Lords Sitting of 4 June 1889

REGISTRATION OF COUNTY ELECTORS (EXTENSION OF TIME) BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a, and to be printed. (No. 107.)
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL.
Read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a on Thursday the 20th instant.—(The Lord Balfour.) (No. 108.)
WALTHAM ABBEY GUNPOWDER FACTORY BILL. (No. 65.)
Read 3a (according to order), and passed.
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE (MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS) BILL. (No. 103.)

  SECOND READING.
  Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
  Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Lord Denman.)
  LORD BALFOURI would point out that this Bill has not yet been printed and circulated. That, I take it, would be a sufficient reason in itself, according to the usual practice, for asking the House not to agree with the Motion just made. I do not, however, wish to shelter myself altogether behind this technicality, because I am authorized to say that the Government cannot agree to the Motion on the merits. I therefore propose that the Bill be read a second time this day four months.
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  Amendment moved, to leave out "now" and add at the end of the Motion, "this day four months."—(The Lord Balfour.)
  EARL GRANVILLEAs the House will not, I trust, be sitting this day four months, I would suggest that the noble Lord should postpone his Motion for a reasonable time in order that the Government may have time to consider the merits of the Bill.
  LORD DENMANAs I find the time of registration is later than I thought, I will ask your Lordships' permission to postpone the Second Reading of the Bill until a day that may be convenient for your Lordships.
  LORD BALFOURI am willing to withdraw my Amendment under the altered circumstances with the permission of the House.
  Amendment and Original Motion, by leave of the House, withdrawn.

PURCHASE OF LAND (IRELAND) ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. (No. 84.)
House in Committee (according to order): Bill reported without Amendment; and to be read 3a on Tuesday, the 18th instant.
HARES PRESERVATION BILL. (No. 72.)
Amendment reported (according to order); and Bill to be read 3a on Tuesday, the 18th instant.
ASSIZES RELIEF BILL. (No. 96.)
Read 3a (according to order), with the Amendments, and passed, and sent to the Commons.

ARBITRATION BILL. (No. 97.)
The Queen's consent, and the consent of His Royal Highness the Prince of

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Wales, in right of his Duchy of Cornwall, signified; Bill read 3a (according to order), and passed, and sent to the Commons.

WELSH COLLEGES.
Return showing, in each of the years 1886, 1887, and 1888, the amount of any grants made to the Colleges of Bangor, Cardiff, and Aberystwith; the number of pupils and the number of professors or teachers in each; Ordered to be laid before the House.— (The Lord Addington.)
House adjourned at Five o'clock, to Tuesday 18th instant, at a quarter past Four o'clock.