§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means, if under consideration at Eleven o'clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—;(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)
§ The House divided:—;Ayes, 353; Noes, 88. (Division List No. 55.)
277| AYES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork, N.E.) | Alden, Percy | Baker, Sir John (Portsmouth) |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Armitage, R. | Balfour, Robert (Lanark) |
| Adkins, W. Ryland | Armstrong, W. C. Heaton | Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) |
| Agar-Robertes, Hon. T. C. | Asquith, Rt. Hn. Herbert Henry | Barker, John |
| Agnew, George William | Astbury, John Meir | Barlow, Percy (Bedford) |
| Barnard, E. B. | Dillon, John | Jenkins, J. |
| Barnes, G. N. | Dobson, Thomas W. | Johnson, John (Gateshead) |
| Beale, W. P. | Dolan, Charles Joseph | Jones, David Brynmor (Swansea |
| Beauchamp, E. | Donelan, Captain A. | Jones, Leif (Appleby) |
| Beaumont, W. C. B. (Hexham) | Duckworth, James | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire |
| Beck, A. Cecil | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness | Jowett, F. W. |
| Bell, Richard | Duncan, J. H. (York, Otley) | Kearley, Hudson, E. |
| Bellairs, Carlyon | Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) | Kekewich, Sir George |
| Benn, W. (T'wr'Hamlets, S. Geo. | Dunne, Major E. M. (Walsall) | Kennedy, Vincent Paul |
| Bennett, E. N. | Edwards, Clement (Denbigh) | Kincaid-Smith, Captain |
| Bertram, Julius | Edwards, Frank (Radnor) | King, Alfred John (Knutsford) |
| Bethell, T. R. (Essex, Maldon) | Ellis, Rt. Hon. John Edward | Kitson, Sir James |
| Billson, Alfred | Erskine, David C. | Laidlaw, Robert |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Esmonde, Sir Thomas | Lamb, Edmund G. (Leominster |
| Black, Arthur W. (Bedfordshire) | Essex, R. W. | Lambert, George |
| Blake, Edward | Everett, R. Lacey | Lamont, Norman |
| Boland, John | Faber, G. H. (Boston) | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid |
| Bottomley, Horatio | Fenwick, Charles | Layland-Barratt, Francis |
| Brace, William | Ferens, T. R. | Lea, Hugh Cecil (St. Pancras, E. |
| Bramsdon, T. A. | Ferguson, R. C. Munro | Lehmann, R. C. |
| Branch, James | Fiennes, Hon. Eustace | Lever, W. H. (Cheshire, Wirral) |
| Brigg, John | Findlay, Alexander | Levy, Maurice |
| Brooke, Stopford | Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Lewis, John Herbert |
| Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) | Fuller, John Michael F. | Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David |
| Brunner, Sir John T. (Cheshire) | Fullerton, Hugh | Lough, Thomas |
| Bryce, Rt. Hn. James (Aberdeen | Furness, Sir Christopher | Lundon, W. |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Gibb, James (Harrow) | Lupton, Arnold |
| Buckmaster, Stanley O. | Gill, A. H. | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Ginnell, L. | Lyell, Charles Henry |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Gladstone, Rt. Hn. Herbert John | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) |
| Burnyeat, J. D. W. | Gooch, George Peabody | Macdonald, J. M. (FalkirkB'ghs |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Greenwood, G. (Peterborough) | Maclean, Donald |
| Buxton, Rt. Hn. Sydney Charles | Greenwood, Hamar (York) | Macpherson, J. T. |
| Byles, William Pollard | Griffith, Ellis J. | MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S. |
| Cairns, Thomas | Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill | MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) |
| Caldwell, James | Gulland, John W. | M'Callum, John M. |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton | M'Crae, George |
| Causton, Rt. Hn. Richard Knight | Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | M'Kenna, Reginald |
| Cawley, Frederick | Hall, Frederick | M'Killop, W. |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Halpin, J. | M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) |
| Cheetham, John Frederick | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Lewis | M'Micking, Major G. |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) | Maddison, Frederick |
| Churchill, Winston Spencer | Hardy, George A. (Suffolk) | Markham, Arthur Basil |
| Clarke, C. Goddard (Peckham) | Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worc'r) | Marks, G. Croydon (Launceston) |
| Cleland, J. W. | Hart-Davies, T. | Marnham, F. J. |
