Mar 24, 138; Bill read 2a

(No. 39)

. Moved, "That the House do now resolve itself
into a Committee " Mar 30, 457; after short
debate, Motion withdrawn; Bill referred to
a Select Committee

And, on April 2, the Lords following were
named of the Committee:-L. Abp. York,
D. Richmond, M. Salisbury, E. Devon, E.
Denbigh, E. Hardwicke, E. Carnarvon, E.
Grey, E. Ducie, E. Ellenborough, E. Kim-
berley, V. Eversley, L. Clinton, L. Egerton,
and L. Northbrook

Report of Select Committee May 22 (No. 110)
192] Committee-R.P. May 28, 946

. Committee June 16, 1621

(No. 111)

(No. 132)

(No. 155)

(No. 162)

[Bill 186]

Abyssinia, Postage from, Question, Mr. Butler;
Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 5, [190]

1115
American Mail Subsidies, Question, Mr. Bax-
ter; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth May 5,
[192] 342

Annual Reports, 1866 and 1867, Question, Mr.
Moffatt; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth May 8,
[191] 2001; Questions, Mr. Moffatt, Mr.
Crawford; Answers, Mr. Sclater - Booth
June 12, [192] 1476

Australia-Postal Communication with, Ques-
tion, Mr. Verner; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth Mar 20, [190] 1979; Question, Mr.
Childers; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth June 12,
[192] 1472

Cape Mail Contract, Question, Mr. Candlish;
Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth May 26, [192]
923; Question, Mr. Morrison; Answer, Mr.
Sclater-Booth June 5, 1180

Circular Delivery Companies, Question, Mr.
M'Laren; Answer, The Chancellor of the
Exchequer July 29, [193] 1922

East India Mail Services

East Indies, Postal Communication with the-
The Brindisi Route, Question, Mr. Goldsmid;
Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth June 15, [192]

1561

India, China, and Japan Mails-Contract with
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
tion Company, Question, Lord Stanley of
Alderley; Answer, The Duke of Montrose
Νου 25, [190] 157

Moved, "That the Contract for the Conveyance
of Mails between this Country, India, China,
and Japan, with the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company be approved
(Mr. Hunt) Nov 29, [190] 450; after long
debate, Question put; A. 55, N. 13; M. 42
Mail Services Estimates, Question, Mr. Craw-
ford; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 26,
[191] 258

.

Penang, Postal Communication with, Question,
Mr. T. Baring; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth
June 4, [192] 1109

Postage Rates to India, Question, Sir Henry
Rawlinson; Answer, Mr. Hunt Nov 25, [190]
167

Electric Telegraphs, Question, Mr. Ayrton;
Answer, Mr. Stephen Cave June 15, [192]
1564

French Mails, Contract for—Mr. Churchward,
Question, Mr. Taylor; Answer, Mr. Hunt
Feb 24, [190] 1072

London Letter Carriers, Question, Mr. Bathurst;
Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth June 22, [192]
1853

Malta, Communication with, Question, Sir
George Bowyer; Answer, Mr. Adderley
Feb 17, [190] 801; Feb 28, 1102; Question,
Sir George Bowyer; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth Mar 9, 1226

Money Orders and Stamped Receipts, Question,
Mr. Carnegie; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth
June 25, [192] 2134

Postal Communication with Ireland-Queens-
town, Question, Mr. Maguire; Answer, Mr
Hunt Nov 29, [190] 418

[cont,

Post Office-cont.

Postal Services-Proportionate Contributions,
Question, Mr. Crawford; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth May 25, [192] 817
Postal Subsidies, Amendt. on Committee of
Supply Mar 20, To leave out from “ That,"
and add "in the opinion of this House, no
Postal Subsidies in the form of a fixed pay-
ment, and not dependent on the number of
letters and newspapers carried, should be
granted where ordinary traffic supports several
lines of passenger steamers as is the case
between this country and the United States
of America" (Mr. Baxter), [190] 2010;
Question, "That the words, &c. ;" after short
debate, Amendt. withdrawn

Post Office, General, Case of A. J. Duffy,
Amendt. on Committee of Supply April 24,
To leave out from" That," and add " a Select
Committee be appointed to inquire into the
circumstances connected with the removal of
Anthony J. Duffy from his appointment of
permanent clerk in the Circulation depart-
ment of the General Post Office " (Sir
Patrick O'Brien), [191] 1296; Question,
"That the words, &c. ; after short debate,
Amendt. withdrawn
Post Office (Ireland)-Officers' Salaries, Ques-
tion, General Dunne; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth June 15, [192] 1562
Southern District Post Office, Question, Mr.
Locke; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 27,
[191] 358

Sunday Labour in the, Observations, Mr.
M'Laren; Reply, Mr. Sclater-Booth June 25,
[192] 2161

United States, Postal Communication with the
Cunard Contract, The Question, Mr. Gra-
ham; Answer, Mr. Hunt Nov 28, [190] 333
National Steam Ship Company, The Mails to
New York, Question, Mr. Seely; Answer,
Mr. Hunt Dec 5, [190] 604

Postal Convention, Question, Mr. Baxter; An-
swer, Mr. Sclater-Booth June 25, [192] 2132
Postal Convention with, Question, Mr. Baxter ;
Answer, Mr. Hunt Feb 20, [190] 987
Postal Service with, Observations Mr. Ayrton;
short debate thereon Dec 7, [190] 678
United States Mails, Question, Mr. Baxter ;
Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 16, [190]

1685

Vancouver's Island, Postal Communication with,

Question, Viscount Milton; Answer, Mr.
Adderley July 16, [193] 1289

West India Mail Service

Halifax, Bermuda, and St. Thomas Mails,
Moved, "That the Contract entered into with
Mr. W. Cunard for the conveyance of Mails
between Halifax, Bermuda, and St. Thomas,
be approved" (Mr. Hunt) Dec 5, [190] 632;
after short debate, Motion agreed to
Question, Mr. Bouverie; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth July 23, [193] 1669

St. Thomas-Island of, Question, Mr. Gilpin ;
Answer, Mr. Hunt Dec 2, [190] 508; Ques-
tions, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Kinnaird; Answer,
Mr. Hunt Dec 6, 665; Question, Mr. Kin-
naird; Answer, Mr. Adderley Feb 14, 731;
Question, Mr. Gilpin; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth May 25, [192] 815

Bristol, Representation of, [191] 359

Colliery Accidents, Motion for a Commission,
[192] 944

Compulsory Church Rates Abolition, Comm.
cl. 4, [190] 1417

Courts of Justice, New, Motion for a Com-
mittee, [193] 336

Crete-Disturbances in, [190] 165
Ecclesiastical Commissioners Orders in Coun-
cil, [191] 1198; cl. 1, Amendt. 1201
Education-Report of Council, [193] 608
Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at
Elections, Comm. cl. 6, Amendt. [193] 742,
743; cl. 8, Amendt. 746 ; cl. 45, Amendt.
1178; cl. 46, Amendt. 1184; cl. 47, 1372;
Consid. 1637; add. cl. 1647, 1649
Established Church (Ireland), Comm. Res. [191]
1937

Lee River Conservancy, Leave, [190] 999
Oxford and Cambridge Universities, 2R. [192]
232; [193] 426

Poor Relief, Comm. cl. 9, Amendt. [193] 1614;

cl. 10, Amendt. 1871, 1872, 1875, 1879;
cl. 12, Amendt. 1880; Lords Amendts. 1906
Public Schools, Re-comm. [192] 1641; el. 5,

1924; cl. 16, 1946; cl. 21, Amendt. [193]
817.

Registration, Comm. add. cl. [193] 570
Representation of the People (Scotland), Comm.

cl. 3, [192] 484; cl. 7, 858; cl. 8, 884
Sale of Liquors on Sunday, 2R. [190] 1860
Supply-British Embassy Houses, [191] 987
Education, Public, [192] 1148; Report,
Amendt. 1607

Public Buildings, [192] 292
Science and Art, [192] 1166

Prisons (Ireland) Bill (The Earl of Mayo,
Mr. Attorney General for Ireland)

c. Ordered; read 1°* July 27

[Bill 256]

Prisons (Scotland) Administration Acts
Amendment Bill

(Sir Edward Colebrooke, Mr. Dalglish)

c. Ordered; read 10* June 8 [Bill 155]
Read 20*, and referred to a Select Committee
Committee nominated as follows :-Sir Edward
Colebrooke (Chairman), Mr. Bouverie, Mr.
Capper, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, Mr. Graham,
Sir Edmund Lechmere, Sir Thomas Lloyd,
Mr. Merry, Mr. Ramsay, Mr. Vance, and
Mr. Welby June 22

