Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on the Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 14) Bill, 1891 [Borough of Salford Order], and the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on the Swinton and Pendlebury Local Board Bill, 1892, be referred to the Committee on the Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 15) Bill [Salford Order].— (Dr. Farquharson.)

Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Orders confirmed]; as amended, considered; read the third time, and passed.

Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Orders confirmed]; read the third time, and passed.

Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Orders confirmed]; as amended considered; read the third time, and passed.

Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Orders confirmed]; Bill, as amended, considered; read the the third time, and passed.

Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Order confirmed]; as amended, considered; read the third time, and passed.

Read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed.—[Bill 335.]

Read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed.—[Bill 336.]

Resolved, That in case the Committee on any Private Bill, or group of such Bills, shall report their opinion to the House that any Bill or Bills not yet considered by them should not be entered upon, or that the consideration of any Bill already partly considered shall not be proceeded with, all further proceedings

upon such Bills shall be suspended during the present Session.— (The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

1. Ordered, That the Promoters of every Private Bill which shall have been introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords in the present Session of Parliament, shall have leave to suspend any further proceeding thereupon, in order to proceed with the same Bill in the next Session of Parliament.

2. Ordered, That the Promoters of every such Bill shall give notice in the Private Bill Office, not later than the day prior to the close of the present Session, of their intention to suspend any further proceedings thereon; or, in the case of Bills which shall have been suspended on the Report of a Committee, or which, having passed this House, shall then be pending in the House of Lords, of their intention to proceed with the same Bill in this House in the next Session.

3. Ordered, That an Alphabetical List of all such Bills, with a statement of the stage at which the same was suspended, shall be prepared by the Private Bill Office, and printed.

4. Ordered, That not later than three clear days after the next meeting of Parliament, every Bill which has been introduced into this House shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, in the form required by Standing Order No. 201, with a declaration signed by the agent annexed thereto, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill with respect to which proceedings have been so suspended, at the last stage of its proceeding in the House in the present Session; and, where any sum of money has been deposited, that such deposit has not been withdrawn, together with a certificate of that fact from the proper officer of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in England or Ireland, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, as the case may be.

5. Ordered, That such Bills, indorsed by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, as having been duly deposited, with such declarations and certificates annexed, be laid by one of the Clerks of that Office upon the Table of the House, in the next Session of Parliament, in the order in which they shall stand upon such list.

6. Ordered,—That in respect of every Bill so laid upon the Table, the Petition for the Bill and the Order for leave to bring in the same in the present Session shall be read, and thereupon such Bill shall be read a first time, and a second time (if the Bill shall have been read a second time previously to its being suspended); and if such Bill shall have been reported by any Committee in the present Session, the Order for referring the Bill to a Committee shall be dispensed with, and the Bill ordered to lie upon the Table or to be read a third time, as the case may be.

7. Ordered, That in case any Bill brought from the House of Lords in the Present Session, upon which the proceedings shall have been suspended in this House, shall be brought from the House of Lords in the next Session of Parliament, the agent for such Bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office, prior to the first reading thereof, a declaration stating that the Bill is the same in every respect, as the Bill which was brought from the House of Lords in the present Session; and where any sum of money has been deposited, that such deposit has not been withdrawn, together with a certificate of that fact from the proper officer; and so soon as one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office has certified that such deposit has been duly made, the Bill shall be read a first time, and be further proceeded with in the same manner as Bills introduced into this House during the present Session.

8. Ordered, that all Petitions presented in the present Session against Private Bills, or against any Bill to confirm any Provisional Order or Certificate, and which stood referred to the Committees on such Bills, shall stand referred to the Committees on the same Bills in the next Session of Parliament; and that all Notices and grounds of objection to the right of Petitioners to be heard given in the present Session within the time prescribed by the Rules of the Referees relating to such Notices shall be held applicable in the next Session of Parliament.

