (Draft Regulations—Docks, Wharves, and Quays).—Copy of Report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by Chester Jones, esquire, on the Draft Regulations for Docks, Wharves, and Quays.
  12. 12. Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Great Britain).—Copy of Forty-seventh Report of His Majesty's Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools for 1903. Part II. General Report and Appendices III. to XI.
  13. 13. Police (Metropolis).—Copy of Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the year 1903.
  14. 14. Inebriates Acts (Inspector's Report).—Copy of Report of the Inspector under the Inebriates Acts, 1879 to 1900, for the year 1903.
  15. 15. Workmen's Compensation.—Copy of Statistics of Proceedings under the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1897 and 1900, and the Employers' Liability Act, 1880, during the year l903.
  16. 16. Workmen's Compensation.—Copy of Report of the Committee appointed 83 by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to inquire into the Law relating to Compensation for Injuries to Workmen. Vol. II, Minutes of Evidence, with Index.
  17. 17. Judicial Statistics (England and Wales).—Copy of Judicial Statistics, Part I., relating to Criminal Proceedings, Police, Coroners, Prisons, Reformatory and Industrial Schools, and Criminal Lunatics, for England and Wales for 1903.
  18. 18. East India (Trade).—Copy of Review of Trade of India for 1903–4.
  19. 19. East India (Statistical Abstract).—Copy of Statistical Abstract relating to British India from 1893–4 to 1902–3. Thirty-eighth Number.
  20. 20. East India (Sanitary Measures).—Copy of Report on Sanitary Measures in India in 1902–3 (Vol. XXXVI.).
  21. 21. Imperial Institute (Indian Section).—Copy of Annual Report of the Imperial Institute (Indian Section) for the year 1903–4.
  22. 22. East India (Tibet).—Copy of Further Papers relating to Tibet (No. III.).
  23. 23. East India (Excise).—Copy of Papers relating to the Excise Administration in Assam.
  24. 24. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of an additional Light Railway, in the county of Gloucester, in the borough of Cheltenham, and the abandonment of the construction of part of another Light Railway already authorised in the same borough (Cheltenham and District Light Railway (Extension No. 3) Order, 1904).
  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 county of East Suffolk, from Melton to Bromeswell, Sutton Shottisham, Hollesley, Alderton, and Bawdsey (Woodbridge and Bawdsey Light Railway Order, 1904).
  26. 26. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway 84 Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending The Bracken-hill Light Railway Order, 1901 (Bracken-hill Light Railway (Extension of Time) Order, 1904).
  27. 27. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending The Tickhill Light Railway Order, 1901 (Tickhill Light Railway (Extension of Time) Order, 1904).
  28. 28. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending The Maidstone and Faversham Junction Light Railway Order, 1901 (Maidstone and Faversham Junction Light Railway (Extension of Time) Order, 1904.
  29. 29. 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 county of Essex from Southend by way of Rochford, Creeksea, Burnham, Southminster, Asheldham, Dengie, Tillingham, Bradwell-juxta-Mare, and West Mersea, to Colchester (Southend and Colchester Light Railways Order, 1904).
  30. 30. Light Railways Act, 1896.—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, amending the Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway Order, 1899 (Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway (Further Capital Powers) Order, 1904).
  31. 31. 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 parish of Northam and the parish and borough of Bideford, in the county of Devon, in extension of the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway, and the working of that railway as a Light Railway under The Light Railways Act, 1896 (Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Light Railway Order, 1904).
  32. 32. Railway Accidents.—Copy of Returns of Accidents and Casualties as reported to the Board of Trade by the several Railway Companies in the United 85 Kingdom during the three months ending 30th June, 1904, together with Reports of the Inspecting Officers of the Railway Department to the Board of Trade upon certain Accidents which were inquired into.
  33. 33. Railway Accidents.—Copy of Returns of Accidents and Casualties as reported to the Board of Trade by the several Railway Companies in the United Kingdom during the three months ending 30th September, 1904, together with Reports of the Inspecting Officers of the Railway Department to the Board of Trade upon certain Accidents which were inquired into.
