§ Private Bills (Standing Orders applicable thereto complied with),-Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bill, introduced pursuant to the provisions of The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, the Standing Orders which are applicable thereto have been complied with, namely:-
§ Edinburgh Canal District Improvement Bill.
§ Provisional Order Bills (No Standing Orders applicable),-Mr. SPEAKER laid 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, no Standing Orders are applicable, namely:-
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill,
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 2) Bill,
§ Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time To-morrow.
§ Private Bill Petitions [Lords] (Standing Orders not complied with),-Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the Petition for the following Bill, originating in the Lords, the Standing Orders have not been complied with, namely:
§ Railway Passengers Assurance Company (Transfer) [ Lords],
§ Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.
§ London Electric Supply Bill (Standing Orders applicable thereto complied with),-Mr. SPEAKER, laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, pursuant to the Order of the House of the 11th day of March, That, in the case of the following Bill, the Standing Orders which are 494 applicable thereto have been complied with, namely:
§ London Electric Supply Bill.
§ Crystal Palace Company Bill (by Order),
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Mountain Ash Water Bill (by Order),
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the Bill that they have power to inquire whether the Promoters have made adequate provision by the Bill for the supply of water at reasonable rates to the agricultural community within the area of supply, and to any person or persons from whom any existing or natural supply is, or may be, withdrawn owing to the works or undertakings authorised by the Bill, and that they further have power to insert in the Bill such clause or clauses as they think necessary to impose upon the Promoters the obligation to provide such supply.-[Mr. Stanier.]
§ Great Western Railway (General Powers) Bill (by Order),
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Staffordshire Potteries Water Bill (by Order),
§ Second Reading deferred till Thursday, 31st March.
§ Tipperary Gas Bill (by Order),
§ Second Reading deferred till Tuesday next, at a quarter-past Eight of the clock.
§ Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Bill (by Order),
§ Second Reading deferred till Wednesday, 30th March.
§ Wear Navigation and Sunderland Dock Bill,
§ Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.