§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (Birmingham) [H.L.];Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2).
§ And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—Harrow Road and Paddington Tramways; Donegal Railway.
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Wolverhampton Corporation Bill. Report from His Majesty's Attorney-General received, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Manchester Ship Canal Bill [H.L.].A witness ordered to attend the Select Committee.
§ Trafford Park Dock and Railway Bill [H.L.]. Witnesses ordered to attend the Select Committee.
§ South Shields Gas Bill. The Lord Balfour informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The orders made on the 19th of April and Monday last discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Ipswich Dock Commission Bill [H.L.].Commons Amendments considered, and agreed to.
§ Richard Jaeger's Patent Bill [H.L.] Committed.
§ Hutchesons' Hospital and Hutchesons' Educational Trust Bill [H.L.];Chippenham Gas Bill; Sheppy Gas Bill; North Staffordshire Railway Bill; London, Tilbary, and Southend Railway Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection. That the Lord Estcourt be proposed to the House as a member of the Select 702 Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Aberdare; read, and agreed to.
§ Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Bill. Read 2a and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Marylebone Chapels (St. James, Westmoreland Street) Bill [H.L.]; Minehead Urban District Council Water Bill [H.L.]; West Riding Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Doncaster Corporation Bill; Strabane, Raphoe, and Convoy Railway Bill; Surrey Commercial Dock Bill. Brought from the commons read 1a;and referred to the Examiners.
§ Huddersfield Corporation Act, 1902 (Amendment) Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments.
§ Great Eastern Railway (Steamboats) Bill. Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
§ Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (Birmingham) Bill [H.L.]. To be read 2aTo-morrow.
§ Metropolitan Common Scheme (Hillingdon East) Provisional Order Bill; Metropolitan Common Scheme (Farm-borough) Provisional Order Bill. Read 3a (according to order), and passed.
§ Metropolitan Police Provisional Order Bill. Read 2a(according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House To morrow.