Sitting of 3 August 1910

Preamble
The House met at Twelve of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Bill (by Order),
Third Reading deferred till Tuesday, 15th November, at a quarter-past eight of the clock.
Warrington Corporation Bill,—As amended, considered:—
Ordered, That Standing Orders 223 and 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
King's Consent signified,—Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed.
Oyster and Mussel Fishery (Bay of Firth) Order Confirmation Bill [Lords],—considered.
To be read the third time upon Tuesday, 15th November.
Wemyss and District Water Order Confirmation Bill [Lords],—considered;
Read the third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Dick Trust Order Confirmation Bill,—considered;
To be read the third time upon Tuesday, 15th November.
Message from the Lords,—That they have agreed to—
Regency Bill,
Isle of Man (Customs) Bill,
Hotels and Restaurants (Dublin) Bill,
Civil List Bill,
Accession Declaration Bill,
Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, (1908) Amendment Bill,
Jury Trials (Scotland) Bill,
Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) (Amendment) Bill,
Montrose Water, etc., Order Confirmation Bill,
Fraserburgh Water Order Confirmation Bill,
Sidlaw Sanatorium (Transfer) Order Confirmation Bill,
Port of London (Registration of Craft) Provisional Order Bill, without Amendment.
Port of London (Port Rates on Goods) Provisional Order Bill,
Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill, with Amendments.
Amendment to—
Tramways Orders Confirmation Bill [Lords], without Amendment.
Amendments to—
Water Orders Confirmation Bill [Lords], Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Bill [Lords], without Amendment.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to Amend the Midwives Act, 1902."[Midwives (No. 2) Bill [Lords].]
And, also a Bill, intituled, "An Act to facilitate the foundation of new Bishoprics and the alteration of dioceses; and to Amend the Bishops' Resignation Act, 1869; and for other matters incidental thereto."[Bishoprics Bill [Lords].]
That they insist on their Amendment to the Small Holdings (No. 3) Bill, to which this House has disagreed, for the following Reason:—
Because, unless the Bill be so amended, those entitled to claim compensation under the Bill will not be given a sufficient opportunity for availing themselves of the relief which it is intended to afford.
That they do not insist on their Amendments to the Census (Great Britain) Bill, to which this House has disagreed.
Port of London (Port Rates on Goods) Provisional Order Bill,
Lords Amendments to be considered forthwith; considered, and agreed to.
Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill,
Lords Amendments to be considered forthwith; considered, and agreed to.

COUNTY COURTS (PLAINTS AND SITTINGS).
"Address for returns from every County Court in England and Wales of the total number of plaints, etc., entered in each Court from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, 1909, both days inclusive, distinguishing those

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not exceeding £20, those above £20 and not exceeding £50, those above £50 and not exceeding £100, and those by agreement over £100:
"And, of the sittings of the County Courts in England and Wales holden before the judges of such courts in the year 1909 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 258, of Session 1909.)"—[Mr. Masterman.]

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

  Towyn Council School.
  Mr. BRIDGEMANasked the President of the Board of Education if he can now state whether building operations began upon the enlargement of Towyn council school before the expiration of the period for objection to the notice; and if he will, in deference to the number of objectors, hold a local inquiry into the case?
  Mr. GULLAND (Lord of the Treasury): The statutory period of notice expired on 21st July, and revised plans of the proposed improvements were sent up to the Board of Education by the local authority on the 23rd of the month. From this my right hon. Friend assumes that building operations had not been commenced at that date. With regard to the second part of the question the Board of Education are in full possession of the material facts and have already given their decision that the proposed enlargement is necessary within the meaning of Sections 8 and 9 of the Education Act of 1902.

