§ 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: North East London Railway; Hackney Electricity.
§ Also the Certificate that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill: Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 7).
§ And also the Certificates that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with: Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders 2 (No. 2); Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 3).; Local Government Provisional Orders (Gas).
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Pontefract Corporation Bill. Report from His Majesty's Attorney-General received, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Folkestone, Sandgate, and Hythe Tramways (No. 2) Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Sutton, Southcoates, and Drypool Gas Bill. Reported, with an Amendment.
§ Ritz Hotel Bill [H.L.]. Reported, with Amendments.
§ Macclesfield and District Tramways Bill. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The orders made on the 10th and 29th May last discharged, and Bill committed.
3§ North East London Railway Bill; Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Bill; Lancashire Electric Power Bill; St. Pancras Electricity Bill; Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Bill; Metropolitan District Railway Bill; Kettering Water Bill; Middlesex County Council (General Powers) Bill; North West London Railway Bill; Bristol Corporation Bill. Read 2a.
§ Derby Gas Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Pontefract Corporation Bill. Read 2a, and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Gas Bill; Cheltenham Gas Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Edinburgh Corporation Bill. Read 2a, and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Metropolitan Railway Bill; South Suburban Gas Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Hackney Electricity Bill. Read 2a.
§ Corporation of London (Blackfriars and other Bridges) Bill. Standing Order No. 93 considered (according to order), and dispensed with, with respect to a Petition of the Metropolitan Water Board. Leave given to present the said Petition.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill. Brought from the Commons.
§ Scottish Provident Institution Buildings Bill [H. L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to.
§ Sea Fisheries Provisional Order Bill; Land Drainage Provisional Order Bill. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next.
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill. Read 2a (according to order).
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill; Local Government Pro- 4 visional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill; Local Government Provisional Order (No. 6) Bill. Read 2a (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next.
§ Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (Gas) Bill. Read 2a (according to order).
§ Local Government Provisional Order (Poor Law) Bill. Read 2a (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill (No. 128); Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill (No. 129). Read 1a to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.