§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the I 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: New castle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply; Cheshire Lines Committee; Highland and Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Companies: Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours; Midland and Belfast and Northern Counties Railways; Wellingborough and District Tramroads; Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway; Watford and Edgware Railway; London County Council (Tramways and Improvements); East Ham Improvement; West Cumberland Electric Tramways.
§ Also the Certificates that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with: Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5); Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 7); Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 4); Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (Housing of the Working Classes).
§ Also the Certificate that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill: Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 6).
§ Also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with: 742 London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway.
§ And also the Certificates that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with: Scottish Central Electric Power; Scottish Ontario and Manitoba Land Company, Limited; Hutcheson's Hospital and Hutcheson's Educational Trust.
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Scottish Central Electric Power Bill [H.L.]. Presented, and read 1a.
§ Scottish Ontario and Manitoba Land Company Bill [H.L.]. Presented; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
§ Ebbw Vale Water and Improvement Bill; Crystal Palace District Gas Bill; Leigh Corporation Bill. Read 2a, and committed: The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Gas Light and Coke Company Bill; Hampton Court Gas Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North - Western Railways (Steam Vessels) Bill. Read 2a, and committed: The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Coventry Electric Tramways Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Hastings Harbour District Railway Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Burgess Hill and St. John's Common Gas Bill; Scarborough Gas Bill; Sitting-bourne District Gas Bill. Read 3a, and passed.
§ Rochester Corporation Tramways and Improvements Bill [H.L.]; Northwestern Electricity and Power Gas Bill [H.L.]; Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Fife Electric Power Bill [H.L.]; Liverpool University Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
743§ Barry Railway Bill [H.L.]; Didcot, Newbury, and Southampton Railway Bill [H.L.]; Taff Vale Railway Bill [H.L.]; Willesden Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]; Scottish American Mortgage Company, Limited, Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Midland Railway Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments; further Amendments made; Bill passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Winchester Water and Gas Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ South Wales Mineral Railway Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to.
§ Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with an Amendment. The said Amendment considered, and agreed to.
§ Indiarubber, Guttapercha, and Telegraph Works Company Bill [H.L.]; Milford Docks Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments; the said Amendments considered, and agreed to.
§ Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Bill [H.L.]; Wellington (Salop) Gas Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 2) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill. House in Committee (according to Order); Bills reported without Amendment; Standing Committee negatived; and Bills to be read 3a on Monday next
§ North British Railway (General Powers) Order Confirmation Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, (according to Order), and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Order Confirmation Bill. Read 3a (according to Order), and passed.
744§ St. Luke's Church and Parish Quoad Sacra Edinburgh Order Confirmation Bill (H.L.). Read 3a (according to Order) and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum Orders Confirmation Bill. Read 3a (according to Order), and passed.