Returns, Reports, Etc

Trinidad

Copy presented, of the Panama Isthmian Canal Labour Contract [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Treaty Series (No 15, 1907)

Copy presented, of International Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field. Signed at Geneva, 16th July, 1906. British Ratification deposited at Berne, 16th April, 1907 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

China (No 1, 1907)

Copy presented, of Report by Mr. W. J. Garnett on a Journey through the Provinces of Shantung and Kiangsu, with two Maps [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Proportional Representation (Foreign Countries And British Colonies) (Miscellaneous, No 3, 1907)

Copy presented, of Reports from His Majesty's Representatives in Foreign Countries and in British Colonies respecting the Application of the Principle of Proportional Representation to Public Elections [Address 18th June, 1906; Mr. John Robertson] [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Trade Reports (Annual Series)

Copy presented, of Diplomatic and Consular Report, Annual Series, No. 3821 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table.

Punjab Land Colonisation Bill

Return presented, relative thereto [Address 30th May; Sir Henry Cotton]; to lie upon the Table.

Light Railways Act, 1896

Copy presented, of Report of the Proceedings of the Board of Trade up to the 31st December, 1906, and of the Proceedings of the Light Railway Commissioners up to the same date [by Act]; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 188.]

Naval And Marine Pay And Pension Act, 1865

Copy presented, of Order in Council of 1st June, 1907, approving a Memorial of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for sanction to the payment of Special Allowances to Officers selected for the Staff of the War Course College at Portsmouth [by Act]; to lie upon the Table.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

Copy presented, of Order in Council of 1st June, 1907, confirming a By-law made by the Boston Pilot Commissioners in substitution for No. 5 of the By-laws approved by Order in Council of 28th November, 1889 [by Act]; to lie upon the Table.

Greenwich Hospital Act, 1865

Copy presented, of Order in Council of 1st June, 1907, approving a Memorial of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for the grant of a Pension to Mr. J. Baker, one of the Masters of the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich [by Act]; to lie upon the Table.

Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881

Copy presented, of Order in Council of 1st June, 1907, applying the provisions of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, to the Territory of Swaziland [by Act]; to lie upon the Table.

Allotments And Small Holdings

Copy ordered, "of the Allotments Acts, 1887 and 1890, the Small Holdings Act, 1892, and Sections 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the Local Government Act, 1894."—( Sir Edward Strachey.)

Copy presented accordingly; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 189.]

East India (Excise Committee)

Address for "Return of Orders of the Government of India on Chapters III. to VI., VII., VIII., and X. of the Report of the Excise Committee." —( Mr. Herbert Roberts.)

Joint Stock Companies

Return ordered, "(i.) Of the Companies registered during the year ended the 31st day of December, 1906, which filed a prospectus and to which certificates to commence business have been granted, stating—

(1) The date of Registration;

(2) The date of the prospectus;

(3) The amount of the nominal capital;

(4) The amount of each share;

(5) The amount issued or to be issued otherwise than for cash;

(6) The amount offered for subscription in cash;

(7) The amount underwritten;

(8) The commission for under writing;

(9) The minimum subscription required;

(10) The amount allotted before commencing business;

(11) The amounts per share pay able on application and allotment;

(12) The total directors' share qualification, if any; and

(13) The date of the certificate to commence business.

(ii.) Of the Companies registered during the year 1906, which filed a prospectus, but to which certificates to commence business have not been granted, stating the particulars specified in (i.) so far as they are applicable.

(iii.) Of the Companies registered during the year 1906, which filed a declaration that the Company "does not issue any invitation to the public to subscribe for its shares."

(iv.) Of the Companies registered during the year 1906, which have not filed a prospectus or a declaration that the Company "does not issue any invitation to the public to subscribe for its shares," and stating the particulars specified in (i.) so far as they are applicable.

(v.) Of the Companies which were dissolved or struck off the register during the year 1906.

(vi.) Of the total number of Companies dissolved during the year 1906 (1) by order of the Court; (2) after voluntary liquidation; and (3) pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of the Companies Act, 1880, and Section 26 of the Companies Act, 1900.

(vii.) Of the total number and nominal paid-up and considered as paid-up capital of the Companies registered during the year 1906 in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, respectively, distinguishing limited Companies from unlimited, and Companies registered with a nominal capital from Companies registered without such capital.

(viii.) Of the total number and paid-up capital, including the amounts considered as paid on vendors and other shares, of all Companies having a share capital which were on the register on the 30th day of April, 1907, except such Companies as were in course of liquidation or removal from the register under the provisions of Section 7 of the Companies Act, 1880, and Section 26 of the Companies Act, 1900.

(ix.) Of the total number and nominal capital of the Companies registered in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, in every year since the commencement of the Companies Act, 1862, to 1906, inclusive.

(x.) Of the fees and capital duty paid in respect of Registered Companies during the year 1906." —(Mr Lloyd- George.)

Volume 175: debated on Wednesday 12 June 1907