§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—Rotherham, Maltby, and Laughton Railway; London United Tramways (Extension of Time).
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Metropolitan and Great Central Railway Companies Bill [H.L.]. Leave given to the Select Committee to continue sitting in the absence of the Lord Monk Bretton.
§ Whitby Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]. The King's consent signified; and Bill reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Bangor (County Down) Water and Improvement Bill [H.L.]. The King's consent signified; and Bill reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Mansfield Corporation Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Metropolitan and Great Central Railway Companies Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Sandgate Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]. Leave given to the Select Committee not to sit To-morrow till Two o'clock.
§ Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Wellingborough and District Tramroads and Electricity Supply Bill [H.L.]; Acton Sewage Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Cloncurry be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord 918 Ranfurly (E. Ranfurly); read, and agreed to.
§ Southport, Birkdale, and West Lancashire Water Board Bill [H.L.]; Formby Township Bill [H.L.]; Humber Conservancy Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Viscount Clifden be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Monk Bretton; read, and agreed to.
§ Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Bill; Edgware and Hampstead Railway Bill; Charing Cross, Euston, and Hampstead Railway Bill; Andover Lighting and Power Bill. Read 2a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Weaver Navigation Bill [H.L.]; Leven's Patent Bill [H.L.]; Darien Gold Mining Company Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Epping Bas Bill. Read 3a, and passed.
§ Loughborough Corporation Bill; Norwich Union Life Insurance Society Bill; Great Eastern Railway Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Higham and Hundred of Hoo Water Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendment, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 2) Bill. Brought from the Commons.
§ Highland Railway Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
§ Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bill [H.L.]; Metropolitan District Railway Bill [H.L.]; Orphan Working School and Alexandra Orphanage Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments.
§ Formby Township Bill [H.L.]; Humber Conservancy Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Viscount Hill and the Lord Clinton be 919 proposed to the House as members of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Viscount Clifden and the Viscount Ridley; read, and agreed to.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 2) Bill. Read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners. (No. 84.)