| Clough, W. | Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | Mason, A. E. W. (Coventry) |
| Coats, Sir T. Glen (Renfrew, W.) | Harwood, George | Massie, J. |
| Cobbold, Felix Thornley | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | Masterman, C. F. G. |
| Cogan, Denis J. | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Meehan, Patrick A. |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Haworth, Arthur A. | Menzies, Walter |
| Collins, Sir Wm. J. (S. Pancras, W | Hayden, John Patrick | Molteno, Percy Alfred |
| Cooper, G. J. | Hazleton, Richard | Mond, A. |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E Grinst'd | Hedges, A. Paget | Money, L. G. Chiozza |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Helme, Norval Watson | Montagu, E. S. |
| Cory, Clifford John | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Montgomery, H. H. |
| Cotton, Sir H. J. S. | Herbert, Colonel Ivor (Mon., S.) | Mooney, J. J. |
| Cowan, W. H. | Herbert T., Arnold (Wycombe) | Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) |
| Cox, Harold | Higham, John Sharp | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) |
| Cremer, William Randal | Hobart, Sir Robert | Morley, Rt. Hon. John |
| Crombie, John William | Hobhouse, Charles E. H. | Morrell, Philip |
| Crooks, William | Holden, E. Hopkinson | Murphy, John |
| Crossley, William J. | Holland, Sir William Henry | Murray, James |
| Dalziel, James Henry | Hooper, A. G. | Myer, Horatio |
| Davies, David (Montgomery Co. | Hope, W. Bateman (Somers't N | Nannetti, Joseph P. |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Horniman, Emslie John | Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) |
| Davies, W. Howell (Bristol, S. | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Nicholls, George |
| Delany, William | Hudson, Walter | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncast'r |
| Devlin, Charles Ramsay (Galway | Hutton, Alfred Eddison | Nolan, Joseph |
| Dewar, Arthur (Edinburgh, S.) | Hyde, Clarendon | Norman, Henry |
| Dewar, John A. (Inverness-sh,) | Illingworth, Percy H. | Norton, Capt. Cecil William |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N | Jackson, R. S. | Nuttall, Henry |
| Dickson-Poynder, Sir John P. | Jacoby, James Alfred | O'Brien, Kendal (Tipperary Mid |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Jardine, Sir J. | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W.) | Rogers, F. E. Newman | Ure, Alexander |
| O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Rose, Charles Day | Verney, F. W. |
| O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Rowlands, J. | Vivian, Henry |
| O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) | Runciman, Walter | Walker, H. De R. (Leicester |
| O'Kelly, James(Roscommon, N. | Russell, T. W. | Wallace, Robert |
| O'Malley, William | Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) | Walters, John Tudor |
| O'Shee, James John | Samuel, Herbert L. (Cleveland) | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) |
| Parker, James (Halifax) | Scarisbrick, T. T. L. | Ward, John (Stoke upon Trent |
| Partington, Oswald | Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampt'n) |
| Paul, Herbert | Schwann, Chas. E. (Manchester) | Wardle, George J. |
| Pearce, Robert (Staffs. Leek) | Scott, A. H. (Ashtonunder Lyne | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Pearce, William (Limehouse) | Sears, J. E. | Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan |
| Pearson, W. H. M. (Suffolk, Eye) | Seaverns, J. H. | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Perks, Robert William | Seely, Major J. B. | Waterlow, D. S. |
| Pickersgill, Edward Hare | Shaw, Rt. Hon. T. (Hawick B.) | Watt, H. Anderson |
| Pollard, Dr. | Silcock, Thomas Ball | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Price, C. E. (Edinb'gh, Central) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. John | Weir, James Galloway |
| Price, Robert John (Norfolk, E.) | Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie | Whitbread, Howard |
| Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) | Snowden, P. | White, George (Norfolk) |
| Priestley, W. E. B. (Bradford, E. | Soames, Arthur Wellesley | White, J. D. (Dumbartonshire) |
| Radford, G. H. | Soares, Ernest J. | White, Luke (York, E. R.) |
| Rainy, A. Rolland | Spicer, Albert | Whitehead, Rowland |
| Raphael, Herbert, H. | Stanger, H. Y. | Whitley, J. H. (Halifax) |
| Rea, Russell (Gloucester) | Stanley, Hn. A. Lyluph (Chesh. | Whittaker, Thomas Palmer |