9. Ordered, that no Petitioners shall be heard before the Committee on such Bills unless their Petition shall have been presented within the time limited in the present Session.

10. Ordered, that in case the time limited for presenting Petitions against any such Bills shall not have expired at the close of the present Session, Petitioners may be heard before the Committee on such Bill, provided their Petition be presented previous to, or not later than, seven clear days after the next meeting of Parliament.

11. Ordered, that all Instructions to Committees on Private Bills in the present Session which shall be suspended previously to their being reported by any Committee, be Instructions to the Committees on the same Bill in the next Session.

12. Ordered, that no new fees be charged in respect of any stage of a Bill upon which fees have already been incurred during the present Session.

13. Ordered, that all Standing Orders complied with in respect of any Public Bill introduced, or intended to be introduced, during the present Session, shall be held applicable to any Bill for the same objects introduced in the next Session, and where the Examiner has already reported upon the compliance with the Standing Orders in respect of any such Bill, he shall only report in the next Session whether any further Standing Orders are applicable.

14. Ordered, that Bills to confirm any Provisional Order or Certificate introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords, in the present Session, shall be suspended from the close of the present Session, in order to be proceeded with in the next Session of Parliament.

15. Ordered, that with regard to any such Bills the Order of Leave in the present Session shall be read, and thereupon the Bill shall be read a first time and a second time (if the Bill shall have been read a second time during the present Session); and if such Bill shall have been, reported by any Committee in the present Session, the Order for referring the Bill to a Committee shall be dispensed with, and the Bill ordered to lie upon the Table, or to be read a third time, as the case may be.

16. Ordered, that all applications, made, and Certificates given, and all other proceedings taken with reference to any Bill introduced, or intended to be introduced in the present Session for confirming any Provisional Order in respect to the Inclosure of Commons, under The Commons Act, 1876, shall be deemed to apply to any Bill introduced for the same object in the next Session.

17. Ordered, that the said Orders be Standing Orders of this House, and be printed.— (The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Ordered, that Standing Orders 220 and 246, relating to Private Bills, be suspended for the remainder of the Session.

Ordered, that, as regards Private Bills already returned by the House of Lords, with Amendments, such Amendments be now considered.

Ordered, that, as regards Private Bills to be returned by the House of Lords, with Amendments, such Amendments be considered forthwith.

Ordered, that, when it is intended to propose any Amendments thereto, a Copy of such Amendments shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, and notice given on the day on which the Bill shall have been returned from the Lords.— (The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

The following Bills were read 2° and committed:—

ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 6) BILL [H.L.].

GAS AND WATER CONFIRMATION BILL [H.L.].

GAS ORDERS CONFIRMATION BILL [H.L.].

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 20) BILL.

MILITARY LANDS PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 2) BILL.

TRAMWAYS PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1) BILL [H.L.].

TRAMWAYS PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 2) BILL [H.L.].

WATER ORDERS CONFIRMATION BILL [H.L.].

Return [presented 1st July] to be printed.—[No. 352.]

Return [presented 1st July] to be printed.—[No. 353.]

Return [presented 1st July] to be printed.—[No. 354.]

Accounts [presented 1st July] to be printed.—[No. 355.]

Accounts [presented 1st July] to be printed.—[No. 356.]

Paper [presented 1st July] to be printed.—[No. 357.]

Paper [presented 1st July] to be printed.—[No. 358.]

Paper [presented 1st July] to be printed.—[No. 359.]

Copy presented of Thirty-seventh Report of the Board of Superintendence, with Appendices [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Copy presented of Report of the Inspectors on the Sea and Inland Fisheries of Ireland for 1894 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Copy presented of Return of Eviction Notices filed during the quarter ended 30th June 1895 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Copy presented of Returns for the year 1894, with Appendices [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Copy presented of Annual Report of the Commissioners for the year 1894 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Copy presented of Return as to the Capital, Traffic, Receipts, and Working Expenditure, &c., of the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom for the year 1894 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Return presented relative thereto [ordered 18th February; Mr. Knox]; to lie upon the Table.

