Sitting of 7 September 1880

Preamble
The House met at half after One of the clock.

CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS-GLOUCESTER CITY ELECTION.
Queen's Answer to Address reported, as follows:—
"I have received the joint Address of the two Souses of Parliament with reference to the Report made by the Judge selected to try a Petition in respect of the Election and Return for the City of Gloucester.
"And I have given directions accordingly for the appointment of the gentlemen named in the Address to be Commissioners for the purpose of making the inquiry prayed for."
And the same Answer, mutatis mutandis, to the several Addresses in respect of the Elections for Canterbury, Chester City, Macclesfield, Knaresborough, Boston, Oxford, and Sandwich.

QUESTIONS.

  IRELAND—POLICE PROTECTION.
  MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is aware that four constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary have been, for a considerable period, and are at the present time kept in continual attendance on one John Carr, a
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  member of the Orange Society, and an employe of Colonel Cooper, Lieutenant of the County Sligo; whether the said John Carr is the same person who was tried at last Spring Assizes in Sligo on a charge of shooting a young man named Kelly, a Catholic, and who admitted on his trial that he had fired the shot which wounded Kelly; and, why, and at whose instance, this person has been attended by a suite of armed constables, and how long the Government propose to continue to employ this detachment of Constabulary in this duty; and, also, if he can give any information as to when the extra police force will be removed from districts in Sligo?
  MR. W. E. FORSTER,in reply, said, that the extra police force in the district of Sligo would be removed when that could be done consistently with the safety of the district. He had sent to Ireland for information with regard to the case of Carr; but it had not yet been supplied. All he could say was that he would take care that no person would receive what was called personal protection unless his life was considered in danger. If it was in danger, whoever he might be, he ought to have that protection. He would inquire into the matter; and neither in this case nor in any other should any extra Constabulary be kept longer than was necessary.

  PARTY PROCESSIONS—HOME RULE RIOTS IN GLASGOW.
  MR. BIGGARasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is the fact that, in connection with the riots at Glasgow on the 14th August, twenty-six Catholics and five Protestants were arrested by the Police, that at the Police Courts all the Catholics were convicted and sentenced to fine or imprisonment, and all the Protestants acquitted and discharged, while the charges against the Protestants were sworn to by the Police as positively as the charges against the Catholics; whether, in particular, it is the fact, in the case of James Findlay (Protestant) and Kennett McLennan (Protestant) the Police swore they were caught "red-handed," the former "striking freely all round in the middle of the procession," the latter violently attempting to rescue a prisoner, and yet both men, although bringing forward no exculpatory evidence whatever, were dis-

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  charged from the bar, the magistrate finding the charges against them "not proven;" and, whether, under the circumstances, he will order a public inquiry?
  SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT: I have received a further communication from the Procurator Fiscal of Glasgow in reference to this matter; and I may say there has been so much contradictory testimony that I do not think it will be of any advantage that I should enter at present upon the matter. I have, therefore, placed the matter in the hands of the Lord Advocate.

  UNITED STATES—AGRICULTURE— RUSSIAN REPORT.
  MR. POTTER (in the absence of Mr. W. CARTWRIGHT)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he has any knowledge of a Report made on the agricultural productiveness of the United States by Commissioners who were sent out to America by the Russian Government; and, if such a Report does exist, whether he would take steps to obtain a Copy, and to have it presented to Parliament?
  SIR CHARLES W. DILKE: No information respecting the Commission referred to by my hon. Friend has been received by Her Majesty's Government; but Lord Dufferin will be instructed to make inquiries and send home a copy of any Report which may have appeared on the subject.

  CUTTING SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHIC CABLES.
  MR. C. M'LAREN (for Mr. CAINE)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the attention of the Government has been called to the cutting, by the Chilian authorities, of the submarine telegraphic cables laid by the West Coast of America Telegraph Company on the coast of Peru, the neutrality of which cables had been declared; and, whether any steps have been taken to bring the matter under the notice of the Chilian Government?
  SIR CHARLES W. DILKE: The attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to this matter by the Company, who have been requested to supply further information, on receipt of
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  which Her Majesty's Government will consider whether they can properly make an official representation to the Chilian Government. Her Majesty's Government will inquire as to the fact of the neutrality of the cables having been declared.

  ATTACK ON THE STEAM SHIP"KHALIFET."
  MR. ARTHUR ARNOLDasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to the reported recent attack upon the steam ship Khalifet in the Tigris; and what steps are likely to be taken in the matter?
  SIR CHARLES W. DILKE: I have already stated to the House that information has been received by Her Majesty's Government on the subject to which the Question refers. A despatch recently received from Her Majesty's Consul General at Bagdad states that a military force had been despatched by the Governor General against the Arab tribe which attacked the Khalifet, and it was hoped that the steps taken would very shortly result in the suppression of the revolt and the punishment of the guilty parties.

  POOR LAW—TRANSFER OF PAUPER LUNATICS FROM INDIA.
  SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Secretary of State for India a Question of which he had given him private Notice—namely, If he can state what course is likely to be taken with respect to the sending from India lunatics, who are landed at Portsmouth and are chargeable on the local unions?
  THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON, in reply, said, there had been a good deal of Correspondence on the subject; and the conclusion he had arrived at was to the effect that the matter was more one for the attention of the War Office than of the India Office. He would be very glad to show the hon. Member the Correspondence; and before next Session he would consider whether he would lay it on the Table.

IRELAND—ARMAGH LUNATIC ASYLUM.
MR. SEXTON (for Mr. DAWSON)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu-

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tenant of Ireland, Whether he will now produce Copies of the Petition of Mr. John Lyons with reference to the contract for supplying milk to the Armagh Lunatic Asylum, and of the Report of Dr. Nugent on the inquiry recently held by him as to illegal and fraudulent tampering with tenders in the office of the Asylum; whether he will state if any and what decision has been come to by the Government; and, whether the inquiry held by Dr. Nugent was a sworn inquiry, and steps were taken to compel the attendance of witnesses needful in the case?
MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, he had not received the Report referred to; but he would inquire into the matter.

PROROGATION OF THE PARLIAMENT.
Message to attend The LORDS COMMISSIONERS: —
The House went;—and a Royal Commission to that purpose having been
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read, the Royal Assent was given to several Bills.
And afterwards Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech was delivered to both Houses of Parliament by the Lord High Chancellor (in pursuance of Her Majesty's Command).
Then a Commission for proroguing the Parliament was road.
After which,
THE LORD CHANCELLOR THE LORD CHANCELLOR said—
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
By virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, under the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now read, we do, in Her Majesty's Name, and in obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this Parliament to Wednesday the twenty-fourth day of November next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Wednesday the twenty-fourth day of November next.

A TABLE OF ALL THE STATUTES
PASSED IN THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
49 & 44 VICTORIA.—A.D. 1880.

