Lords Sitting of 28 April 1898

Preamble
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at a Quarter past Four of the Clock.
PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
  BUCKIE (CLUNY) HARBOUR BILL. [H.L.]
  Reported with amendments.
  BLACKPOOL AND FLEETWOOD TRAMROAD (TRAMWAY EXTENSIONS) BILL. [H.L.]
  Reported with amendments.
  HULL BARNSLEY AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY AND DOCK BILL. [H.L.]
  Reported with amendments.
  CROWHURST SIDLEY AND BEXHILL RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  Reported with amendments.
  BLACKPOOL SEA WATER BILL. [H.L.]
  Report from Select Committee, That it is not expedient to proceed further with Bill; Read, and ordered to lie upon the Table.
  NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  Report from Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with consideration of Bill, opposition thereto having been withdrawn; Read, and ordered to lie on the Table; Orders made on 8th and 31st March last discharged; Bill committed.
  EXETER TEIGN VALLEY AND CHAGFORD RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  Report from Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with consideration of Bill, no parties having appeared in opposition thereto; Read, and ordered to lie on the Table; Orders made on 3rd March last and 1st instant discharged; Bill committed.
  HARTLEPOOL GAS AND WATER BILL.
  Read second time, and committed.
  BOMBAY BARODA AND CENTRAL INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY BILL. [H.L.]
  Read third time; Passed, and sent to Commons.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1) BILL.
  Brought from Commons; Read first time; to be printed; and referred to Examiners.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 2) BILL.
  Brought from Commons; Read first time; to be printed; and referred to Examiners.
  METROPOLITAN COMMON SCHEME (BARNES) PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
  House in Committee (according to order): Bill reported without amendment: Standing Committee negatived; Bill to be read third time.
RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 1898.
  Code of regulations for evening continuation schools, with explanatory memorandum, schedule, and appendices, by the Committee of the Privy Council on Education.
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  EDUCATION (SCOTLAND).
  I.—Scotch code of regulations for evening continuation schools, 1898;
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  II.—Return showing—

  1. The expenditure from the grant for public education in Scotland in the year 1897 upon annual grants to elementary schools;

  2. The actual number of elementary schools on the Annual Grant List on 30th September, 1897, and the accommodation and number of scholars in those schools; and

  3. The results of the inspection and examination of elementary day schools and evening continuation schools during the year ended 30th September, 1897, the accommodation, number of scholars, teachers employed, particulars of grant earned, income and expenditure, etc.;

  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  EDUCATION COMMISSIONERS (IRELAND).
  Annual Report, for the year 1897;
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  JUDICIAL STATISTICS (ENGLAND AND WALES), 1896.
  Part II.—Civil Judicial Statistics: Statistics relating to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the House of Lords, the Supreme Court of Judicature, county courts, and other civil
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  courts, for the year 1896; edited by John Macdonell, Esq., LL.D., Master of the Supreme Court;
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  MINES AND QUARRIES (GENERAL REPORT AND STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1897).
  Part I.—District statistics of the persons employed, output, and accidents at mines and quarries in the United Kingdom, arranged according to the inspection districts;
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

PETITION.

  INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
  Against sale of, on Sundays; from the inhabitants of Gainsborough; Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  House adjourned at 4.15.