HC Deb 07 October 1912 vol 42 cc1-9

The following Papers, presented by His Majesty's Command during the Recess, were delivered to the Librarian of the House of Commons during the Recess, pursuant to the Standing Order of the 14th August, 1896:

  1. 1. Trade Reports (Annual Series)— Copies of Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Annual Series, Nos. 4965 to 5006;
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  3. 2. Departments of State (Members of Parliament) (France, Germany, and Italy) (Miscellaneous, No. 10, 1912) —Copies of Reports from His-Majesty's Representatives at Paris, Berlin, and Rome, showing the arrangements whereby Members of Parliament in France, Germany, and Italy are kept in touch with the Proceedings of the Departments of State other than the Foreign Department;
  4. 3. Treaty Series (No. 19, 1912)—Copy of International Convention relative to the protection of Literary and Artistic Works, revising that signed at Berne, 9th September, 1886, etc. Signed at Berlin, 13th November, 1908 [British Ratification deposited at Berne, 14th June, 1912];
  5. 4. Sugar Convention (Commercial, No. 5, 1912)—Copy of Correspondence respecting the withdrawal of His Majesty's Government from the Brussels Sugar Convention;
  6. 5. Colonial Reports (Annual)—Copies of Reports Nos. 720 (Falkland Islands, Annual Report for 1911), 721 (Seychelles, Annual Report for 1911), 722 (Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Annual Report for 1911) 723 (Hong Kong, Annual Report for 1911), 724 (Sierra Leone, Annual Report for 1911), 725 (Gold Coast, Annual Report for 1911), 726 3 (Turks and Caicos Islands, Annual Report for 1911), 727 (Fiji, Annual Report for 1911), 728 (Bechuanaland Protectorate, Report for 1911–12), 729 (Basutoland, Report for 1911–12), 730 (Surveys of British Africa, Ceylon, Cyprus, Fiji, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Honduras, Annual Report of the Colonial Survey Committee, seventh year, to 31st March 1912), 731 (Malta, Report for 1911–12), 732 (Nyasaland, Report for 1911–12), 733 (British Honduras, Annual Report for 1911);
  7. 6. Colonial Reports (Miscellaneous)—Copy of Report No. 83 (Southern Nigeria). Report on the Results of the Mineral Survey, 1910, by Professor Wyndham R. Dunstan, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Director of the Imperial Institute;
  8. 7. Union of South Africa—Copy of Further Correspondence respecting a Bill to regulate Immigration into the Union of South Africa, with special reference to Asiatics;
  9. 8. West Africa (Departmental Committee)—Copy of Report, with Minutes of Evidence of Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into matters affecting the Currency of the British West African Colonies and Protectorates; together with a Despatch from the Secretary of State;
  10. 9. Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland)—Copy of Fifty-Sixth Detailed Annual Report of the Registrar General for Scotland of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scotland (Abstracts for 1910);
  11. 10. Ancient Monuments (Scotland) (Royal Commission)—Copy of Fourth Report of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland (Monuments and Constructions in Galloway. Vol. I. County of Wigtown);
  12. 11. Irish Land Commission—Copy of Report of the Commissioners for the year ending 31st March, 1912;
  13. 12. Irish Land Commission—Copy of Return of Advances made under the Irish Land Purchase Acts during the months of June, July, August, September, October, November, 1911;
  14. 13. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland)— Copy of Abstracts showing the acre- 4 age under Crops and the numbers of Live Stock in each County and Province in Ireland for the year 1911–12;
  15. 14. Evictions (Ireland)—Copy of Return of Evictions in Ireland for the quarter ended 30th June, 1912;
  16. 15. Lunacy (Ireland)—Copy of Sixty-first Report of the Inspectors of Lunatics in Ireland for the year 1911, with Appendices;
  17. 16. Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 (Eviction Notices)—Copy of Return of Eviction Notices filed during the quarter ended 30th June, 1912;
  18. 17. Dublin Hospitals—Copy of Fifty-fourth Report of the Board of Superintendence of Dublin Hospitals, for the year 1911–12;
  19. 18. Public Records (Ireland)—Copy of Forty-fourth Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland;
  20. 19. Fisheries (Ireland)—Copy of Report of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland on Irish Inland Fisheries;
  21. 20. Inebriates Acts (Inspector's Report) (Ireland)—Copy of Eighth Report of the Inspector for Ireland under the Inebriates Acts, 1879 to 1900, for the year 1911 (with Appendices);
  22. 21. Banking and Railway Statistics (Ireland)—Copy of Report on the Banking, Railway, and Shipping Statistics of Ireland for the half-year ended 30th June, 1912;