A TABLE OF ALL THE STATUTES

  PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.
  1 AN Act to appoint Public Works Loan Commissioners; to grant Money for the purpose of Loans by the Public Works Loan Commissioners and the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland; and for other purposes relating to Loans by those Commissioners.
  2. An Act to amend the Glebe Loan Acts (Ireland).
  3. An Act to apply the sum of Four million nine hundred and twenty-five thousand three hundred and twenty pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
  4. An Act to provide for the appointment of Judicial Factors in Sheriff Courts in Scotland.
  5. An Act to make provision for borrowing in respect of certain County Bridges.
  6. An Act to amend the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act, 1868.
  7. An Act to extend the Union Assessment Committee Acts to single parishes under separate Boards of Guardians.
  8. An Act to provide for the raising of Loans on behalf of the Isle of Man.
  9. An Act to remove doubts as to the meaning of Expressions relative to Time occurring in Acts of Parliament, deeds, and other legal instruments.
  10. An Act to amend the Law respecting the manner of passing Grants under the Great Seal, and respecting Officers connected therewith.
  11. An Act to authorise the Extension and further Limitation of the Tenures of certain University and College Emoluments limited or to be limited by Orders of the Oxford and Cambridge Commissioners.
  12. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts, and to repeal certain other Turnpike Acts; and for other purposes connected therewith.
  13. An Act to amend the Law in Ireland relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths.
  14. An Act to amend the Relief of Distress (Ireland) Act, 1880; and for other purposes relating thereto.
  15. An Act further to amend the Industrial Schools Act, 1866, and the Industrial Schools Act (Ireland), 1868.
  16. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Payment of Wages and Rating of Merchant Seamen.
  17. An Act to make provision for Holidays in the Customs and Inland Revenue Offices in Scotland.
  18. An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.
  19. An Act to consolidate Enactments relating to certain Taxes and Duties under the management of the Board of Inland Revenue.
  20. An Act to repeal the Duties on Malt, to grant and alter certain duties of Inland Revenue, and to amend the Laws in relation to certain other duties.
  21. An Act to raise the sum of One million five hundred thousand pounds by Exchequer Bonds, Exchequer Bills, or Treasury Bills, for the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
  22. An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, so far as regards certain Fees and Expenses and sums receivable and payable by the Board of Trade.
  23. An Act to make further provision as to Byelaws respecting the attendance, of Children at School under the Elementary Education Acts.
  24. An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Manufacture and Sale of Spirits.
  25. An Act for further amending the Acts relating to the raising of Money by the Metropolitan Board of Works; and for other purposes relating thereto.
  26. An Act to extend to Scotland the Facilities for effecting Policies of Assurance for the Benefit of Married Women and Children now in force in England and Ireland.
  27 An Act to amend the Law relating to the powers of Drainage Boards in Ireland to construct Works outside the limits of their Districts.
  28. An Act for taking the Census in Ireland.
  29. An Act to amend the Courts of Justice Building Act, 1865.
  30. An Act to apply the sum of Ten million eight hundred and eighteen thousand two hundred and seventy-four pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
  31. An Act to amend the Railways Construction Facilities Act, 1864.
  32. An Act to render valid certain Orders in Bastardy.
  33. An Act relating to Post Office Money Orders.
  34. An Act to abolish Imprisonment for Debt, and to provide for the better Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors in Scotland; and for other purposes.
  35. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Protection of Wild Birds.
  36. An Act to amend the Savings Banks Acts.
  37. An Act for taking the Census of England.
  38. An Act for taking the Census of Scotland.
  39. An Act to confer jurisdiction in Lunacy upon the County Courts in Ireland in certain cases.
  40. An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
  41. An Act to amend the Burial Laws.
  42. An Act to extend and regulate the Liability of Employers to make Compensation for Personal Injuries suffered by Workmen in their service.
  43. An Act to provide for the safe carriage of Grain Cargoes by Merchant Shipping.
  44. An Act to explain and amend Sections Seven, Thirteen, and Fourteen of the Relief of Distress (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1880.
  45. An Act to amend the Criminal Law as to Indecent Assaults on Young Persons.
  46. An Act to amend the Universities and College Estates Act, 1858.
  47. An Act for the better protection of Occupiers of Land against injury to their Crops from Ground Game.
  48. An Act to continue various expiring Laws.
  The Acts contained in the following List, being PUBLIC ACTS of a Local Character, are placed amongst the LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS.
  iii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same.
  xxxiii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the Provisions of the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, and the Public Health Act, 1875, relating to the Borough of Conway.
  xxxiv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, relating to the county of Salop.
  xxxv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same.
  xxxvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Abingdon and Beverley, the Local Government District of Briton Ferry, the Borough of Burnley, the Local Government District of Buxton, the Borough of Cardigan, the Town of Hove, the City of Manchester, the Improvement Act District of Middleton and Tonge, the Boroughs of Newbury and Southport, the Improvement Act District of West Hartlepool, and the Local Government District of Wirksworth.
  xxxvii. An Act to confirm a Scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866, and the Metropolitan Commons Amendment Act, 1869, relating to Staines Commons.
  xxxviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the town of Ballinasloe; and to the Ballymacormick Burial Ground; and to the towns of Clonmel and Tralee; and to Waterworks in the town of Wicklow.
  xxxix. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862, relating to the Burgh of Broughty Ferry.
  xl. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the towns of Banbridge, Monaghan, Thurles, and Trim, and to Waterworks in the town of Kinsale, and to the Skule Bog United District.
  lviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Improvement Act District of Abergavenny (two), the Local Government Districts of Baldock, Bredbury, Bromsgrove, Cuckfield, and Ebbw Vale, the Hanley, Stoke, and Fenton Joint Hospital District, the Local Government District of Heckmond-wike, the Borough of Pembroke, and the Local Government Districts of Swindon New Town and Withington.
  lix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Rural Sanitary Districts of the Amersham, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Basford Unions, the Borough of Chard, the Local Government District of Croydon, the Borough of Cheltenham, the Rural Sanitary District of the Hen-don Union, the Local Government Districts of Hornsey and Leyton, the City of Lincoln, the Borough of Plymouth, the Local Government District of Redditch, the Rural Sanitary District of the Shardlow Union, and the Local Board of Health District of Woolwich.
  lx. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867, relating to the City of Canterbury, and an Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876, as amended and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the parishes of Bepton, Chithurst, Farnhurst, Iping, Kirdford, Linch, Linchmere, Lodsworth, Lurgashall, Selham, Stedham, Terwick, Trotton, and Woolbeding, and to the Tything of North Amersham.
  lxi. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Chew Magna Gas, Garstang Gas, Halstead Gas, Harrogate Gas, Holywell Gas, Long Eaton Gas, Trowbridge Gas, Broadstairs Water, East Blatchington and Seaford Water, Gisborough Water, Harrogate Water, LutAon Water, Newhaven and Denton Water, Norwood (Middlesex) Water, and Pwllheli Water.
  lxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government District of Ashford, the Improvement Act District of Bournemouth, the Urban Sanitary District of Folkestone, the Local Government Districts of llfracombe and Mirfield, the Rural Sanitary District of the Reigate Union, and the Port of Wisbech.
  lxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to a new Street in Dublin, and to Waterworks in the town of Fermoy.
  lxiv. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of certain Lands known as Abbotside Common, situate in the parish of Aysgarth, in the county of York, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  Ixxxi. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of certain Lands known as Clent Hill Common, situate in the parish of Clent, in the county of Worcester, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  lxxxii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Land Drainage Act, 1861, relating to Frodsham and Helsby Improvements, situated in the parish of Frodsham, in the county of Chester.
  lxxxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Rural Sanitary District of the Alnwick Union, the Borough of Barnsley (two), the Local Government District of Brentford, the Rural Sanitary District of the Durham Union, the Local Government Districts of Ealing, East Dereham, and Mountain Ash (two), the Boroughs of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Penzance, the Rural Sanitary Districts of the Rothbury and Settle Unions, and the Local Government District of Torquay.
  lxxxiv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and the Improvement Act District of Ramsgate.
  lxxxv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Aldrington, Anstruther, Bouldnor, Broadstairs, Carrickfergus, Castle Bay (Barra), Llandudno, and Tralee and Fenit; and to amend the Cattewater Harbour Order, 1876.
  lxxxvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Aberavon, the Local Government District of Ashton-in-Maker-field, the City of Canterbury, the Local Government District of Cleator Moor, the Borough of Congleton, the Local Government District of Horncastle, the City of Lincoln, the Local Government District of Littlehampton, the Improvement Act District of Llandudno, the Local Government Districts of Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe and Oswaldtwistle, the City of Saint Alban (two), and the Borough of Sunderland.
  lxxxvii. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the inclosure of certain Lands known as Hendy Bank Common, situate in the parish of Cefnllys in the county of Radnor, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  lxxxviii. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the inclosure of certain Lands known as the Common Fields, the Common Meadow Lands, the Cow Common, the Green, the Meres, Baulks, and other waste lands, situate in the parish of Steventon, in the county of Berks, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  lxxxix. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the inclosure of certain Lands known as Llandegley Rhos Common, situate in the parish of Glascwm, in the county of Radnor, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  xc. An Act to confirm the Provisional Orders for the regulation of certain Lands forming part of the Lizard Common, and situated in the parish of Landewednack, in the county of Cornwall, and the Provisional Orders for the inclosure of certain other Lands forming the remainder of the said Common, and situated in the same parish, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  xci. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, relating to the Borough of Lanark.
  xcii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, relating to the Parish of Blantyre.
  xciii. An Act to confirm an Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876, as amended and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the Parishes of Bowers Gifford, Hadleigh, Laindon, Leigh, North Benfleet, Pitsea, Prittlewell, South Benfleet, Southchurch, and Vange.
  xciv. An Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster-General to enlarge and acquire a site for the South-western (of London) District Post Office.
  cxxx. An Act to continue for a limited period the powers of the Arbitrator under the Epping Forest Act, 1878, and to amend that Act.
  cxxxi. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the modification of the Metropolis (High Street, Islington), Improvement Scheme.
  cxxxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government District of Eastbourne, the Improvement Act District of Herne Bay, the Local Government Districts of Northwich and Pudsey, the Improvement Act District of Ramsgate, and the Local Government District of West Ham.
  cxxxiii. An Act to confirm the Provisioual Order for the Inclosure of certain Lands known as Llanfair Hills, situate in the parish of Llanfair Waterdine, in the county of Salop, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  cliv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Boards for Cardiff, Liverpool, Southampton, and Walton-on-Thames to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.
  clxxi. An Act to confirm a certain Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland made under the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Improvement Act, 1875, relating to the city of Dublin; and a certain Provisional Order of the said Board made under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, relating to Waterworks in the city of Armagh.
  clxxii. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Bath Tramways, Birkdale and Southport Tramways, Bristol Tramways (Extensions), Cambridge Street Tramways (Extensions), Cardiff District and Penarth Harbour Tramways, Croydon Street Tramways (Extensions), Darlington Tramways, Dudley, Sedgley, and Wolverhampton Tramways, Ipswich Tramways (Extensions), Llanelly Tramways, Mer-

  thyr Tramways, Peterborough Tramways, Staffordshire Tramways (Additional Powers), Stockton-on-Tees and District Tramways, Sunderland Tramways (Use of Mechanical Power), Withington Local Board Tramways, and Wolverhampton Tramways (Use of Mechanical Power).
  clxxiii. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Birmingham and Aston Tramways, Blackpool St. Anne's-on-the-Sea and Lytham Tramways, Bradford Corporation Tramways, Carlisle and District Tramways, Folkestone, Sandgate, and Hythe Tramways, North Staffordshire Tramways, Rothesay Tramways, Walsall and District Tramways, Walton-on-the-Hill Tramways, and Woolwich and Plumstead Tramways.
  clxxiv. An Act to make further provision with respect to the powers of the Commissioners for Public Works in Ireland in relation to a grant and loan for the Improvement of Kin-sale Harbour, and to enable the Town Commissioners of Kinsale to guarantee a loan and levy rates for the purposes of such Improvement.
  clxxv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the Improvement of Unhealthy Areas in the Parliamentary Burgh of Leith.
  clxxvi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862, relating to Forfar Gas.
  clxxvii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same.
  clxxviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Improvement Act District of Bethesda, the Borough of Birmingham, the Local Government District of Haworth, the Lower Thames Valley Main Sewerage District, the Borough of Rochdale, the Rochester and Chatham Joint Hospital District, the Boroughs of Rotherham, Stockton, and Middlesbrough, and the City of York (two).
  cciv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same.
  ccv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Board for London to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.
  ccvi. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to lend the sum of One thousand pounds to the Mulkear Drainage District Board.

