§ 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:—Borax Consolidated [H.L.]; Colne Valley Water [H.L.]; Folkestone, Sandgate, and Hythe Tramways [H.L.]; Manchester Ship Canal (Bridgewater Canal) [H.L.]; Manchester Ship Canal (Various Powers); [H.L.]; Metropolitan Railway (Pension Fund) [H.L.]; North British Railway [H.L.]; Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation [H.L.]; Oxford and District Tramways [H.L.]; Portishead District Water [H.L.]; Royal Insurance Company [H.L.]; Staveley Coal and Iron Company [H.L.]; West Yorkshire Tramways [H.L.]; Medway Lower Navigation [H.L.]; Newquay and District Water [H.L.]; Southend Water [H.L.]; West Riding Tramways [H.L.]; Wisbech Water [H.L.].
§ Also the Certificate that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill:—Baines' Name—(Petition for Bill).
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Galwey's Divorce Bill [H.L.]. A witness ordered to attend on the Second Reading of the Bill.
§ Midland Railway (West Riding Lines) Abandonment Bill [H.L.]. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. Ordered that the Bill be not further proceeded with.
§ Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, and Dukinfield (District) Waterworks Bill [H.L.]; Birkenhead Corporation Water Bill [H.L.]; Birmingham Corporation Bill 1218 [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Birmingham Corporation Water Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Broadstairs and St. Peter's Urban District Water Bill [H.L.]; Burnham (Somerset) Pier Bill [H.L.]; Coventry Corporation Water Bill [H.L.]; Devonport Corporation Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Harrison's Patent Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Heywood and Middleton Water Board Bill [H.L.]; Humber Conservancy Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Kensington Borough Council (Superannuation) Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Manchester Corporation Tramways Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Merthyr Tydfil Stipendiary Justice Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a and committed.
§ Middlesbrough Corporation Bill [H.L.];Pontypridd Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ St. Neot's Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Selsey Water and Gas Bill [H.L.]. To be read 2a, To-morrow.
§ Society of Apothecaries of London Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Southend-on-Sea Corporation Bill [H.L.];Southport, Birkdale, and West Lancashire Water Board Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
1219§ Tees Conservancy Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a and committed.
§ Tees Valley Water (Consolidation) Bill [H.L.]; Tyne Improvement Bill [H.L.]; Tynemouth Corporation (Water) Bill [H.L.]; Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Sewerage Board Bill [H.L.]. Read 2aand committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ North British Railway Bill [H.L.]. Moved, that leave be given to present a petition of the promoters of the Buckhaven Dock Provisional Order praying to be heard by Counsel against the North British Railway Bill; agreed to.