Lords Sitting of 14 April 1902

MARQUESS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA.
Petition of Terence John Temple, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Viscount Clandeboye, and Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye, claiming a right to vote at the elections of Representative Peers for Ireland; read, and referred to the Lord Chancellor to consider and report thereupon to the House.
SAT FIRST.
  THE EARL OF MUNSTER
  Sat first in Parliament after the death of his brother.
  THE LORD BATEMAN
  Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—

North Warwickshire Water.

Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad.

Fareham Gas.

Clay Cross Railway.

Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power.

National Telephone Company (Kingston-upon-Hull) [H.L.].

National Telephone Company (Manchester Area) [H.L.].

East Worcestershire Water.

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

WEARDALE AND SHILDON DISTRICT WATER BILL [H.L.]
Petition for additional provision, of the Weardale and Shildon District Waterworks Company; together with proposed Amendments and clauses annexed thereto; read, and referred to the Examiners.
RHONDDA URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.]
Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments.
RUSTHALL MANOR BILL [H.L.]
Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
DERBYSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ELECTRIC POWER BILL.
The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The Order made on the 20th of March last discharged, and Bill committed.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORPORATION TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
  BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.]
  Committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
  NORTH-EAST LONDON RAILWAY (No. 1) BILL [H.L.],
    NORTH-EAST LONDON RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL [H.L.],

      PICCADILLY AND CITY RAILWAY (No. 1) BILL [H.L.],
      PICCADILLY AND CITY RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL [H.L.].
      Leave given to the Select Committee to consolidate the Bills into one Bill.

      NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORPORATION TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.]
      Report from the Committee of Selection, That the five Lords appointed a Select Committee on the Lancashire County (Lunatic Asylums) Bill [H.L.], and other Bills, do form the Select Committee for the consideration of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation Tramways Bill [H.L.]; read, and agreed to. All Petitions referred to the Committee, with leave to the petitioners praying to be heard by Counsel against the Bill to be heard as desired, as also Counsel for the Bill.
  SOUTH SHIELDS, SUNDERLAND, AND DISTRICT TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
    EXETER AND DISTRICT TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],

      MEXBOROUGH AND SWINTON TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
      HASTINGS TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
      LIMPSFIELD AND OXTED WATER BILL [H.L.],
      Read 2a.

      LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY BILL [H.L.],
      Read 3a; Amendments made; Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
      SADDLEWORTH, SPRINGHEAD, AND LEES TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
      Standing Order No. 92 considered (according to order) and dispensed with, with respect to a Petition of the County Council of Lancaster. Leave given to present the said Petition.
  CITY OF LONDON (SPITALFIELDS MARKET) BILL,
    COMMERCIAL GAS BILL,

      FURNESS RAILWAY (STEAM VESSELS) BILL,
      GLOUCESTERSHIRE ELECTRIC POWER BILL,
      GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY BILL,
      GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (CRUMLIN VIADUCT) BILL,
      HIGHAM FERRERS AND RUSHDEN WATER BOARD BILL,
      KENT ELECTRIC POWER BILL,
      MANCHESTER CORPORATION TRAMWAYS BILL,
      NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE ELECTRIC SUPPLY BILL,
      NOTTINGHAM AND RETFORD RAIL WAY BILL,
      Brought from the Commons; read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.

  RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
  The LORD CHANCELLOR The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the following Papers having been commanded to be presented to this House by His 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.:—
  RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
    CHARITY CMMMISSION.
    Forty-ninth Report of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales. (March 22.)
    SOUTH AFRICA.
    Despatch by Lord Kitchener, dated 8th February, relative to military operations in South Africa (in continuation of [Cd. 890]). (March 24.)
    ARMY (VOLUNTEERS).
    Increases and decreases. (March 25.)
    COLONIES (ANNUAL).
    No. 352. Cocos Islands (Report for 1901). (March 25.)
    EDUCATION.
    Regulation for evening schools, from 1st August, 1902, to 31st July, 1903. (March 25.)
    LUNACY (SOTLAND).
    Forty-fourth Annual Report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland. (March 26.)
    METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
    Account of moneys received and paid by the Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 1901–1902; also an account of extraordinary works executed, other than general repairs, for the same period. (March 26.)
    LOAN FUND BOARD OF IRELAND.
    Sixty-fourth Annual Report, 1901. (March 26.)
    COMMERCIAL, No. 1 (1902).
    Correspondence respecting the comparative merits of British, Belgian, and American Locomotives in Egypt, (April 3.)

