Mar. 4.]

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THE WOOLWICH EXPLOSION.-Question, Mr. A. L. Stanley (Cheshire, Eddisbury);

Answer, Mr. Haldane

461

THE YEOMANRY.-Question, W. F. D. Smith (Strand, Westminster); Answer,

Mr. Haldane

462

ARMY COUNCIL AND THE TERRITORIAL ARMY.-Question, Sir C. Dilke (Gloucester-

shire, Forest of Dean); Answer, Mr. Haldane

SERVICE AND PROFICIENCY PAY.-Question, Sir W. Bull (Hammersmith);

Answer, Mr. Haldane

462

463

INDIGO DYES.-Question, Mr. Rees (Montgomery Boroughs); Answer, The
Under-Secretary of State for India (Mr. Hobhouse, Bristol, E.)

INDIAN CO-OPERATIVES CREDIT SOCIETIES.-Question, Mr. Rees; Answer,

Mr. Hobhouse

463

..

463

RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK IN INDIA.-Question, Mr. Rees; Answer, Mr. Hob-

house

..

464

INDIANS TAXPAYERS AND THE ARMY ESTIMATES.-Question, Mr. Rees;

Answer, Mr. Hobhouse

464

ARMY ESTIMATES AND INDIA.-Question, Mr. Rees; Answer, Mr. Hobhouse 465

PRISON TREATMENT OF INDIAN JOURNALISTS.-Question, Dr. Rutherford

(Middlesex, Brentford); Answer, Mr. Hobhouse

465

CABLING MINISTERS' SPEECHES TO SOUTH AFRICA.-Question, Mr. H. Vincent ;

Answer, The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Churchill,

Manchester, S.W.)

465

ARMY AND NAVY EXPENDITURE IN THE COLONIES.-Question, Mr. H. Cox

(Preston); Answer, Mr. Churchill

466

SIR ALEXANDER SWETTENHAM.-Question, Mr. H. H. Marks (Kent, Thanet);

Answer, Mr. Churchill

BRITISH INDIAN TRADERS AT LADYSMITH.-Question, Dr. Rutherford; Answer,

Mr. Churchill

467

NEW HEBRIDES CONVENTION.-Question, Mr. Moore (Antrim, N.); Mr. S.
Wilson (Yorkshire, E.R., Holderness); Answer, Mr. Churchill

TRINIDAD LABOUR FOR THE PANAMA CANAL.-Question, Sir W. Bull; Answer,

Mr. Churchill

467

468

TRANSVAAL UPPER CHAMBER.-Question, Mr. Alden (Middlesex, Tottenham)

and Mr. Mackarness (Berkshire, Newbury); Answer, Mr. Churchill .. 468

EMIGRATION LITERATURE.-Question, Mr. Hills (Durham); Answer, Mr.

Churchill

JAMAICA EARTHQUAKE-GOVERNMENT GRANT.-Question, Mr. Gibbs (Bristol,

W.); Answer, Mr. Churchill

470

Mar. 4.]

NEW HEBRIDES-LABOUR FOR NEW CALEDONIA.-Question, Sir G. Parker
(Gravesend); Answer, Mr. Churchill

CHICAGO MEAT-PACKING SCANDALS.-Question, Sir W. Bull; Answer, The

Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Runciman, Dewsbury) ..

COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH GERMANY.-Question, Mr. Hills; Answer, Mr.

Runciman

TRAWLING IN THE MORAY FIRTH.-Question, Mr. Weir (Ross and Cromarty);

Answer, Mr. Runicman

QUALIFICATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY FRANCHISE.-Question, Mr. H. Cox;

Answer, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Gladstone,

Leeds, W.)

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471

471

471

471

PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.-Question, Mr. W. Redmond; Answer, Mr.

LAUNDRIES IN RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.-Questions, Mr. T. L. Corbett (Down,
N.) and Captain Craig (Down, E.); Answers, Mr. Gladstone

ILLEGAL OVERTIME.-Question, J. R. Macdonald (Leicester); Answer, Mr.

Gladstone

..

474

474

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NON-POISONOUS MATCHES.-Question, Mr. A. Henderson (Durham, Barnard

Castle); Answer, Mr. Gladstone

FACTORY INSPECTORS' STAFF.-Question, Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald; Answer,

Mr. Gladstone

474

475

RAILWAY CHARGES FOR RESERVING SEATS.-Question, Mr. W. R. Rea (Scar

borough); Answer, The Secretary to the Board of Trade (Mr. Kearley,

Devonport)

475

SPEED INDICATORS ON TUBE ELECTRIC RAILWAY.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer,

Mr. Kearley

476

TUBE RAILWAYS-PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer,

Mr. Kearley

476

MULLINGAR AND SLIGO RAILWAY.-Question, Mr. J. P. Farrell (Longford, N.);

Answer, Mr. Kearley

MIDLAND AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND.-Question, Mr. J. P.

