Lords Sitting of 14 April 1908

COMMISSION.
The following Bills received the Royal Assent:—Army (Annual); Herne Bay Pier.
The Lord Hemphill—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill [H.L.] (No. 48).—A Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the county borough of Belfast and the urban district of Letter-kenny; And
Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 4) Bill [H.L.] (No. 49).—A Bill to confirm a certain Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the rural district of Rathdown (No. 1).
Were presented by the Lord Colebrooke (for the Lord Denman); read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.
Derby Gas Bill; London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Bill [H.L.].—Reported, with Amendments.
Tramways Order Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [H.L.].—Reported, with Amendments, and recommitted to a Committee of the Whole House.
Standing Orders Committee.—Report from, that the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Alliance and other Assurance and Insurance Companies Bill [H.L.] ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed.
And that the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the petition for an additional provision in the Wath-upon-Dearne Urban District Council Gas Bill [H.L.] ought to be dispensed with, and
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leave given to the Committee on the Bill to insert the additional provision.
Read, and agreed to.

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
  CANCER RESEARCH (COLONIES).
  Further correspondence relating to the Cancer Research Scheme (in continuation of [Cd. 2818], February, 1906.
  Correspondence relating to the Transvaal Indentured Labour Laws Temporary Continuance Act, 1907.

  TREATY SERIES.
  No. 8. (1908) Supplementary Agreement between the United Kingdom and Germany respecting commercial travelers' samples; signed at Berlin, 10th March, 1908.
  No. 9. (1908) Accession of Spain to the declaration respecting maritime law; signed at Paris, 16th April, 1856, 18th January, 1898.
  Turkey, No. 2. (1908) Further correspondence respecting proposals by His Majesty's Government for reforms in Macedonia (in continuation of "Turkey, No. 1. (1908)," [Cd. 3958].).

  TRADE REPORTS: ANNUAL SERIES.
  No. 3969. United States.
  No. 3970. Persia (Provinces of Seistan and Kain).

  MISCELLANEOUS.
  No. 667. Brazil (Mining Industry in the State of Minas Geraes).

  BOARD OF EDUCATION.
  Statement showing the cases in which the Board of Education have received applications from local education authorities for special grants for the building of new public elementary schools, and the stage which each case had reached on 31st March, 1908.
  Regulations for secondary schools (in force from 1st August, 1908, in

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  England, excluding Wales and Monmouthshire).
  Regulations for the preliminary education of elementary school teachers: (1) Pupil teacher regulations; (2) Bursary regulations;(3) Student teacher regulations (in force from 1st August, 1908, in England, excluding Wales and Monmouthshire).

  EDUCATION (SCOTLAND).
  (Northern and Highland Divisions). General Report for the year 1907.
  Regulations for the preliminary education, training, and certification of teachers for various grades of schools, 1908.

  ARMY.
  Return showing the establishment of each unit of Militia in the United Kingdom, and the numbers present, absent, and wanting to complete at the training of 1907 (in continuation of [Cd. 3364.], of Session 1907).
  JUDICIAL STATISTICS (ENGLAND AND WALES), 1906 (PART II. CIVIL JUDICIAL STATISTICS).
  Statistics relating to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the House of Lords, the Supreme Court of Judicature, County Courts, and other Civil Courts, edited by Sir John Macdonnell, C.B., L.L.D., a Master of the Supreme Court.
  ROYAL OBSERVATORY (EDINBURGH).
  Eighteenth Annual Report of the Astronomer-Royal for Scotland.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND).
  Return of the areas, population, and valuation of counties, burghs, and parishes in Scotland.
  AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR IRELAND (DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON IRISH FORESTRY).
  Report. Minutes of evidence, appendix, and index.
  IRISH LAND COMMISSION.
  Return of advances made under the Irish Land Act, 1903, during the month of April, 1907.
  COST OF LIVING IN GERMAN TOWNS.
  Report of an inquiry by the Board of Trade into working class rents, housing and retail prices, together with rates of wages in certain occupations in the principal industrial towns of the German Empire; with an introductory memorandum, and a comparison of conditions in Germany and the United Kingdom.

  Twelfth Report of the Royal Commission on Horse Breeding.
  Presented (by command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT. 1889.
  Annual Report on the state of the finances of the University of St. Andrew's under the provisions of Section 30 of the Act, for the year 1906–1907.
  Annual Statistical Report by the University Court of the University of St. Andrew's to the Secretary for Scotland, under the provisions of Section 30 of the Act, for the year 1906–1907.

  LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
  Statements of accounts, and of life assurance and annuity business, and abstracts of actuarial reports deposited with the Board of Trade, under Section 10 of "The Life Assurance Companies. Act," 1870, during the year ended 31st December, 1908.
  IRISH LAND PURCHASE FUND (ACCOUNTS, 1906–1907).
  Accounts of receipts and payments by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt in respect of the capital and income of the Irish Land Purchase Fund, in the year ended 31st March, 1907, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General thereon.

  INDIA (LOANS RAISED IN ENGLAND).
  Return of all loans raised in England under the provisions of any Acts of Parliament, chargeable on the revenues of India, outstanding at the commencement of the half-year ended 31st March, 1908, with the rates of interest and, total amount payable thereon, and the date of the termination of each loan, the

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  debt incurred during the half-year, the moneys raised thereby during the half-year, the loans paid off or discharged during the half-year, and the loans outstanding at the close of the half-year; stating, so far as the public convenience will allow, the purpose or service for which moneys have been raised during the half-year.

  NAVAL SAVINGS BANKS.
  Account of deposits in Naval Savings Banks and the payments thereof, and of interest thereon, of all investments under the Naval Savings Banks Act, 1866, and the application of the interest or dividends accruing in respect thereof, and of the proceeds of any sale of any stocks, annuities, or securities during the financial year 1906–1907.
  MERCHANT SHIPPING (MERCANTILE MARINE FUND) ACT, 1898.
  Draft Order in Council altering the exemptions in the Second Schedule to the Act, by adding thereto sailing yachts not registered in the British islands which came into territorial waters adjacent to the United Kingdom with the sole object of taking part in yacht racing.
  EGYPTIAN GUARANTEED LOAN OF 1885.
  Account up to 31st March, 1908.

  GREEK LOAN OF 1898.
  Account up to 31st March, 1908.
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1899.
  Report from the Committee of Selection, that the following Lords be proposed to the House as the panel of Lords to act as Commissioners under the Act, viz.:—

  L. Saye and Sele;

  L. Bowes (E. Strathmore and Kinghorn);

  agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly.
  House adjourned at five minutes past Three o'clock, to Tuesday, the 5th of May next, at a quarter past Four o'clock.