§ Belfast Corporation Bill.—"To empower the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the city of Belfast to acquire the undertaking of the Cavehill and Whitewell Tramway Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Blackburn Corporation Bill.—"For extending the boundaries of the county borough of Blackburn, and to authorise the corporation of that borough to construct new tramways in the borough; to make street and bridge improvements; to borrow money; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Blaydon and Ryton Water (Transfer) Bill.—"To authorise the sale of the water undertakings of the Blaydon Urban District Council and the Ryton Urban District Council; to confer powers upon the Weardale and Consett Water Company, and the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Bromley and Crays Gas Bill.—"To provide for the amalgamation of the Crays Gas Company with the Bromley Gas Consumers' Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Burnley Corporation Bill.—"To authorise the Corporation of Burnley to construct additional waterworks, tramways, 482 and street improvements, and to extend the boundaries of the county borough of Burnley; to amend and extend the Acts relating to the said borough; to confer further powers with respect to the supply of gas, water, and electricity; to make further provisions for the health, local government, and improvement of the said borough; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Bury and District Joint Water Board Bill.—"To extend the time for the compulsory purchase of lands for and completion of works authorised by The Bury and District Joint Water Board Act, 1903," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Cheshire Lines Committee Bill.—"To enable the Cheshire Lines Committee to acquire additional lands; to extend the time for the sale of superfluous lands; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ City of Glasgow Bill.—"To amend The Glasgow Building Regulations Act, 1900," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water Board Bill.—"To confirm the construction by the Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water Supply Board of their existing works and to confer upon them further powers; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Criccieth Water and Improvement Bill.—"To authorise the Urban District Council of Criccieth to supply water and to acquire the undertaking of the Criccieth Waterworks Company, Limited; and to make further provision in regard to the local government and improvement of the district; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first 483 time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Dartford Gas Bill.—"For conferring further powers upon the Dartford Gas Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Derby Gas Bill.—"For conferring further powers upon the Derby Gas Light and Coke Company," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Draycott Gas Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Draycott Gas Company; to repeal certain powers of the Long Eaton Gas Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Dublin and Central Ireland Electric Power Bill.—"For incorporating and conferring powers on the Dublin and Central Ireland Electric Power Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Dublin and South Eastern Railway Bill.—"To confer further powers on the Dublin and South Eastern Railway Company in relation to their general undertaking and their separate under-takings of the New Ross and Waterford Extension Railways and the City of Dublin Junction Railways; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Dublin Corporation Bill.—"To extend the powers of the Corporation of Dublin under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Dublin Corporation (Various Powers) Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Corporation of Dublin in relation to the health, local and good government, and improvement of the city; to amend 484 the constitution of the Dublin Port and Docks Board; to provide for representation of the Corporation upon the District Board of Conservators of the River Liffey; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Dundalk Urban District Council Bill.—"To amend the borrowing powers of the Urban District Council of Dundalk; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Finchley Urban District Council Bill.—"To confer further powers on the Urban District Council of Finchley in relation to their electricity undertaking; and to make further and better provision with regard to the improvement, health, local government, and finance of the district; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Garw and Ogmore Gas Bill.—"For conferring further powers upon the Garw and Ogmore Gas Company," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Glyn Corrwg Urban District Council Bill.—"To empower the Glyn Corrwg Urban District Council to construct sewerage works, waterworks, and new roads, and to confer further powers upon the Council in relation to their water undertaking; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time and ordered to be read a second time
§ Gosport Gas Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Gosport Gas and Coke Company," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Great Eastern Railway (General Powers) Bill.—"For conferring further powers upon the Great Eastern Railway Company; for extending the time limit by former Acts for the completion of works and the purchase of lands; and 485 for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Great Eastern Railway (Steamboats) Bill.—"To amend the powers of the Great Eastern Railway Company with respect to the use of steam vessels," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Greystones Gas Bill.—"For incorporating and conferring powers on the Greystones Gas Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Harwich Docks Bill.—"To incorporate a company and to authorise the company to construct docks, sea walls, and other works at Harwich, in the county of Essex; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Hastings Harbour Bill.—"To revive and extend the period limited for the compulsory purchase of lands, and to extend the period limited for the construction and completion of the harbour and works authorised by The Hastings Harbour Act, 1890, and the Hastings Harbour Act, 1897; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Holderness Water Bill.—"To incorporate and confer powers upon the Holdernes Water Company for supplying water within the borough of Hedon and adjacent places in the East Riding of the county of York," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Hull and Barnsley Railway Bill.—"To extend the time for the purchase of lands for and for the completion of certain works authorised by The Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock (South Yorkshire Extension Lines) Act, 1902; to authorise the Hull and Barnsley Railway 486 Company to construct new railways and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Bill.—"To authorise the Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Company to acquire additional lands and to make road works for the purposes of their dock at Immingham; to authorise the said Dock Company and the Great Central Railway Company to acquire additional lands for the purpose of forming junctions between the Dock Company's railways and the Grimsby District Light Railway; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Knott End Railway Bill.—"To extend the period for the completion of the railway authorised by The Knott End Railway Act, 1898, to empower the Knott End Railway Company to construct an extension of their railway from Pilling to Galgate, in the county of Lancaster, and to provide for the acquisition by that Company of the undertaking of the Garstang and Knott End Railway Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Leeds Corporation Bill.—"To empower the Corporation of Leeds to acquire lands and construct works for the disposal of sewage and to lay down tramways; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Leicester Corporation Bill.—"To extend the limits for the supply of gas and water by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the county borough of Leicester; and to confer further powers with respect to electricity, milk supply, and streets and buildings; and to make further provision with respect to sanitary matters and for the good government of the borough; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time: and ordered to be read a second time.