  Congo Rubber Plantations, Limited.
  Mr. NOLANasked the Prime Minister whether, as stated in its prospectus, the Congo Rubber Plantations, Limited, has the full approval of His Majesty's Government; if so, whether he can state what the nature of the implied guarantee is; whether the authority of the Government has been given for the statement; and, if not, whether he proposes to take any steps to warn possible investors against being misled by the unauthorised use of the name of His Majesty's Government upon the said prospectus?
  Mr. GULLAND: His Majesty's Government have no knowledge whatever of the company in question. With regard to the last part of the question, I observe that the prospectus, although its terms are
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  somewhat ambiguous, does not state that the company has the full approval of His Majesty's Government, but that the opening of the Congo to trade has their full approval.

  Situation in Tibet.
  Sir J. D. REES: I beg to ask the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, as representing the Secretary of State for India, whether he can make any statement with regard to the situation in Tibet?
  The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Colonel Seely): In view of the present disturbed condition of Tibet the Government of India have thought it necessary to collect at the frontier a sufficient force to enable the trade agencies at Gyantze and Yatung to be speedily reinforced in case they should at any time be in immediate danger of attack. The force which is held in readiness includes one battalion of native infantry, two sections of mountain artillery, and a section of sappers and miners, and also a battalion and a section of sappers and miners will be sent if necessary to hold the lines of communication. This force will not cross the frontier unless the protection of our officers renders it necessary, and it will in no circumstances intervene between Tibetians and Chinese, and if it should ever enter Tibet it will be withdrawn as soon as the situation permits.

  English Trading Companies (Congo).
  Mr. NOLAN (for Mr. Patrick White), asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state the nature and extent of any arrangement that may have been arrived at with the Belgian Government as to the formation of English trading companies in the Congo territory; and whether he will say whether any concession of zone rights has been sanctioned to His Majesty's Government?
  Mr. GULLAND: No arrangement has been arrived at with the Belgian Government of the nature indicated. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.

  Industrial School System.
  Mr. ARNOLD WARDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention had been called to the case of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, of 290, High Street, Watford, who have been detained since 1904, and

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  are still being detained in the Leeds and Macclesfield industrial school; whether there is reason to think that the children were originally sent to the school in consequence of some mistake or miscarriage of justice; whether he was aware that the parents are ready and willing to maintain them at home; and whether he would order that the children shall be restored to their parents?
  Mr. GULLAND: The Home Secretary has made inquiry, and is satisfied that there has been no miscarriage of justice in this case. He thinks that it is in the best interests of the children that they should remain under the care of the Managers of the Industrial Schools to which they were committed, and therefore he does not propose to take any action.

  Licensing Statistics.
  Mr. CHARLES ROBERTSasked the Home Secretary if he would state when this year's volume of licensing statistics for England and Wales would be published; and whether it could be arranged that another year these statistics could be available at an earlier period?
  Mr. GULLAND: The volume is in the Press and will be issued as early as the great amount of work which the printers have in hand admits. The Home Secretary hopes that next year's volume will appear earlier.

  Borstal Association.
  Mr. W. THORNEasked the Home Secretary if he was aware that some of the men who have been released from Borstal prison under the supervision of the Borstal Association were now employed by Messrs. Waring, White, and Company, contractors, at Pall Mall, and were working under the current rates of wages to an extent ranging from 1d. to 2d. per hour less than the wages paid to the ordinary builders' labourers; and if he intended taking action in the matter?
  Mr. GULLAND: The Home Secretary understands that in one or two cases lads leaving Borstal have been employed by Messrs. Waring, White, and Company; but, on leaving Borstal, they are boys not men, and fit only to do boys' work and earn the current rates paid for boys.
  Mr. W. THORNE: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the men named in the question are grown up persons and
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  married men? This can be proved by the secretary of the Borstal Association.
  Mr. GULLAND: I will convey the hon. Member's remarks to my right hon. Friend

  ATTENDANCE OF MINISTERS.
  Mr. CARLILE: On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker. May I draw your attention to the fact that although there are but comparatively few questions on the Paper there is an almost complete absence of Members of the Government to deal with them. That, I venture to say, constitutes a great slight upon the House and a gross neglect of the duty which devolves upon the right hon. Gentlemen.

