§ 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. Croydon and District Electric Tramways; Castleblayney, Keady, and Armagh Railway (Extension of Time).
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Sewerage Board Bill; A witness ordered to attend the Select Committee.
§ Beckenham Urban District Council Bill; Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ South Lancashire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Didcot, Newbury, and Southampton Railway Bill [H.L.]; Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments.
§ London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Bill [H.L.]; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bill [H.L.]; Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments. The said Amendments considered and agreed to.
§ Broadstairs Gas Bill; Hyde Corporation Bill; Leigh Corporation Bill; Great Northern Railway Bill; Metropolitan District Railway (Various Powers) Bill; Midland and Belfast and Northern Counties Railways Bill; Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill. Moved, That the order made on the 16th March last, "That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought from the House of 974 Commons shall be read a second time after the 18th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bills be now read 2a; agreed to; Bills read 2a accordingly.
§ Lanarkshire Tramways Order Confirmation Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a (according to Order); Amendments made; Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Provisional Order Bill. Moved, That the order made on the 16th day of March last, "That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after the 18th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bill be now read 2a; agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.
§ Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill. Read 3a (according to Order), with the Amendment, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill; Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill. Committed: The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.