Lords Sitting of 3 November 1902

SAT FIRST.
  THE LORD BRAYBROOKE
  Sat first in Parliament after the death of his brother.
  THE LORD CHEYLESMORE
  Sat first in Parliament after the death of his brother.
PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
  LANARKSHIRE (MIDDLE WARD DIS TRICT) WATER ORDER CONFIRMA TION BILL (No. 182).

    DUMBARTON CORPORATION (FURTHER POWERS) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL No. 183).
    WICK BURGH EXTENSION ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL (No. 184).
    Brought from the Commons; read 1a, to be printed, and (pursuant to the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899), deemed to have been read 2a and reported from the Committee.

  RICHMOND HILL (PRESERVATION OF VIEW) BILL.
  Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
  SOUTH-EASTERN AND LONDON, CHATHAM AND DOVER RAILWAYS BILL [H.L.]
  Returned from the Commons with the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amendments made by the Commons, agreed to.
  BAKER STREET AND WATERLOO RAILWAY BILL [H.L.],
    CHARING CROSS, EUSTON, AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY (Nos. 1 AND 3) BILL [H.L.], and

      CHARING CROSS, EUSTON, AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL [H.L.], now
      CHARING CROSS, EUSTON, AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY BILL [H. L.],
      EDGWARE AND HAMPSTEAD RAIL WAY BILL [H. L.],
      NORTH-WEST LONDON RAILWAY BILL [H. L.].
      Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments. The said Amendments considered, and agreed to.

  BROMPTON AND PICCADILLY CIRCUS RAILWAY (NEW LINES, ETC.,) BILL [H.L.]
  Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments.
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 Standing Order No. CXI., viz.
RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

  ARMY (REMOUNTS).
  I. Minutes of evidence taken before the Court of Enquiry on the administration of the Army Remount Department; with appendices. (October 17.)

  II. Reports of officers appointed by the Commander-in-Chief to inquire into the working of the Remount Department abroad. (October 17.)

  NAVY (COURTS-MARTIAL).
  Returns of the number of courts-martial held, and summary punishments inflicted during the year 1901. (October 18.)
  MINES AND QUARRIES (GENERAL REPORT AND STATISTICS FOR 1901) (PART III. OUTPUT).
  General Report and Statistics relating to the output and value of the minerals raised in the United Kingdom, the amount and value of the metals produced, and the exports and imports of minerals. (October 18.)
  CHINA, No. 2 (1902).
  Despatch from His Majesty's Special Commissioner, enclosing the treaty between Great Britain and China, signed at Shanghai, 5th September, 1902. (October 21.)
  CROFTER HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) ACTS, 1886–87.
  Report to the Secretary for Scotland by the Crofters Commission on the social condition of the people of Lewis in 1901 (October 23.)

  STATISTICS (COLONIES).
  I. Tables relating to the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom, Part XXV., for the year 1900. (October 24.)

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  II. Abstract for the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom in each of the last fifteen years from 1887 to 1901. Thirty-ninth number. (October 24.)

  IRISH LAND COMMISSION (PROCEEDINGS).
  Return for the month of August, 1902. (October 24.)

  TRADE REPORTS (ANNUAL SERIES).
  No. 2907. China (Nanking). (October 18.)
  No. 2908. Japan (South Formosa). (Supplementary). (October 24.)
  No. 2909. United States (Cuba). (October 24.)
  No. 2910. Italy (Ancona). (October 24.)

  IRELAND (TYPHOID FEVER IN LIMERICK CITY AND PRISON, JULY , AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, 1902.
  Reports made by Stewart Wodehouse, Esq., M. D., Medical Member of the General Prisons Board for Ireland and by Sir J. Acheson MacCullagh, M. D., Medical Inspector to the Local Government Board for Ireland. (October 24.)
  AFRICA, No. 4 (1902).
  Report by the Mombasa-Victoria (Uganda) Railway Committee on the Progress of the Works, 1901–1902; with two maps and section. (October 27.)

  BOARD OF EDUCATION.
  I. Rules to be observed in planning and fitting up public elementary schools. (October 28.)

  II. Precedents of trust deeds settled for Church of England schools, British schools, Established Church of Scotland schools, Wesleyan schools, Free Church (Scotland) schools, Roman Catholic schools, Jewish schools, Episcopal Church (Scotland) schools, and undenominational schools referred to in the Revised Code of 1870. (October 30.)

  III. Statement under administrative counties and county boroughs of public; elementary schools which have received building grants, showing, in each case, the amount of such building grants and the amount subscribed by the promoters at the time (so far as records exist); also, in the case of schools which have been
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  transferred to the School Board or closed, the year of transfer or closure; with explanatory memorandum and appendix. (October 31.)

