Lords Sitting of 1 August 1908

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
  BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.
  Report of procedings at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of Representatives of Authorities under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act, 1888.
  DENMARK (NEW CUSTOMS TARIFF).
  Translation of the law establishing a new customs tariff for Denmark, with comparison, as far as possible, of the rates of customs duty contained in the new tariff with the rates at present in force and the English equivalents of both.
  STATISTICS.
  Statistical Abstract for the principal and other foreign countries in each year from 1896 to 1905–1906 (as far as particulars can be stated). Thirty-Fourth Number.
  TRADE.
  Annual statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions, 1907. Supplement to Volumes I. and II. Abstract and detailed tables showing countries of consignment of imports and countries of ultimate destination of exports; with a prefatory memorandum.

  BOARD OF EDUCATION.
  Outline of the successive legislative and administrative conditions affecting the relation of the Board of Education to Agricultural Education.
  Presented (by Command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
  Standing Order No. XXXIX considered (according to order), and suspended for this day's sitting.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
Commons Regulations (Towyn Trewan) Provisional Order Bill: Moved, that Standing Order No. 102B be dispensed
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with (The Lord Steward (E. Beauchamp) (for the Earl Carrington)); agreed to; Committee negatived. Then (Standing Order No. XXXIX. having been suspended); Bill read 3a, and passed.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL.
Returned from the Commons with the Amendments, agreed to.

CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIA TION) BILL.
Brought from the Commons. Read 1a: Then (Standing Order No. XXXIX. having been suspended), Bill read 2a (The Lord Steward (E. Beauchamp)): Committee negatived; Bill read 3a, and passed.
House adjourned during pleasure.
House resumed.

COMMISSION.
The following Bills received the Royal Assent:

1. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation).

2. Finance.

3. Patents and Designs.

4. Fatal Accidents (Damages) (No. 2.).

5. Police (Superannuation).

6. Public Health (Markets in Rural Districts).

7. Post Office Savings Bank.

8. Tobacco Growing (Scotland).

9. Wild Birds.

10. Companies.

11. Polling Districts (County Councils).

12. Polling Arrangements (Parliamentary Boroughs).

13. Cran Measures.

14. Evicted Tenants (Ireland).

15. Agricultural Holdings.

16. Public Works Loans.

17. Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland).

18. Small Holdings and Allotments.

19. Bee Pest (Ireland).

20. Friendly Societies.

21. Naval Marriages.

22. Expiring Law Continuance.

23. Old-Age Pensions.

24. Isle of Man (Customs Duties).

25. Seed Potatoes and Seed Oats Supply (Ireland).

26. Naval Lands (Volunteers).

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27. Whale Fisheries (Ireland).

28. Cost in Criminal Cases.

29. Married Women's Property.

30. Polling Districts and Registration of Voters (Ireland).

31. University of Durham.

32. Grand Jury (Ireland) Act, 1836, Amendment.

33. Registration.

34. Coroners (Ireland).

35. Endowed Schools (Masters).

36. Irish Universities.

37. Telegraph (Construction).

38. Public Offices Sites (Extension).

39. Ayr Corporation Tramways Order Confirmation.

40 Buckie Burgh and Buckie (Cluny) Harbour Order Confirmation.

41. Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 1).

42. Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 2).

43. Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 3).

44. Lanarkshire Tramways Order Confirmation.

45. Lanarkshire (Middle Ward District) Water Order Confirmation.

46. Paisley District Tramways Order Confirmation.

47. Land Drainage Provisional Order.

48. Metropolitan Commons Provisional Order.

49. Troon (Loch Bradan) Water Order Confirmation.

50. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 1).

51. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 2).

52. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 3).

53. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 4).

54. Galashiels Drainage and Burgh Extension Order Confirmation.

55. Falkirk and District Water Order Confirmation.

56. Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (London).

57. Glasgow and South Western Railway Order Confirmation.

58. Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 2).

