§ Mr. SPEAKERlaid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bills, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into,, and which are applicable thereto, have been complied with, viz.:— Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Bill [Lords]; Truro Gas Bill [Lords]; Folkestone and District Electricity Supply Bill [Lords]; Portsmouth Water Bill [Lords]; South Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill [Lords]; Dover Corporation Bill [Lords].
Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time.
Buenos Ayres Grand National Tramways Bill [Lords]; Channel Ferry Rail- 494 way and Quay Bill [Lords]. Read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.
Hull Joint Dock [Lords] (King's Consent signified). Read the third time and passed, with Amendments.
Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill. Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill. Water Provisional Order Bill. As amended, considered; read the third time, and passed.
South Lincolnshire Water Bill. The Chairman of Ways and Means, in pursuance of Standing Order 83 relating to Private Bills, informed the House that, in his opinion, the South Lincolnshire Water Bill, though unopposed, ought to be treated as an opposed Bill.