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VOLUME CXXX.

SECOND VOLUME OF SESSION, 1904.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, 17th FEBRUARY, 1904.

The House met at Two of the Clock.

NEW WRIT.-New Writ for the Borough of Birmingham (South Division), in

the room of the right hon. Joseph Powell Williams, deceased.-(Sir A.

Acland-Hood)

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UNOPPOSED PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

Great Eastern Railway Bill; Great Eastern Railway (Steamboats) Bill;

Wellington (Somerset) Gas Bill.-Read a second time, and committed

Thames Steamboat Trust Bill [SECOND READING].

Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.

Mr. John Burns (Battersea)

Bill read a second time and committed.

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Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Bill. (BY ORDER).—Second

Reading deferred till Tuesday next (Evening Sitting).

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Kilmarnock Corporation Order Confirmation Bill-Read a second time;

to be considered upon Friday

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RYDE GAS.-REPORT [16th February] from the Select Committee on Standing

Orders read.

Bill to be read a second time

PETITIONS.

LICENCE HOLDERS IN THE CITY OF WINCHESTER.-Petition from Winchester,

for redress of grievances; to lie upon the Table.

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LICENCES (RENEWAL).-Petitions against alteration of Law; from Hastings;

York; Sunderland; Brighton; Harringay (two); Blackpool (two); Ilkley;

Garth; Skelmersdale; Gowerton; Gorseinon; Lewes; Sheffield (two);

Stratford; Morriston; Charlestown; Bolton (three); Morecambe; Irleth ;

Lewisham; Broughton; Great Harwood; Haslington; Bellingham; Ain-

tree; Broughty Ferry; Preston; Exeter (two); Bedminster Down; Lancaster

and Chester; Ladywood; Bingley; Ladybank; Letham; Tayport; Bwlchgwyr;

Salern; Stonebroom; Mumbles; Birstal; Clydach; Abergwynfin; Landore;

Dalston; Crewe; Gomersal; Bodfars; Llansilin; Cerrigydmdior; Bryn-

gwyn; Penrhyn (two); Llanbedr; Coupar Angus; Foston; South Wigston;

Kirby-in-Furness; Eccleshall; Chelmsford; Hemingfield; Capel Newydd ;

Newnham on Severn; Hereford; Llwyncelyn; Durham; Watch Tower;

Penrhyn Dendraeth (two); Ffosyffin; Glasgow; Pennant; Bream; Pen-

morfa; Llwyndafydd; Brecon; Blaenafon; Rochdale (two); Blaecefn;

Blaenplwyf; Llanfrandog; Tregaron; Blaencaron; and Trigwron; to lie

upon the Table

LOCAL AUTHORITIES (QUALIFICATION OF WOMEN).--Petition of the College

Hall Old Students' Association, for legislation; to lie upon the Table

PARLIAMENTARY FRANCHISE.-Petition from Staffordshire, for extension to

women; to lie upon the Table

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

INEBRIATES' ACTs, 1879 To 1899 (REGULATIONS) (IRELAND).--Paper [presented

16th February] to be printed. [No. 59.]

MUSICAL COPYRIGHT COMMITTEE.-Copy presented, of Report of the Committee

appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to inquire

into the question of Musical Copyright, with separate Report by Mr. J.

Caldwell, M.P., and Minutes of Evidence [by Command]; to lie upon the

Table

MILITARY WORKS ACTS, 1897, 1899, AND 1901.-Account presented, for the

period ended 31st March, 1903, together with the Report of the Comptroller

and Auditor-General thereon [by Act]; to lie upon the Table and to be

printed. No. 60.]

NATIONAL DEBT (SAVINGS BANKS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES). —Annual Account

presented, for the period ended 20th November, 1903 [by Act]; to lie upon

the Table, and to be printed. [No. 61.]

NATIONAL DEBT (MILITARY SAVINGS BANKS).-Account presented, of the Gross

Amount of all Moneys received and paid by the Commissioners for the Re-

duction of the National Debt on account of the Fund for Military Savings

Banks, from 19th September, 1845, to the 5th January, 1904 [by Act];

to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 62.]

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DUCHY OF LANCASTER.-Accounts presented, for the year ended 21st December,

1903 [by Act]; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 63.] ..

