§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:—Pier and Harbour Provisional Order (No. 1) [H.L.].
§ Also the Certificate that no further Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill:—Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1).
§ And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—Thurles Urban District Council Water; Wolverhampton Corporation.
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Scarisbrick Estate (Amendment) Bill [H.L.]. Bill, approved by the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, presented, on petition, and read 1a.
§ West Riding Tramways Bill [H.L.]. The King's consent signified; and Bill reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Hutchesons' Hospital and Hutchesons' Educational Trust Bill [H.L.]; South Shields Gas Bill; Chippenham Gas Bill; Sheppy Gas Bill; North Staffordshire Railway Bill; London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills; (viz.), E. Bathurst; E. Lathom; V. Falmouth; L. Clonbrock; L. Brougham and Vaux (chairman). Agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly. The Committee to meet on Tuesday the 10th of May next at Eleven o'clock; and all petitions referred to the Committee, with leave to the petitioners praying to be heard by counsel against the Bills to be heard as desired, as also counsel for the Bills.
74§ Richard Jaeger's Patent Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a.
§ Norwich Water Bill. Read 3a, and passed.
§ South Staffordshire Mines Drainage Bill [H.L.]; Maidenhead Bridge Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Great Eastern Railway (Steamboats) Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Great Central Railway Bill; Harrow Road and Paddington Tramways Bill; Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.
§ Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill [H.L.] (No. 60). A Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, relating to Cleveden, Portishead and Long Ashton, Crediton, Devizes, Hampton Wick and District, Houghton-le-Spring and District, the Maldens and Coombe, Northampton and District, Stroud, Nailsworth and Dursley, and Trowbridge (Urban), Bradford-on-Avon (Urban), and Bradford-on-Avon (Rural).
§ Water Orders Confirmation Bill [H.L.] (No. 61). A Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Bradfield Water, Cholderton and District Water, Elham Valley Water, Frimley and Farnborough District Water, and North Sunderland Water.
§ Gas and Water Orders Confirmation Bill [H.L.] (No. 62). A Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Rainham Water, Sevenoaks Water, Southwold Water, Wetherby District Water, and Meldreth and Melbourne District Gas and Water.
§ Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [H.L.] (No. 63). A Bill to confirm certain 75 Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Bognor Gas, Elham Valley Gas, Elstree and Boreham Wood Gas, Finedon Gas, and Godalming Gas.
§ Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill [H.L.] (No. 64). A Bil to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Gray's Gas, Hedon Gas, Northampton Gas, Rochford Gas, and Romford Gas; and
§ Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Bill [H.L.] (No. 65). A Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to St. Margaret's Gas, Stirling Gas, Waltham Abbey Gas, and Cheshunt Gas, Worsbroughdale and Worsbrough Gas, and Worthing Gas.
§ Were presented by the Lord Wolverton; read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.