§ Huddersfield Corporation Bill. Report from His Majesty's Attorney-General received, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ 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 been complied with: Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (Devon, &c.) [H.L.]
§ The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Standing Orders Committee—Report from, that the Standing Orders not complied with in respect to the petition for additional provision in the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company Bill [H.L.] ought to be dispensed with and leave given to the Committee on the Bill to insert the additional provision.
§ Read, and agreed to.
§ Mullingar, Kells, and Drogheda Railway Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Select Committee, That it is not expedient to proceed further with the Bill; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Crellin's Patents Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a.
§ Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Railway Companies Bill [H.L.]; Hull and Barnsley Railway (Steam Vessels) Bill [H.L.]; Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Havana United Railways and Regla Warehouses Bill [H.L.]; Cambrian Railways Bill [H.L.] Great Northern (Ireland) and Midland Railways Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ North Metropolitan Tramways Bill. Read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
98§ Municipal Corporations Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill. Brought from the Commons.
§ Antofagasta (Chili) and Bolivia Railway Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill. Read 1a; to be printed, and referred to the Examiners. (No. 84.)