  34. 34. Railway Servants (Hours of Labour).—Copy of Return, in pursuance of Section 4 of The Regulation of Railways Act, 1889, of Railway Servants of certain classes who were on one or more occasions during the month of October, 1903, on duty on the railways of the United Kingdom for more than twelve hours at a time; or who, after being on duty more than twelve hours, were allowed to resume work with less than nine hours rest.
  35. 35. Foreign Import Duties.—Copy of Statement of the Rates of Import Duties levied in European Countries, in the United States, in Japan, China, and Persia, upon the Produce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom in 1904.
  36. 36. British and Foreign Trade and Industry.—Copy of Second Series of Memoranda, Statistical Tables, and Charts, prepared in the Board of Trade, with reference to various matters bearing on British and Foreign Trade and Industrial Conditions.
  37. 37. Muscat Region (Trade).—Copy of Report on the condition and prospects of British Trade in Oman, Bahrein, and the Arab Ports in the Persian Gulf by H. W. Maclean, Special Commissioner of the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade.
  38. 38. Unemployed in Foreign Countries.—Copy of Report to the Board of Trade on Agencies and Methods for dealing with the Unemployed in certain Foreign Countries by Mr. David F. Schloss.
  39. 39. Earnings of Agricultural Labourers.—Copy of Second Report by Mr. Wilson 86 Fox on the Wages, Earnings, and Conditions of Employment of Agricultural Labourers in the United Kingdom, with Statistical Tables and Charts.
  40. 40. Irish Land Commission (Proceedings).—Copy of Return of Proceedings during the months of March, April, May, June, July, August, and September, 1904.
  41. 41. National Education (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to the Seventieth Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1903. Section I.
  42. 42. National Education (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to the Seventieth Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1903. Section II.
  43. 43. National Education (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to the Seventieth Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1903. Section III.
  44. 44. National Education (Ireland).—Copy of Appendix to the Seventieth Report of the Commissioners, being for the year 1903. Section IV.
  45. 45. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland).—Copy of Tables showing the extent in statute acres and the produce of the Crops for the year 1904.
  46. 46. 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 1903–4.
  47. 47. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland) (Migratory Labourers).—Copy of Report and Tables relating to Irish Migratory Agricultural and other Labourers for the year 1904.
  48. 48. Evictions (Ireland).—Copy of Return of Evictions in Ireland for the quarter ended 30th September, 1904.
  49. 49. Evictions (Ireland).—Copy of Return of Evictions in Ireland for the quarter ended 31st December, 1904.
  50. 50. Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 (Eviction Notices).—Copy of Return of Eviction Notices filed during the quarter ended 30th September, 1904.
  51. 51. Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 (Eviction Notices).—Copy of Return of Eviction Notices filed during the quarter ended 31st December, 1904.
  52. 52. Banking, Railway, and Canal Statistics (Ireland).—Copy of Report 87 on the Banking, Railway, and Canal Statistics of Ireland for the half-year ended 30th June, 1904.
  53. 53. Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Ireland).—Copy of Forty-second Report of the Inspector for the year 1903.
  54. 54. Lunacy (Ireland).—Copy of Fifty-third Report, with Appendices, of Inspectors of Lunatics (Ireland) for the year 1903.
  55. 55. Congested Districts Board (Ireland).—Copy of Thirteenth Report of the Board, being for the year ending 31st March, 1904.
  56. 56. Royal University of Ireland.—Copy of Twenty-second Report of the Royal University of Ireland, being for the year 1903.
  57. 57. Local Government Board (Ireland).—Copy of Annual Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland, for the year ended 31st March, 1904.
  58. 58. Ireland Development Grant Act, 1903.—Copy of Report of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland of all his Proceedings under the Act, for the year ended 31st March, 1904.
  59. 59. Fisheries (Ireland) Acts.—Copy of Manual prepared for the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland, on the Fisheries (Ireland) Acts.
