Lords Sitting of 1 March 1898

Preamble
THE LORD CHANCELLOR THE LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at a quarter past Four of the clock.

PRIVATE BILLS.
Bills ordered to be read a second time:
Blackpool Sea Water Bill: Newhaven Harbour Bill: Crowhurst, Sidley, and Bexhill Railway Bill: Glasgow and South Western Railway Bill: London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Bill: North Eastern Railway Bill: North British Railway Bill: Saint Thomas, Southward, and Saint Saviour, Southwark, Bill.

DUTIES ON EXCISE LICENCES.
LORD SHAND: In the absence of my noble Friend (Viscount Peel), I beg to present a Bill, entitled "An Act to consolidate the Enactments relating to the Duties payable upon Excise licences," and to move that it be read a first time.
The Bill was ordered to be read a first time, and to be printed.
House adjourned at 4.30, till Thursday next.