  LOCAL ACTS.
  The Titles in which the Letter P. is prefixed are Public Acts of a Local Character.
  i. AN Act to enable the Edinburgh and District Water Trustees to borrow additional sums of money; and for other purposes.
  ii. An Act to alter the Boundaries of certain of the existing Wards and to create new Wards in the city of Bristol; and for other purposes.
  P. iii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same.
  iv. An Act to authorise the Bury and Totting-ton District Railway Company to raise additional Capital; and for other purposes.
  v. An Act to provide for the Sale of a Burial Ground of the parish of Aston-juxta-Birmingham, situate in Liverpool Street, in the borough of Birmingham; and for other purposes.
  vi. An Act to make provision with respect to Mortgages by the Municipal Commissioners of the Borough of Carrickfergus and the Carrickfergus Harbour Commissioners of their respective Properties for the improvement of Carrickfergus Harbour; and for other purposes.
  vii. An Act to enable the Vestry of Saint Luke, Middlesex, to lease and otherwise deal with Surplus Lands acquired by them in making Street Improvements.
  viii. An Act for amending some of the Provisions of the Cardiff Corporation Act, 1879, and for conferring Powers upon the Cardiff Waterworks Company; and for other purposes.
  ix. An Act to enable the Chester United Gas Company to raise additional Capital.
  x. An Act for empowering the London and North-western Railway Company to construct a new railway to be called the Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield Railway; and for other purposes.
  xi. An Act to enlarge the powers of the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Glasgow as Trustees for carrying into effect the provisions of the Glasgow Improvements Acts of 1866 and 1871.
  xii. An Act for the Abandonment of the Railway authorised by the Worcester and Aberyst-with Junction Railway (Deviation) Act, 1877; and for other purposes.
  xiii. An Act for extending the time for the completion of the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway; and for other purposes.
  xiv. An Act to amend the Provisions of certain Acts relating to the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks with regard to Byelaws; and for other purposes.
  xv. An Act for the Abandonment of the Railway authorised by the Wednesfield and Wyrley Bank Railway Act, 1875.
  xvi. An Act to authorise the South London Tramways Company to construct additional Tramways; to raise further Money; and for other purposes.
  xvii. An Act to alter the provisions with respect to the dissolution of the Dukinfield and Denton Joint Gas Committee, and to make further provisions with respect to the supply of Gas to the townships of Denton and Haughton in the county of Lancaster; and for other purposes.
  xviii. An Act for granting further powers to the Swindon, Marlborough, and Andover Railway Company.
  xix. An Act for the Abandonment of the Ely and Bury Saint Edmunds Railway.
  xx. An Act to enlarge the powers of the Prescot Gas Company and for other purposes in connection with their undertaking.
  xxi. An Act to authorise the construction of Waterworks for the supply of water to the Lunatic Asylum for the County Palatine of Lancaster, situate at Whittingham, in the said county; and to enable the Justices of the Peace for the said county to provide necessary courts, offices, and lock-ups for the holding of General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace within the hundred of West Derby in the said county.
  xxii. An Act to extend the time for the Purchase of Lands authorised by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company's Act, 1877, to be acquired, and to authorise that Company to raise additional Capital; and for other purposes.
  xxiii. An Act to authorise alterations of the Gauge of the Letterkenny Railway and of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway, for extending the periods limited for the compulsory purchase of certain lands by the Letterkenny Railway Company, and for the completion of that Company's Railways, to authorise Agreements between them and the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company; and for other purposes.
  xxiv. An Act for further extending the time for the completion of Railway No. 1 authorised by the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Act, 1866.
  xxv. An Act to extend certain powers of the Sligo, Leitrim, and Northern Counties Railway Company; and for other purposes.
  xxvi. An Act for extending the boundaries of the borough of Chepping Wycombe, in the county of Buckingham; and for other purposes.
  xxvii. An Act to authorise the Sutton Bridge Dock Company to construct new works at Sutton Bridge in the parts of Holland, in the county of Lincoln; and for other purposes.
  xxviii. An Act for making further provision with respect to certain officers of the city of Liverpool in the county of Lancaster; and for other purposes.
  xxix. An Act to empower the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Don-caster to construct additional Works, to acquire Lands and Easements for that purpose; and for other purposes.
  xxx. An Act to enable the Hendon Rural Sanitary Authority to make certain payments to the Local Board for the Hendon Local Government District out of the income of trust estates and funds vested in the Edgware Highway Board by the Metropolis (Kilburn and Harrow) Roads Act, 1872, to vary the provisions of the said Act, to discharge the Hendon Rural Sanitary from the obligation to maintain portions of a certain road, to impose on them the obligation to maintain another portion of the same road; and for other purposes.
  xxxi. An Act to establish and render valid certain Building Leases and a certain Agreement for a Building Lease of parts of the Estates of the Warden and Poor Men of the Hospital of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in East Greenwich, founded by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, commonly called Trinity Hospital, Greenwich.
  xxxii. An Act for regulating the management of the Widows Fund of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; for authorising a transfer of the Fund and its liabilities; for winding up the Fund; and for other purposes.
  P. xxxiii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, and the Public Health Act, 1875, relating to the Borough of Conway.
  P. xxxiv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, relating to the county of Salop.
  P. xxxv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same.
  P. xxxvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Abingdon and Beverley, the Local Government District of Briton Ferry, the Borough of Burnley, the Local Government District of Buxton, the Borough of Cardigan, the Town of Hove, the City of Manchester, the Improvement Act District of Middleton and Tonge, the Boroughs of Newbury and Southport, the Improvement Act District of West Hartlepool, and the Local Government District of Wirksworth.
  P. xxxvii. An Act to confirm a Scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866, and the Metropolitan Commons Amendment Act, 1869, relating to Staines Commons.
  P. xxxviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the town of Ballinasloe; and to the Ballymacormick Burial Ground; and to the towns of Clonmel and Tralee; and to Waterworks in the town of Wicklow.
  P. xxxix. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862, relating to the Burgh of Broughty Ferry.
  P. xl. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the towns of Banbridge, Monaghan, Thurles, and Trim, and to Waterworks in the town of Kinsale, and to the Skule Bog United District.
  xli. An Act for the Abandonment of the Green-castle and Kilkeel Railway.
  xlii. An Act to authorise the Construction and Maintenance of a Sea Wall and other Works at Clacton-on-Sea, in the county of Essex, and to provide for the appointment of Commissioners for that purpose.
  xliii. An Act to extend the period limited for the compulsory purchase of lands for the Loose Valley Railway.
  xliv. An Act for the Incorporation of Trustees; for vesting in them Newry Port, Harbour, River, and Canal Navigation; for enlarging and improving the same, and making certain new Works in connection therewith; and for other purposes.
  xlv. An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of certain Lands and for the Construction of the Works authorised by the Milford Docks Acts, 1874 and 1875.
  xlvi. An Act for conferring further Powers on the Eastbourne Gas Company for the Purchase of Land, the Construction of Works, the raising of Money, and otherwise in relation to their undertaking.
  xlvii. An Act for granting further Powers to the Didcot, Newbury, and Southampton Junction Railway Company; and for other purposes.
  xlviii. An Act for authorising the Construction of a Railway from the Gwinear Road Station of the West Cornwall Railway Company to Helston; and for other purposes.
  xlix. An Act to authorise the Bristol Port and Channel Dock Company to make a new Entrance into their Dock, and to confer further powers upon them.
  1. An Act for making a railway in the parishes of Beckenham, Wickham, otherwise West Wickham, and Hayes, in the county of Kent; and for other purposes.
  li. An Act to incorporate a Company for establishing and holding Markets and Fairs and Slaughter-houses, and building a Town Hall in the Town of Aberdare, in the County of Glamorgan, and to authorise the Company to purchase the Undertaking of the Aberdare Market Company; and for other purposes.
  lii. An Act for the revival of the powers for making and maintaining a Bridge across the River Severn at Shrewsbury, with Approaches thereto; and for other purposes.
  liii. An Act for the abandonment of the Bridge authorised by the Stapenhill Bridge Act, 1865, and for the making and maintaining of another Bridge in lieu thereof; and for other purposes.
  liv. An Act to amend the Corris, Machynlleth, and River Dovey Tramway Act, 1858, and the Corris Railway Act, 1864, and to confer further powers upon the Corris Railway Company; and for other purposes.
  lv. An Act for extending the time limited by the Swansea Harbour Act, 1874, for the completion of the Bocks, Railways, and Works by that Act authorised, and for enabling the Earl of Jersey to act as a Harbour Trustee.
  lvi. An Act for the abandonment of the Cashel Extension Railway authorised by the Southern Railway (Extension and Further Powers) Act, 1873; and for other purposes.
  lvii. An Act to authorise the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Wakefield to construct certain Reservoirs and Waterworks, to contract their limits of supply; and for other purposes.
  P. lviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Improvement Act District of Abergavenny (two), the Local Government Districts of Baldock, Bredbury, Bromsgrove, Cuckfield, and Ebbw Vale, the Hanley, Stoke, and Fenton Joint Hospital District, the Local Government District of Heckmondwike, the Borough of Pembroke, and the Local Government Districts of Swindon New Town, and Withington.
  P. lix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Rural Sanitary Districts of the Amersham, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Bashford Unions, the Borough of Chard, the Local Government District of Croydon, the Borough of Cheltenham, the Rural Sanitary District of the Hendon Union, the Local Government Districts of Hornsey and Leyton, the City of Lincoln, the Borough of Plymouth, the Local Government District of Redditch, the Rural Sanitary District of the Shardlow Union, and the Local Board of Health District of Woolwich.
  P. lx. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867, relating to the City of Canterbury, and an Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876, as amended and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the Parishes of Bepton, Chithurst, Farnhurst, Iping, Kirdford, Linch, Linchmere, Lodsworth, Lurgashall, Selham, Stedham, Terwick, Trotton, and Woolbeding, and to the Tything of North Ambersham.
  P. lxi. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Chew Magna Gas, Garstang Gas, Halstead Gas, Harrowgate Gas, Holywell Gas, Long Eaton Gas, Trowbridge Gas, Broadstairs Water, East Blatchington and Seaford Water, Gisborough Water, Harrowgate Water, Luton Water, Newhaven and Denton Water, Norwood (Middlesex) Water, and Pwllheli Water.
  P. lxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government District of Ashford, the Improvement Act District of Bournemouth, the Urban Sanitary District of Folkestone, the Local Government Districts of Ilfracombe and Mirfield, the Rural Sanitary District of the Reigate Union, and the Port of Wisbech.
  P. lxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board of Ireland relating to a new Street in Dublin, and to Waterworks in the town of Fermoy.
  P. lxiv. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of certain Lands known as Abbotside Common, situate in the parish of Aysgarth, in the County of York, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  lxv. An Act to authorise the Manchester and Milford Railway Company to abandon the Branch Railway to Devil's Bridge; and for other purposes.
  lxvi. An Act for conferring further powers upon the Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton Waterworks Company; for the raising of further capital; and for other purposes.
  lxvii. An Act for incorporating and conferring Powers on the Malton Gas Company.
  lxviii. An Act to amend, vary, and extend the Powers of the Caledonian Insurance Company, and for other purposes relating thereto.
  lxix. An Act to enable the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Company to improve and extend the West Street Pier at Graves-end, and to construct a Wharf at Thames Haven.
  lxx. An Act to authorise the Wrexham Waterworks Company to make new Service Reservoirs and Filter Beds; to further extend their Limits of Supply; to raise Additional Capital; and for other purposes.
  lxxi. An Act to confer further Powers upon the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company.
  lxxii. An Act to authorise the Wandsworth and Putney Gaslight and Coke Company to raise further Capital; and for other purposes.
  lxxiii. An Act for empowering the Corporation of the Borough of Stafford to acquire certain rights in Coton Field in the said borough, and to authorise the formation of allotment gardens for the Freemen of the borough, and of public pleasure grounds in Coton Field, and for conferring on the Corporation further powers in relation to their water undertaking and street improvements, and further sanitary and other powers; and for other purposes.
  lxxiv. An Act for extending the time for making and completing the Mersey Railway.
  lxxv. An Act to extend the period for the completion of the works authorised by the Belfast Street Tramways Act, 1878.
  lxxvi. An Act to enable the Lincoln Gaslight and Coke Company to raise additional capital; and for other purposes.
  lxxvii. An Act to give effect to an agreement for the transfer to the Corporation of Lancaster of the Lancaster Gas Company's Undertaking, and to authorise the Corporation to make Street Improvements, and to borrow Moneys; and for other purposes,
  lxxviii. An Act to amend the Pegwell Bay Reclamation and Sandwich Haven Improvement Act, 1873, and the Acts amending the same.
  lxxix. An Act to enable the Bristol General Cemetery Company to enlarge their Cemetery, to raise additional Capital; and for other purposes.
  lxxx. An Act for authorising Improvements in the Parishes of Saint Mary Abbots Kensington, and Saint Luke Chelsea; and for other purposes.
  P. lxxxi. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of certain Lands known as Clent Hill Common, situate in the parish of Clent, in the county of Worcester, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners of England and Wales.
  P. lxxxii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Land Drainage Act, 1861, relating to Frodsham and Helsby Improvements, situate in the parish of Frodsham, in the county of Chester.
  P. lxxxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Rural Sanitary District of the Alnwick Union, the Borough of Barnsley (two), the Local Government District of Brentford, the Rural Sanitary District of the Durham Union, the Local Government Districts of Ealing, East Dereham, and Mountain Ash (two), the Boroughs of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Penzance, the Rural Sanitary Districts of the Rothbury and Settle Unions, and the Local Government District of Torquay.
  P. lxxxiv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and the Improvement Act District of Ramsgate.
  P. lxxxv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Aldrington, Anstruther, Bouldnor, Broad-stairs, Carrickfergus, Castle Bay (Barra), Llandudno, and Tralee and Fenit; and to amend the Cattewater Harbour Order, 1876.
  P. lxxxvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Aberavon, the Local Government District of Ashton-in-Makerfield, the City of Canterbury, the Local Government District of Cleator Moor, the Borough of Congleton, the Local Government District of Horncastle, the City of Lincoln, the Local Government District of Littlehampton, the Improvement Act District of Llandudno, the Local Government Districts of Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe and Oswaldtwistle, the City of Saint Alban (two), and the Borough of Sunderland.
  P. lxxxvii. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the inclosure of certain Lands known as Hendy Bank Common, situate in the parish of Cefnllys in the county of Radnor in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  P. lxxxviii. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the inclosure of certain Lands known as the Common Fields, the Common Meadow Lands, the Cow Common, the Green, the Meres, Baulks, and other waste lands, situate in the parish of Steventon, in the county of Berks, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners of England and Wales.
  P. lxxxix. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the inclosure of certain Lands known as Llandegley Rhos Common, situate in the parish of Glascwm, in the county of Radnor, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  P. xc. An Act to confirm the Provisional Orders for the regulation of certain Lands forming part of the Lizard Common, and situated in the parish of Landewednack, in the county of Cornwall, and the Provisional Orders for the inclosure of certain other Lands forming the remainder of the said common, and situated in the same parish, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  P. xci. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, relating to the Borough of Lanark.
  P. xcii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, relating to the Parish of Blantyre.
  P. xciii. An Act to confirm an Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876, as amended and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the Parishes of Bowers Gifford, Hadleigh, Laindon, Leigh, North Benfleet, Pitsea, Prittlewell, South Benfleet, Southchurch, and Vange.
  P. xciv. An Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster General to enlarge and acquire a site for the South-western (of London) District Post Office.
  xcv. An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Cork to make better Regulations with reference to Street Traffic and Streets, to confer further powers on the Corporation with reference to Water Supply, to fund the Corporate Debt; and for other purposes.
  xcvi. An Act to confer further Powers upon the London Gaslight Company; and for other purposes.
  xcvii. An Act for empowering the North Metropolitan Tramways Company to construct Works and raise further money, and to make Agreements with the London Street Tramways Company; and for other purposes.
  xcviii. An Act for the improvement of the Drainage of the Upper and Whittersham Levels, otherwise the Kent and Sussex Rother Levels; and for other purposes.
  xcix. An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Hudders-field to construct Tramways, New Streets, Roads, and Street and Road Improvements, and other Works; and to make further pro-