  COLONIES (ANNUAL).
  No. 369. Hong Kong (1901). (October 28.)
  COLONIAL CONFERENCE, 1902.
  Conference between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Prime Ministers of the Self-governing Colonies, June to August, 1902. (October 28.)
  NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
  Return showing the unclaimed shares of all prize money, slave and pirate bounties, salvage awards, Parliamentary grants, war gratuities, and other monies distributed by the Admiralty, from the 1st January, 1855, to 31st March, 1902. (October 30.)
  POLICE (METROPOLIS).
  Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, for the year 1901. (October 31.)

  LAND LAW (IRELAND) ACT, 1887.
  Return of the number of eviction notices filed during the quarter ended 30th September, 1902. (November 1.)
  The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

  COLONIES (ANNUAL).
  No. 370. Cocos Islands, 1902.
  IRISH LAND COMMISSION (PROCEEDINGS).
  Return for the month of September, 1902.
  RAILWAYS (CONTINUOUS BRAKES).
  Return by the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom, for six months ended the 30th June, 1902.

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
  I. Thirtieth Annual Report, 1900–1901. Supplement containing Report of the Medical Officer for 1900–1901 on Lead Poisoning and Water Supplies.

  II. Thirty-first Annual Report, 1901–1902. Supplement containing Report of the Medical Officer for 1901–1902.

  CENSUS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
  Area, houses and population, also population classified by ages, condition as to marriage, occupations, birthplaces, and infirmities for counties of—Suffolk; Leicester; Somerset.
  Presented (by Command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  WINTER ASSIZES ACTS, 1876–1877.
  Seven Orders in Council of 11th August, 1902, relating to the ensuing winter assizes.

  FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACT, 1890.
  Five Orders in Council of 11th August, 1902, entitled respectively—

  The Cyprus Courts of Justice Amendment Order. 1902;

  The Uganda Order in Council, 1902;

  The British Central Africa Order in Council, 1902.

  The East Africa Order in Council, 1902; and

  The Eastern African Protectorates (Court of Appeal) Order in Council, 1902.

  MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894.
  Two Orders in Council of 11th August, 1902, approving Pilotage Bye-laws for the ports of Cardiff and Waterford respectively.
  EXTRADITION ACTS, 1870–1895.
  Order in Council of 15th September, 1902, giving effect to a Declaration, signed 26th June, 1901, supplementary to the Extradition Treaty of 3rd December. 1873, between Great Britain and Austria-Hungary.
  INEBRIATES ACTS, 1879–1899 (INEBRIATES COMMITTED UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE LICENSING ACT, 1902).
  Regulations made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by virtue of Section 20 of the Inebriates Act, 1898, for carrying into effect the provisions of Section 5 of the Licensing Act, 1902, respecting the detention of inebriates committed to retreats.

  DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1894 AND 1896.
  Two Orders, dated the 1st day of September, 1902, entitled the Bristol (Cumberland and Tidal Basin) Foreign
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  Animals Wharf Revocation Order of 1902 and the Bristol (Cumberland Basin) Foreign Animals Wharf Order of 1902.

  TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION ACT, 1899.
  Minutes sanctioning the subjects to be taught under Clause 8 of the Technical Instruction Act, 1889, for the counties of: Huntingdon (second minute); East Suffolk (seventh minute); Leicester (seventh minute); Oxford (eighth minute); Southampton (tenth minute).
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ACT, 1877.
  Statutes made by the University of Cambridge, and sealed on the 27th May, 1902, amending the statutes of the University. Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and to be printed. (No. 179.)
  MARGATE PIER AND HARBOUR COMPANY (1812).
  Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 5th April, 1902. Delivered (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.
  PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL (No. 180).
    AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) (No. 2) BILL (No. 181).
    Brought from the Commons; read 1a: and to be printed.

  BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
  THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (The DUKE of DEVONSHIRE): My Lords. I understand that it is necessary or desirable that the House should meet for purely formal business in connection with a Provisional Order Bill on this day week. I understand, also, that the noble and learned Earl on the Woolsack, the Lord Chancellor, proposes that the House should meet for judicial business on the following Tuesday—namely, on the 11th instant. But as far as I am aware, there will not be any ordinary business taken before this day fortnight. I move, therefore,

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  that the House on its rising stand adjourned till Monday next.
  On Question, Motion agreed to.
  House adjourned at twenty minutes before Five o'clock, to Monday next, a quarter past Four o'clock.