    EXPLOSIVES.
    I. (Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine at Messrs. Nobel's factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire)—Report to the Eight Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by Captain J. H. Thomson, His Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, on the circumstances attending an explosion of nitro-glycerine which occurred in one of the final washing-houses of the factory of Nobel's Explosives Company, Limited, at Ardeer, near Stevenston, Ayrshire, on the 9th January, 1902. (March 26.)
    II. (Explosion at Messrs. Nobel's factory at Perranporth, Cornwall)—Report to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home De partment by Major A. Cooper-Key, His Majesty's Inspector of Explosives, on the circumstances attending an explosion of partly-manufactured blasting gelatine, which occurred on the 16th January,

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    1902, at the factory of Nobel's Explosives Company, Limited, at Perranporth, Cornwall. (April 3.)

    CONGESTED DISTRICTS (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1897.
    Fourth Report of the Congested Districts (Scotland) Board to the Secretary for Scotland. (April 4.)
    FISHERIES (SCOTLAND).
    Twentieth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, being for the year 1901. Part I. General Report. (April 5).
    LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (SCOTLAND).
    Seventh Annual Report of the Local Government Board for Scotland. 1901. (April 5.)
    Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the arrears of shipbuilding. (April 9.)
    Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Cable Communications. (April 9.)
    PRISONS (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1877.
    Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Prisons Commissioners for Scotland, being the Sixty-third Annual Report on Prisons in Scotland. (April 9.)
    AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (IRELAND).
    Return of the prices of agricultural products and live stock for the year 1901. (April 9.)
    FACTORY AND WORKSHOP.
    Draft supplementary special Rules for the manufacture of earthenware and china which may be proposed by manufacturers giving certain undertakings as to the use of lead, etc. (April 9.)

    IRISH LAND COMMISSION (PROCEEDINGS).
    I. Return for the month of January 1902. (April 9.)
    II. Return for the month of February 1902. (April 9.)

    CENSUS OF IRELAND.
    1. Part I.—Vol. II. Province of Munster (County of Clare). (April 9.)
    II. Part I.—Vol. IV. Province of Connaught (County of Leitrim). (April 9.)

    PRESS TELEGRAMS (UNITED KINGDOM—NORWAY).
    Agreement for the exchange of press telegrams, dated the 24th January–1st February, 1902, between the General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the General Post Office of Norway. (April 10.)
    Reports of His Majesty's Inspectors of Mines and Quarries for the year 1901. (April 11.)

    TREATY SERIES.
    No. 6 (1902)—Treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States of America relative to the establishment of a communication by ship canal betweeen the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Signed at Washington, 18th November, 1901. [Ratifications exchanged at Washington, 21st February, 1902.] (March 25.)
    No. 7 (1902)—Treaty between the United Kingdom and Belgium for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals. Signed at Brussels, 29th October, 1901. [Ratifications exchanged at Brussels, 6th December, 1901.] (April 3.)
    No. 8 (1902)—Agreement between the United Kingdom and Germany relative to the boundary of the British and German spheres of interest between Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. Signed at Berlin, 23rd February, 1901.
    No. 9 (1902)—Agreement additional to the Convention of 18th December, 1888, relative to the exchange of Money Orders between the United Kingdom and Belgium. Signed at London, 5th March, 1902. [Ratifications exchanged at London, 19th March, 1902.] (April 11.)

    TRADE REPORTS.
    I. Annual Series—

    No. 2754. France (Havre). (March 26.)

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    No. 2755. United States (Baltimore). (April 3.)

    No. 2756. Honduras. (April 3.)

    No. 2757. Servia. (April 9.)

    No. 2758. Germany (Colonial Estimates for 1902). (April 9.)

    No. 2759. United States (Charleston). (April 9.)

    No. 2760. Greece (Morea and the provinces of Acarnania and Actolia). (April 10.)

    No. 2761. Netherlands (Amsterdam). (April 11.)

    No. 2762. Austria-Hungary (Trieste). (April 12.)

    II. Miscellaneous Series—
    No. 575. Germany (Iron Trade in 1900 and 1901). (April 11.)

    NATIONAL GALLERY, ETC., SCOTLAND.
    Eighth Annual Report to the Secretary for Scotland by the Commissioners and Trustees of the Board of Manufacturers in Scotland for the year ending 30th September, 1901. (April 11.)
    EGYPT, No. 1 (1902).
    Reports by His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General on the finances, administration, and condition of Egypt and the Soudan in 1901. (April 11.)
    FISHERY STATISTICS.
    Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the system of collecting fishery statistics in England and Wales, and to report how it could be improved and extended, together with minutes of evidence. (April 11.)
    SOUTH AFRICA.
    Report from Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen on the action that took place near Tweebosch on the 7th March, 1902. (April 11.)
    EDINBURGH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ART.
    Report, for the year 1901, by F. Grant-Ogilvie, Esq. (April 11.)