SMALL HOLDINGS BILL.
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Buxton): I beg to move that the Lords Amendments to the Small Holdings Bill be now considered.
I accept these Amendments with considerable regret, but in view of the position of the Session and the fear that if we do not accept the Amendments it might seriously jeopardise the Bill, we accept them in the interests of the agricultural community, though we do not agree with them.
Mr. BYLES: I think a voice ought to be raised in disagreeing with the Amendments of the House of Lords, which I have not been able to see. It is a critical moment at which to accept an Amendment of this kind, which has already been considered by the House, I understand, and sent back to another place. I remember the concessions which were made by Mr. Forster on the Education Act of 1870, which led to the smothering of the country with new voluntary schools which the Act was intended gradually to absorb. I am afraid this extension of time will lead to an enormous number of claims being put in and the object of the Act will be defeated. I feel that the self-respect of the House of Commons is challenged if we send back an acquiescent message to the House of Lords. The relations between the Houses are now sub judice. It has been suggested that the restoration of this Amendment by the Lords constitutes a breach of what is called the truce. I cannot help feeling that it prejudices the whole working of the

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Conference, for which we are all standing aside, if we allow this to go
forward. The question which is being settled behind the curtain is whether the will of the Commons is to prevail. If we give way on this Amendment, we are giving away on that principle. Exactly three months ago the whole of this question was before the country. It was left to the people to decide, a strong conflict was threatening, and a General Election was expected.
Mr. E. H. CARLILE: Is the hon. Member in order in discussing the whole question of the relations between the two Houses on the Motion now before the House?
Mr. SPEAKER: The only point that we have to discuss is whether the word "November" should be substituted for "September." It is not a big peg for the hon. Member to hang a great oration upon.
Mr. BYLES: I do not propose to hang any oration upon it, but I wanted to show how the whole question as between this House and the other had been changed in its aspect.
Mr. SPEAKER: That really has nothing to do with the question of alteration of the date which is now proposed.
Mr. BYLES: I am strongly of opinion that this House should do nothing to prejudice the work which is going on, and which we know nothing about. I will say nothing to interfere with the blessed work of conciliation, but to acquiesce in this Amendment would be to imperil the work which we believe to be going on, and, therefore, I think the House having once refused the Amendment, should not now accept it.
Sir WILLIAM BULL: I think the House ought to understand the actual position in which it is at present. The Board of Agriculture, when this Bill first came up, distinctly stated that further time ought to be given for these claims, and this Amendment only extends the time from 30th September till 1st November. There is no great constitutional question, and I hope the Government will agree to the Amendment.
Mr. BARNES: I do not know whether the hon. Member (Mr. Byles) intends to take the matter to a vote or not. If he has pacific intentions, which he generally has,
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he has not been much helped by hon. Gentlemen opposite. I rise to join in the protest against the treatment of this House by the House of Lords, and I should like to say a word about a question of privilege. The Amendment involves public expenditure, and it is a strange thing that it should have got so far. I should like to protest as a Member of the House of Commons against the Lords putting an Amendment through which means an additional expenditure of public money. I should like to say a word on the Bill in its character of an agreed Bill, and I want to make a protest as one of a section of the House which knows nothing at all about any agreement.
Mr. SPEAKER: The hon. Member would not be entitled to discuss any question of agreement. The motion now is that the Lords Amendment be considered.
Mr. BARNES: I will leave that point, and treat the matter in another way. I wish to raise a protest against the Lords introducing Amendments of this sort at the eleventh hour, or what may be said to be the twelfth hour. This is not the time to make any alteration, and I should like to remind the House that this is quite in accord with their action upon another Bill. I cannot help thinking that there may be an ulterior motive behind it. Hon. Members will remember in regard to the Old Age Pensions Bill that an Amendment involving additional expenditure was proposed on the other side, and the result of it would have been to wreck the Bill. I take it that the Lords have now got us in the position that if we do not accept the Amendment they will know that the Bill will be lost. That would be very regrettable. I understand that the Lords are not sitting after this day, and therefore, unless we accept the Amendment the Bill will be lost. I feel inclined to go into the Lobby with my hon. Friend (Mr. Byles) if he goes to a division, but the result might be that the Bill would be lost, and the Lords and their friends would go up and down the country saying that they were in favour of giving the tenant farmers a great deal more than the Government were willing to give them. I am between two difficulties, and if I yield to my fighting instinct I will oppose the Amendment. I know there are many who attach considerable importance to this Bill. I believe it has been a long fight to get the Opposition side to assent to the principle of compensation for disturbance, and therefore I am in a quandary

