§ The LORD CHANCELLOR aquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:—London and India Docks Company. The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Manchester Ship Canal Bill [H.L.]. The King's consent signified; and Bill reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Stretford Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ King's College Hospital Bill [H.L.]; Wolverhampton Corporation Bill. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Great Northern Railway Bill; Midland Railway Bill. Reported, with Amendments.
§ London and North-Western Railway Bill. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, no parties having appeared in opposition thereto; read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The orders made on the 28th of April and 17th of May last discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Lothians Electric Power Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Littlestone-on-Sea and District Water Bill; Brixham Gas Bill; Acton Improvement Bill Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
1326§ Torquay Tramways Bill; Charing Cross, Euston, and Hampstead Railway Bill; Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Bill; Soothill Nether Urban District Tramways Bill; Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Seaton be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Deramore; read, and agreed to.
§ Oakengates, Dawley, and District Joint Water Board Bill [H.L.]; Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Bill; Great Central Railway Bill; Canal Rates and Charges (Regents Canal) Order Confirmation Bill [H.L.]; Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Monson be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Marquess of Exeter; read, and agreed to.
§ North-Western Electricity and Power Gas Bill; Skipton Water and Improvement Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
§ Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill [H.L.]; Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill [H.L.]; Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill [H.L.]; Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order).
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Local Government Provisional Order (Poor Law) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill. Read 3a (according to order), and passed.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill. Amendment reported (according to order), and Bill to be read 3a on Monday next.