Copy presented of Ordinance with regard to Regulations for Patrick Yeaman and Moncreiffe Foundations in St. Mary's College (Ordinance, No. 145, St. Andrew's, No. 21) [by Act]; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.— [No. 360.]

Copy presented of Ordinance with regard to Regulations for Glende and Maxwell Foundations (Ordinance, No. 146, St. Andrew's, No. 22) [by Act]; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.—[No. 361.]

Paper laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House:—Copy of Rules made by the Commissioners in Lunacy, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, dated the 26th day of June 1895 [by Act].

Address for—

"Return of the Report of an Inquiry ordered by the Secretary of State for the Home Department into the Causes of the Death of a patient named Thomas Weir, at St. Ann's Heath, Virginia Water, held by Mr. Gully, Q.C., assisted by Dr. George H. Savage."—(Sir Seymour King.)

Return ordered,

"Comprising (1) the Report made to the Charity Commissioners in the result of an Inquiry held in the ancient parish of Halifax (including the county borough of Halifax) into Endowments, subject to the provisions of the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 to 1894, and appropriated in whole or in part for the benefit, of that parish or of any part thereof, together with the Reports on those Endowments of the Commissioners for Inquiring concerning Charities, 1818 to 1837; (2) a Digest showing whether any, and, if any, what such Endowments are recorded in the books of the Charity Commissioners in the parish; and (3) an Index alphabetically arranged of names and places mentioned in the Report." —(Mr. Francis Stevenson)

Return ordered,

"Comprising (1) the Reports made to the Charity Commissioners, in the result of an inquiry held in every parish wholly or partly within the county of Merioneth into Endowments, subject to the provisions of the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 to 1894, and appropriated in whole or in part for the benefit of that county, or of any part thereof, together with the Reports on those Endowments of the Commissioners for Inquiring concerning Charities, 1818 to 1837; (2) a Digest showing, in the ease of each such parish, whether any, and, if any, what, such Endowments are recorded in the books of the Charity Commissioners in the parish; and (3) an Index, alphabetically arranged, of names and places mentioned in the Reports.—(Mr. Francis Stevenson.)

Return ordered,

"Showing with reference to Session 1895, (1) the number of Sittings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at which Government Business had precedence; (2) the number of Sittings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at which Private Members had precedence; (3) the number of other Sittings at which, in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House, Government Business had precedence; (4) the number of Sittings at which Government Business had precedence under a Special Order of the House; (5) the number of Saturday Sittings; (6) the total number of Sittings at which Government Business had precedence; (7) the total number of Days on which the House sat; (8) the total number of Motions for Adjournment of the House on a matter of urgent public, importance; and (9) the number of Days in Supply (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 276, of Session 1894.)"—(Dr. Farquharson.)

Return ordered,

"Of the number of Select Committees appointed in the Session of 1895, including the Standing Committees and the Court of Referees; the subjects of inquiry; the names of the Members appointed to serve on each and the Chairman of each; the number of days each Committee met, and the number of days each Member attended; the total expense of the attendance of Witnesses at each Select Committee, and the name of the Member who moved for such Select Committee; also the total number of Members who served on the Select Committees (in the same form as, and in continuation of, Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.185, of Session 1894)."—(Dr. Farquharson.)

Return ordered,

"Respecting application of Standing Order No. 25 (Closure of Debate) during Session 1895 (in the same form as, and in continuation of, Parliamentary Paper, No. 275, of Session 1894)."—(Dr. Farquarson.)

Return ordered,

"Of the number of Public Bills, distinguishing Government from other Bills, introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords, during the Session of 1895; showing the number which received the Royal Assent; the number which were passed by this House but not by the House of Lords; the number passed by the House of Lords but not by this House; and distinguishing the stages at which such Bills as did not receive the Royal Assent wore dropped or postponed, and rejected in either House of Parliament (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.186, of Session 1894)."—(Dr.Farquharson.)

