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VOLUME LXI.

FOURTH SERIES.

COMMONS: WEDNESDAY, 6TH JULY 1898.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

Northam Urban District Water Bill-Lords' Amendment considered, and

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agreed to

North Warwickshire Water Bill Lords' Amendment considered, and

agreed to

Devonport, Plymouth and Stoke Tramways Bill-As amended, considered;

to be read the third time

Liskeard Corporation (Water) Bill [H.L.]—As amended, considered; to

be read the third time

Leicester Freemen Bill [H.L.]-Read a second time, and committed

Portsmouth Corporation Tramways Bill [H.L.]-Read a second time, and

committed

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Walker's Estate Bill [H.L.] Read a second time, and committed...

Windsor and Ascot Railway Bill [H.L.]—Read a second time, and com-

mitted

Dogs Regulation Bill-Against: From London (3); to lie upon the Table

EAST INDIA (CONTAGIOUS DISEASES)- Against State Regulation: From

Edinburgh, Westbourne Park, Weston-super-Mare, and Alloa; to lie

upon the Table

Habitual Inebriates Bill-In favour: From Edinburgh (2); to lie upon the

Table...

[July 6.]

Local Government (Scotland) Act (1894) Amendment (No. 2) Bill-

Against From Carluke; to lie upon the Table ...

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Parliamentary Franchise (Extension to Women) Bill-In favour: From

Croydon; to lie upon the Table

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Poor Law Officers' Superannuation (Scotland) Bill-Against: From Car-

luke; to lie upon the Table

Poor Law Settlement (Scotland) Bill-Against: From Carluke; to lie

upon the Table

ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE-For the provision of passenger lifts: From

London; to lie upon the Table

Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday Bill-In favour: From Turvey

and Kingsbridge; to lie upon the Table

Vagrancy Act Amendment Bill-In favour: From St. Giles in the Fields;

to lie upon the Table

SUPERANNUATION ACT, 1884-Copy presented of Treasury Minute, dated

27th June, 1898, declaring that James Turnbull, Examiner, Inspection

Department, War Office, was appointed without a Civil Service Certifi-

cate through inadvertence on the part of the Head of his Department

[by Act]; to lie upon the Table ...

COUNTY OFFICERS AND COURTS (IRELAND) Act, 1877

sented of the Receipts and Payments under the Act during the year

ended the 31st March, 1898 [by Act]; to lie upon the Table, and to be

printed. [No. 277]...

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (GENERAL REPORTS) -

(GENERAL REPORTS) - Copy presented of

General Report to the Education Department by the Chief Inspector of

the South Eastern Division for the year 1897 [by Command]; to lie

upon the Table

TRAWLER" NELLIE "-Return presented relative thereto [ordered 23rd June ;

Mr. Crombie]; to lie upon the Table

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TEACHERS OVER AGE (SCOTLAND)-Return presented relative thereto

[ordered 5th May; Mr. Crombie]; to lie upon the Table, and to be

printed. [No. 278]...

COLONIAL REPORTS (ANNUAL)-Copy presented of Report No. 230 (Turks

and Caicos Islands, Annual Report for 1897) [by Command]; to lie

upon the Table

Local Government (Ireland) Bill (Orders in Council)-Copy ordered “of

Amendments to be made in Orders in Council under clauses 73, 74, and

75 of the Local Government (Ireland) Bill."-(The Attorney General

for Ireland.) Copy presented accordingly: to lie upon the Table, and

to be printed. [No. 276]

[July 6.]

EAST INDIA (INDIA OFFICE, RETIREMENT AT 65)-Address for "Copy of

Minute by the Secretary of State for India, stating the circumstances

under which a Member of his Permanent Establishment has been

retained in the Service after he has attained the age of 65.”—(Secretary

Lord George Hamilton)

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HABITUAL INEBRIATES (EXPENSES)-Resolution reported—

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"That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys to be

provided by Parliament of any sums that may be required for the establish-

ment and maintenance of inebriate reformatories, in pursuance of any Act of

the present Session to provide for the treatment of Habitual Inebriates, and

of any expenses connected therewith, and also of remuneration to any

inspectors who may be appointed under such Act"

Resolution agreed to.

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EAST INDIA (INDIA OFFICE, RETIREMENT AT 65)-Return presented relative

thereto [Address 6th July; Secretary Lord George Hamilton]; to lie

upon the Table

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Rivers Pollution Prevention (Border County Councils) (No. 2) Bill

Considered in Committee (in the Committee)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 11) Bill-Reported, without

Amendment [Provisional Orders confirmed]; Report to lie upon the

Table; Bill to be read the third time to-morrow...

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 13) Bill Reported, with

Amendments [Provisional Orders confirmed]; Report to lie upon the

Table; Bill, as amended, to be considered to-morrow

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 14) Bill - Reported, with

Amendments [Provisional Orders confirmed]; Report to lie upon the

Table; Bill, as amended, to be considered to-morrow

Education Department Provisional Orders Confirmation (Barnes, etc.)

Bill [H.L.] Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Orders

confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table; Bill to be read the third time

Gas Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]—Reported, without Amendment

[Provisional Orders confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table; Bill to

be read the third time to-morrow

Dover Harbour Bill [H.L.]-Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie

upon the Table, and to be printed

Buenos Ayres Northern Railway Bill [H.L.]-Reported, without Amend-

ment; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed

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Glasgow and South Western Railway Bill [H.L.] Reported, with

Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed