Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKERlaid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bills, referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders which are applicable thereto have been complied with, viz.:—Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 11) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 15) Bill.
§ Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time To-morrow.
§ East Cowes Gas Bill [Lords]; Hastings Harbour District Railway (Abandonment) Bill [Lords]. McConnell's Divorce Bill [Lords]; read the third time, and passed, without Amendment.
§ Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Bill [Lords]. Read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.
§ London and North Western Railway Bill. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Mexborough and Swinton Tramways (Extension of Time) Bill [Lords]. As 939 amended, considered; Amendments made; Bill to be read the third time.
§ Rhondda Urban District Council Bill. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Dearne Valley Railway Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Malone's Divorce (Validation) Bill [Lords]; Sheffield University Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 3) Bill. Read the third time, and passed.
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 10) Bill. Read a second time, and committed.
§ North Eastern Railway Bill; North Eastern Railway (Steam Vessels) Bill; Great Northern (Ireland) and Midland Railways Bill. Reported, with Amendments; Reports to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
§ Canals Bill. Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills do examine the Canals Bill with respect to compliance with the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills.—(Sir John Brunner.)
§ Bolton Corporation Bill. Reported from the Police and Sanitary Committee, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
§ Bishopric of Bristol Bill [Lords]. Read the first time; to be read a second time upon Wednesday, 31st May, and to be printed. [Bill 226.]