NAVY (SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1903-4).-Copy presented, of Estimate

of the Further Amount required during the year ending 31st March, 1904,

beyond the sum already provided in the Grant for Navy Services for the year

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NAVY ESTIMATES, 1904-5.-Estimates presented, for the year 1904-5 with

Explanation of Differences [by Command]; to lie upon the Table, and to

be printed. [No. 65.]

NAVY (STATEMENT EXPLANATORY OF ESTIMATES).-Copy presented, of State-

ment of the First Lord of the Admiralty explanatory of the Navy Estimates,

1904-5 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table

COLONIAL REPORTS (MISCELLANEOUS).-Copy presented, of Report No. 26

(Nigeria, Report on a Series of Mineral and Vegetable Products from Northern

Nigeria, by Professor W. R. Dunstan, Director of the Imperial Institute) [by

Command]; to lie upon the Table

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PAPER LAID UPON THE TABLE BY THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE.-Soane's Museum—

Copy of Statement of the Funds of the Museum of the late Sir John Soane

on 5th January, 1904 [by Act]

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CIRCULATED WITH THE VOTES.

PRICES OF SUGAR IN LONDON AND ON THE CONTINENT.-Question, Sir John

Leng (Dundee); Answer, Mr. Gerald Balfour

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BRITISH AMERICAN AND GERMAN IMPORTS INTO NATAL.-Question, Sir Thomas

Dewar (Tower Hamlets, St. George's); Answer, Mr. Gerald Balfour

DAMAGE TO PORT OF NESS BREAKWATER, ISLE OF LEWIS.-Question, Mr. Weir;

Answer, Mr. A. Graham Murray..

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CONSTRUCTION OF PROTECTING WALL FOR SKIGERSTA PIER, ISLE OF LEWIS.—

Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, Mr. A. Graham Murray

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APPLICATIONS FOR POSTMASTERSHIP OF ILFRACOMBE.-Question, Captain Norton
(Newington, W.); Answer, Lord Stanley

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ANNUAL LEAVE OF Adult Post Office Messengers.—Question, Mr. MacVeagh

(Down, S.); Answer, Lord Stanley

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POSTAL DELIVERIES AT BOLARNEY, WICKLOW-Question, Mr. Cogan (Wicklow,

E.); Answer, Lord Stanley

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TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BALLYMENA AND LONDONDERRY.—

Question, Mr. Gordon (Londonderry, S.); Answer, Lord Stanley

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR-COAL AS CONTRABAND.-Question, Mr. Runciman
(Dewsbury); Answer, Earl Percy

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COLLECTION OF COUNTY RATES IN IRELAND.-Question, Sir Thomas Esmonde
(Wexford, N.); Answer, Mr. Wyndham

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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT-SUGGESTED AMENDMENT.—Question,

Sir Thomas Esmonde; Answer, Mr. Wyndham

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WORKING OF TERENURE TO BLESSINGTON STEAM TRAMWAY.-Question, Mr.

James O'Connor (Wicklow, W.); Answer, Mr. Wyndham.

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IRISH CHILDREN AND GARDENING-GOVERNMENT GRANTS.-Question, Mr.
Ffrench (Wexford, S.); Answer, Mr. Wyndham

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QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE.

NAVAL TRAINING SHIPS-STORNOWAY'S CLAIM.-Question, Mr. Weir (Ross and

Cromarty); Answer, The Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr. Pretyman,

Suffolk, Woodbridge)

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NORTH SEA FISHERIES-WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY WITH THE FAROE ISLANDS AND

ICELAND.--Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, The Under Secretary of State for

Foreign Affairs (Earl Percy, Kensington, S.) ..

TIBET-CHINESE ENVOY TO LHASSA.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, Earl

Percy

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ARMED POLITICAL MISSION TO TIBET.-Question, Mr. Herbert Roberts (Denbigh-

shire, W.); Answer, The Secretary of State for India (Mr. Brodrick, Surrey,

Guildford)

INDIAN RAILWAYS.-Question, Mr. Herbert Roberts; Answer, Mr. Brodrick

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CALCUTTA HIGH COURT.--Question, Sir Manchergee Bhownaggree (Bethnal
Green, N.E.); Answer, Mr. Brodrick ..