  60. 60. Army (Pay, Non-effective Pay, and Allowances).—Copy of List of Exceptions to the Army Regulations as to Pay, Non-effective Pay, and Allowances sanctioned during the year 1903–4.
  61. 61. Military Prisons.—Copy of Report on the Discipline and Management of Military Prisons in 1903.
  62. 62. Army.—Copy of Amendments in the Rules of Procedure under the Army Act.
  63. 63. Army.—Copy of Approximate Estimate of Expenditure under the Military Works Acts of 1897, 1899, and 1901.
  64. 64. Army.—Copy of Order in Council defining the duties of the Army Council.
  65. 65. Army.—Copy of Order in Council defining the duties of the Inspector-General of the Forces.
  66. 66. Army.—Copy of Order in Council defining the duties of the Director of Army Finance.
    67. 88
  67. 67. Army.—Copy of Report on the trial of the Short Rifle by the Army and Navy.
  68. 68. Somaliland (Despatches).—Copy of Despatches, etc., regarding the Military Operations in Somaliland from the 18th January, 1902, to the 31st May, 1904.
  69. 69. Board of Education (Special Reports).—Copy of Special Reports on Educational Subjects, Vol. 12. Educational Systems of the Chief Crown Colonies and Possessions of the British Empire, including Reports on the Training of Native Races. Part I. West Indies and Central America, St. Helena, Cyprus, and Gibraltar.
  70. 70. Board of Education (Special Reports).—Copy of Special Reports on Educational Subjects, Vol. 13. Educational Systems of the Chief Crown Colonies and Possessions of the British Empire, including Reports on the Training of Native Races. Part II. West Africa, Basutoland, Southern Rhodesia, East Africa Protectorate, Uganda, Mauritius, Seychelles.
  71. 71. Board of Education (Special Reports).—Copy of Special Reports on Educational Subjects, Vol. 14. Educational Systems of the Chief Crown Colonies and Possessions of the British Empire, including Reports on the Training of Native Races. Part III Federated Malay States, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Fiji, Falkland Islands.
  72. 72. 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, 1904, to 31st July, 1905.
  73. 73. Board of Education.—Copy of Reports from University Colleges, 1904.
  74. 74. Board of Education.—Copy of (1) Grants paid in respect of School Boards under Section 97 of Elementary Education Act, 1870, (2) School Board Accounts, (3) List of Loans, for 1903–4.
  75. 75. Board of Education.—Copy of Report on the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal College of Science and Art, the Geological Survey and Museum, and on the work of the Solar Physics Committee for the year 1903.
    76. 89
  76. 76. Board of Education.—Copy of Lists of Secondary Schools, Science and Art Classes, and Evening Schools and Schools of Art, under the administration of the Board of Education, for the school year 1902–3.
  77. 77. Board of Education.—Copy of Report of the Board of Education for the year 1903–4.
  78. 78. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (Distribution of Grants).—Copy of Annual Report on the Distribution of Grants for Agricultural Education and Research in the year 1903–4, etc.
  79. 79. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (Departmental Committee).—Copy of Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to investigate experimentally and to report upon certain questions connected with the Dipping and Treatment of Sheep.
  80. 80. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (Departmental Committee).—Copy of Minutes of Evidence taken before the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to investigate experimentally and to report upon certain questions connected with the Dipping and Treatment of Sheep, with Appendices.
  81. 81. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (Departmental Committee).—Copy of Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to inquire into and report upon the working in Great Britain of The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1893.
  82. 82. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (Departmental Committee).—Copy of Minutes of Evidence taken before the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to inquire into and report upon the working in Great Britain of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1893, with Appendices and Index.
  83. 83. Judicial Statistics (Scotland).—Copy of Report on the Judicial Statistics of Scotland for the year 1903.
  84. 84. Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland).—Copy of Forty-eighth Detailed Annual Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scotland (Abstracts of 1902).