    EDUCATION (SCOTLAND).
    General Report, by the Chief Inspector of the Southern Division of Scotland for the year 1901. (April 12.)
    The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

    AGRARIAN OFFENCES (PROVINCES) IRELAND.
    Return for the year ended 31st December, 1901; Presented (by Command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

    UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT. 1889
    1. Annual Statistical Report by the University Court of the University of St. Andrew's to the Secretary for Scotland under the provisions of the Act, for the year 1900–1901.
    2. Abstract of Accounts for the University of Glasgow, for the year ended 30th September, 1901, being the Annual Report on the state of the finances of the University under the provisions of the Act.

    MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894.
    Order in Council of 24th March, 1902; revoking certain Orders in Council approving Regulations relating to the lettering, numbering, and registering of British sea-fishing boats, and substituting Regulations in lieu thereof.
    PRISONS (ENGLAND AND WALES) (VISITING COMMITTEES).
    Draft rule proposed to be made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Prisons Acts, 1877 and 1898. with respect to the constitution of the Visiting Committee of Brixton Prison.
    GOVERNMENT INSURANCES AND ANNUITIES.
    Account of all moneys received on account of contracts for the grant of deferred life annuities, and for payments on death, under the provisions of the Acts 27th and 28th Victoria, chap. 43, 45th and 46th Victoria, chap. 51, and 50th and 51st Victoria, chap. 40, and of the disposal thereof, and of the contracts made, for the year ended 31st December. 1901.

    FACTORY AND WORKSHOP (SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS FROM PROVISIONS RESPECTING LIME WASHING, ETC.)
    Order, dated 26th March, 1902, made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in pursuance of Section 1, Sub-section (4) of the Factory and

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    Workshop Act, 1901, granting special exceptions from the provisions respecting lime washing, etc., in the case of electric generating works and frame dressing rooms of lace factories or lace warehouses under certain conditions.

    PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS, 1853 TO 1891 (CONDITIONAL LICENCE).
    Licence granted by His Majesty to Eliza Hudson, a convict now under detention in Aylesbury Prison, permitting the said Eliza Hudson to be at large on condition that she enter the Elizabeth Fry Refuge, Hackney, E.
    LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
    Statements of accounts, and of life assurance and annuity business, and abstracts of actuarial reports deposited with the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the "Life Assurance Companies Act, 1870," during the year ended 31st December, 1901.
    MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
    Charter of incorporation of the borough of Bexhill, dated 7th April, 1902.
    SUPERANNUATION.
    Treasury Minute, dated 5th April, 1902, declaring that William Soames, assistant letter carrier, Post Office, was appointed without a civil service certificate through inadvertence on the part of the head of his Department.
    GENERAL PRISONS (IRELAND) ACT, 1877.
    Order in Council approving of Rules made by the General Prisons Board for the government of ordinary prisons in Ireland.

    IRISH LAND COMMISSION.
    1. Rules, dated 14th March, 1902, as to proceedings under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1889, and the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act (No. 2), 1901.
    2. Rule, dated 14th March. 1902. as to temporary assistant commissioners.

    INDIA (LOANS RAISED IN ENGLAND).
    Return of all loans raised in England under the provisions of any Acts of
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    Parliament chargeable on the revenues of India outstanding at the commencement of the half-year ended on the 31st March, 1902, with the rates of interest and total amount payable thereon, etc.
    Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

    UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ACT, 1877.
    I. Statutes made by the Governing Body of Jesus College, Cambridge, on the 16th day of December, 1901, amending Statutes VII and IX of the Statutes of the College.
    II. Statute made by the Governing Body of Balliol College, Oxford, on the 10th day of December, 1901, amending Statute V of the Statutes of the College.
    Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and to be printed. (No. 37.)

    LONDON WATER BILL.
    Message from the Commons that they have ordered that the Committee appointed by them to join with the Committee of this House to consider the London Water Bill do meet the Lords Committee in Committee Room A this day at two o'clock, as proposed by their Lordships.
    SHOPS (EARLY CLOSING) (No. 2) BILL [H.L.]
    A Bill to provide for the earlier closing of shops was presented by the Lord Avebury; read 1a, and to be printed. (No. 38.)
    MILITARY LANDS PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1) BILL.
    Read 2a (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow.

    ARMY (ANNUAL) BILL.
    Brought from the Commons; read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a on Thursday next.—(The Lord Raglan.) (No. 39.)
    House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Five o'clock, till Tomorrow, a quarter past Four o'clock.