Feb. 27.]

Railway, etc., Bills.-Copy ordered, "of Report by the Board of Trade

upon all the Bills and Provisional Orders of Session 1907 relating to Railways,

Canals, Tramways, Harbours and Tidal Waters, and the supply of Electricity

Gas, and Water."-(Mr. Lloyd-George) ..

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CIRCULATED WITH THE VOTES.

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18

THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES.-Question, Mr. Bellairs (Lynn Regis); Answer, Mr.

Edmund Robertson

19

DUAL SYSTEM IN BELFAST POST OFFICE.-Question, Mr. Sloan (Belfast, S.);

Answer, Mr. S. Buxton

19

MONEY REQUIRED TO MEET SALES OF IRISH ESTATES.-Question, Captain Craig

(Down, E.); Answer, Mr. Birrell

19

INNY JUNCTION PEAT WORKS.-Question, Mr. Ginnell (Westmeath, N.); Answer,

Mr. Birrell

20

CRICHTON ESTATE, ROSCOMMON.-Question, Mr. Haydon (Roscommon, S.);

Answer, Mr. Birrell

21

IRISH LAND ACT-SECTION 54.-Question, Mr. Fetherstonhaugh (Fermanagh, N.);

Answer, Mr. Birrell

ANUHI MINING CONTRACT.-Question, Sir E. Sassoon (Hythe); Answer, Sir E.

Grey

....

NAVY-COMMANDERS ON THE ACTIVE LIST.-Question, Mr. Bellairs: Answer,

Mr. E. Robertson

..

NAVY SHIPS IN FULL COMMISSION.-Question, Mr. Bellairs; Answer, Mr. E.

Robertson

REPAIRS TO H.M.S." COMMONWEALTH."-Question, Mr. E. Lamb (Rochester);

Answer, Mr. E. Robertson

RAILWAY COMBINE TO MAINTAIN FREIGHT RATES.-Question, Mr. Field (Dublin,

St. Patrick); Answer, Mr. Lloyd-George

EXPENDITURE OF UNEMPLOYED FUND ON EMIGRATION.-Question, Mr. Bridge-

man (Shropshire, Oswestry): Answer, Mr. J. Burns

INFANT MORTALITY AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.-Question, Mr. Morrell (Oxford-

shire, Henley); Answer, Mr. J. Burns

28

BOOKS FOR SHIP LIBRARIES.-Question, Mr. Bellairs; Answer, Mr. Runciman

LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION-THE TRAFALGAR SQUARE MEETING.-

Question, Mr. Hyde (Wednesbury); Answer, Mr. Gladstone

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29

SEPARATE COURTS FOR CHILDREN'S CASES.-Question, Mr. Toulmin (Bury, Lan-

cashire): Answer, Mr. Gladstone

29

INDIAN MILITARY SERVICE FAMILY PENSIONS.-Question, Sir Seymour King

(Hull, Central); Answer, Mr. Morley

29

Feb. 27.]

INCREASED WAGES FOR LABOURERS IN ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT,

IRELAND.-Question, Mr. Field; Answer, Mr. Haldane

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE.-Question, Mr. Field; Answer, Sir H. Campbell-

Bannerman

QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE.

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COST OF ARMIES.-Question, Mr. H. Cox (Preston); Answer, The Secretary of

State for War (Mr. Haldane, Haddington)

..

COST OF COLONIAL GARRISONS.-Questions, Mr. H. Cox and Mr. Ashley (Lanca
shire, Blackpool); Answers, Mr. Haldane

IMPRISONMENT IN INDIA.-Question, Sir H. Cotton (Nottingham, E.); Answer,

The Under-Secretary of State for India (Mr. Charles Hobhouse (Bristol, E.)

ORANGE RIVER COLONY CONSTITUTION.-Question, Mr. Pike Pease (Darlington);
Answer, The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Churchill, Man-
chester, N.W.)

TRINIDAD-EAST INDIAN IMMIGRATION.-Question, Mr. Summerbell (Sunder-
land); Answer, Mr. Churchill ..

TRINIDAD-LABOUR FOR THE PANAMA CANAL.-Question, Mr. Summerbell;
Answer, Mr. Churchill

NEW HEBRIDES LABOUR CONTRACTS.-Question, Sir W. E. Gordon (Tower
Hamlets, Stepney), Mr. Moore (Armagh, N.); Answer, Mr. Churchill

NEWFOUNDLAND MODUS VIVENDI.-Questions, Mr. Ashley; Answers, Mr.