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what to do, but on the whole, as a matter of principle, and following the line of my hon. Friend the Member for Salford, I am inclined to take all the chances and vote against the Lords Amendment.
Mr. SCOTT: I wish to join my hon. Friends in protesting against the action of the Lords. The administration of this Bill rests entirely with the Government.
Captain JESSEL: On a point of Order. May I ask whether if this Amendment is not agreed to before half-past twelve, it cannot be considered?
Mr. SPEAKER: We expect that the House will be summoned to the Lords at half-past twelve to hear the Royal Assent given to certain Bills, and if at that hour the House has not assented to the Lords Amendment, this Bill will not be included, and, of course, the Royal Assent cannot be given to this Bill. Therefore the Bill will be killed.
Mr. SCOTT: This is a Land Bill. Whenever we have a Land Bill this House has always to accept the will of the other House.
Question, "That the Lords Amendment be considered," put, and agreed to.

CLAUSE 2.—(Application to tenancies terminated before commencement of Act.)
Where a tenancy has been terminated before the commencement of this Act, and the tenant proves to the satisfaction of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries that he has incurred any loss or expense for which he would have been entitled to compensation under the foregoing section of this Act if the tenancy had terminated after the commencement of this Act, the Board may, out of the small holdings account, pay to the tenant such compensation for such loss or expense as they think just: Provided that no compensation under this section shall be payable if the claim for compensation is not made before the first day of September nineteen hundred and ten.
Lords Amendment:
To leave out the word "September" ["before the first day of September"] and to insert instead thereof the word "November."
Question, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment," put, and agreed to.
Resolved, That this House doth not insist on its disagreement to the Amendment made to the Bill by the Lords on which the Lords have insisted.

ROYAL ASSENT.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
The House went; and, having returned,
Mr. SPEAKER reported the Royal Assent to:—

(1) Civil List Act, 1910.

(2) County Common Juries Act, 1910.

(3) Diseases of Animals Act, 1910.

(4) Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910.

(5) Duke of York's School (Chapel) Act, 1910.

(6) Public Works Loans Act, 1910.

(7) Mines Accidents (Rescue and Aid) Act, 1910.

(8) Companies (Converted Societies), Act, 1910.

(9) Trusts (Scotland) Act, 1910.

(10) Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910.

(11) Children Act (1908) Amendment Act, 1910.

(12) Census (Great Britain) Act, 1910.

(13) Isle of Man (Customs) Act, 1910.

(14) Regency Act, 1910.

(15) Hotels and Restaurants (Dublin) Act, 1910.

(16) Accession Declaration Act, 1910.

(17) Agricultural Holdings (Scotland), Amendment Act, 1910.

(18) Jury Trials Amendment (Scotland)) Act, 1910.

(19) Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1910.

(20) Small Holdings Act, 1910.

(21) Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act, 1910.

(22) Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act, 1910.

(23) Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act, 1910.

(24) Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act, 1910.

(25) Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act, 1910.

(26) Clydebank and District Water Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

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(27) Paisley Gas Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

(28) Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act, 1910.

(29) Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act, 1910.

(30) Electric Lighting Order Confirmation (No. 4) Act, 1910.

(31) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act, 1910.

(32) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act, 1910.

(33) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act, 1910.

(34) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 4) Act, 1910.

(35) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 5) Act, 1910.

(36) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 6) Act, 1910.

(37) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 7) Act, 1910.

(38) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 8) Act, 1910.

(39) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 9) Act, 1910.