Return ordered,

"Of the number of Public Petitions presented and printed in the Session of 1895; with the total number of Signatures in that year (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.184, of Session 1894."—(Dr. Farquharson.)

Return ordered,

"Of Motions for Adjournment under Standing Order No. 17, showing the date of such Motion, the name of the Member proposing the definite matter of urgent public importance, and the result of any Division taken thereon in the Session 1895 (in the same form as, and in continuation of, Parliamentary Paper, No. 99, of Session 1894)."—(Dr. Farquarson.)

Return ordered,

"Of the number of Divisions of the House in the Session of 1895; stating the subject of the Division, and the number of Members in the majority and minority, Tellers included; also the aggregate number in the House on each Division; distinguishing the Divisions on Public Business from Private; and also the number of Divisions before and after midnight (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.183, of Session 1894)."—(Dr. Farquharson.)

Returns ordered,

"Of the number of Private Bills introduced and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts passed in the Session of 1895, classed according to the following subjects:—Railways; Tramways; Tramroads; Subways; Canals and Navigations; Roads and Bridges; Water; Gas; Gas and Water; Improvement; Police and Sanitary Regulations, Corporations, &c. (not relating to Police and Sanitary Regulations, or to Lighting and Improvement Schemes); Ports, Piers, Harbours, and Docks; Churches, Chapels, and Burying Grounds; Inclosure and Drainage; Estate; Divorce; and Miscellaneous. Of all the Private Bills, and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders, which in the Session of 1895, have been treated as Opposed Bills; specifying those which have been classified in Groups by the Committee of Selection, or by the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills; together with the names of the Selected Members who served on each Committee; the first and also the last day of the sitting of each Committee; the number of days on which each Committee sat; the number of days on which each Selected Member has served; the Bills, the preambles of which were reported to have been proved; the Bills, the preambles of which were reported to have been not proved; and in the case of Bills for confirming Provisional Orders, whether the Provisional Orders ought or ought not to be confirmed; the Bills referred back to the Committee of Selection, or to the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, as having become unopposed, and the Bills withdrawn, or not proceeded with by the Parties: And of all Private Bills which, in the Session of 1895, have been referred by the Committee of Selection, or by the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, to the Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, together with the names of the Members who served on each Committee; the number of days on which each Committee sat; and the number of days on which each Member attended (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.188, of Session 1894)."—(Dr. Farquharson).

Return ordered,—

"of the number of days on which the House sat in the Session of 1895, stating, for each day the date of the month, and the 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. 0.187,of Session 1894.")—(Dr. Farquharson.)

Return ordered,—

"showing (1) the name of each Union, Parish, County, or Municipal Borough in which the Government occupies property; (2) the extent and character of such property; (3) the valuation put upon such property for local rating; (4) the amount of Contribution paid to each Parish, County, or Municipal Borough in the the last financial year; and (5) special Acts of Parliament, if any, applicable to the case.—(Sir Albert Rollit)

Order for Second Reading read and discharged.

Bill withdrawn.

Report from the Select Committee brought up and read. [Inquiry not completed.]

Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.—[No. 362.]

Minutes of Proceedings to be printed.—[No. 362.]

Report from the Select Committee brought up and read, with Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix. [Inquiry not completed.]

Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.—[No. 363.]

Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix, brought up and read. [Inquiry not completed.]

Bill reported without Amendment.

Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.—[No. 364.]

Third Report from Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read. [Inquiry not completed.]

Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.—[No. 365.]

Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour, for Borough of Manchester (East Division).

Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, for Borough of Birmingham (West Division).

Right Hon. George Joachim Goschen, for Borough of St. George, Hanover Square.

Right Hon. Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, for Borough of Bristol (West Division).