Churchill

REPATRIATION OF CHINESE COOLIES.-Question, Captain Craig (Down, E.);
Answer, Mr. Churchill

THE TRANSVAAL GOVERNMENT AND CHINESE LABOUR.-Questions, Captain Craig
and Mr. H. H. Marks (Kent, Thanet); Answers, Mr. Churchill

CANADA AND GERMANY.-Question, Sir G. Parker (Gravesend); Answer, The

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

DEATH DUTIES.-Question, Mr. W. Rutherford (Liverpool, West Derby);
Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Asquith, Fife, E.)..

TAXIMETER MOTOR CABS.-Question, Mr. Seaverns (Lambeth, Brixton); Answer,

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Gladstone, Leeds, W.)

NAVAL UNIFORMS IN POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS.-Question, Mr. Bowerman

(Deptford); Answer, Mr. Gladstone

DALE HILL MOTOR FATALITY.-Question, Mr. Radford (Islington, E.); Answer,

Mr. Gladstone

ALIEN CRIMINALS IN LONDON.-Question, Mr. Fell (Great Yarmouth); Answer,

Mr. Gladstone

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VOL. CLXX. [FOURTH SERIES.]

Feb. 27.]

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WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN PUBLIC HOUSES.-Question, Mr. Fiennes (Oxfordshire,

Banbury); Answer, Mr. Gladstone

39

LAW OF COPYRIGHT.-Question, Mr. Beckett (Yorkshire, N.R., Whitby);

Answer, The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Lloyd-George, Carnarvon

Boroughs)

40

SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANIES AND OWNER'S RISK RATES.-Question, Mr. Watt

(Glasgow, College); Answer, Mr. Lloyd-George

40

THE BOARD OF TRADE.-Question, Mr. Bottomley (Hackney, S.); Answer, Mr.

Lloyd-George

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STEAMSHIP PASSENGER LISTS-THE LOSS OF THE Berlin."-Question, Captain
Craig; Answer, Mr. Lloyd-George
PONTYPOOL UNION v. BUCK.-Question, Mr. Lee (St. Pancras, E.); Answer,
The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. J. Burns, Battersea)

SPOTTED FEVER IN LONDON.-Question, Mr. Ashley and Mr. Alden (Middlesex,

Tottenham); Answer, Mr. J. Burns

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42

REPORT ON LOCAL AUTHORITIES ACCOUNTS.-Question, Mr. Radford; Answer,

Mr. J. Burns

43

POST OFFICE ACCOUNTS.-Question, Mr. J. F. Mason (Windsor); Answer, The

Postmaster-General (Mr. S. Buxton, Tower Hamlets, Poplar)

43

WELSH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.-Question, Lord R. Cecil (Marylebone, E.) and

Mr. D. A. Thomas (Merthyr Tydvil); Answer, The President of the Board

of Education (Mr. McKenna, Monmouthshire, N.)

SWANSEA EDUCATION DISPUTE.-Questions, Lord R. Cecil; Answers, Mr.

McKenna.

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44

EDUCATION BILL.-Question, Mr. Meysey-Thomson (Staffordshire, Hands-

worth); Answer, Mr. McKenna

45

PARLIAMENTARY HAIRDRESSERS' WAGES.-Question, Mr. Wilkie (Dundee) and

Mr. Keir Hardie (Merthyr Tydvil); Answer, The First Commissioner of

Works (Mr. Harcourt, Lancashire, Rossendale)..

46

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.-Question, Mr. Maclean (Bath); Answer, The At-

torney-General (Sir J. Walton, Leeds, S.)

46

CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.-Question, Mr. Straus (Tower Hamlets, Mile End);

Answer, Sir J. Walton

47

CHIEF OFFICER OF CUSTOMS-AGE LIMIT.-Question, Mr. Seddon (Lancashire,

Newton); Answer, Mr. Runciman

47

CUSTOMS ASSISTANT CLERKS.-Question, Mr. O'Dowd (Sligo, S.); Answer, Mr.

Runciman

47

DARLLY SCHOOL BOARD.-Question, Mr. Barnes (Glasgow, Blackfriars); Answer,

The Secretary for Scotland (Mr. Sinclair, Forfarshire)

Feb. 27.]

PROCURATOR-FISCAL'S OFFICES.-Question Mr. Watts ;-Answer, The Lord Ad-
vocate (Mr. Thomas Shaw, Hawick Burghs)

TRIM AND GLEN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL OFFICIALS.-Question, Mr. Sheehy (Meath,
S.); Answer, The Attorney-General for Ireland (Mr. Cherry, Liverpool, Ex-
change)

IRISH UNTENANTED LANDS.-Question, Mr. Ginnell; Answer, The Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland (Mr. Birrell, Bristol, W.)

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COERCIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.-Question, Mr. Ginnell; Answer, Mr. Birrell

LAND JUDGE'S Court and Purchase Agreements.—Question, Mr. Ginnell; An-

swer, Mr. Birrell

..