    85. 90
  85. 85. Sheriff Court Procedure (Scotland) (Departmental Committee).—Copy of Report of a Departmental Committee appointed by the Secretary for Scotland to inquire into Sheriff Court Procedure, with Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index.
  86. 86. Navy.—Copy of Memorandum relating to the Distribution and Mobilisation of the Fleet.
  87. 87. Peterhead Harbour.—Copy of Reports respecting Peterhead Harbour Works.
  88. 88. Meteorology.—Copy of Report of the Meteorological Council to the Royal Society for the year ended 31st March, 1904.
  89. 89. Colonial Reports (Annual).—Copies of Reports, Nos. 423 (Sierra Leone, Annual Report for 1903), 424 (Gambia, Annual Report for 1903), 425 (Ceylon, Annual Report for 1903), 426 (Gold Coast, Annual Report for 1903), 427 (Lagos, Annual Report for 1903), 428 (Bahamas, Report for 1903–4), 429 (Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Annual Report for 1903), 430 (Mauritius, Annual Report for 1903), 431 (Seychelles, Annual Report for 1903), 432 (Barbados, Report for 1903–4), 433 (Southern Nigeria, Annual Report for 1903), 434 (Fiji, Annual Report for 1903), 435 (Straits Settlements, Annual Report for 1903), 436 (Grenada, Annual Report for 1903), 437 (Northern Nigeria, Annual Report for 1903), 438 (Jamaica, Report for 1903–4), 439 (Malta, Report for 1903–4), 440 (Bechuanaland Protectorate, Report for 1902–3 and 1903–4), 441 (British Guiana, Report for 1903–4), 442 (Trinidad and Tobago, Report for 1903–4), 443 (St. Lucia, Annual Report for 1903), 444 (Basutoland), Report for 1903–4).
  90. 90. Colonial Reports (Miscellaneous).—Copies of Reports, Nos. 28 (Reports on Rubber in the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone), 29 (Ceylon, Reports on the Results of the Mineral Survey in 1903–4 by Professor W. R. Dunstan, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.).
  91. 91. Straits Settlements.—Copy of Reports on the Federated Malay States for 1903.
  92. 92. Transvaal (British Indians).—Copy of Correspondence relating to the position of British Indians in the Transvaal.
    93. 91
  93. 93. Cyprus.—Copy of Annual Report on Cyprus for 1903–4.
  94. 94. Cancer Research (Colonies).—Copy of Correspondence relating to Cancer Research in the Colonies.
  95. 95. Fiji.—Copy of Correspondence relating to Native Taxation and the Communal System in Fiji.
  96. 96. Colonies (Preferential Trade).—Copy of Papers relating to Resolutions passed by Colonial Legislatures since 1890 in favour of Preferential Trade Relations with the United Kingdom.
  97. 97. West Africa.—Copy of Correspondence relating to the construction oe Railways in Sierra Leone, Lagos, and th f Gold Coast.
  98. 98. Crown Agents.—Copy of Accounts of the Crown Agents' Office Funds for the years 1900, 1901, and 1902.
  99. 99. British Central Africa.—Copy of Report on the Trade and general condition of the British Central Africa Protectorate for 1903–4.
  100. 100. Treaty Series (No. 6, 1904).—Copy of Agreement between the United Kingdom and Germany, providing for the settlement by Arbitration of certain classes of Questions which may arise between the two Governments. Signed at London, 12th July, 1904.
  101. 101. Treaty Series (No. 7, 1904).—Copy of Convention between the United Kingdom and China, respecting the employment of Chinese Labour in British Colonies and Protectorates. Signed at London, 13th May, 1904.
  102. 102. Treaty Series (No. 8, 1904).—Copy of Convention between the United Kingdom and Sweden and Norway, providing for the settlement by Arbitration of certain classes of questions which may arise between the respective Governments. Signed at London, 11th August, 1904. Ratifications exchanged at London, 9th November, 1904.
