§ Hessle Gas Bill [H. L.]; Great Central Railway (Pension Fund) Bill [H. L.]. Commons Amendments considered and agreed to.
§ London County Council (General Powers) Bill. The King's consent, and the consent of the Prince of Wales, signified; and Bill reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Malvern Water Bill. Reported, with Amendments.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill. Reported from the Select Committee, without Amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.
§ Rathmines and Rathgar Extension and Improvement Bill. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ North-East London Railway Bill; Wigan Corporation Bill. Moved, That the order made on the 16th day of March last, "That no Private Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a. second time after the 27th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bills be now read 2a; agreed to. Bills read 2a accordingly and committed.
462§ The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 12) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 14) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill. House in Committee (according to order). Bills reported without Amendment. Standing Committee negatived; and Bills to be read 3a To-morrow.
§ London Building Acts (Amendment) Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
§ Pier and Harbour Provisional Order (No. 3) Bill. House in Committee (according to order). Amendments made. Standing Committee negatived. The Report of Amendments to be received To-morrow.
§ Thames Conservancy Bill; North-East London Railway Bill; Wigan Corporation 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.),
- V. Colville of Culross,
- L. Clonbrock,
- L. Ramsay (E. Dalhousie),
- L. Deramore,
- L. Ludlow (Chairman);
§ agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly. The Committee to meet on Monday next, at Twelve 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.
§ London Government Scheme (London and Middlesex, Bill; London Government Scheme (Hackney and Edmonton Unions) Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Earl of Stamford and the Earl of Lauderdale be proposed to the House as members of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Viscount Falmouth and the Lord Kintore (E. Kintore), and that the Earl of Lauderdale be Chairman of the said Committee; read, and agreed to.