  23. 22. Criminal and Judicial Statistics (Ireland)—Copy of Criminal and Judicial Statistics of Ireland for the year 1911. Part I. Criminal Statistics;
  24. 23. Irish Land Acts, 1903–9—Copy of Report of the Estates Commissioners for the year ending 31st March, 1912, and for the period from 1st November, 1903, to 31st March, 1912, with Appendices;
  25. 24. Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland-Copy of Report of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland on the Trade in Imports and Exports at Irish Ports during the year ended 31st December, 1911;
  26. 25. Agricultural Statistics (Ireland)— Copy of the Agricultural Statistics of Ireland, with detailed Report for 1911;
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  28. 26. Dublin Metropolitan Police—Copy of Statistical Tables of the Dublin Metropolitan Police for the year 1011;
  29. 27. National Health Insurance Commission (England)—Copy of National Health Insurance (Special Order Inquiry) Rules (England), 1912;
  30. 28. National Health Insurance Commission (England) — Copy of the National Health Insurance (Initial Expenses) Order, 1912;
  31. 29. National Health Insurance Commission (Scotland)—Copy of Order made under Section 78 of the National Insurance Act, 1911, by the National Health Insurance Commission (Scotland), entitled the National Health Insurance (Scotland) (Sanatorium Benefit, etc.) Order, 1912;
  32. 30. National Health Insurance Commission (Ireland)—Copy of National Health Insurance (Sanatorium Benefit, etc.) (Ireland) Order, 1912;
  33. 31. National Health Insurance Commission (Ireland)—Copy of the National Health Insurance (Payments to Societies and Committees) (Ireland) Order, 1912;
  34. 32. National Health Insurance Commission (Wales)—Copy of the National Health Insurance (Sanatorium Benefit, etc.) (Wales) Order, 1912;
  35. 33. National Health Insurance Commission (Wales)—Copy of Order of the Welsh Insurance Commissioners as to payment out of the Welsh National Health Insurance Fund to Approved Societies and Insurance Committees;
  36. 34. Motor Cars (Horse-Power Rating)— Copy of Report of the Committee on the Horse-Power Rating of Motor Cars, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices;
  37. 35. Meteorological Committee—Copy of Seventh Report of the Meteorological Committee to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, for the year ending 31st March, 1912;
  38. 36. Peterhead Harbour—Copy of Reports respecting Peterhead Harbour Works;
  39. 37. Ancient Monuments (England) (Royal Commission)—Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed to inventory the Ancient and His- 6 torical Monuments and Constructions of England. Second Interim Report; the Ancient Monuments of South Buckinghamshire;
  40. 38. Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire (Royal Commission) —Copy of Third Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inventory the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Wales and Monmouthshire, and to specify those which seem most worthy of preservation;
  41. 39. Explosions (Armstrong, Whitworth, and Company, Limited, Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)—Copy of Report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the circumstances attending an Explosion which occurred at the Works of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Company, Limited, Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on 16th August, 1912;
  42. 40. Explosions in Mines (Departmental Committee)—Copy of Second Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to investigate and report upon the subject of Explosions in Mines;
  43. 41. Prisons (England and Wales)—Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Prisons and the Directors of Convict Prisons (Parts I. and II.), with Appendices, for the year ended 31st March, 1912;
  44. 42. Aliens Act, 1905—Copy of Return of the Alien Passenger Traffic between the United Kingdom and Ports in Europe or within the Mediterranean Sea during the three months ending 30th June, 1912, together with the number of Expulsion Orders made during that period requiring Aliens to leave the United Kingdom;
  45. 43. Factory and Workshop (Manufacture of Tinplates)—Copy of Report by Mr. E. L. Collis, M.B., His Majesty's Medical Inspector of Factories, and Mr. J. Hilditch, His Majesty's Inspector of Factories, on the conditions of Employment in the Manufacture of Tinplates, with special reference to the Process of Tinning;
  46. 44. Public Records (Royal Commission) —Copies of Appendices to the First Report of the Royal Commission on Public Records appointed to inquire into and report on the state of the 7 Public Records and Local Records of a Public Nature of England and Wales. Vol. I. Parts II. and III.