  vision for the good government of the borough; and for other purposes.
  c. An Act to repeal the Portmadock Water Order, 1871; to incorporate a Company, and to vest in such Company the undertaking authorised by the said Order, and to grant powers to such Company for the construction of additional Waterworks, and for the supply of water to Portmadoc and the neighbourhood thereof; and for other purposes.
  ci. An Act to authorise the construction of Tramways in the Borough of Northampton and adjacent places; and for other purposes.
  cii. An Act to confer further powers upon the Yeadon and Guiseley Gaslight and Coke Company and to enable them to raise further money; and for other purposes.
  ciii. An Act to extend the limits of the Great Yarmouth Waterworks Company, and to authorise the said Company to construct new works and raise more money; and for other purposes.
  civ. An Act for providing for the return of the Money deposited for securing the Completion of the Railways authorised by the Devon and Cornwall Railway (Western Extensions) Act, 1873.
  cv. An Act to authorise the Ballymena, Cushendall, and Redbay Railway Company to apply to the purposes of the Ballymena, Cushendall, and Redbay Railway Act, 1872, a sum of twenty-two thousand pounds which they are authorised to raise under the Powers of the Ballymena, Cushendall, and Redbay Railway Act, 1878, and which is not required for the purposes of that Act.
  cvi. An Act to confer further powers on the Metropolitan District Railway Company.
  cvii. An Act for the revival of the powers and extension of the time for the compulsory purchase of lands and completion of the works authorised by the Romford Canal Act, 1875.
  cviii. An Act for extending the Rathmines and Rathgar township, so as to include therein the adjoining townland of Milltown, in the county of Dublin; for the establishment of a Fire Brigade; and for other purposes.
  cix. An Act to revive the powers and extend the periods respectively limited for the Construction of Waterworks and Supply of Water and the Purchase of Market Rights authorised by the Sligo Borough Improvement Act, 1869; and for other purposes.
  cx. An Act for amalgamating the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company with the Great Western Railway Company.
  cxi. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to Bristow Hunt for the Invention of Improved Machinery or Apparatus for setting and distributing Types.
  cxii. An Act for dissolving the Manchester Carriage Company, Limited, and re-incorporating the Members thereof as a new Company, and for transferring to such new Company the powers conferred by the Manchester Suburban Tramways Acts, 1878 and 1879, and the Manchester Suburban Tramways Orders, 1877 and 1878; and for conferring further powers for the construction of new and the completion of authorised Tramways; and for other purposes.
  cxiii. An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the Ackworth, Featherstone, Purston, and Sharlston Gas Company.
  cxiv. An Act to enable the Maidstone Gas Company to construct additional Works; to raise further Capital; and for other purposes.
  cxv. An Act for enabling the Reading Gas Company to raise additional Capital and to construct new Works; and for other purposes.
  cxvi. An Act to incorporate a Company for making Works and supplying Water within certain parishes and townships in the Valley of the Dearne; and for other purposes.
  cxvii. An Act to authorise the Hundred of Hoo Railway Company to extend their Railway by the making of a further Line of Railway, and also a jetty, pier, or landing-place, in the county of Kent, to raise further Money; and for other purposes.
  cxviii. An Act to extend the Borough of Preston and to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses thereof to provide a Site for a Public Library and Museum, to make new Streets, Street Improvements, Tramways, and other works; and to make further provision for the Improvement and good Government of the Borough; and for other purposes.
  cxix. An Act for empowering the Corporation of the City of Rochester to acquire the undertaking of the Strood Waterworks Company, and carry on the same; to construct additional Waterworks and supply Water; to construct Embankment and Sewerage Works; and for other purposes.
  cxx. An Act for empowering the British Gaslight Company, Limited, to enlarge their works and to expend further capital at their Staffordshire Potteries Station; and for other purposes.
  cxxi. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to William Shepherd Williamson, of Congleton in the County of Chester, for the Invention of Improvements in Blast Furnaces.
  cxxii. An Act to authorise the Dartford Gas Company to purchase additional lands, to raise additional capital, to amalgamate with the Darenth Vale Gas Company, to extend the limits of supply; and for other purposes.
  cxxiii. An Act to provide for the dissolution of the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Company, the Clydesdale Railway Guaranteed Company, the Greenock Railway Guaranteed Company, the Wishaw Railway Guaranteed Company, and the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilson Direct Railway Company, and for the conversion of the stocks of those Companies into annuities stock of the Caledonian Railway Company; and for other purposes.
  cxxiv. An Act to amend the Bristol Channel Pilotage Act, 1861, so far as relates to the Cardiff Pilotage Board; and for other purposes.
  cxxv. An Act to make further provision for the lighting of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and to extend the powers of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough in relation to the supply of light by electricity; and for other purposes.
  cxxvi. An Act for carrying into effect an Agreement for the transfer by the Liverpool United Tramways and Omnibus Company of their Tramways in the City of Liverpool to the Corporation of Liverpool, and for the Lease of those Tramways to the Company; and for other purposes.
  cxxvii. An Act for empowering the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Wigan in the county of Lancaster to make New Streets, and Improvement of Streets; and for conferring on them further Borrowing Powers and other powers; and for other purposes.
  cxxviii. An Act for making better provision for the Drainage of the Low Grounds and Carrs (known as the Beverley and Barmston Drainage District) in the East Riding of the County of York, and for amending the Acts relating thereto; and for other purposes.
  cxxix. An Act to amalgamate the Undertakings of the Highland and Dingwall and Skye Railway Companies; and for other purposes.
  P. cxxx. An Act to continue for a limited period the powers of the Arbitrator under the Epping Forest Act, 1878, and to amend that Act.
  P. cxxxi. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the modification of the Metropolis (High Street, Islington) Improvement Scheme.
  P. cxxxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government District of Eastbourne, the Improvement Act District of Herne Bay, the Local Government Districts of Northwich and Pudsey, the Improvement Act District of Ramsgate, and the Local Government District of West Ham.
  P. cxxxiii. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Inclosure of certain Lands known as Llanfair Hills, situate in the parish of Llanfair Waterdine, in the county of Salop, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
  cxxxiv. An Act to authorise the Metropolitan Railway Company to make a railway in extension of the Kingsbury and Harrow Railway to the town of Rickmansworth; and for other purposes.
  cxxxv. An Act to confirm an agreement between the Glasgow, Yoker, and Clydebank, and North British Railway Companies; and for other purposes.
  cxxxvi. An Act to vary the mode of dealing with certain roads crossed by the authorised railways of the East Norfolk Railway Company, and to confer certain powers on the Great Eastern Railway Company with reference to the Western Extensions Capital of the East Norfolk Railway Company; and for other purposes.
  cxxxvii. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Clyde Lighthouses, and to provide for the improvement of the Navigation of the River Clyde below Newark Castle, Port Glasgow.
  cxxxviii. An Act to enable the Rathmines and Rathgar Improvement Commissioners to improve the Water Supply of the Rathmines and Rathgar township; and for other purposes.
  cxxxix. An Act to confer powers upon the Corporation of Burton-upon-Trent with reference to Bridges over the River Trent at Stapenhill; to enable them to purchase Lands and construct Works for the disposal of Sewage; and to supply Light by Electricity; and for other purposes.
  cxl. An Act to confer further powers with respect to the Great Northern Railway and to the joint undertakings of the Great Northern and Great Eastern and Great Northern and London and North-western Railway Companies.
  cxli. An Act for conferring upon the Great Western Railway Company further Powers in connection with their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of other Companies; for vesting in that Company the Undertakings of the Ely and Clydach Valleys, the Malmesbury, and the Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway Companies; for vesting in the Great Western Railway Company and the Bala and Festiniog Railway Company the Undertaking of the Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Company, Limited; and for other purposes.
  cxlii. An Act for extending the boundaries of the Municipal Borough of King's Lynn; for authorising the Corporation of the said borough to subscribe further moneys towards the King's Lynn Docks; for amending the King's Lynn Waterworks and Borough Improvement Act, 1859, and the Eau Brink Acts; and for other purposes.
  cxliii. An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Liverpool in the county of Lancaster to obtain a supply of Water from the Rivers Vyrnwy, Marchnant, and Afon Cowny in Montgomeryshire; and for other purposes.
  cxliv. An Act to enable the Liverpool United Gaslight Company to erect additional Gasworks, and to extend their Limits of Supply.
  cxlv. An Act for conferring further powers upon the London and North-western Railway Company in connection with their own Undertaking, and upon that Company jointly with the Lessees of the North and South Western Junction Railway, and the Great Western Railway Company, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, and the Furness Railway Company in respect of other Undertakings in which they are jointly interested; and for conferring further Powers upon the Lancashire Union Railways Company; and for other purposes.
  cxlvi. An Act for conferring additional powers on the Midland Railway Company in connection with their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of the Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester and Birmingham Navigation Company and the Severn Bridge Railway Company; for raising further Capital; and for other purposes.
  cxlvii. An Act to alter and extend the borough of Oldham, to confer upon the Corporation further powers in relation to their Water and Gas undertakings, and for improving the Local Government of the borough; to amend the Acts relating to the borough; and for other purposes.
  cxlviii. An Act for conferring further powers on the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Company in connection with their authorised Undertaking; and for other purposes.
  cxlix. An Act for incorporating the Dagenham and District Farmers' (Optional) Sewage Utilization Company, and for authorising them to construct Works for Supply of Sewage to Owners and Occupiers of Land in Dagenham and the adjacent District; and for other purposes.
  cl. An Act for making a Railway from Woodside to South Croydon, in the county of Surrey; and for other purposes.
  cli. An Act for subjecting lands within the Black Sluice Level to further taxation for Outfall Improvements, and for increasing the area of taxation; and for other purposes.
  clii. An Act for making Tunnels, Subways, and Roadways partly under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead.
  cliii. An Act to authorise the construction of a New Cut and other Works for improving the Outfall of the River Witham, in the county of Lincoln, and the constitution of a Joint Board for effecting such works; and for other purposes.
  P. cliv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Boards for Cardiff, Liverpool, Southampton, and Walton-on-Thames to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.
  clv. An Act to confer further powers on the London Tramways Company (Limited).
  clvi. An Act for making a Railway from the Blane Valley Railway to the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway at Gartness, and a Railway from the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway to Aberfoyle; and for other purposes.
  clvii. An Act to authorise the transfer of the Undertaking of the Hinckley Gaslight and Coke Company, Limited, to the Hinckley Local Government Board; and for other purposes.
  clviii. An Act to revive and amend the powers of the Killorglin Railway Act, 1871, for making a Railway in the county of Kerry from the Farranfore Station of the Great Southern and Western Railway to Killorglin, to provide for a Baronial Guarantee with reference to the Railway; and for other purposes.
  clix. An Act for making Railways between Maidstone and Ashford in the county of Kent; and for other purposes.
  clx. An Act to authorise the Pontypridd, Caerphilly, and Newport Railway Company to deviate a portion of their authorised railway near Pontypridd.
  clxi. An Act for making a Railway in the county of Devon, to be called the Totnes, Paignton, and Torquay Direct Railway; and for other purposes.
  clxii. An Act to empower the Preston Tramways Company to accept leases of and to work Tramways to be hereafter constructed in or near the Borough of Preston, and to authorise them to raise additional Capital; and for other purposes.
  clxiii. An Act to revive the powers and extend the periods for the compulsory purchase of Lands, and for the construction of the Railways authorised by the Scarborough and Whitby Railway Acts, 1871 and 1873; and for other purposes.
  clxiv. An Act to authorise the construction of Tramways in and near to the borough of Gateshead, in the county of Durham; and for other purposes.
  clxv. An Act to enable the Lynn and Fakenham Railway Company to extend their Railway to Norwich and Blakeney; and for other purposes.
  clxvi. An Act to authorise a Deviation in the Kingsbury and Harrow Railway; the Revival and Extension of Time for the Purchase of Lands in connexion with the Works authorised by the Saint John's Wood Railway Act, 1873, and the Metropolitan Railway Act, 1877; the Purchase of other Lands; the diverting or stopping up of certain bridle road and footpaths; also to amend the Acts relating to the Hammersmith and City Railway with respect to superfluous Lands, and the Metropolitan and District Railways Act, 1879, with respect to Capital; and for other purposes.
  clxvii. An Act to amalgamate the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company, the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock and the North British, Arbroath, and Montrose Railway Companies with the North British Railway Company, and to authorise the Company to make a Dock at Silloth; to purchase additional Lands; to make agreements with respect to the erection of Passenger Sheds at the Waverley Station; to guarantee Interest on sums raised for Dock Works at Bo'ness; to contribute to the Forth Bridge Railway Company, and to authorise the Newport Railway Company and the Company to raise more Money; also to extend the time for the sale of superfluous Lands; and for other purposes.
  clxviii. An Act for incorporating the Alford and Sutton Tramways Company and authorising them to construct Tramways from Alford to Sutton-le-Marsh in the parts of Lindsey in the county of Lincoln; and for other purposes.
  clxix. An Act to empower the North Dublin Street Tramways Company to construct New Tramways; and for other purposes.
  clxx. An Act to alter and extend the powers of the Trustees of the Port and Harbours of Greenock in relation to the Harbours and Docks; and for other purposes.
  P. clxxi. An Act to confirm a certain Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland made under the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Improvement Act, 1875, relating to the City of Dublin; and a certain Provisional Order of the said Board made under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, relating to Waterworks in the city of Armagh.
  P. clxxii. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Bath Tramways, Birkdale and Southport Tramways, Bristol Tramways (Extensions), Cambridge Street Tramways (Extension),

