§ 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: —; Huddersfield Corporation; Carlisle Corporation; Todmorden Corporation; Great Eastern Railway; Bacup Corporation; Cardiff Gas; North East Lincolnshire Water; Thornton Urban District Gas; New Mills Urban District Council; Uxbridge Gas.
§ The same were ordered to lie on the is Table.
§ Shrewsbury Corporation Water Bill; Poole Corporation Water Bill. The order of Tuesday last referring the Examiners' Certificate of non-compliance with the Standing Orders to the Standing Orders Committee, discharged.
§ Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Bury Corporation Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Buenos Ayres Grand National Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Electric Supply) Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The orders made on the 12th of March and 3rd of April last, discharged, and Bill committed.
§ County of Durham Electric Power Supply Bill [H.L.]. Report from the 826 Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The orders made on the 12th of March and 3rd of April last, discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Newport Harbour Commissioners Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The orders made on the 19th of March and the 3rd of April last, discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Watford Gas Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Penllwyn Railway and Road Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Gas Companies (Removal of Sulphur Restrictions) Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
§ Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London, No. 1.) Bill [H.L.]; Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (Kesteven, etc.) Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order).