  103. 103. Treaty Series (No. 9, 1904).—Copy of Agreement between the United Kingdom and Switzerland, providing for the settlement by Arbitration of certain classes of questions which may arise between the two Governments. Signed at London, 16th November, 1904.
    104. 92
  104. 104. Treaty Series (No.10, 1904).—Copy of Agreement between the United Kingdom and Portugal, providing for the settlement by Arbitration of certain classes of questions which may arise between the two Governments. Signed at Windsor, 16th November, 1904.
  105. 105. Treaty Series (No. 11, 1904).—Copy of Accession of Sweden to the International Copyright Convention, 9th September, 1886, and the Declaration of 4th May, 1896. 1st August, 1904.
  106. 106. Treaty Series (No. 12, 1904).—Copy of Accession of Cuba to the Industrial Property Convention, 1883, etc., 17th November, 1904.
  107. 107. Treaty Series (No. 13, 1904).—Copy of Declaration between the United Kingdom and Russia relating to the Constitution of an International Commission of Inquiry on the subject of the North Sea Incident. Signed at St. Petersburg, 25th (12th) November, 1904.
  108. 108. Treaty Series (No. 1, 1905).—Copy of Accession of Cuba to Arrangements respecting False Indications of Origin on Goods, and the International Registration of Trade Marks (Industrial Property Union). 1st January, 1905.
  109. 109. Treaty Series (No. 2, 1905).—Copy of Agreement between the United Kingdom and Russia respecting Joint Stock Companies and other Commercial, Industrial, and Financial Associations. Signed at St. Petersburg, 29th (16th) December, 1904.
  110. 110. Africa (No. 12, 1904).—Copy of General Report on the Uganda Protectorate for the year ending 31st March, 1904.
  111. 111. Africa (No. 13, 1904).—Copy of Report by Mr. A. E. Butter, on the Survey of the Proposed Frontier between British East Africa and Abyssinia, with a map.
  112. 112. Africa (No. 14, 1904).—Copy of Correspondence respecting Slavery in the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba.
  113. 113. Africa (No. 15, 1904).—Copy of Report on the East Africa Protectorate for the year 1903–4.
  114. 114. Africa (No. 16, 1904).—Copy of Report on the Construction and Working 93 of the Mombasa Victoria (Uganda) Railway and Steamboat Service on Lake Victoria, 1903–4.
  115. 115. Africa (No. 1, 1905).—Copy of Further Correspondence respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo.
  116. 116. Turkey (No. 3, 1904).—Copy of Correspondence respecting the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey.
  117. 117. Turkey (No. 4, 1904).—Copy of Further Correspondence respecting the Affairs of South Eastern Europe.
  118. 118. China (No. 5, 1904).—Copy of Report, by Consul General Hosie, on the Province of Ssŭch'uan, with two Maps.
  119. 119. Russia (No. 1, 1905).—Copy of Correspondence respecting Contraband of War in connection with Hostilities between Russia and Japan.
  120. 120. Russia (No. 2, 1905).—Copy of Correspondence relating to the North Sea Incident.
  121. 121. Sugar Convention (Commercial, No. 1, 1905).—Copy of Further Findings of the Permanent Commission established under the Sugar Convention of 5th March, 1902, Report of the British Delegate, and Appeal of His Majesty's Government against certain of those Findings.
  122. 122. Detention of the "Captain W. Menzell" (Miscellaneous, No. 2, 1904).—Copy of a Warrant issued by the Secretary of State on 4th December, 1904, authorising the detention of the ship "Captain W. Menzell" at Cardiff.
  123. 123. Emission of Smoke (Foreign Regulations) (Miscellaneous, No. 1, 1905).—Copy of Reports on the Laws in Force in certain Foreign Countries in regard to the Emission of Smoke from Chimneys.
  124. 124. Trade Reports (Annual Series).—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Annual Series, Nos. 3256 to 3323.
  125. 125. Trade Reports (Miscellaneous Series).—Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, Nos. 619 to 628.

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

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