  Cardiff District and Penarth Harbour Tramways, Croydon Street Tramways (Extensions), Darlington Tramways, Dudley, Sedgley, and Wolverhampton Tramways, Ipswich Tramways (Extensions), Llanelly Tramways, Merthyr Tramways, Peterborough Tramways, Staffordshire Tramways (Additional Powers), Stockton-on-Tees and District Tramways, Sunderland Tramways (Use of Mechanical Power), Withington Local Board Tramways, and Wolverhampton Tramways (Use of Mechanical Power).
  P. clxxiii. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Birmingham and Aston Tramways, Blackpool St. Anne's-on-Sea and Lytham Tramways, Bradford Corporation Tramways, Carlisle and District Tramways, Folkestone, Sandgate, and Hythe Tramways, North Staffordshire Tramways, Rothesay Tramways, Walsall and District Tramways, Walton-on-the-Hill Tramways, and Woolwich and Plumstead Tramways.
  P. clxxiv. An Act to make further provision with respect to the powers of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland in relation to a grant and loan for the Improvement of Kinsale Harbour, and to enable the Town Commissioners of Kinsale to guarantee a loan and levy rates for the purposes of such Improvement.
  P. clxxv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the Improvement of Unhealthy Areas in the Parliamentary Burgh of Leith.
  P. clxxvi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862, relating to Forfar Gas.
  P. clxxvii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same.
  P. clxxviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Improvement Act District of Bethesda, the Borough of Birmingham, the Local Government District of Haworth, the Lower Thames Valley Main Sewerage District, the Borough of Rochdale, the Rochester and Chatham Joint Hospital District, the Boroughs of Rotherham, Stockton, and Middlesbrough, and the City of York (two).
  clxxix. An Act for making a Railway from Tralee to Fenit, in the county of Kerry; and for other purposes.
  clxxx. An Act for making a Railway from Anstruther to Saint Andrews, in the county of Fife; and for other purposes.
  clxxxi. An Act to make further provision for regulating the supply of Gas by the Gas Light and Coke Company, the Commercial Gas Company, and the South Metropolitan Gas Company, and to amend the Acts relating to the said Companies.
  clxxxii. An Act to confer further powers on the Halesowen Railway Company; and for other purposes.
  clxxxiii. An Act for enabling the London and South-western Railway Company to execute further Works and to acquire further Lands for the improvement of their Railways; for confirming certain agreements; and for conferring other Powers upon the Company and other Companies; and for other purposes.
  clxxxiv. An Act to authorise the Belfast Central Railway Company to make new Railways and Works; to lay additional Rails on their existing Railways and on certain parts of the Belfast and County Down and Belfast, Holy-wood, and Bangor Railways; and for other purposes.
  clxxxv. An Act to authorise the construction of Tramways in and near to the towns of Coventry and Bedworth, and from Coventry to Bedworth, in the county of Warwick; and for other purposes.
  clxxxvi. An Act for incorporating the Freshwater, Yarmouth, and Newport Railway Company; and for other purposes.
  clxxxvii. An Act for extending the time for completing the Neath Harbour Works; for authorising the Harbour Commissioners to borrow further Money; and for other purposes.
  clxxxviii. An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Company to make Railways and other Works, acquire Lands, and abandon portions of Works in the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and Edinburgh; to maintain, work, and contribute to the Alloa Railway; to establish an Accident and Life Insurance Fund for their servants, and to raise additional Money; for extending the authorised periods for completion of certain Railways in Lanarkshire, and acquisition of Lands in connection therewith, and sale of superfluous Lands; and for other purposes.
  clxxxix. An Act to alter the Filey Pier and Harbour Order, 1878, and to dissolve the Company empowered thereby, and re-incorporate them with fresh powers.
  cxc. An Act for incorporating a Company and authorising them to make and maintain a Railway from Hounslow to Ealing, in the county of Middlesex; and for other purposes.
  cxci. An Act to authorise the North Staffordshire Railway Company to make a railway to connect their Churnet Valley Line with the Stoke Branch therefrom; to purchase additional Lands, and make certain Sidings also; for extending the time for the sale of certain superfluous Lands, and to alter certain of the provisions of the existing Acts with respect to Rates and Charges; and for other purposes.
  cxcii. An Act for empowering the Ramsgate and Margate Tramways Company to construct additional Tramways; to raise further Capital; to use Steam or other Mechanical Power; and for other purposes.
  cxciii. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to John Muirhead the younger, and Alexander Muirhead, of Regency Street, in the City of Westminster, for the Invention of Improvements in Electric Telegraphs.
  cxciv. An Act to authorise the construction of the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway; and for other purposes.
  cxcv. An Act to incorporate a Company for the construction of the Yarmouth Union Railway; and for other purposes.
  cxcvi. An Act for empowering the Brentford and Isleworth Tramways Company to construct new Tramways, in the county of Middlesex; and for other purposes.
  cxcvii. An Act to authorise the construction of a Railway and Tramways in the county of Antrim, to be called "The Giants Causeway, Portrush, and Bush Valley Railway and Tramways;" and for other purposes.
  cxcviii. An Act for incorporating the Glenariff Railway and Pier Company; and for other purposes.
  cxcix. An Act to authorise the construction and maintenance of the Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding Junction Railways, and of a Dock and other Works in connection therewith; and for other purposes.
  cc. An Act for conferring further powers on the Teign Valley Railway Company in rela-to their undertaking; and for other purposes.
  cci. An Act for incorporating the Skipton and Kettleworth Railway Company, and authorising them to make and maintain the Skipton and Kettlewell Railway; and for other purposes.
  ccii. An Act for conferring on the South-eastern Railway Company further powers with reference to their own undertakings, and those of other Companies; and for other purposes.
  cciii. An Act to incorporate a Company for the Construction of the Southsea Railway; and for other purposes.
  P. cciv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same.
  P. ccv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Board for London to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.
  P. ccvi. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to lend the sum of One thousand pounds to the Mulkear Drainage District Board.
  ccvii. An Act for making further Provision respecting the borrowing of Money by the Corporation of Liverpool; and for other purposes.
  ccviii. An Act to make further Provision respecting the borrowing of Money by the Corporation of Nottingham; and for other purposes.
  ccix. An Act to authorise the construction of Railways in and near to the District of Cath-cart, on the south side of Glasgow; and for other purposes.
  ccx. An Act to revive and extend the powers of the Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Railway Company for the purchase of lands and execution of works; to facilitate the completion and beneficial working of their undertaking; to change the name of the Company; and for other purposes.
  ccxi. An Act to authorise the construction of a railway in the county of Clare, to be called the Ennis and West Clare Railway; and for other purposes.