(40) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 10) Act. 1910.

(41) Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 14) Act, 1910.

(42) Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 15) Act, 1910.

(43) Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London) Act, 1910.

(44) Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (Banks, etc.) Act, 1910.

(45) Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (No.6) Act, 1910.

(46) Water Provisional Order Act, 1910.

(47) Water Orders Confirmation Act, 1910.

(48) Highland Railway Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

(49) Falkirk Corporation Gas Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

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(50) Land Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 2) Act, 1910.

(51) Land Drainage Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 3) Act, 1910.

(52) Port of London (Registration of Craft) Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

(53) Port of London (Port Rates on Goods) Provisional Order Act, 1910.

(54) Tramways Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

(55) Montrose Water, etc., Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

(56) Fraserburgh Water Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

(57) Sidlaw Sanatorium (Transfer) Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

(58) Wemyss and District Water Order Confirmation Act, 1910.

(59) Shirebrook and District Gas Act, 1910.

(60 Mountain Ash Water Act, 1910.

(61) Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act, 1910.

(62) Metropolitan District Railway Act, 1910.

(63) Padstow Harbour Act, 1910.

(64) Havant Gas Act, 1910.

(65) London United Tramways Act, 1910.

(66) Southampton Corporation Act, 1910.

(67) Barry Railway Act, 1910.

(68) London County Council (Money) Act, 1910.

(69) Little Hulton Urban District Council Act, 1910.

(70) Bradford Corporation Act, 1910.

(71) East Riding County Council Act, 1910.

(72) Middlesbrough Corporation Act, 1910.

(73) Pontypridd and Rhondda Water Act, 1910.

(74) Rhondda Urban District Council (Tramways Extensions, etc.) Act, 1910.

(75) Fylde Water Board Act, 1910.

(76) Eastbourne Corporation Act, 1910.

(77) Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act, 1910.

(78) Abertillery and District Water Board Act, 1910.

(79) Slough Waterworks Act, 1910.

(80) Bristol Gas Act, 1910.

(81) London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Act, 1910.

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(82) London County Council Powers) Act, 1910.

(83) Middleton Corporation Act, 1910.

(84) Glasgow Gas Act, 1910.

Whereupon Mr. SPEAKER, pursuant to the Resolution of the House of 29th July, adjourned the House without Question put.
Adjourned accordingly at Two minutes before One o'clock till Tuesday, 15th November next.

