Lords Sitting of 2 May 1898

Preamble
THE LORD CHANCELLORtook his seat on the Woolsack at a Quarter past Four of the Clock.
PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

  FORRES WATER BILL. [H.L.]
  Petition for additional provision; of the Forres Water Company Limited, and
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  the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Forres; together with proposed clauses and Amendments annexed thereto; Read, and referred to the Examiners.

  ANDOVERSFORD AND STRATFORD-UPON-AVON RAILWAY BILL.
  Read second time, and committed; Committee to be proposed by Committee of Selection.
  ILKESTON CORPORATION BILL.
  Read second time, and committed.
  CLERGY MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL. [H.L.]
  Read third time; Passed, and sent to Commons.
  CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY BILL.
  Read third time; Amendments made; Passed, and returned to Commons.
  HULL, BARNSLEY, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY AND DOCK BILL. [H.L.]
  Read third time; Passed, and sent to Commons.
  AGRICULTURAL COMPANY OF MAURITIUS BILL. [H.L.]
  Returned from Commons agreed to.
  GUY'S HOSPITAL BILL. [H.L.]
  Returned from Commons agreed to.
  PATRIOTIC ASSURANCE COMPANY BILL. [H.L.]
  Returned from Commons agreed to.
  TYNE IMPROVEMENT BILL. [H.L.]
  Returned from Commons agreed to.
RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

  EGYPT, No. 1 (1898).
  Report on the finances, administration, and condition of Egypt, and the progress of reforms:
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  TRADE REPORTS (1898).
  Annual Series: Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance:
  No. 2,066. Austria-Hungary (Trieste);
  No. 2,067. Russia (Batoum):
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  BREHON LAW COMMISSIONERS.
  Report of the Commissioners for the Publication of the Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland, dated April, 1898:
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  LIGHT RAILWAYS ACT, 1896.
  1.(Lizard Light Railway Order, 1898)—Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of a light railway from the Helston Railway to the Lizard Village, in the county of Cornwall:
  2.(Crowland and District Light Railways Order, 1898)—Order made by the Light Railway Commissioners, and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade, authorising the construction of light railways between Peakirk, in the county of Northampton, and Postland, in the county of Lincoln:
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND.
  Royal Warrant approving of alterations in Statutes:
  Presented by Command, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  GAS AND WATER WORKS FACILITIES ACT, 1870.
  Report by the Board of Trade as to dispensing with the consents of the St. Neot's Rural District Council and the Huntingdon County Council to the grant of the St. Neot's Water Provisional Order:
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

PETITION.
  For suppression of the practice of; of the South London Anti-Vivisection Society; Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
PROVISIONAL ORDER BILLS.
  WATER ORDERS CONFIRMATION BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Waterworks Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Broughton-in-Furness Water, Hayling Water, Portsmouth Water, Ross Water, St. Neot's Water, and Wrexham Water: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 47.]
  GAS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 2) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Waterworks Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Cannock Gas, Colwall Gas, Crossgates, Halton, and Seacroft Gas, and Slough Gas: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 48.]

  TRAMWAYS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 1) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Blackpool, St. Anne's, and Bytham Tramways, Great Crosby Tramways, Liverpool Corporation Tramways (Extensions), and Waterloo-with-Seaforth Tramways: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY
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  to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 49.]

  TRAMWAYS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 2) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to East Ham Urban District Tramways, Eccles-hill Urban District Tramways, Huddersfield Corporation Tramways, and Linthwaite Tramway: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 50.]
  TRAMWAYS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 3) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Carlisle Tramways, Hartlepool Tramways, and City of Oxford and District Tramways: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 51.]
  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 5) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, relating to Alder shot, Bridgwater, Chislehurst, Gravesend, and Hastings: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 52.]

  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 6) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, relating to Colne, East Stonehouse, Margam Rochdale, St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, and

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  Weymouth and Melcombe Regis: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 53.]

  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 7) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, relating to Middlesbrough, Nuneaton, St. Albans, Whiston, and Willesden: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 54.]
  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 8) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, relating to Birkdale, Burslem, Chorley, Crewe, Maidenhead, and Stoke-upon-Trent: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 55.]
  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 9) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, relating to Montrose and Perth: Presented by the PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (The Earl of DUDLEY); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 56.]

  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (LONDON) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Acts, 1870 to 1893, to enable the School Board for London to put in force the Lands Clauses
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  Acts: Presented by the LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL (The Duke of DEVONSHIRE); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 57.]

  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (BARNES, ETC.) BILL. [H.L.]
  To confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Acts, 1870 to 1893, to enable the School Board for Barnes, Brighton and Preston United District, Cellan, Heston, Llanelly, and Low Leyton to put in force the Lands Clauses Acts: Presented by the LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL (The Duke if DEVONSHIRE); Read first time; to be printed; Referred to Examiners. [Bill No. 58.]
NEW BILL.

  LAND CHARGES BILL. [H.L.]
  To amend the law relating to charges on land, and to matters connected therewith: Presented by the LORD CHANCELLOR (The Earl of HALSBURY); Read first time; and to be printed. [Bill No. 59.]
  House adjourned at 4.35.