§ 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—Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 2)[H.L.].
§ Also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with— London County Council (Money).
§ The same wore ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Standing Orders Committee—Report from, that the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Great Central Railway Bill ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed.
§ Read, and agreed to.
§ Killery's Divorce Bill [H.L.]. A witness ordered to attend on the Second Reading of the Bill.
§ Pasley Children Legitimisation Bill [H.L.]. Reported, with Amendments.
§ Grays and Tilbury Gas Bill. Reported, without Amendment.
§ Brighouse Corporation Bill. Reported, with Amendments.
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill [H.L.]. Reported, with Amendments, and committed to Committee of the Whole House on Wednesday next.
§ Broadstairs and St. Peter's Urban District Water 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Committee, that the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to 66 lie on the Table: The orders made on the 25th of February last and the 4th instant discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Rawtenstall Corporation Bill. Read 2aand committed.
§ Merthyr Tydfil Stipendiary Justice Bill [H.L.]; Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, and Thornaby Tramways Bill [H.L.].Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Port Talbot Railway and Docks Bill. Read 3a, and passed.
§ Advertisements Regulation Bill; Clyde Navigation Order Confirmation Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill. Brought from the Commons.
§ Manchester Ship Canal (Various Powers) Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments. The said Amendments considered, and agreed to.
§ Shanklin Gas Bill; South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill. Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
§ Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills—Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 72 and 82 be suspended for the remainder of the session.
§ Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London, No. 2) Bill [H.L.]; Pier and Harbour Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]; Gas and Water Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a (according to order) and passed, and sent to the Commons.