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CONVICT LABOUR IN THE COLONIES.-Questions, Mr. Eugene Wason (Clack-

mannan and Kinross), Mr. Swift MacNeill (Donegal, S.), and Mr. Crooks

(Woolwich); Answers, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Lyttelton,

Warwick and Leamington)

TRANSVAAL LABOUR ORDINANCE.-Questions, Mr. Lough (Islington, W.) and
Sir Charles Dilke (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean); Answers, Mr. Lyttelton
EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVE CONVICTS IN THE TRANSVAAL.-Question, Mr. Whitley
(Halifax); Answer, Mr. Lyttelton

THE REPORTED RISING IN NIGERIA.-Question, Mr. Malcolm (Suffolk, Stow-

market); Answer, Mr. Lyttelton

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TRINIDAD DISTURBANCES.-Questions, Mr. Weir; Answers, Mr. Lyttelton

NATIONAL FINANCE-UNEXPENDED BALANCES.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer,

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Worcestershire,

E.)

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.-Question, Mr. Whitley; Answer, The Financial
Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Victor Cavendish, Derbyshire, W.) ..

POOR PRISONERS DEFENCE ACT.-Question, Sir Thomas Dewar (Tower Hamlets,

St. George's; Answer, the Solicitor-General (Sir Edward Carson, Dublin,

University)

CONGESTION IN SCOTTISH CROFTING COUNTIES.-Question, Mr Weir; Answer,

The Lord Advocate (Mr. Scott Dickson, Glasgow, Bridgton)..

FITZMAURICE ESTATE-QUEEN'S COUNTY.-Question, Mr. Lundon (Limerick, E.);
Answer, The Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Wyndham, Dover)

APJOHN ESTATE, COUNTY LIMERICK.-Question, Mr. Lundon; Answer, Mr.

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LONGFORD DRAINAGE RATES.-Questions, Mr. J. P. Farrell (Longford, N.);
Answers, Mr. Wyndham..

FAIR RENT APPLICATIONS.-Question, Mr. J. P. Farrell; Answer, Mr. Wyndham 18

HARMLESS LUNATICS IN IRELAND.-Question, Mr. Field (Dublin, St. Patrick);

Answer, Mr. Wyndham..

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IRISH DEVELOPMENT FUND ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOLS.-Questions, Mr. Flynn

(Cork, N.); Answers, Mr. Wyndham

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TYRONE MAGISTRACY.-Question, Mr. MacVeagh (Down, S.); Answer, Mr.

Wyndham

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ST. MELS COLLEGE, LONGFORD.-Question, Mr. J. P. Farrell; Answer, Mr.

Wyndham ..

LONGFORD RURAL DISTRICT LOANS.-Question, Mr. J. P. Farrell; Answer, Mr.

Wyndham

GALWAY FAIR RENT APPEALS.--Question, Mr. Roche (Galway, E.); Answer, Mr.

Wyndham

BELFAST POST OFFICE.-Question, Mr. Sloan; Answer, The Postmaster-General

(Lord Stanley, Lancashire, Westhoughton)

LONGFORD POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.-Question, Mr. J. P. Farrell; Answer, Lord

Stanley

LONGFORD DRAINAGE LOANS.--Question, Mr. J. P. Farrell; Answer, Mr. Victor

Cavendish ..

LOUGH FOYLE LIGHTS.-Question, Mr O'Doherty (Donegal, N.); Answer, The

President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Gerald Balfour, Leeds, Central)

TRANSIT OF IRISH LIVE STOCK-THROUGH CONSIGNMENT NOTES.-Question, Mr.

Field; Answer, Mr. Gerald Balfour

IRISH SOLDIERS AS GAME-BEATERS.-Question, Mr. MacVeagh; Answer, The

Secretary of State for War (Mr. Arnold-Forster, Belfast, W.)..

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BUNCRANA BARRACKS, DONEGAL.-Question, Mr. O'Doherty; Answer, Mr.

Arnold-Forster

GAMBLING IN FUTURES.-Questions, Mr. Field; Answers, The Secretary of State
for the Home Department (Mr. Akers-Douglas, Kent, St. Augustine's)

PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE.-First Report brought up and read; to lie upon

the Table, and to be printed

NEW BILLS.

Resident Magistrates (Belfast) Bill.-" To make provision for the appoint-

ment and remuneration of Resident Magistrates in Belfast," presented by

Sir James Haslett; supported by Mr. Wolff, Mr. Sloan, Mr. Charles Craig, and

Mr. O'Doherty; to be read a second time upon Wednesday, 2nd March, and

to be printed. [Bill 70.]..

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