§ 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:—
§ Dublin Improvement (Bull Alley Area); Great Western Railway (Pension Fund).
§ North-Western Electricity and Power Gas Bill [H.L.]. Petition for additional provision; of the Promoters of the North-Western Electricity and Power Gas Bill; together with the proposed Amendment annexed thereto; read, and referred to the Examiners.
§ Salford Corporation Bill [H.L.]. Petition for additional provision; of Salford Corporation; together with the proposed clause annexed thereto; read, and referred to the Examiners.
§ Dublin Improvement (Bull Alley Area) Bill. Report from His Majesty's Attorney-General in Ireland, received, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Manchester Southern Tram ways (Lancashire) Bill [H.L.]; Manchester Southern Tramways (Cheshire) Bill [H.L.]. Leave given to the Select Committee to consolidate the Bills into one Bill if they think fit.
§ Glasgow Corporation (Police) Draft Provisional Order; ordered, that the evidence taken before the Committee of this House on the Glasgow Corporation (Sewage) Bill, 1896, be referred to the Commissioners appointed under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, to inquire into the Glasgow Corporation (Police) Draft Provisional Order.
§ Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Bill [H.L.]. Reported, with Amendments.
§ Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Bill [H.L.]; Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Wirral Railway Bill [H.L.]; Harrogate Water Bill [H.L.]. Committee to meet on Thursday next.
434§ Pelican and British Empire Life Office Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The orders made on the 12th and 26th of March last discharged, and Bill committed for Thursday next.
§ Wellington (Salop) Gas Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The orders made on the 12th and 26th of March last discharged and Bill committed for Thursday next.
§ Harrow and Stanmore Gas Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The orders made on the 16th and 26th of March last discharged, and Bill committed for Thursday next.
§ South-Western and Isle of Wight Junction Railway Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The orders made on the 12th and 26th of March last discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Southampton Harbour Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The orders made on the 9th and 26th of March last discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Bristol Corporation Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The order made on the 9th of March last discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Gosport, Fareham, and Cosham Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Wakefield and District Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Bangor Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Tynemouth and District Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Committed. The Committees to he proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Life Association of Scotland Bill [H.L.]; Hexham Gas Bill [H.L.]; Lima Railways Bill [H.L.]; Indiarubber, Guttapercha, and Telegraph Works Company Bill [H.L.]; North's Navigation Collieries Bill [H.L.]; Faversham Gas Bill [H.L.]; Exeter Railway Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill [H.L.]; Sutton 435 Coldfield Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Cardiff Railway Bill [H.L.]; Manchester Southern Tramways (Lancashire) Bill [H.L.]; Manchester Southern Tramways (Cheshire) Bill [H.L.]; South Lancashire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; North Cheshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Denman be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Wandsworth; read, and agreed to.
§ Winchester Water and Gas Bill; Market Drayton Gas Bill; Ipswich Gas Bill; Great Northern and City Railway Bill; Burgess Hill and St. John's Common Gas Bill; Broadstairs Gas Bill; Bath Corporation Water Bill; Bridgwater Gas Bill; East Ardsley Gas Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
§ Stoke Newington Borough Council Bill; Sutton District Water Bill; Midland Railway Bill; London Hydraulic Power Bill; North Middlesex Gas Bill; Maidstone Gas Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.