§ 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:—Metropolitan Electric Tramways [H.L.]; Interoceanic Railway of Mexico [H.L.]; London (Westminster and Kensington) Electric Supply Companies [H.L.]; North British and Mercantile Insurance Company [H.L.].
§ Also the Certificates that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have not been complied with:—Camborne Water; Margate Corporation—(Petition for additional Provision).
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Rochester Bridge Bill [H.L.].—Report from His Majesty s Attorney-General received, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Swansea Valley Gas Bill [H.L.]; Llanelly Gas Bill [H.L.]; Crystal Palace Company Bill [H.L.]; Rhymney Railway Bill [H.L.]; Taff Vale Railway Bill [H.L.]; Great Western Railway Bill [H.L.]; Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Bill [H.L.]; London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Bill [H.L.]; Thames River Steamboat Service Act, 1904 (Amendment) Bill [H.L.].—Report from the Committee of selection, That the Earl of Eldon be proposed to the House as a Member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Earl of Cranbrook; read, and agreed to.
§ Audenshaw and Saddleworth Urban District Councils Bill [H.L.]; Briton Ferry Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]; Merthyr Tydfil Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Skegness Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]; Pontypridd Water Bill [H.L.]; Great Northern, Piccadilly, and Brompton Railway Bill [H.L.]; Metropolitan 290 District Railway Bill [H.L.]; South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Bill [H.L.].—Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills, viz.:—
- E. Fitzwilliam,
- L. Clinton (chairman),
- L. Dormer,
- L. Saltoun,
- L. Ritchie of Dundee;