| Rea, Walter Russell (Scarboro' | Steadman, W. C. | Williams, J. (Glamorgan) |
| Redmond, John E. (Waterford | Stewart, Halley (Greenock) | Williams, Osmond (Merioneth) |
| Redmond, William (Clare) | Strachey, Sir Edward | Williams, W. L. (Carmarthen) |
| Rees, J. D. | Straus, B. S. (Mile End) | Williamson, A. (Elgin & Nairn) |
| Renton, Major Leslie | Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon) | Wills, Arthur Walters |
| Richards, T. F. (Wolverh'mptn | Sullivan, Donal | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W. R. |
| Richardson, A. | Sutherland, J. E. | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Rickett, J. Compton | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestersh. N.) |
| Ridsdale, E. A. | Tennant, E. P. (Salisbury) | Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.) |
| Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) | Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.) | Wood, T. M'Kinnon |
| Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.) | Thomas, David Alfred (Merthyr | Woodhouse, Sir J. (Huddersf'd) |
| Robertson, Rt. Hn. E. (Dundee) | Thomasson, Franklin | Yoxall, James Henry |
| Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) | Thompson, J. W. H. (Somerset, E | |
| Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradf'd | Torrance, A. M. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—;Mr. Whiteley and Mr. J. A. Pease. |
| Robinson, S. | Toulmin, George | |
| Robson, Sir William Snowdon | Trevelyan, Charles Philips | |
| NOES. | ||
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Duncan, Robert (Lanark, Govan | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major | Faber, George Denison (York) | M'Iver, Sir Lewis (Edinburgh W. |
| Ashley, W. W. | Faber, Capt. W. V. (Hants, W.) | Magnus, Sir Philip |
| Baldwin, Alfred | Fardell, Sir T. George | Marks, H. H. (Kent) |
| Balfour, Rt. Hn. A. J. (City Lond | Finch, Rt. Hon. George H. | Mason, James F. (Windsor) |
| Beach, Hn. Michael Hugh Hicks | Gardner, Ernest (Berks, East) | Meysey-Thompson, Major E. C. |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Haddock, George R. | Middlemore, John Throgmorton |
| Bignold, Sir Arthur | Hamilton, Marquess of | Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield |
| Bowles, G. Stewart | Harrison-Broadley, Col. H. B. | Nield, Herbert |
| Bridgeman, W. Clive | Heaton, John Henniker | O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens |
| Bull, Sir William James | Helmsley, Viscount | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Hervey, F. W. F. (Bury S. Edm'd | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hill, Sir Clement (Shrewsb'ry) | Percy, Earl |
| Cave, George | Hill, Henry Staveley (Staff'sh.) | Rasch, Sir Frederic Carne |
| Cavendish, Rt. Hon. Victor C. W. | Hills, J. W. | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Cecil, Lord John P. Joicey- | Hornby, Sir William Henry | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E. | Houston, Robert Paterson | Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert |
| Coates, E. Feetham (Lewisham | Hunt, Rowland | Rothschild, Hon. Lionel Walter |
| Cochrane Hon. Thomas, H. A. E | Kenyon-Slaney, Rt. Hon. Col. W | Sandys, Lieut.-Col. Thos. Myles |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | King, Sir Henry Seymour (Hull) | Sloan, Thomas Henry |
| Courthope, G. Lloyd | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, East) |
| Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S | Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham | Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Ormskrk |
| Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage | Stone, Sir Benjamin |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Liddell, Henry | Talbot, Rt, Hn. J. G. (Oxf'd Univ |
| Dixon-Hartland, Sir Fred Dixon | ||
| Doughty, Sir George | Lockwood, Rt. Hn. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Thomson, W. Mitchell-(Lanark) |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Du Cros, Harvey | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Walrond, Hon. Lionel |
| Willoughby de Eresby, Lord | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- | TELLERS FOR THE NOES,—;Sir Alexander Acland-Hood and Lord Balcarres. |
| Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E. R. | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George | |
| Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm | Younger, George |
Question put, and agreed to.