Lords Sitting of 14 April 1905

COMMISSION.
The following Bills received the Royal Assent:—
1. Army (Annual).
2. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1).
3. Leeds Corporation (Consolidation).
House adjourned during pleasure.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
Littlehampton Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]. The King's consent signified; and Bill reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.

Barrymore Estate Bill [H.L.] Read 2a.
Chelsea Electricity Supply Bill; Epping Gas Bill; Great Eastern Railway Bill; Higham and Hundred of Hoo Water Bill; Loughborough Corporation Bill; Norwich Union Life Insurance Society Bill; Weybridge and Walton-upon-Thames Electric Supply Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
London and India Docks Company Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order), and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bill [H.L.]; East Cowes Gas Bill [H.L.]; Orphan Working School and Alexandra Orphanage Bill [H.L.]. Read 3 a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
Walker and Wallsend Union Gas Bill. Read 3a, and passed.
Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (Poor Law) Bill. Brought from the Commons.
North Sussex Gas Bill; Hitchin and District Gas Bill; Woolwich Borough
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Council Bill; Dublin Corporation (Superannuation), Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
Gas and Water Orders Confirmation Bill [H.L.]. A Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Bolsover Gas, Denbigh Water, Formby Gas, Hayling Water, and Stavely Gas. Was presented by the Earl Waldegrave (for the Lord Privy Seal (M. Salisbury)); read la; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners. (No. 52.)
Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London No. 1) Bill [H.L.] (No. 53). A Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Education under the Education Acts, 1870 to 1903, to enable the London County Council to put' in force the Lands Clauses Acts. And
Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London No. 2) Bill [H.L.] (No. 54). A Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Education under the Education Acts, 1870 to 1903, to enable the London County Council to put in force the Lands Clauses Acts. Were presented by the Lord President (E. Vane (M. Londonderry)); read la; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.
Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill (No. 55); Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill (No. 56); Local Government Provisional Orders (Poor Law) Bill (No. 57). Read P; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.

PETITIONS.
  STREET BETTING BILL [H.L.]
  Petition in favour of; of Inhabitants of the Urban District of Milnrow, in the county of Lancaster; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
  AFRICA, No. 4 (1905).
  Reports from the Director of Agriculture on the Government farms at Nairobi and Naivasha in the East Africa Protectorate, for the year 1904; and on the prospects of settlers.
  Report of the Indian Police Commission, and resolution of the Government of India.
  SOUTH AFRICA.
  Report of the South African Native Affairs Commission, 1903–1905.

  TRADE REPORTS: ANNUAL SERIES.
  No. 3339. Colombia (Santa Marta).
  No. 3340. Italy (Venice).
  No. 3341. Japan (Hakodate).
  Presented [by Command], and ordered to lie on the Table.

  PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1899 (PAISLEY DISTRICT TRAMWAYS ORDER).
  Report by the Board of Trade respecting the above Provisional Order, and the objects thereof. Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1899.
  Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lord be proposed to the House as a member of the panel of Lords to act as Commissioners under the Act, viz., Lord Stanley of Alderley; agreed to; and the said Lord appointed accordingly.
  House adjourned at half-past Four o'clock, to Monday the 8th of May next, a quarter-past Four o'clock.