§ 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 Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, which are applicable thereto, have been complied with, namely:
§ South Metropolitan Gas Bill [Lords],
§ Bill to be read a Second time.
§ Wokingham District Water Bill,
§ Read the Third time, and passed.
| State. | Number of Camps. | District. | Number of occupants in each camp. |
| New South Wales. | 53 | All within 50 miles of Sydney or at Newcastle | 2 camps each having 200/300 occupants. |
| 7 camps each having 100/200 occupants. | |||
| 8 camps each having 50/100 occupants. | |||
| The remainder have under 50 occupants each. | |||
| Total occupants 1,794 single men; 38 women; 63 children; 366 married couples. | |||
| Victoria | 1 | Broadmeadows near Melbourne. | 136 migrants out of a total of 450 occupants. No women and children. |
| Queensland | No Camps. 3 Hostels for single-men. | Brisbane | No record is available as a limited stay only is permitted. |
| Western Australia. | 1 | Blackboy Camp near Perth. | 200 migrants. No women and children. |
| South Australia | None, but 4 relief work Camps for single men. | Near Adelaide | Not available, but percentage of migrants believed to be small. No women and children. |
| Tasmania | None | — | — |
| Federal Capital | 1 for single men | Near Canberra | 30 (Number of migrants not stated). |
| Territory | 1 for families | Canberra | 2 women, 9 children. |
| * No record of the number of migrants is available, as no distinction is made between migrants and native-born unemployed. |