HL Deb 21 March 1905 vol 143 c585

Petition of Alice Edith Donovan praying that a duly attested copy of the Bill may be transmitted by registered letter to Messrs. Lawrence Jones and Company, of Cape Coast Castle, Solicitors, and that the attendance of a representative of the said Messrs. Lawrence Jones and Company before this House to prove personal service of the copy of the Bill, notice of Second Heading, and of the usual orders of this House on the said Daniel Augustine Donovan may be dispensed with, and that an affidavit of a representative of the said Messrs. Lawrence Jones and Company, carrying on business at Cape Coast Castle, of such personal service sworn before a District Commissioner of the Gold Coast may be deemed to be good and sufficient proof of such service. Presented, and ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday next.

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 not been complied with:—Malvern Water.

The same was ordered to lie on the Table.