Report June 26

Committee (on re-comm.)—R.P. June 29
Committee; Report June 30 [Bill 197]
Considered July 1

*

#

Read 30 July 1

Read 1* (The Earl of Home) July 2

*

Read 2 July 7

Committee ; Report July
Read 3* July 10

(No. 202)

Royal Assent July 13 [31 & 32 Vict. c. 50]

Private Bills-

-see Parliament

Privy Council-Medical Officer of the-
Report

Question, Sir J. Clarke Jervoise; Answer, Lord
Robert Montagu Mar 17, [190] 1812

Probate Duty on Leasehold Property
Question, Mr. Kinnaird; Answer, Mr. Hunt
Dec 6, [190] 648; Feb 14, 729

Probate of Wills, &c. (Ireland) Bill
(Mr. Henry B. Sheridan, Mr. Serjeant Barry)
c. Ordered; read 1o * May 20 [Bill 129]
Read 2o June 17
Bill withdrawn* July 18

Promissory Oaths Bill

(The Lord Chancellor)
1. Presented; read 1 Feb 13, [190] 689 (No. 10)
Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a"
Feb 18, 851; after short debate, Bill read 2a,
and referred to a Select Committee
And, on Feb 20, the Lords following were
named of the Committee :-D. Richmond,
E. Devon, L. Bp. Oxford, L. Lyveden, L.
Westbury; Feb 21, Earl Russell added
Report of Select Committee Mar 23 (No. 51)
Committee April 24

Report* April 27

Read 3a April 28

[Bill 80]

c. Read 10 May 12

*

Read 2° May 29

(No. 52)

[Bill 113]

Committee; Report July 8, [193] 853
Considered July 9

Public Accounts

Committee nominated Feb 14, as follows:
-Mr. Childers (Chairman), Mr. Algernon
Egerton, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Howes, Mr.
Laing, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart,
Mr. Sclater-Booth, and Mr. Seely
Moved, "That those who conduct the audit of
Public Accounts on behalf of the House of
Commons ought to be independent of the
Executive Government and directly respon-
sible to this House; and that, inasmuch as
the appointment, salaries, and pensions of
the officers entrusted with the conduct of
such audit are more or less under the control

of the Treasury, the present system is one
which imperatively calls for revision" (Mr.
Dillwyn) May 12, [192] 116; after debate,
Motion withdrawn

Report of Select Committee July 21
(Parl. P. No. 452)

Public Departments-Report of the Com-

missioners

Question, Mr. Parry; Answer, Lord John Man-
ners July 6, [193]716

Public Health, Departments of

Moved, "That it is expedient that the Depart-
ments of Public Health, Cattle Plague, and
Quarantine should cease to exist as Establish-
ments, due regard being had to all personal
interests and to all individual claims" (Sir
J. Clarke Jervoise) July 14, [193] 1194;
after short debate, Motion negatived

Public Offices, The New-The India and
Foreign Offices

Question, Lord Redesdale; Answer, The Earl
of Malmesbury Mar 24, [191] 102; May 1,
1683; short debate thereon

Public Schools

Moved, "That an humble Address be presented
to Her Majesty for, Copies of any Petitions
or Memorials on the Subject of Public Schools
which have been received by Her Majesty's
Government since the 1st of July, 1866 "
(The Earl Stanhope) June 15, [192] 1538;
after short debate, Motion withdrawn

Public Schools Bill

(Mr. Walpole, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr.
Secretary Gathorne Hardy)

190] c. Motion for Leave (Mr. Walpole) Dec 5, 634
Bill ordered, after short debate; read 1o *
. Moved, "That the Bill be now read 20" Feb 14,
742; after long debate, Bill read 2° [Bill 24]
. Question, Mr. Ayrton; Answer, Mr. Walpole
Feb 24, 1073; Question, Mr. Newdegate;
Answer, Mr. Walpole Feb 28, 1101; Ques-
tion, Mr. Goschen; Answer, Mr. Walpole
Mar 20, 1982

Committee Mar 20, 2032
[Bill 47]
Moved, That the Bill be referred to a Select
Committee (Mr. Walpole); after short
debate, Bill committed to a Select Com-
mittee