WEST OF IRELAND POTATO CROP.-Question, Mr. Dillon (Mayo, E.); Answer, Mr.

Birrell

MASSY ESTATE, COUNTY LEITRIM.-Questions, Mr. Dolan (Leitrim, N.) and Mr.

Kilbride (Kildare, S.); Answers, Mr. Birrell

..

LAND PURCHASE IN COUNTY SLIGO.-Question, Mr. O'Dowd; Answer, Mr.

Birrell

52

BEET GROWING IN IRELAND.-Question, Mr. O'Dowd; Answer, Mr. Birrell

SEED POTATOES SUPPLIED FOR DISTRESSED DISTRICTS.-Question, Mr. Dillon;

Answer, Mr. Birrell

DROMAGH UNTENANTED LANDS.-Question, Mr. Flynn (Cork, N.); Answer, Mr.

Birrell

54

IRISH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.-Questions, Mr. John Redmond (Water-

ford); Answers, Mr. Birrell

GALWAY AND MAYO AGRICULTURAL BANKS. Question, Mr. Dillon; Answer,

Mr. Birrell

55

AMERICAN GOOSEBERRY MILDEW.-Question, Mr. Lonsdale (Armagh, Mid.);

Answer, Mr. Birrell

56

MR. BORROWE'S LONDONDERRY ESTATE.-Question, Mr. Lonsdale; Answer, Mr.

Birrell

57

CRIME IN COUNTY CLARE.-Questions, Captain Craig, Mr. Kilbride (Kildare, S.),

Mr. William Redmond (Clare, E.) and Mr. J. MacVeagh (Down, S);

swers, Mr. Birrell

57

ALLEGED OUTRAGE AT CLOGHROE.-Questions, Captain Craig, Mr. Flynn, and Mr.

Moore; Answers, Mr. Birrell

58

COUNTY DONEGAL FISHERY BY-LAWS.-Question, Mr. Hugh Law (Donegal, W.);

Answer, Mr. Birrell

MOONLIGHTING AT CRAUGHWELL.-Question, Mr. Charles Craig (Antrim, S.);

Answer, Mr. Birrell

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NEW INN BRANCH OF THE UNITED IRISH LEAGUE.-Question, Mr. Charles Craig;

Answer, Mr. Birrell

60

LEITRIM EXTRA POLICE CHARGES.-Questions, Mr. Lonsdale and Mr. Dolan;
Answers, Mr. Birrell

60

RIVER DEE SALMON FISHERIES.-Question, Mr. O'Shaughnessy (Limerick, W.);

Answer, Mr. Birrell

61

FEALE FISHERY.-Question, Mr. O'Shaughnessy; Answer, Mr. Birrell

MAIGRE FISHERY.-Question, Mr. O'Shaughnessy; Answer, Mr. Birrell

GORTNAHOE EVICTED TENANTS.-Question, Mr. Kendal O'Brien (Tipperary,
Mid.); Answer, Mr. Birrell

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62

RIVER FEALE FISHERY SEASON.-Question, Mr. O'Shaughnessy; Answer, Mr.

Birrell

GALWAY FERRIES.-Question, Mr. Gwynn (Galway); Answer, Mr. Birrell

IRISH POLICE REPORTS.-Questions, Mr. Fell and Mr. J. MacVeagh; Answers,

Mr. Birrell

..

DUBLIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE.-Question, Mr. C. MacVeigh (Donegal, E.);
Answer, Mr. Runciman

ATTACKS ON IRISH POSTMEN.-Questions, Captain Craig, Mr. Lonsdale, and

Mr. Moore; Answers, Mr. Sydney Buxton

IRISH POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.-Questions, Captain Craig and Mr. Stanley

Wilson (Yorks, E.R., Holderness); Answers, The Prime Minister and

First Lord of the Treasury (Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, Stirling Burghs)

CAPE GOVERMENT AND COLONIAL PREFERENCE.-Questions, Sir Edward Sassoon

(Hythe) and Mr. R. Duncan (Lanarkshire, Govan); Answers, Sir H.

Campbell-Bannerman

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SMALL HOLDINGS BILL.-Question, Mr. Corrie Grant (Warwickshire, Rugby);

Answer, Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman

THE WRECK OF THE "BERLIN."-Question, Mr. T. L. Corbett (Down, N.);

Answer, Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman

67

SELECTION. Ordered, That Mr. Eugene Wason be discharged from the Com-

mittee and that Mr. Crombie be added.-(Sir William Brampton Gurdon)

NEW BILLS.

67

Probation of Offenders Bill." To permit the release of Offenders on

Probation in certain cases," presented by Mr. Secretary Gladstone; to be

read a second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 75]