  Home and Foreign Spirits (Duty).
  Home and Foreign Spirits (Duty).
  Valuation of Land (Issue of Forms).
  Valuation of Land (Issue of Forms).
  Estate Inventories.
  Estate Inventories.
  Dog Licences.
  Dog Licences.
FINANCE ACT, 1909–10.
  LAND VALUATION (IRELAND).
  LAND VALUATION (IRELAND).
  RETAIL SALE OF SPIRITS.
  RETAIL SALE OF SPIRITS.
  CLUBS (PURCHASE OF LIQUORS).
  CLUBS (PURCHASE OF LIQUORS).
  WORK OF SENIOR ABSTRACTORS.
  WORK OF SENIOR ABSTRACTORS.
  INCOME TAX.
  INCOME TAX.
  BREWERS' LICENCES.
  BREWERS' LICENCES.
  Superannuation Act, 1909.
  Superannuation Act, 1909.
  Kinsale Farm (County Cork).
  Kinsale Farm (County Cork).
  Irish Land Act.
  Irish Land Act.
  Listowel Petty Sessions (Lischaw District).
  Listowel Petty Sessions (Lischaw District).
  Ancient Monuments (Ireland).
  Ancient Monuments (Ireland).
  Estate of William Bolton (County Wexford).
  Estate of William Bolton (County Wexford).
  Miss Pitts' Estate (Patrickswell).
  Miss Pitts' Estate (Patrickswell).
  Purchase of Estates (County Limerick).
  Purchase of Estates (County Limerick).
  Smith Estate (Bruff).
  Smith Estate (Bruff).
  Untenanted Lands (Croon, Limerick).
  Untenanted Lands (Croon, Limerick).
  Illegal Trawling (Kerry Coast).
  Illegal Trawling (Kerry Coast).
  Old Age Pensions (Ireland).
  Old Age Pensions (Ireland).
  Marquess of Ely's Estate (Knockraven).
  Marquess of Ely's Estate (Knockraven).
  Congested Districts Board, Ireland.
  Congested Districts Board, Ireland.
  Destruction of Immature Fish (Bantry Bay).
  Destruction of Immature Fish (Bantry Bay).
  Intermediate Education (Ireland) Grants.
  Intermediate Education (Ireland) Grants.
  Labourers Acts, Ireland (Advances).
  Labourers Acts, Ireland (Advances).
  Ballybunion Small-holders (Kerry).
  Ballybunion Small-holders (Kerry).
  Artisans' Dwellings (Listowel).
  Artisans' Dwellings (Listowel).
  Agrarian Dispute, Rosleague (Queenstown).
  Agrarian Dispute, Rosleague (Queenstown).
  Midleton Workhouse Inquiry.
  Midleton Workhouse Inquiry.
  Tredennick Estate, Roscommon.
  Tredennick Estate, Roscommon.
  Guarantee Bonds (Local Government Board, Ireland).
  Guarantee Bonds (Local Government Board, Ireland).
  O'Connell Estate (Cahirciveen).
  O'Connell Estate (Cahirciveen).
  Hillas Estate, County Sligo.
  Hillas Estate, County Sligo.
  Caldbeck Estate, Queen's County.
  Caldbeck Estate, Queen's County.
  Derry Bog, Annesley Estate.
  Derry Bog, Annesley Estate.
  Flannan Estate, County Meath.
  Flannan Estate, County Meath.
  Miss Bomford's Estate (County Meath).
  Miss Bomford's Estate (County Meath).
  Pyne (Castletown, Roche) Estate.
  Pyne (Castletown, Roche) Estate.
  Aglish Estate (County Kilkenny).
  Aglish Estate (County Kilkenny).
  Labourers (Ireland) Acts.
  Labourers (Ireland) Acts.
  Peace Preservation Acts, Ireland.
  Peace Preservation Acts, Ireland.
  Boatmen at Omeath.
  Boatmen at Omeath.
  Malone Estate, King's County.
  Malone Estate, King's County.
  Estates in County Mayo.
  Estates in County Mayo.
  Evicted Tenants Act (Case of John Mulcahy).
  Evicted Tenants Act (Case of John Mulcahy).
  Naval Construction.
  Naval Construction.
  Naval Pensions.
  Naval Pensions.
  "Dreadnought" Contract (Wages of Joiners).
  "Dreadnought" Contract (Wages of Joiners).
  H.M.S. "Triumph" and "Swiftsure."
  H.M.S. "Triumph" and "Swiftsure."
  Pembroke Dock (Naval Manœuvres)
  Pembroke Dock (Naval Manœuvres)
  Disrating Petty Officers (Royal Navy).
  Disrating Petty Officers (Royal Navy).
  Cardiff Naval Brigade (Loan of Guns).
  Cardiff Naval Brigade (Loan of Guns).
  Naval Officers (Foreign Decorations).
  Naval Officers (Foreign Decorations).
  Smethwick Education Committee.
  Smethwick Education Committee.
  Towyn Council School (Enlargement).
  Towyn Council School (Enlargement).
  Statistical Information (Form).
  Statistical Information (Form).
  King Edward's Funeral (Bonus to Police).
  King Edward's Funeral (Bonus to Police).
  Creation of Peers (Return).
  Creation of Peers (Return).
  Workmen's Compensation Act (Independent Certifying Surgeons).
  Workmen's Compensation Act (Independent Certifying Surgeons).
  Inebriate Reformatories.
  Inebriate Reformatories.
  Indian Liquor Traffic (Government Management).
  Indian Liquor Traffic (Government Management).
  Tithe Rent-Charge Rates Act, 1899.
  Tithe Rent-Charge Rates Act, 1899.
  Law Car and General Insurance Corporation.
  Law Car and General Insurance Corporation.
  Education Code (Notice of Changes).
  Education Code (Notice of Changes).
  Government Appointments (Scotland).
  Government Appointments (Scotland).
  Irish Butter Industry.
  Irish Butter Industry.
  Ordnance Workers' Grievances (Committee).
  Ordnance Workers' Grievances (Committee).
  School Buildings (Repayment of Loans).
  School Buildings (Repayment of Loans).
  Boarded-out Children (Funeral Expenses).
  Boarded-out Children (Funeral Expenses).
  Peruvian Amazon Company.
  Peruvian Amazon Company.
  International Esperanto Congress.
  International Esperanto Congress.
  PETITIONS PRESENTED.
  PETITIONS PRESENTED.
  Labour Exchanges.
  Labour Exchanges.
  Post Office Servants (Report of Select Committee).
  Post Office Servants (Report of Select Committee).
WARRINGTON CORPORATION BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1ª, and referred to the Examiners.
WEMYSS AND DISTRICT WATER ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL. [H.L.]
Returned from the Commons, agreed to.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 5) BILL.
  PORT OF LONDON (PORT RATES ON GOODS) PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
  Returned from the Commons, with the Amendments, agreed to.

