§ "To re-enact, with amendments and additional matter, The Interpretation Act, 1889, and the Short Titles Act, 1896; to consolidate and amend other enactments relating to the construction and citation of Acts of Parliament; to make further provision with respect to such construction and citation; and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid." Presented by Mr. RENDALL; supported by Sir William Beale, Sir David Brynmor Jones, Mr. Radford, Mr. Murray Macdonald, Mr. Shortt, Mr. George Greenwood, Mr. M'Curdy, Mr. Morgan, and Sir John Jardine; to be read a second time upon Wednesday next, and to be printed. [Bill 47.]