487§ Lincoln Corporation Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Corporation of the city of Lincoln with respect to their water undertaking and to authorise the Corporation to construct additional waterworks and to extend their limits for the supply of water; to consolidate the loans and sinking funds of the Corporation and to borrow money; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Liverpool Corporation (General Powers) Bill.—"For empowering the Corporation of the city of Liverpool to execute a widening of Hornby Road; to construct a tramway in the township of Litherland and to establish a compensation insurance fund in respect of their officers, servants, and workmen; for making further provisions relating to the water undertaking of the Corporation; for making further regulations with respect to buildings, sewers, and sanitary matters; for making certain licensing and registration regulations; for authorising the Corporation to purchase the undertaking of the Liverpool Crematorium Company, Limited; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Liverpool Corporation (Streets and Buildings) Bill.—"For conferring on the Corporation of the city of Liverpool further powers for the better regulation of buildings, the formation of streets, and the laying out and development of estates within the city; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ London County Council (General Powers) Bill.—"To make sanitary provisions applicable to the administrative county of London; to confer powers upon the London County Council and the councils of certain metropolitan boroughs; to make provisions with respect to the drainage of parts of the metropolitan borough of Hackney and the urban districts of Tottenham, and Willesden; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
488§ London Port and Docks Bill.—"To make provision for the improvement of the Port of London, and to impose rates on goods imported into the said Port; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examines of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Louth and East Coast Railway (Transfer) Bill.—"For transferring to and, vesting in the Great Northern Railway Company the undertaking of the Louth and East Coast Railway Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Macclesfield and District Tramways (Abandonment) Bill.—"For the abandonment of the Macclesfield and District Tramways; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Madras Railway Company (Purchase) Bill.—"To provide for the vesting of the railways and other property of the Madras Railway Company in the Secretary of State in Council of India; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Manchester Corporation Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the city of Manchester with reference to the construction of waterworks, street works, and sewerage works, and otherwise for the better local government and improvement of the city; to extend the city; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Margate Corporation Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Margate with regard to the audit of accounts; and to make further provision with regard to the health, local government, and improvement of the borough; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
489§ Mullingar, Kells, and Drogheda Railway Bill.—"To revive and extend the period limited by the Mullingar, Kells, and Drogheda Railway Acts, 1903 and 1904, for the compulsory purchase of lands, and to extend the period limited by those Acts for the construction of the railways and works by those Acts authorised; to authorise the county councils of the counties of Westmeath and Meath, and the Corporation of Drogheda to grant guarantees in respect of the capital of the Mullingar, Kells, and Drogheda Railway Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ North-East London Railway Bill.—"For conferring further powers upon the North-East London Railway Company," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ North Eastern Railway Bill.—"To confer additional powers upon the North Eastern Railway Company for the construction of new railways and other works and the acquisition of lands, and upon the Midland and North Eastern Railway Companies Committee for the acquisition of lands; to provide for the transfer to the South Yorkshire Joint Line Committee of certain powers of the Hull and Barnsley Railway Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private, Bills.
§ Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Bill.—"To further extend the time limited for the purchase of lands and also for the construction and completion of the tramways and works authorised by the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Act, 1903; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Padiham Urban District Council Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Padiham Urban District Council in relation to their gas and water undertakings; 490 and for other purposes." presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Rochdale Corporation Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Mayor, Alderman, and Burgesses of the Borough of Rochdale with reference to their water, tramway, and electrical undertakings; to authorise the construction of a new street; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Seaham Harbour Dock Bill—"To enable the Seaham Harbour Dock Company to raise additional capital; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Sligo and Arigna Railway Bill.—"To incorporate the Sligo and Arigna Railway Company, and to empower them to construct railways in the counties of Sligo and Roscommon; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Slough Urban District Water Bill.—"To authorise the Urban District Council of Slough to purchase the undertaking of the Slough Waterworks Company and to supply water within the urban district of Slough and the neighbourhood thereof; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Southwell District Gas Bill.—"To incorporate and confer powers on the Southwell District Gas Company; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ South-West Surburban Water Bill.—"To empower the South-West Surburban Water Company to raise additional capital; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Stockport Corporation Bill.—"To empower the Corporation of Stockport to 491 construct a temporary tramroad and other works in connection with their waterworks; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Swinton and Mexbrough Gas Bill.—"To incorporate and confer powers upon the Swinton and Mexbrough Gas Light Company," presented, and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Thames Conservancy Bill.—"To confer further money powers on the Conservators of the River Thames for the deepening widening, and improvement of its bed and channel between Gravesend and London Bridge; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ West Bridgford Urban District Water Council Bill.—"To empower the West Bridgford Urban District Council to acquire from the Corporation of the city of Nottingham the portion of the water undertaking of the Corporation which is situate in the district of the Council; and to authorise the Council to construct a pumping station, reservoir, and other works for the supply of water; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ West Riding County Council Bill.—"For transferring to the county council of the 'West Riding of Yorkshire the powers and duties of the Standing Joint Committee of the said Riding, and for dissolving the said Joint Committee; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Widnes Corporation Bill.—"To confer further powers upon the Corporation of Widnes in relation to their water, gas, and market undertakings and the Widnes and Runcorn Bridge undertaking; to authorise them to provide and work omnibuses and to make further and better provision for the health, improvement, and good government of the borough of Widnes; and for other purposes," presented, and read the first 492 time; and ordered to be read a second time.
§ Wolverhampton Corporation Bill.—"To extend the time for the construction of tramways by the Corporation of Wolverhampton; and to make further provision in regard to the tramway and water undertakings of the Corporation; and the health, local government, and improvement of their borough, and for other purposes," presented, and read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time.