§ Private Bills [Lords] (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, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders are applicable, namely:—
§ Lord Wimborne's Estate Bill [Lords].
§ Conyngham Heirlooms Bill [Lords].
§ Gomm Heirlooms Bill [Lords].
§ Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time.
§ Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into 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 Bills, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and which 2 are applicable thereto, have been complied with, namely:—
§ Kent Electric Power Bill [Lords].
§ Southend-on-Sea Corporation Bill [Lords].
§ Ordered, That the Bills be read a second time.
§ Chesterfield Corporation Railless Traction Bill,
§ Mid Kent and East Kent District Water Bill,
§ Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
§ Read the third rime, and passed, with Amendments.
§ London County Council (General Powers) Bill (Prince of Wales' Consent, as Duke of Cornwall, signified),
§ Bill read the third time, and passed.
§ Richmond (Surrey) Electricity Supply Bill [Lords],
§ Read the third time, and passed, without Amendment.
§ Wimbledon and Sutton Railway Bill [Lords],
§ To be read the third time upon Wednesday.
3§ Metropolitan District Railway Bill [Lords],
§ As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Railless Electric Traction Bill,
§ As amended, considered:—
§ Ordered, That Standing Orders 223 and 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
§ Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed.
§ Arundell Estate (Closing of Arundell Street and Panton Square) Bill [Lords],
§ Edinburgh Corporation Bill [Lords],
§ To be read a second time To-morrow.
§ Leith Harbour and Docks Bill [Lords],
§ Read a second time and committed.
§ North British Railway Bill [Lards],
§ To be read a second time To-morrow.
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Oxford University (St. Edmund Hall and Gatcombe Rectory) Bill [Lords] by Order,
§ Third Reading deferred till Friday next.
§ London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Bill (by Order),
§ London County Council (Money) Bill (by Order),
§ East Ham Corporation Bill (by Order),
§ Consideration, as amended, deferred till Wednesday.
§ Ipswich Dock Bill [Lords] (by Order),
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ London and South Western Railway Bill [Lords] (by Order),
§ Second Reading deferred till Wednesday.
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 13) Bill,
§ Read the third time, and passed.
§ Local Government Provisional Order (No. 22) Bill,
§ Read a second time and committed.
§ Private Bills (Group E),
§ Sir WILMAM HOWELL DAVIES reported from the Committee on Group E of Private Bills, that the parties opposing the Local Government Provisional Order (No. 12) Bill had stated that the evidence of George Ernest Marten, Banker, of 44, Lower 4 Belgrave Street, was essential to their case; and, it having been proved that his attendance could not be procured without the intervention of the House, he had been instructed to move that the said George Ernest Marten do attend the said Committee To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock.
§ Ordered, That George Ernest Marten do attend the Committee on Group E of Private Bills To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock.