Lords Sitting of 1 June 1899

PRIVATE BUSINESS
THE LORD CHANCELLORacquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:

ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 14) [Lords].
GAS AND WATER ORDERS CONFIRMATION [Lords].
TRAMWAYS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 1) [Lords].
TRAMWAYS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 3) [Lords].
And the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:

SHIREBROOK AND DISTRICT GAS.
The same were ordered to lie upon the Table.
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY BILL.
Read 2a, and committed: The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY BILL.
Read 2a, and committed: The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
SOUTH-EASTERN AND LONDON, CHATHAM, DOVER RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL.
Read 2a, and committed: The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY BILL.
Read 2a, and committed: The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY BILL [Lords].
Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
SUNDERLAND CORPORATION BILL [Lords].
Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
CROWBOROUGH DISTRICT WATER BILL.
Read 3a, with the amendments; further amendments made Bill passed, and returned to the Commons.
LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS BILL, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE STIPENDIARY JUSTICE BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read la; and referred to the Examiners.
METROPOLITAN WATER COMPANIES BILL.
Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
BURLEY-IN-WHARFEDALE URBAN DISTRICT WATER BILL.
Returned front the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
NUNEATON AND CHILVERS COTON URBAN DISTICT COUNCIL WATER BILL.
Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
WOODHOUSE AND CONISBROUGH RAILWAY (ABANDONMENT) BILL.
Returned from the Commons with the Amendment agreed to.
PILOTAGE PROVISIONAL 0RDER BILL.
The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn; the order made on the 12th of May Last discharged; and Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL OLDER (No. 9) BILL [Lords].
Committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow.
ELECTE LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 10) BILL [Lords].
Committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS(No. 11) BILL [Lords].
Committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (LIVERPOOL) BILL [Lords].
Committed to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (LONDON) BILL [Lords].
Committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
GAS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 1) BILL [Lords].
Committed to Committee of the Whole House.
GAS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 2) BILL [Lords].
Committed: The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
WATER ORDERS CONFIRMATION BILL [Lords].
Committed to a Committee of the whole House.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 14) BILL [Lords].
To he read 2a to-morrow.
GAS AND WATER ORDERS CONFIRMATION BILL [Lords].
To he read 2a to-morrow.
TRAMWAYS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 1) BILL [Lords].
To be read 2a to-morrow.
TRAMWAYS ORDERS CONFIRMATION (NO. 3) BILL [Lords]
To he read 2a to-morrow.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 5) BILL, (No. 101)
Brought from the Commons read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 6) BILL, (No. 103.)
Brought from the Commons; read 1a; to he printed; and referred to the Examiners,
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 8) BILL, (No. 104.)
Brought from the Commons; read la; to he printed; and referred to the Examiners.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 3) BILL, (No. 105.)
Brought from the Commons; read; 1ato he printed; and referred to the Examiners.

REPORTS, RETURNS, &c.
THE LORD CHANCELLORacquainted the House that the following papers having been commanded to be presented to this House by Her Majesty had been so presented on the following dates by delivery to the Clerk of the Parliaments, pursuant to Order of the House of the 17th February, 1896, viz.:
1. Trade Reports—(Annual Series):

No. 2263. Germany (Hamburg);

No. 2264. Russia (Batoum and District);

No. 2265. Russia (Taganrog);

No. 2266. Netherlands (Amsterdam);

No. 2267. Western Pacific (Tonga);

No. 2268. Italy (Genoa and District);

No. 2269. Greece (Ionian Islands);

No. 2270. Turkey (Salonica);

No. 2271. Switzerland (May 25);

No. 2272. Germany (the Grand Duchy Baden);

No. 2273. Turkey (Tripoli);

No. 2274. Italy (Elba);

No. 2275. Paraguay;

No. 2276. France (Saigon, etc.);

No. 2277. Japan;

No. 2278. Spain (Canary Islands) (May 31);

2. Wine Duties—Correspondence respecting the increase in the wine duties;
3. British South Africa Company—Correspondence with Mr. C. J. Rhodes relating to the proposed extension of the Bechuanaland Railway;
4.Local Taxation (Royal Commission)—Minutes of Evidence: Volume III.
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

FISHERIES (SCOTLAND).
Seventeenth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, being for the year 1898; Part II. Report on Salmon Fisheries.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT (SOUTH-WESTERN DIVISION).
General Report for the year 1898, by A. Rankine, Esq., Chief Inspector.
COLONIES (ANNUAL)—No. 260.
Niger (West African Frontier Force); Reports for 1597–98.

