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ANCOATS MILL FIRE. Question, Mr. Clynes (Manchester, N.E.); Answer, Mr.

Gladstone

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MATCH FACTORIES-SPECIAL RULES.-Question, Mr. A. Henderson (Durham,

Barnard Castle); Answer, Mr. Gladstone

PAYMENT OF TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS.-Question, Mr. Essex; Answer, The
Postmaster-General (Mr. S. Buxton)

1423

1424

SUNDERLAND POSTMEN'S CHRISTMAS OVERTIME.-Question, Mr. Summerbell
(Sunderland); Answer, Mr. S. Buxton

1424

FENCE HOUSES MAIL CART DRIVERS' HOURS OF DUTY.-Question, Mr. Summer-
bell; Answer, Mr. S. Buxton ..

1424

NEW ZEALAND MAILS.-Question, Mr. Fell (Great Yarmouth); Answer, Mr. S.

Buxton

1425

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CLEADON RURAL POSTMAN'S HOURS OF DUTY.-Question, Mr. Summerbell ;

Answer, Mr. S. Buxton ..

.. 1425

CHELTENHAM TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE.-Question, Mr. O'Grady (Leeds, E.);

Answer, The President of the Board of Education (Mr. McKenna, Mon-

mouthshire, N.) ..

. 1426

NEW SCHOOL GRANT.-Question, Sir F. Banbury (City of London); Answer,

Mr. McKenna

WELSH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS.-Question, Mr. V. Cavendish

(Derbyshire, W.); Answer, Mr. McKenna

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HOLYROOD CHAPEL.-Question, Mr. Morton (Sutherland); Answer, The First

Commissioner of Works (Mr. Harcourt, Lancashire, Rossendale) .. .. 1427

ANDOVERSFORD-CHELTENHAM TRAIN SERVICE.-Question, Mr. Essex; Answer,

The Secretary to the Board of Trade (Mr. Kearley, Devonport)

BOARD OF TRADE AND INEFFICIENT RAILWAY SERVICE.-Question, Mr. Essex;

Answer, Mr. Kearley

ARGENTINE HAMS.-Questions, Mr. Boland (Kerry, S.), Mr. Courthope (Sussex,
Rye); Answers, Mr. Kearley ..

1428

BRITISH TRADE WITH SERVIA.-Question, Mr. Mitchell-Thomson; Answer, Mr.

Kearley

1429

POOR LAW DEFECTS.-Questions, Mr. Essex, Lord R. Cecil (Marylebone, E.);
Answers, The Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board (Dr.
Macnamara, Camberwell, N.)

1430

LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL INDOOR PAUPER GRANT.-Question, Mr. Brooke
(Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley); Answer, Dr. Macnamara

CHICAGO MEAT SCANDALS.-Questions, Sir W. Bull (Hammersmith), Sir G.

Parker; Answers, Dr. Macnamara

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EXPENDITURE ON BILL PROMOTION IN PARLIAMENT.-Question, Mr. Chiozza-
Money (Paddington, N.); Answer, Dr. Macnamara

ALDERNEY ABATTOIRS.-Question, Mr. Essex; Answer, Sir E. Strachey (Somersetshire, S.)

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POLITICAL PENSIONS BILL.-Question, Mr. S. MacNeill; Answer, Sir H. Vincent (Sheffield, Central)

..

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LICENSED PREMISES ON CHARITY COMMISSION ESTATES.-Question, Mr. Wedgwood (Newcastle-under-Lyme); Answer, Mr. S. Wortley (Sheffield, Hallam)

..

RIPARIAN RIGHTS IN SCOTLAND.-Question, Mr. Gulland (Dumfries Burghs),
Mr. Mitchell-Thomson; Answer, The Lord Advocate (Mr. T. Shaw,
Hawick Burghs)
SCOTTISH UNEMPLOYED GRANT.-Question, Mr. Morton (Sutherland); Answer,
The Secretary for Scotland (Mr. Sinclair, Forfarshire)

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1435

SMALL LANDHOLDERS (SCOTLAND) BILL.-Question, Mr. A. Williamson (Elgin) and Nairn); Answer, Mr. Sinclair

..1435

PERTH PRISON-WARDER'S DUTIES.-Question, Mr. Mitchell-Thomson; Answer,
Mr. Sinclair..

IRISH CRIMINAL LAW PROCEDURE.-Question, Mr. S. MacNeill; The Attorney-
General for Ireland; Answer, Mr. Cherry (Liverpool Exchange)
MAXWELL ESTATE, DONEGAL. - Question, Mr. C. McVeigh (Donegal, E.);
Answer, The Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Birrell, Bristol, N.) ..

