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Commons Chamber section
Commons Hansard for 8 August 1904 (Volume 139)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
25 March 2018 at 2.05pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Unopposed Private Bill Business
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Message From The Lords
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Returns, Reports, Etc
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Royal Commissions
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Queen's College (Belfast)
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Marriages, Births, And Deaths (Ireland)
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Queen's College (Galway)
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Secondary Education (Scotland)
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Medical Officers Of Health For Counties
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Sandgate Homes (Pauper Inmates Chargeable To Metropolitan Unions)
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East India (Railways)
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Post Office
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Customs
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Inland Revenue
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Public Works (Ireland)
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Taxes And Imposts
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Government Departments (Contracts)
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Superannuation Act, 1887
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Trade Reports (Annual Series)
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Navy (Health)
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Naval Prize Money
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Naval Savings Banks
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Paper Laid Upon The Table By The Clerk Of The House
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Questions And Answers Circulated With The Votes
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Ballinrobe And Claremorris Light Railway
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Foreign Seamen On British Ships—Numbers Engaged At Shields, Cardiff, And Antwerp
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Prices Of And Duty On Wheat In United Kingdom, Germany, France, And Italy
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Electric Lighting Provisional Orders Granted To Local Authorities And Others
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Yorkshire (West Riding) Education Committee—Deduction From Teachers Salary For Time Spent In Giving Denominational Instruction
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Religious Instruction In New Provided Schools—Right Of Parents To Nominate Instructor
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Compensation For Injury—Case Of William Welsford, Shipwright, Of Devonport Dockyard
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Kent Waterworks Pumping Station At Darenth—Inquiry Into Purity Of Water
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Telephone Trunk Calls Between 8 Pm Saturday And 8 Am On Monday
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Protection Of Salmon And Sea Trout— Action Of The Fishmongers' Company
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Capital Expenditure (Money) Bill
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Publication Of Departmental History Of Lord Curzon's Administration Of India
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Cutting Of Turf By Tenants From Bog At Carnagh, Parish Of St John's, Athlone
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Londonderry Prison Officials
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Promotion Of Irish National School Teachers
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Cost Per Head Of Volunteer Force—Items On Which Reduction Is To Be Effected
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Allotment Of South African War Trophies
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Cost Per Head Of British Soldiers Abroad
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Preservation Of Wild Animals And Birds In Lagos
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Port Of London Bill
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Protection Of Trade Union Funds Suggested Legislation
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Royal Commission On Trades Disputes
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Questions In The House
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Rearmament Of The Artillery
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Porthcawl Rifle Range
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Summer Headgear For Soldiers
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South African Campaign—Honorary Army Rank For Officers Of The Auxiliary Forces
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South African Shipping Freights Conference
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Indian Government Departments—Distribution Of Work And Salaries
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Anglo-French Convention—Germany And The Egyptain Clauses
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Crime In Egypt
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Egypt And The Anglo-French Agreement
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American Tariff On Pickled Fish
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The Post Office And The National Tele Phone Company
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Illegible Postmarks
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Vaccination Exemption Certificates
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Metropolitan Hackney Carriages—Police Examination
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Life-Saving Gear On Passenger Ships To And From The Continent
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Caledonian And North British Railway—Workmen's Trains
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Fenit Harbour Board
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Exports Of Smokeless Steam Coal To Russia And Japan
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Treatment Of London Pauper Consumptives
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Cooscroum Boat Slip
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Marlborough Street Training College, Dublin
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Police-Constable Robinson Of Letterfrack
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St Luke's National School, Cork— Examination In Irish
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Marshall Estate, Kerry
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Irish National Foresters Demonstration At Cookstown
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Irish Department Of Agriculture And Technical Instruction—Literature For Village Libraries
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Rowe Estate, County Wexford
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Roscommon And Leitrim County Court Judgeship
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Dillon Estate, Ballaghaderreen
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Irish Local Government Board Surcharges
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Cookstown Disturbances—Father M'brien's Complaint
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Rents In County Down
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The Earl Of Shaftesbury's Antrim Tenants
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Limerick And Extra Police Charges
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Extra Police Charges In Ireland— Exchequer Loss
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Veterinary Branch Of Irish Agricultural Department—Promotion Grievances
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Veterinary Department Staff Salaries
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Recruiting In Ireland—Disloyal Notices At Maghera
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Irish Lace Frauds In Nice
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Curragh Camp Building Contracts
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Purchases Of Army Remounts In Ireland
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Irish Local Loan Funds
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Postal Arrangements In County Sligo
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Irish Town Sub-Postmasters' Grievances
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Russian Seizures Of British Ships—The Case Of The "Malacca"
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The Sinking Of The "Knight Commander"
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Port Of London Bill
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The Colonies And The Fiscal Question
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Telegraph Vote—Bradford Committee's Report
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Specie Commandeered By The Boers During The War
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Naval Works Expenditure
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Exports Of Smokeless Steam Coal
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Business Of The House
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Supply Of Electricity Bill
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Weights And Measures (Metric System) Bill
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Sea Fisheries Bill
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Chantrey Trust
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Message From The Lords
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Army Council Bill Lords
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Evening Sitting
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Supply 21St Allotted Day
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Army Estimates, 1904–5
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Dogs Bill
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Marine Insurance Bill
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Port Of London Bill
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Bishopric Of Bristol Bill Lords
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Provisional Order (Marriages) Bill
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Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill
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Site For Duke Of York's School Bill Lords
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Constabulary (Ireland) Bill
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Education (Scotland) Bill
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Judicature And Development Grant (Ireland) Bill
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Post Office Sites Bill
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Poor Law Authorities (Transfer Of Property) Bill Lords
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Government Ships Bill
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East India Revenue Accounts
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Public Works Loans (Remission)
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Navy And Army Expenditure, 1902–3
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Greenwich Hospital And Travers Foundation
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