  PRIVATE ACTS,

    PRINTED BY THE QUEEN'S PRINTER,
    AND WHEREOF THE PRINTED COPIES MAY BE GIVEN IN EVIDENCE.
    1. AN Act to extend the Power of Sale contained in the Resettlement of the Blenheim Settled Estates to the Sunderland Library; and for other purposes.
    2. An Act for giving further effect to a Compromise of certain opposing Claims affecting the Estates of William Sydney, Earl of Leitrim, deceased, in the counties of Leitrim, Donegal, Galway, and Kildare in Ireland; and for giving effect to a further arrangement respecting the said Estates.
    3. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Settled Estates of the Right Honourable St. George Henry Earl of Lonsdale to purchase certain Mines of Coal and other Minerals belonging to the Crown, and lying under the Sea adjoining the Coast of the County of Cumberland; and to raise Money for effecting such Purchase by mortgage of the Settled Estates or parts thereof; and for other purposes.
    4. An Act for making further provisions concerning the Settled Estates of the Marquess of Abergavenny.
    5. An Act to confer upon the Trustees of the Family Estates, settled by the Will of the Most Noble Francis Godolphin D'Arcy, seventh Duke of Leeds, powers of sale and exchange and powers to raise Moneys for the purposes of the Settled Estates; and for other purposes.

  PRIVATE ACTS,

    NOT PRINTED.
    AN Act to naturalize Hermann Katz, and to grant to and confer upon him all the rights, privileges, and capacities of a natural-born Subject of Her Majesty the Queen.
    An Act to relieve the Right Honourable George Frederick William Baron Byron from certain disabilities and penalties in consequence of his having sat and voted in the House of Peers without being duly qualified by making and subscribing the Oath prescribed by Law.
    An Act to naturalize Edward Max Posen, and to grant to and confer upon him all the rights, privileges, and capacities of a natural-born Subject of Her Majesty the Queen.
    An Act to relieve the Right Honourable William Conyngham Baron Plunket from certain disabilities and penalties in consequence of his having sat and voted in the House of Peers without being duly qualified by making and subscribing the Oath prescribed by Law.

  SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE, SESSIONS 1880.
  RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 3 August 1880;—for,
  A RETURN "of the Number of DAYS on which THE HOUSE SAT in the Sessions of 1880, stating, for each Bay, the Date of the Month, and Day of the Week, the Hour of the Meeting, and the Hour of Adjournment; and the Total Number of Hours occupied in the Sittings of The House, and the Average Time; and showing the Number of Hours on which The House Sat each Day, and the Number of Hours after Midnight; and the Number of Entries in each Day's Votes and Proceedings" (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.130, of Session 1878–9).
  (Sir Charles Forster.)

  Month.

  Day.

  House met.

  House adjourned.

  Hours of Sitting.

  Hours after Midnight.

  Entries in Votes.

  Sessn.

  1

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  1880

  Feb.

  5

  Th

  1

  30

  11

  45

  10

  15

  73

  Feb.

  6

  F

  4

  0

  2

  30

  10

  30

  2

  30

  148

  Feb.

  9

  M

  4

  0

  2

  45

  10

  45

  2

  45

  173

  Feb.

  10

  Tu

  4

  0

  12

  45

  8

  45

  0

  45

  139

  Feb.

  11

  W

  2

  0

  5

  50

  3

  50

  37

  Feb.

  12

  Th

  4

  0

  1

  0

  9

  0

  1

  0

  45

  Feb.

  13

  F

  4

  0

  12

  45

  8

  45

  0

  45

  41

  Feb.

  16

  M

  4

  0

  2

  45

  10

  45

  2

  45

  91

  Feb.

  17

  Tu

  4

  0

  1

  45

  9

  45

  1

  45

  57

  Feb.

  18

  W

  12

  0

  4

  0

  4

  0

  25

  Feb.

  19

  Th

  4

  0

  2

  30

  10

  30

  2

  30

  50

  Feb.