Farrell; Answer, Mr. Kearley

477

LASCARS ON BRITISH SHIPS.-Question, Mr. Ashley (Lancashire, Blackpool);

Answer, Mr. Kearley

COLONIAL DRAFT TARIFFS.-Question, Sir G. Parker (Gravesend); Answer, Mr.

Kearley

GERMANY AND CANADA.-Question, Sir G. Parker; Answer, Mr. Kearley

VOL. CLXX. [FOURTH SERIES,]

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TEACHERS IN NON-PROVIDED SCHOOLS-SALARIES.-Question, Lord R. Cecil
(Marylebone, E.), Sir E. Sassoon (Hythe), Lord E. Talbot (Sussex,
Chichester) and Mr. Moore; Answers, The President of the Board of Educa-
tion (Mr. McKenna, Monmouthshire, N.)

EXPENDITURE ON NON-PROVIDED SCHOOLS.-Question, Lord R. Cecil; Answer,

Mr. McKenna

WELSH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.-Question, Mr. Bowles (Lambeth, Norwood)
and Mr. D. A. Thomas (Merthyr Tydvil); Answer, Mr. McKenna
MANCHESTER SCHOOL MEAL DEPOTS.-Questions, Mr. Kelley (Manchester, S.W.)
and Mr. A. Henderson; Answers, Mr. McKenna

AMERICAN MAILS.-Questions, Mr. Watt (Glasgow College), Captain Donelan

(Cork, E.); Answers, The Postmaster-General (Mr. Buxton, Tower Hamlets,

Poplar)

479

480

481

482

482

PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS.-Question, Mr. Crombie (Kincardineshire);

Answer, Mr. Runciman

CONSOLIDATED FUND CHARGES.-Question, Mr. H. Cox; Answer, Mr. Runciman 483

COUNTY COURT STATISTICS.-Question, Mr. O. Williams (Merionethshire);

Answer, Mr. Runciman

INCOME TAX ON CHARITIES.-Question, Mr. Newnes (Nottinghamshire, Basset-

law); Answer, Mr. Runciman

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES' EMPLOYEES AND INCOME TAX.-Question, Mr.

Chiozza Money (Paddington, N.); Answer, Mr. Runciman

485

ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THE ISLAND OF LEWIS.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer,
The Secretary for Scotland (Mr. Sinclair, Forfarshire)

EVICTIONS IN THE ISLAND OF LEWIS.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, Mr. Sin-

ACHINTEE RIVER --BRIDGE FOR CHILDREN.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, Mr.

Sinclair

486

FAILURE OF THE SCOTTISH HERRING FISHERY.-Questions, Mr. C. Wason (Orkney

and Shetland) and Major Anstruther-Gray; Answers, Mr. Sinclair ..

SCOTTISH POOR LAW MEDICAL OFFICERS.-Question, Mr. C. Wason; Answer,

Mr. Sinclair

487

487

WEST UNITED FREE CHURCH, ROTHESAY.-Question, Mr. Gulland (Dumfries

Burghs); Answer, Mr. Sinclair ..

488

AUID BRIG OF AYR.-Questions, Mr. Liddell (Down, W.), Mr. T. L. Corbett (Down,

N.), Captain Crai g (Down, E.); Answers, Mr. Sinclair..

MOREBATTLE CHARITIES.-Question, Sir J. Jardine; Answer, Mr. Sinclair

489

Mar. 4.]

AGRICULTURAL ARBITRATIONS IN THE HIGHLANDS.-Question 3, Mr. Ainsworth

(Argyll), Mr. J. A. Pease (Essex, Saffron Walden, for Sir E. Stacey);

Answers, The Lord Advocate (Mr. Shaw, Hawick Burghs)

COST OF WITNESS SUMMONSES IN IRELAND.-Question, Mr. Hayden (Roscom-

mon, S.); Answer, The Attorney-General for Ireland (Mr. Cherry, Liverpool,

Exchange

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490

AGRARIAN DISPUTE AT BRACKLOON BEG.-Question, Mr. Younger (Ayr Burghs);
Answer, The Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Birrell, Bristol, N.)

LOUGHREA OUTRAGE.-Question, Col. Harrison-Broadley (Yorkshire, E.R.,

Howdenshire; Answer, Mr. Birrell

491

491

AGRARIAN OUTRAGE COMPENSATION CLAIM AT MONAGHAN.-Questions, Mr.

Liddell and Mr. Hayden; Answers, Mr. Birrell

491

IRISH EDUCATION (AFFLICTED CHILDREN) BILL.-Question, Mr. Gibbs; Answer,

Mr. Birrell ..