LIGILT RAILWAYS ACT, 1896.
Orders made by the Light Railway Commissioners and modified and confirmed by the Board of Trade authorising the construction of—

l. Light railways in the counties of Glamorgan and Brecon between
Vaynor Dowlais and Merthyr Tydfil;

2. A light railway in the Isle of Sheppey and county of Kent between Queenborough Station and Leysdown;

3. Light railways in the county of Middlesex from Uxbridge to Hanwell;
Presented (by command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

INDIA (EXAMINATIONS).
Regulations for examinations for the Civil Service of India.
GAS AND WATER WORKS FACILITIES ACT, 1870.
Report by the Board of Trade as to dispensing with the consents of the Seven-oaks Rural District Council and the Hildenborough Parish Council in the case of the Tonbridge Gas Provisional Order.
GAS COMPANIES (METROPOLIS).
Accounts of the Metropolitan Gas Companies for the year 1898.
HARWICH HARBOUR
Abstract of accounts of receipts and expenditure of Harwich Harbour Conservancy Board, to 31st day of March, 1899; with report on proceedings, &c.

DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS, 1894 AND 1896.
Order, dated the 18th day of May, 1899, No, 5944, revoking Order No.
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5920, which prohibited the conveyance of animals by the ss. "Hindustan."

POLLING DISTRICTS (COUNTY OF CARNARVON).
Order made by the County Council of Carnarvon dividing into two parts the Penmorfa polling district of the county.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP (WHITH LEAD FACTORIES).
Special rules with regard to the employment of persons in whitelead factories.

PUBLIC RECORDS (ADMIRALTY DEPARTMENT).
Fifth Schedule containing a list and particulars of classes of documents which have been removed from the office of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and deposited in the Public Record Office, but which are not considered of sufficient public value to justify their preservation therein.
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (BOROUGH FUNDS) ACT, 1872.
Petition for amendment of; of the Urban District Council of Budleigh Salterton, in the County of Devon; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
JONES'S DIVORCE BILL [H.L.]
Amendment reported (according to order), and Bill to be read 3a to-morrow.

ANCHORS AND CHAIN CABLES BILL.
Motion made and Question proposed— "That this Bill he now read a second time."—(The Earl of Dudley.)
THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (THE EARL OF DUDLEY): My Lords, this is a little Bill which passed through the House of Commons without any discussion at all. It is practically a Consolidation Bill. At present the law relating to the testing of anchors and chain cables is contained in three Acts of Parliament, which are somewhat conflicting and confusing, and it is therefore difficult to obtain convictions under the Acts. This Bill consolidates those Acts and simplifies the Law. The only new pro vision is contained in Clause 15, which

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deals with the issue of bogus certificates. It has been pointed out to the Board of Trade that certain firms are in the habit at present of putting marks on their anchors and chain cables in such a manner as to resemble the marks put upon them when tested under the auspices of the Board of Trade. We do not desire to prevent private testing, but we do wish, when articles are so tested, that marks should not be put upon them of a confusing and misleading character. I beg to move the Second Reading of this Bill.
Question put and agreed to.
Bill—Read 2a (according to order) and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE (NOTIFFIATLON) ACT (1889) EXTENSION BILL.
Read 3a (according to order); an amendment made; Bill passed, and returned to the Commons.

FINE OR IMPRISONMENT (SCOTLAND AND IRELAND) BILL.
Brought from the Commons Read 1a; and to be printed. (No. 100.)
House adjourned at twenty minutes before Five o'clock till To-morrow, a quarter past Four o'clock.