STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

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Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petitions for additional provisions in the following Bills ought to be dispensed with, and leave given to the Committees on the Bills to introduce the respective additional provisions—

Manchester Corporation [H.L.]; Bangor Corporation [H.L.]; Gosport, Fareham, and Cosham Tramways [H.L.).

That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Coventry Electric Tramways Bill, ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed. Read, and agreed to.

North-Western Electricity and Power Gas Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.

Scottish-American Mortgage Company, Limited, Bill. Reported, with an Amendment.

Burgess Hill and St. John's Common; Gas Bill; Sittingbourne District Gas Bill; Market Drayton Gas Bill; Scarborough Gas Bill. Reported, without Amendment.

Carmarthenshire Electric Power Bill [H.L.]; Liverpool University Bill [H.L.]; Barry Railway Bill [H.L.]; Didcot, Newbury, and Southampton Railway Bill [H.L.]; Winchester Water and Gas Bill. Reported, with Amendments.

Hastings Harbour District Railway Bill [H.L.]. The King's Consent signified; and Bill reported, with Amendments.

Fife Electric Power Bill [H.L.]. Reported, with Amendments.

Kip's Patents Bill [H.L.]. Read 2^a.

London United Tramways Bill; New Hunstanton Improvement Bill. Read 2^a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.

Gorleston and Southtown Gas Bill. Read 2^a, and committed.

Poole and District Electric Traction Bill [H.L.]. Read 3^a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.

Maryport Harbour Bill [H.L.]. Read 3^a; an Amendment made; Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.

Torquay Corporation Water Bill [H.L.]; Preston, Chorley, and Horwich Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Read 3^a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.

London and North-Western Railway Bill [H.L.]; London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Bill [H.L.]; Cardiff Railway Bill [H.L.]; Aston Manor Improvement Bill [H.L.]; King's College, London, Bill [H.L.]; St. Philip's Chapel (Regent Street) Bill [H.L.]; Port Talbot Railway and Docks Bill [H.L.]; British Gas Light Company (Norwich) Bill [H.L.]; Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Bill [H.L.]; Tynemouth and District Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Read 3^a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.

North Middlesex Gas Bill, Read 3^a, and passed.

Bridgwater Gas Bill; Sutton District Water Bill. Read 3^a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.

London Hydraulic Power Bill. Read 3^a, with the Amendment, and passed, and returned to the Commons.

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (Gas) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (Housing of the Working Classes) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill. Brought from the Commons.

Cheshire Lines Committee Bill; East Ham Improvement Bill; Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Bill; London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Bill; London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1^a, and referred to the Examiners.

Wellingborough and District Tramroads Bill; West Cumberland Electric Tramways Bill; Highland and Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Companies Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1^a, and referred to the Examiners.

Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons amended; the said Amendments considered, and agreed to.

Chatham and District Light Railways Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.

Rochester Corporation Tramways and Improvements Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments.

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill (No. 83); Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill (No. 84); Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill (No. 85); Local Government Provisional Orders (Gas) Bill (No. 86); Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (Housing of the Working Classes) Bill (No. 87); Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill (No. 88). Read 1^a; to be printed, and referred to the Examiners.

Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills—Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 92 and 93 be suspended; and that the time for depositing petitions praying to be heard against Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills, also the time for depositing Documents relating to any Order under The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, which would otherwise expire during the Adjournment of the House at Whitsuntide, be extended to the first day on which the House shall sit after the Recess.

Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (East Ham, &c.) Bill [H.L.]; Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a (according to Order) and passed, and sent to the Commons.

Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill; Read 3a (according to Order), and passed.

North British Railway (General Powers) Order Confirmation Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to Order), and (pursuant to the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899), deemed to have been reported from the Committee.

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill. Read 2a (according to Order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday, the 12th of June next.

Local Government Provisional Order (Housing of the Working Classes) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill; House in Committee (according to Order). Bills reported without Amendment; Standing Committee negatived; and Bills to be read 3^a on Thursday the 11th of June next.