492

GOVERNMENT IRISH UNIVERSITY PROPOSALS.-Question, Mr. Moore; Answer,

Mr. Birrell ..

492

IRISH JUDICIARY.-Mr. Samuel Roberts (Sheffield, Ecclesall); Answer, Mr.

Birrell

493

KINGSTON ESTATE, MITCHELSTOWN.-Question, Mr. Wm. Abraham (Cork County,

N.E.); Answer, Mr. Birrell

493

LABOURERS' COTTAGES AT COUNTY TYRONE.-Question, Mr. Moore; Answer,

Mr. Birrell ..

494

LABOURERS' COTTAGES IN COUNTY ANTRIM.-Question, Mr. Moore; Answer, Mr.

Birrell

LAURAGH TEACHER'S RESIDENCE.-Question, Mr. Boland (Kerry, S.); Answer,

Mr. Runciman

IRISH BOARD OF WORKS.-Question, Mr. Delany (Queen's County, Ossory);

Answer, Mr. Runciman

495

PUBLIC WORKS LOANS IN IRELAND.-Question, Mr. Hayden; Answer, Mr.

Runciman ..

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS "FAIR WAGES " CLAUSE.-Questions, Mr. J. Ramsay

Macdonald and Mr. Fenwick (Northumberland, Wansbeck); Answers,

The Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury (Sir H. Campbell-

Bannerman, Stirling Burghs)

LORDS AND COMMONS.-Question, Mr. Mackarness; Answer, Sir H. Campbell-

Bannerman

496

TRANSVAAL AND THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE.-Question, Mr. Fell (Great

Yarmouth); Answer, Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman

NEW MEMBER SWORN.-Sir Berkeley George Digby Sheffield, baronet, for the

County of Lincoln, North Lindsey or Brigg Division

Mar 4.]

STANDING COMMITTEES (CHAIRMAN'S PANEL).-Mr. STUART WORTLEY reported

from the Chairman's Panel; That they had appointed Mr. Stuart Wortley

to act as Chairman of the Standing Committee for the consideration of

Bills relating to Law, and Courts of Justice, and Legal Procedure; and

Mr. Eugene Wason to act as Chairman of the Standing Committee for the

consideration of Bills relating to Trade (including Agriculture and Fishing),

Shipping, and Manufactures.

Mr. STUART WORTLEY further reported from the Chairman's Panel;

That they had agreed to the following Resolution, That any Member of

the Chairman's Panel be and he is thereby empowered to ask any other

Member of the Chairman's Panel to take his place in case of necessity.

Reports to lie upon the Table

SELECTION (STANDING COMMITTEES).-Sir WILLIAM BRAMPTON GURDON reported

from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following

Members from the Standing Committee on Law, and Courts of Justice,

and Legal Procedure, in respect of the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's

Sister Bill Mr. Tomkinson, Mr. Barker, and Mr. Laurence Hardy; and

had appointed in substitution : Mr. Cathcart Wason, Mr. Smeaton, and

Mr. Carlile.

Report to lie upon the Table

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NEW BILLS.

Character Note Bill." To make it compulsory upon employers to supply a

Reference Note to a person leaving their employment and desiring one,"

presented by Mr. Bell; supported by Mr. Thomas Frederick Richards,

Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Enoch Edwards, Mr. Raphael, and Mr.

G. J. Wardle; to be read a second time upon Friday, 5th April, and to be

printed. [Bill 87]

Local Authorities' Officers Bill." To enable Local Authorities to adopt

the provisions of The Poor Law Officers' Superannuation Act, 1896, and

to give Officers of such Authorities a right to appeal," presented by Mr.

Luke White; supported by Mr. Barnard, Captain Balfour, Sir Joseph

Leese, Mr. Napier, and Mr. Henry Forster; to be read a second time upon

Tuesday, 9th April, and to be printed. [Bill 88]

..

Railway Tickets Bill." To prevent a Time Limit being set upon the use

of Passenger Tickets," presented by Mr. Morton; supported by Mr. Row-

lands, Mr. Ernest Lamb, Mr. Weir; Mr. John Deans Hope, Mr. Ramsay

Macdonald, and Sir Howard Vincent; to be read a second time upon

Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 89]

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Public Libraries Bill." To amend the Acts relating to Public Libraries,"

presented by Mr. Tennant; supported by Sir Alfred Thomas, Mr. Isaacs,

Mr. Mackarness, Mr. Morrell, Mr. Shackleton, Mr. Middlemore, Sir William

Holland, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, Sir Charles Schwann, and Mr. Harmood-

Banner; to be read a second time upon Monday next, and to be printed.

[Bill 90]

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