And, on Mar 26, Committee nominated as
follows: Mr. Walpole (Chairman), Mr.
Ayrton, Mr. Benyon, Mr. Cavendish Ben-
tinck, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Clement, Mr.
Grant Duff, Viscount Enfield, Mr. W. E.
Forster, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Darby Griffith,
Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Howes, Mr.
Mowbray, Mr. Neate, Mr. Neville-Grenville,
Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Powell, and Mr.
Stone

Report May 22
[Bill 135]
Order for Committee (on re-comm.) read;
Moved, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave
the Chair" June 16, [192] 1631
Amendt. to leave out from "That," and add
"the Bill be referred back to the Select
Committee, in order that Clauses may be in-
serted in it giving power to the new govern
ing bodies and the Commissioners to be
appointed by the Bill to deal with the consti-
tution and revenues of Eton and Winchester
Colleges" (Mr. Neate); Question, “That
the words, &c. ;" after short debate, Amendt.
withdrawn; main Question, "That Mr.
Speaker, &c.," put, and agreed to; Com-
mittee-R.P.

Public Schools Bill-cont.

Committee-R.P. June 23, 1924

Railway Companies Bill [H.L.]
(The Duke of Richmond)

812

Read 2a July 9

Committee; Report July 13

Read 3

July 14

(No. 226)

[Bill 237]

(No. 262)

Read 30

July 18

(No. 285)

(No. 288)

.c. Lords Amendts. considered July 28, 1903
Page 9, line 10, Amendment read 2o

[Bill 254]
Moved, "That this House doth disagree with
the Lords in the said Amendment (Sir
Stafford Northcote); after short debate,
A. 28, N. 18; M. 10; other Amendments
disagreed to; subsequent Amendments
agreed to

Committee appointed," to draw up Reasons, &c."
Royal Assent July 31 [31 & 32 Vict. c. 118]

PUGH, Mr. D., Carmarthenshire
Army Estimates-Land Forces, [191] 72
Mines Assessment, 2R. [191] 1871
Registration, 2R. [192] 1611

Queen Anne's Bounty Board

Select Committee appointed "to inquire into
the management and constitution of Queen
Anne's Bounty Board" (Mr. Bouverie)
May 19, [192] 591

And, on May 28, Committee nominated as
follows: Mr. Bouverie (Chairman), Mr.
Akroyd, Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, Lord
Charles Bruce, Mr. Feilden, Mr. Greville-
Nugent, Mr. Beresford Hope, Mr. Howard,
Mr. Howes, Mr. Monk, Mr. Newdegate, Mr.
Pease, Mr. John Peel, Mr. Powell, and Mr.
Schreiber

Report of Select Committee July 17
(Parl. P. No. 439)

Brecon and Neath Railway, Accident upon the,
Question, The Marquess of Clanricarde;
Answer, The Duke of Richmond May 7,
[191] 1879

Carriage of Parcels by Railway, Question, Mr.
W. E. Forster; Answer, Mr. Stephen Cave
April 27, [191] 1333; Question, Viscount
Halifax; Answer, The Duke of Richmond
April 28, 1425

Drivers and Guards, Communication between,
Question, Lord Stanley of Alderley; Answer,
The Duke of Richmond Dec 5, [190] 575
Insolvent Railway Companies, Moved,
"That
in case of an Insolvent Railway Company
applying for an extension of time or for any
other power, and where such Railway Com-
pany have applied to the Court of Chancery
for a scheme of arrangement under the Rail-
way Act of 1867, such Railway Company
shall on or before the 30th of November im-
mediately preceding the application for the
Bill, deposit in the Private Bill Office a
Schedule setting forth the full detailed par-
ticulars disclosing all transactions of such
Company, and to answer all and every ques-
tion or questions hereunder set out ;" [List of
Questions] (Mr. Treeby) Mar 19, [190] 1884 ;
after short debate, Motion withdrawn
Railway Engines, Fires from, Question, Mr.
Read; Answer, Mr. Stephen Cave July 16,
[193] 1287

Railways Bill, Revision of, Question, Mr.
Bazley; Answer, Sir William IIutt Mar 23,
[191] 35
Railways (Ireland), Moved, "That an humble
Address be presented to Her Majesty for, A
Copy of the Instructions issued to the Com-
missioners appointed to inquire into the State
and Value of the Railways of Ireland" (The
Marquess of Clanricarde) Mar 9, [190] 1209 ;
after short debate, Motion withdrawn
Royal Commission on-Report of, Question,
Mr. Horsfall; Answer, Mr. Stephen Cave
May 12, [192] 115

[cont.