59. Gas and Water Orders Confirmation.

60. Gas Orders Confirmation.

61. Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 1).

62. Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 2).

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63. Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 3).

64. Lanark Corporation (Extension of Boundaries, &c.) Order Confirmation.

65. Marriages Provisional Order.

66. Usk Fisheries Provisional Order Confirmation.

67. Wye Fisheries Provisional Order.

68. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1).

69. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2).

70. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 4).

71. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5).

72. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 6).

73. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 7.)

74. Local Government Provisional Order (No. 8).

75. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 9).

76. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 10).

77. Local Government Provisional Order (No. 11).

78. Edinburgh and District Water Order Confirmation.

79. Commons Regulations (Towyn Trewan) Provisional Order.

80. Conway and Colwyn Bay Joint Water Board.

81. Lincoln Corporation.

82. North Eastern Railway.

83. North East London Railway.

84. Bury and District Joint Water Board.

85. Draycott Gas.

86. Cardiff Railway.

87. King's College London (Transfer).

88. Audenshaw Urban District Council.

89. Tawe Valley Gas.

90. Bristol Tramways.

91. Cambrian Railways.

92. North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.

93. Upton Town Hall.

94. Blaydon and Ryton Water (Transfer).

95. Bromley and Grays Gas.

96. Stockport Corporation.

97. Humber Commercial Railway and Dock.

98. Southwell District Gas.

99. Louth and East Coast Railway (Transfer).

100. Seaham Harbour Dock.

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101. Camborne Water.

102. Briton Ferry Urban District Council.

103. Bristol Corporation.

104. Leicester Corporation.

105. Rochester Bridge.

106. Doncaster Corporation.

107. Motherwell Burgh Extension, &c

108. Swinton and Mexbrough Gas.

109. Merthyr Tydfil Corporation.

110. Garw and Ogmore Gas.

111. Barry Railway.

112. Metropolitan District Railway.

113. Taff Vale Railway.

114. Northern Assurance Company.

115. Commercial Union Assurance Company.

116. Leeds Corporation.

117. Pontypridd Water.

118. Bognor Gas Light and Coke Company.

119. South Wales Electrical Power Distribution.

120. Aire and Calder Navigation.

121. Glyncorrwg Urban District Council.

122. Wishaw Burgh Electricty, etc.

123. Wolverhampton Corporation.

124. Finchley Urban District Council.

125. Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester, and Midland Junction Railway, Evesham, Redditch, and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway, and East and West Junction Railway (Amalgamation).

126. London County Council (Tramways and Improvements).

127. London County Council (Money).

128. Macclesfield and District Tramways (Abandonment).

129. Honourable Artillery Company.

130. Leith Burgh.

131. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.

132. Liverpool Corporation (General Powers).

133. Tyne Improvement.

134. Widnes Corporation.

135. Margate Corporation.

136. Manchester Corporation.

137. Burnley Corporation.

138. Ammanford Urban District Council Water.

139. Metropolitan Electric Tramways.

140. Rhymney and Aber Valleys Gas And Water.

141. Wath and Bolton Gas Board.

142. South West Surburban Water.

143. Blackburn Corporation.

144. Keighley Corporation.

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145. Great Northern, Piccadilly, and Brompton Railway.

146. Thames River Steamboat Service Act 1904 (Amendment).

147. Holderness Water.

148. London United Tramways.

140. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways (No. 2).

150. Sligo and Arigna Railway.

151. Criccieth Water and Improvement.

152. Padiham Urban District Council.

153. Central Ireland Electric Power.

154. Gosport Gas.

155. London County Council (General Powers).

156. Ravensthorpe Urban District Council.

157. Crystal Palace Company.

158. River Wandle Protection.

159. Dover Graving Docks.

160. Tollemache Estate.

House adjourned at twenty minutes past Twelve o'clock, to Monday, the 12th of October next, a quarter past Four o'clock.