  47. 45. Metalliferous Mines and Quarries (Royal Commission)—Copy of the First Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into and report upon the health and safety of persons employed in Metalliferous Mines and Quarries. Report and Minutes of Evidence, Vol. I.;
  48. 46. Mines (Testing of Safety Lamps) (Departmental Committee)—Copy of Report of a Departmental Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to consider what tests Safety Lamps should be required to pass in order to be admitted to the approved list under Section 33 of the Coal Mines Act, 1911;
  49. 47. Netherlands (Proposed New Customs Tariff) Revised Draft—Copy of Translation of the proposed new General Customs Tariff of the Netherlands Revised Draft, with comparison, as far as possible, of the proposed new Rates of Customs Duty with the Rates at present in force on Imports into the Netherlands from the United Kingdom;
  50. 48. Light Railways Act, 1896—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of a Light Railway in the city and county of Birmingham, in the county borough of Smethwick, and in the urban district of Oldbury, in the county of Worcester (Birmingham Corporation Light Railway Order, 1912);
  51. 49. Light Railways Act, 1896—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade reviving the powers granted by the Halesowen Light Railway Orders, 1901 to 1909, and extending the period limited by those Orders for the completion of part of light railways and works thereby authorised, and authorising the construction of additional light railways in the urban district of Lye and Wollescote, in the county of Worcester, and in the urban district of Rowley Regis, in the county of Stafford, in extension of the said 8 light railways authorised by the said Orders of 1901 to 1909, and for other purposes (Halesowen Light Railways (Extensions, etc.) Order, 1912);
  52. 50. Light Railways Act, 1896—'Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, transferring to a Company the powers conferred upon the Urban District Councils of Quarry Banks, of Brierly Hill, and of Rowley Regis by the Quarry Bank, Brierly Hill, and Rowley Regis Light Railway Order, 1903, and amending that Order, and for other purposes (Quarry Bank and District Light Railway (Transfer, etc.) Order, 1912);
  53. 51. Light Railways Act, 1896—Copy of Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of Light Railways in the urban district of Colwyn Bay, in the county of Denbigh, and in the rural district of Conway, in the county of Carnarvon, being an extension of the undertaking authorised by the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Light Railway Orders, 1898 to 1907 (Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Light Railway (Extension Nc. 2) Order, 1912;
  54. 52. Merchant Shipping (Loss of Life)— Copy of Return showing the Lives lost by Wreck, Drowning, or other Accident in British Sea-going Merchant ships registered in the United Kingdom during the years 1892 to 1911, inclusive;
  55. 53. Merchant Shipping (Safety of Life at Sea)—Copy of Draft Life-saving Appliance Rules, with Memorandum on Safety of Life at Sea by the President of the Board of Trade;
  56. 54. British South Africa (Trade)—Copy of Report to the Board of Trade on the Trade of British South Africa for the year 1911 by His Majesty's Trade Commissioner for South Africa, Sir R. Sothern Holland;
  57. 55. Australia (Trade)—Copy of Report to the Board of Trade on the Trade of the Commonwealth of Australia for the year 1911 by His Majesty's Trade Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Australia, Mr. C. Hamilton Wickes;
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  59. 56. Navigation and Shipping—Copy of Annual Statement of Navigation and Shipping of the United Kingdom for the year 1911, with Comparative Tables for the years 1907 to 1911;
  60. 57. Statistical Abstract (United Kingdom)—Copy of Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom, in each of the last fifteen years, from 1897 to 1911. Fifty-ninth number;
  61. 58. Statistical Tables (Colonies)—Copy of Statistical Tables relating to the several British Self-Governing Dominions, Crown Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates. Part XXXV., 1910;
  62. 59. Tramway Orders—Copy of Report by the Board of Trade of their Proceedings under the Tramways Act, 1870, during the Session of 1912;
  63. 60. Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1906 (Vessels Detained)—Copy of Return of all Ships ordered by the Board of Trade or its Officers during the period from 1st July, 1911, to 30th June, 1912, to be provisionally detained as unsafe;
  64. 61. Railway Accidents—Copy of General Report to the Board of Trade upon Accidents that have occurred on the Railways of the United Kingdom during the year 1911;
  65. 62. Mercantile Marine (Sight Tests)— Copy of Report to the Secretary of the Board of Trade upon the Sight Tests used in the Mercantile Marine for the year ended 31st December, 1911;
  66. 63. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries —Copy of Agricultural Statistics, 1911, Vol. XLVI., Part IV. Imports and Exports of Corn, Live Stock, and other Agricultural Produce and Trade in Live Stock with Ireland;
  67. 64. Ordnance Survey—Copy of Report of the Progress of the Ordnance Survey to the 31st March, 1912;
  68. 65. East India (Sanitary Measures)— Copy of Report on Sanitary Measures in India in 1910–11. Vol. XLIV.;
  69. 66. East India (Trade)—Copy of Tables relating to the Trade of British India with British Possessions and Foreign Countries, 1906–7 to 1910–11.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table.