  20

  F

  4

  0

  1

  45

  9

  45

  1

  45

  51

  Feb.

  23

  M

  4

  0

  1

  45

  9

  45

  1

  45

  78

  Feb.

  24

  Tu

  4

  0

  1

  30

  9

  30

  1

  30

  56

  Feb.

  25

  W

  12

  0

  5

  50

  5

  50

  45

  Feb.

  26

  Th

  4

  0

  1

  0

  9

  0

  1

  0

  35

  Feb.

  27

  F

  4

  0

  2

  0

  10

  0

  2

  0

  33

  Feb.

  28

  S

  12

  0

  6

  45

  6

  45

  17

  Total

  18

  157

  25

  22

  45

  1,194

  Mar.

  1

  M

  4

  0

  1

  15

  9

  15

  1

  15

  68

  Mar.

  2

  Tu

  4

  0

  1

  15

  9

  15

  1

  15

  57

  Mar.

  3

  W

  12

  0

  4

  0

  4

  0

  30

  Mar.

  4

  Th

  4

  0

  2

  45

  10

  45

  2

  45

  42

  Mar.

  5

  F

  4

  0

  2

  0

  10

  0

  2

  0

  45

  Mar.

  8

  M

  4

  0

  2

  15

  10

  15

  2

  15

  62

  Mar.

  9

  Tu

  4

  0

  10

  15

  6

  15

  47

  Mar.

  10

  W

  12

  0

  4

  45

  4

  45

  51

  Mar.

  11

  Th

  4

  0

  2

  0

  10

  0

  2

  0

  72

  Mar.

  12

  F

  2

  0

  6

  15

  4

  15

  55

  Mar.

  15

  M

  4

  0

  1

  15

  9

  15

  1

  15

  82

  Mar.

  16

  Tu

  3

  0

  9

  15

  6

  15

  43

  Mar.

  17

  W

  12

  0

  5

  35

  5

  85

  47

  Mar.

  18

  Th

  3

  0

  5

  30

  2

  30

  43

  Mar.

  19

  F

  3

  15

  5

  15

  2

  0

  28

  Mar.

  24

  W

  1

  30

  Prorogation.

  30

  Total

  16

  104

  20

  12

  45

  802

  Sessn.

  2

  Apr.

  29

  Th

  2

  0

  3

  0

  1

  0

  6

  Apr.

  30

  F

  2

  0

  5

  0

  3

  0

  5

  Total

  2

  4

  0

  11

  Month.

  Day.

  House met.

  House adjourned.

  Hours of Stiting.

  Hours after Midnight.

  Entries in Votes.

  Sessn.

  2

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  1880

  May

  1

  S

  2

  0

  4

  45

  2

  45

  2

  May

  3

  M

  2

  0

  3

  45

  1

  45

  14

  May

  5

  W

  3

  0

  3

  45

  0

  45

  25

  May

  10

  M

  4

  0

  4

  30

  0

  30

  12

  May

  11

  Tu

  4

  0

  6

  15

  2

  15

  17

  May

  20

  Th

  2

  0

  11

  15

  9

  15

  63

  May

  21

  F

  4

  0

  1

  45

  9

  45

  1

  45

  201

  May

  24

  M

  4

  0

  2

  0

  10

  0

  2

  0

  129

  May

  25

  Tu

  4

  0

  12

  45

  8

  45

  0

  45

  94

  May

  27

  Th

  4

  0

  1

  30

  9

  30

  1

  30

  74

  May

  28

  F

  4

  0

  1

  15

  9

  15

  1

  15

  80

  May

  31

  M

  4

  0

  12

  45

  8

  45

  0

  45

  97

  Total

  12

  73

  15

  8

  0

  808

  June

  1

  Tu

  4

  0

  1

  15

  0

  15

  1

  15

  67

  June

  2

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  49

  June

  3

  Th

  4

  0

  2

  30

  10

  30

  2

  30

  51

  June

  4

  F

  4

  0

  2

  45

  10

  45

  2

  45

  49

  June

  7

  M

  4

  0

  1

  45

  9

  45

  1

  45

  93

  June

  8

  Tu

  4

  0

  12

  45

  8

  45

  0

  45

  80

  June

  9

  W

  12

  0

  5

  15

  5

  15

  56

  June

  10

  Th

  4

  0

  1

  15

  9

  15

  1

  15

  70

  June

  11

  F

  2

  0

  2

  80

  12

  30

  2

  30

  80

  June

  14

  M

  4

  0

  1

  45

  9

  45

  1

  45

  110

  June

  15

  Tu

  4

  0

  8

  45

  4

  45

  79

  June

  16

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  69

  June

  17

  Th

  4

  0

  12

  30

  8

  30

  0

  30

  75

  June

  18

  F

  2

  0

  1

  15

  11

  15

  1

  15

  103

  June

  21

  M

  4

  0

  1

  30

  9

  30

  1

  30

  144

  June

  22

  Tu

  4

  0

  12

  45

  8

  45

  0

  45

  108

  June

  23

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  78

  June

  24

  Th

  4

  0

  3

  15

  11

  15

  3

  15

  98

  June

  25

  F

  2

  0

  1

  45

  11

  45

  1

  45

  101

  June

  28

  M

  4

  0

  1

  45

  9

  45

  1

  45

  126

  June

  29

  Tu

  2

  0

  9

  15

  7

  15

  80

  June

  30

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  75

  Total

  22

  192

  10

  25

  15

  1,841

  July

  1

  Th

  4

  0

  4

  0

  12

  0

  4

  0

  93

  July

  2

  F

  2

  0

  11

  15

  9

  15

  79

  July

  3

  S

  12

  0

  12

  30

  12

  30

  0

  30

  32

  July

  5

  M

  4

  0

  2

  0

  10

  0

  2

  0

  121

  July

  6

  Tu

  2

  0

  12

  30

  10

  30

  0

  30

  64

  Month.

  Day.

  House met.

  House adjourned.

  Hours of Sitting.

  Hours after Midnight.

  Entries in Votes.

  Sessn.

  2

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  M.

  H.

  H.

  M.

  1880

  cont.

  July

  7

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  68

  July

  8

  Th

  4

  0

  2

  0

  10

  0

  2

  0

  82

  July

  9

  F

  2

  0

  1

  15

  11

  15

  1

  15

  109

  July

  12

  M

  4

  0

  4

  45

  12

  45

  4

  45

  112

  July

  13

  Tu

  2

  0

  9

  5

  7

  5

  61

  July

  14

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  77

  July

  15

  Th

  4

  0

  2

  15

  10

  15

  2

  15

  82

  July

  16

  F

  2

  0

  2

  45

  12

  45

  2

  45

  82

  July

  19

  M

  4

  0

  3

  30

  11

  30

  3

  30

  93

  July

  20

  Tu

  2

  0

  2

  30

  12

  30

  2

  30

  73

  July

  21

  W

  12

  0

  5

  50

  5

  50

  71

  July

  22

  Th

  4

  0

  1

  30

  9

  30

  1

  30

  63

  July

  23

  F

  2

  0

  2

  0

  12

  0

  2

  0

  75

  July

  26

  M

  4

  0

  2

  0

  10

  0

  2

  0

  65

  July

  27

  Tu

  2

  0

  2

  0

  12

  0

  2

  0

  51

  July

  28

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  60

  July

  29

  Th

  4

  0

  3

  0

  11

  0

  3

  0

  65

  July

  30

  F

  2

  0

  9

  5

  7

  5

  59

  Total

  23

  227

  30

  36

  30

  1,737

  Aug,

  2

  M

  4

  0

  2

  30

  10

  30

  2

  30

  70

  Aug,

  3

  Tu

  2

  0

  1

  30

  11

  30

  1

  30

  55

  Aug,

  4

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  43

  Aug,

  5

  Th

  4

  0

  3

  15

  11

  15

  3

  15

  66

  Aug,

  6

  F

  2

  0

  3

  30

  13

  30

  3

  30

  79

  Aug,

  9

  M

  4

  0

  3

  15

  11

  15

  3

  15

  69

  Aug,

  10

  Tu

  2

  0

  2

  15

  12

  15

  2

  15

  75

  Aug,

  11

  W

  12

  0

  6

  0

  6

  0

  46

  Month.

  Day.

  House met.

  House adjourned.

  Hours of Sitting.

  Hours after Midnight.

  Entries in Votes.

  Sessn.

  2

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  1880

  cont.

  Aug.

  12

  Th

  4

  0

  2

  30

  10

  30

  2

  30

  55

  Aug.

  13

  F

  2

  0

  3

  15

  13

  15

  3

  15

  68

  Aug.

  16

  M

  4

  0

  2

  30

  10

  30

  2

  30

  61

  Aug.

  17

  Tu

  2

  0

  1

  30

  11

  30

  1

  30

  49

  Aug.

  18

  W

  12

  0

  5

  55

  5

  55

  41

  Aug.

  19

  Th

  4

  0

  3

  15

  11

  15

  3

  15

  47

  Aug.

  20

  F

  2

  0

  2

  0

  12

  0

  2

  0

  52

  Aug.

  23

  M

  4

  0

  2

  30

  10

  30

  2

  30

  50

  Aug.

  24

  Tu

  4

  0

  2

  0

  10

  0

  2

  0

  39

  Aug.

  25

  W

  12

  0

  5

  50

  5

  50

  32

  Aug.27

  P.M.

  Aug.

  *26

  Th

  4

  0

  12

  45

  20

  45

  12

  45

  18

  Aug.

  27

  F

  2

  0

  3

  0

  13

  0

  3

  0

  52

  Aug.

  28

  S

  12

  0

  11

  45

  11

  45

  28

  Aug.

  30

  M

  4

  0

  2

  15

  10

  15

  2

  15

  37

  Aug.

  31

  Tu

  2

  0

  3

  30

  13

  30

  3

  30

  41

  Total

  23

  252

  40

  57

  15

  1,173

  Sept.

  1

  W

  12

  0

  6

  0

  6

  0

  40

  Sept.