SMALL HOLDINGS (No. 3.) BILL.
Returned from the Commons, with their disagreement to the Lords Amendment not insisted upon.
House adjourned during pleasure.
House resumed.

COMMISSION.
The following Bills received the Royal Assent—

Civil List.

County Common Juries.

Diseases of Animals (No. 2).

Aldermen in Municipal Boroughs.

Duke of York's School (Chapel).

Public Works Loans.

Mines Accidents (Rescue and Aid).

Companies (Converted Societies).

Trusts (Scotland).

Licensing (Consolidation).

Children Act (1908) Amendment.

Census (Great Britain).

Isle of Man (Customs).

Regency.

Hotels and Restaurants (Dublin).

Accession Declaration.

Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1908, Amendment.

Jury Trials (Scotland).

Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Amendment.

Small Holdings (No. 3).

Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 1).

Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 2).

Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 3).

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Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 1).

Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 2).

Clydebank and District Water Order Confirmation.

Paisley Gas Order Confirmation.

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 1).

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 2).

Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 4).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 4).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 6).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 7).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 8).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 9).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 10).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 14).

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 15).

Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London).

Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (Berks, &c.).

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

Water Provisional Order.

Water Orders Confirmation.

Highland Railway Order Confirmation.

Falkirk Corporation Gas Order Confirmation.

Land Drainage Provisional Order (No. 2).

Land Drainage Provisional Order (No. 3).

Port of London (Registration of Craft) Provisional Order.

Port of London (Port Rates on Goods) Provisional Order.

Tramways Orders Confirmation.

Montrose Water, &c., Order Confirmation.

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Fraserburgh Water Order Confirmation.

Sidlaw Sanatorium (Transfer) Order Confirmation.

Wemyss and District Water Order Confirmation.

Shirebrook and District Gas.

Mountain Ash Water.

Cambridge University and Town Water.

Metropolitan District Railway.

Padstow Harbour.

Havant Gas.

London United. Tramways.

Southampton Corporation.

Barry Railway.

London County Council (Money).

Little Hulton Urban District Council.

Bradford Corporation.

Yorkshire Registries and Driffield Navigation.

Middlesbrough Corporation.

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Pontypridd and Rhondda Joint Water Board.

Rhondda Urban District Council (Tramways Extensions, &c.).

Fylde Water Board.

Eastbourne Corporation.

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

Abertillery and District Water Board.

Slough Water.

Bristol Gas.

London County Council (Tramways and Improvements).

London County Council (General Powers).

Middleton Corporation.

Glasgow Gas Consolidation.

House adjourned at five minutes before One o'clock, to Tuesday, the 15th of November next, at quarter past Four o'clock, except for Judicial Business.