  2

  Th

  3

  0

  1

  0

  10

  0

  1

  0

  49

  Sept.

  3

  F

  3

  0

  11

  0

  8

  0

  40

  Sept.

  4

  S

  1

  45

  6

  30

  4

  45

  37

  Sept.

  7

  Tu

  1

  30

  Prorogation.

  54

  Total

  5

  28

  45

  1

  0

  220

  ٭The House sat from 4 p.m. on Thursday, 26th August, till
  12.45 p.m. on Friday, 27th August.

  SUMMARY.
  Month.

  Days of Sitting.

  Hours of Sitting.

  Hours after Midnight.

  Entries in Votes.

  Session 1.

  1880

  H.

  M.

  H.

  M.

  February

  18

  157

  25

  22

  45

  1,194

  March

  16

  104

  20

  12

  45

  802

  Total

  34

  261

  45

  35

  30

  1,996

  Session 2.

  April

  2

  4

  0

  11

  May

  12

  73

  15

  8

  0

  808

  June

  22

  192

  10

  25

  15

  1,841

  July

  23

  227

  30

  36

  30

  1,737

  August

  23

  252

  40

  57

  15

  1,173

  September

  5

  28

  45

  1

  0

  220

  Total

  87

  778

  20

  128

  0

  5,790

  Sessns. 1 & 2 Total.

  121

  1,040

  5

  163

  30

  7,786

  Average Time of Sitting, Session 1, 7 Hours 42 Minutes.
  Average Time of Sitting, Session 2, 8 Hours 57 Minutes.
  Average Time of Sitting, Sessions 1 and 2, 8 Hours 36 Minutes.

  SUMMARY (SESSION 1).

  Number of Divisions on Public Business before Midnight

  …

  …

  31

  Number of Divisions on Public Business after Midnight

  …

  …

  15

  Number of Private Business on Public Business before Midnight

  …

  …

  1

  Number of Divisions on Public Business after Midnight

  …

  …

  —

  Total Number of Divisions in Session 1, 1880

  …

  …

  47

  SUMMARY (SESSION 2).

  Number of Divisions on Public Business before Midnight

  …

  …

  95

  Number of Divisions on Public Business after Midnight

  …

  …

  69

  Number of Private Business on Public Business before Midnight

  …

  …

  5

  Number of Divisions on Public Business after Midnight

  …

  …

  —

  Total Number of Divisions in Session 2, 1880

  …

  …

  169

GENERAL INDEX TO SECOND SESSION 1880.

  EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS.
  IT being a principal object of this Index, that the proceedings on each Motion shall be completely recorded, some abbreviations of forms were necessary. Those who are accustomed to the proceedings of Parliament will readily fill up the voids. Those who are not so familiar, may find the following explanation useful, but will find the whole formulœ set out at length in the "Contents."
  The names which immediately follow the title of a Bill are those of the Peers or hon. Members who have charge of the Bill.
  The numbers which are added at stages of Bills are the official numbers of the prints and reprints ordered at each stage, and, with the Statute, will enable the reader to follow all the changes the Bill has undergone.
  The entries—Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a;;" Amendt. 'this day six months;" Question put, "That 'now,' &c."—indicate the usual form of raising the issue—namely, "That the word 'now' stand part of the Question."
  "The Ballot, Amendt. on Committee of Supply" indicates that the Question was raised by means of an Amendment moved on the Motion (after the Order of the Day for the House to go into Committee of Supply had been read), "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair." In this case the issue is formally raised by the Motion "To leave out from the word 'That' to the end of the Question, in order to add" other words. The decision is taken on the Question, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
  The Nos. added to the "Parliamentary Papers" are in most cases those given in the Commons' "List of Papers for Sale."

MINUTES.
PUBLIC BILLS—Royal Assent— Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) [43 & 44 Vict. c. 40]; Post Office Money Orders [43 & 44 Vict. c. 33]; Fraudulent Debtors (Scotland) [43 & 44 Vict. c. 34]; Wild Birds Protection Law Amendment [43 & 44 Vict. c. 35]; County Court Jurisdiction in Lunacy (Ireland)"[43 & 44 Vict. c. 39]; Savings Banks (No. 1) [43 & 44 Vict. c. 36]; Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain) [43 & 44 Vict. c. 43]; Ground Game [43 & 44 Vict. c. 47]; Assaults on Young Persons [43 & 44 Vict. c. 45]; Irish (Belief of Distress) Loans Amendment [43 & 44 Vict. c. 44]; Expiring Laws Continuance [43 & 44 Vict. c. 48]; Employers Liability [43 & 44 Vict. c. 42]; Universities

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and College Estates Act Amendment [43 & 44 Viet. c. 46]; Census [43 & 44 Vict. c. 37]; Census (Scotland) [43 & 44 Vict. c. 38]; Burials [43 & 44 Vict. c. 41]; Drainage and Improvement of Land (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 4) [43 & 44 Viet. c cciv]; Elementary Education Provisional Order Confirmation (London) [43 & 44 Vict. c. ccv]; Mulkear Drainage District [43 & 44 Vict. c. ccvi].

GLOUCESTER ELECTION—CANTERBURY ELECTION —CHESTER ELECTION —MACCLESFIELD ELECTION—KNARESBOROUGH ELECTION—BOSTON ELECTION—OXFORD ELECTION—SANDWICH ELECTION.
The Queen's Answers to the Addresses of Thursday last reported by The Lord Steward.

PROROGATION OF THE PARLIAMENT— HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.
The PARLIAMENTwas this day prorogued by Commission.
THE LORD CHANCELLORacquainted the House that Her Majesty had been pleased to grant two several Commissions, one for declaring Her Royal Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament, and the other for proroguing the Parliament:—And the LORDS COMMISSIONERS —namely, The LORD CHANCELLOR; The LORD STEWARD (The Earl Sydney); The LORD CHAMBERLAIN (The Earl of Kenmare); The SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (The Earl of Kimberley); and The EARL OF CORK AND ORRERY (Master of Buckhounds)—being in their Robes, and seated on a Form between the Throne and the Woolsack; and the COMMONS being come, with their Speaker, and the Commission to that purpose being read, the ROYAL ASSENT was given to several Bills.
Then THE LORD CHANCELLOR, pursuant to Her Majesty's Command, delivered HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH, as follows:—
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"IT is with satisfaction that I find myself at length enabled to release you from your arduous labours.
"I continue to receive assurances of the most friendly character from all foreign Powers.
"The failure of the Sublime Porte to execute, according to its engagement, a plan which was agreed upon in April last for the determination of the Ottoman frontier lying towards Montenegro has caused unfortunate delays in the settlement of that question, and the Treaty of Berlin has not yet taken effect in other points of importance which remained open at the commencement of the Session.
"The Governments which were parties to that Treaty have communicated to the Sultan their judgment on the means of bringing to a satisfactory settlement the Greek and Montenegrin Frontier questions, on the administrative organization of the European provinces of Turkey, and on the principal reforms required in the Asiatic provinces inhabited by Armenians.
"For the attainment of the objects in view, I continue to place reliance on the fact that the concert of Europe has been steadily maintained in regard to the Eastern question, and that the Powers which signed the Treaty of Berlin are pressing upon the Sublime Porte, with all the authority which belongs to their united action, the measures which in their belief are best calculated to ensure tranquillity in the East.
"I have not been unmindful during the few months which have elapsed since I last addressed you of the considerations which I have stated would guide my policy on the North-Western Frontier of my Indian Empire. Measures have already been taken for the complete military evacuation of Northern Afghanistan, and some progress has been made towards the pacification and settlement of the country.
"A renewal of hostilities by the Afghans, under Ayoub Khan, has rendered necessary further military operations in Southern Afghanistan. The prompt measures taken by the Government of India for the relief of the garrison of Candahar, and the conspicuous ability and energy displayed by my officers and troops in the execution of those measures, resulting in the brilliant victory recently gained by the gallant force under the command of Sir Frederick Roberts, will, I trust, speedily bring to an honourable termination the war in that division of the country.
"I regret that it has not hitherto been possible to give you such information on the general state of Indian Finance, and the recent miscarriages in presenting the accounts of military expenditure, as you would justly require before entering on a practical consideration of the subject. You may, however, rest assured that I shall redeem my pledge to supply you with this information at the earliest period in my power.
"No advance has recently been made in the project of a South African Confederation, nor could advantage arise from endeavours to press it forward, except in proportion to the favourable movement of public opinion in that portion of the Empire. The general state of affairs in South Africa is, however, on the whole, satisfactory, except in Basutoland, where I trust that a moderate and conciliatory policy may allay the agitation caused by the enforcement of the Disarmament Act.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
I tender to you my thanks for the liberal provision which you have made
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to meet the charges of the public service.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I acknowledge, with thankfulness to the Almighty, the happy continuance, during several weeks, of fine weather for securing a harvest which gives in many places a reasonable promise of abundance. I am thus enabled to anticipate both a further revival of trade and some addition to the revenue of the country for the year; and I dwell with especial pleasure upon the probable improvement in the condition of the people of Ireland, who have so seriously suffered from previous failure of the crops.
"I rejoice also to observe that, notwithstanding the lateness of the period at which you began your labours, your indefatigable zeal and patience have enabled you to add to the Statute Book some valuable laws.
"I refer particularly to your settlement of the long-contested questions relating to the subject of Burials, to the Education Act, and the Act for the better determining the Liability of Employers; and to these I would add the Act relating to Ground Game, the repeal of the Malt Duty, the Savings Banks Act, and the Post Office Money Orders Act, and the measures for bettering the condition of Merchant Seamen, and providing for the safer carriage of Grain Cargoes.
"I trust that these measures may, under Divine Providence, contribute to the welfare and prosperity of my people.
Then a Commission for proroguing the Parliament was read.
After which,
THE LORD CHANCELLOR THE LORD CHANCELLOR said—
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
By virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, under the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now read, we do, in Her Majesty's Name, and in obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this Parliament to Wednesday the twenty-fourth day of November next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Wednesday the twenty-fourth day of November next.