1436

1437

ROBERT'S ESTATE, COUNTY LONG FORD.-Questions, Mr. J. P. Farrell (Longford,
N.), Captain Craig (Antrim, N.); Answer, Mr. Birrell

1438

BLACKLION BOYCOTTING CASE.-Question, Mr. Courthope (Sussex, Rye);
Answer, Mr. Birrell

1438

GOLDING ESTATE, COUNTY GALWAY.-Question, Mr. Duffy (Galway, S.); Answer,
Mr. Birrell ..

1439

GAYNOR ESTATE, COUNTY ROSCOMMON.-Question, Mr. Hayden (Roscommon,
S.); Answer, Mr. Birrell ..

GOFF ESTATE, COUNTY ROSCOMMON.-Question, Mr. Hayden; Answer, Mr. Birrell 1440

LAUDER ESTATE, KING'S COUNTY.-Question, Mr. Reddy (King's County,
Birmingham); Answer, Mr. Birrell

1441

MAJOR URQUHART'S KING'S COUNTY ESTATE.-Question, Mr. Reddy; Answer,
Mr. Birrell ..

IRISH LANGUAGE IN IRISH SCHOOLS.-Question, Mr. T. O'Donnell (Kerry, W.),
Mr. Moore (Armagh, N.); Answer, Mr. Birrell ..

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BANBRIDGE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.-Question, Mr. Liddell (Down, W.); Answer,

Mr. Birrell ..

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BANBRIDGE POST OFFICE.-Question, Mr. Liddell; Answer, Mr. Sydney Buxton 1443

EDUCATION BILL.-Question, Viscount Castlereagh (Maidstone), Lord R. Cecil;

Answer, The Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury (Sir H.

Campbell-Bannerman)

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.-Question, Mr. Bottomley (Hackney, S.); Answer,

Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman

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HAMBURG DOCK STRIKE.-Question, Mr. Thorne (West Ham, S.), Mr. H. Wilson
(Middlesbrough); Answer, Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman

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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.-Questions, Mr. A. J. Balfour (City of London), Mr.

Moore, and Colonel Lockwood (Essex, Epping); Answers, Sir H. Campbell-

Bannerman

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Shops (No. 2) Bill.-Order for Second Reading upon Friday, 3rd May, read,

and discharged. Bill withdrawn

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 Trade (including Agriculture

and Fishing), Shipping, and Manufactures: Mr. Charles Nicholson, Mr.

Manfield, and Mr. Crombie; and had appointed in substitution: Dr.

Pollard, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. James Murray.

Sir WILLIAM BRAMPTON GURDON further reported from the Committee;

That they had added to the Standing Committee on Trade (including Agri-

culture and Fishing), Shipping and Manufactures, the following fifteen

Members in respect of the Education Acts Amendment Bill: Mr. Walter

Rea, Mr. Frederick Edwin Smith, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Parker, Mr. Rees,

Mr. Trevelyan, Mr. Lough, Mr. Leif Jones, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Talbot, Sir

Berkeley Sheffield, Mr. Butcher, Mr. Ellis Davies, Mr. Richardson, and Sir

Edwin Cornwall.

Reports to lie upon the Table

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (SUPPLY).—

Motion made and Question put, "That the Proceedings on the Business of

Supply, if under discussion when the Business is postponed this day, be

resumed and proceeded with, though opposed, after the interruption

of Business."(Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman.)

The House divided :-Ayes, 318; Noes, 82. (Division List No. 40)

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SUPPLY [26TH FEBRUARY] REPORT.-

Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate [6th March] on Amendment to

Second Resolution, "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10,000,

be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in

course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,'

1907, for the Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions,

Committees, and Special Inquiries.'

Which Amendment was-

"To leave out £10,000,' and insert ' £9,000.' "—(Mr. Dillon.)

Question again proposed, "That ' £10,000' stand part of the said Resolu-

tion."

Lord Robert Cecil (Marylebone, E.)

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Mr. Ashley (Lancashire, Blackpool)

1457

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board (Dr. Mac-

namara, Camberwell, W.)

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Mr. J. Ward (Stoke-on-Trent)

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Mr. Courthope (Sussex, Rye)

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

Captain Craig (Down, E.)

Boroughs)

Mr. Hugh Law (Donegal, W.)

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

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

Mr. Akers Douglas (Kent, St. Augustine's)

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendment proposed―

"To leave out £10,000,' and insert £9,900.'"-(Sir F. Banbury.)

Question put," That £10,000' stand part of the said Resolution."

The House divided :-Ayes, 331; Noes, 81. (Division List No. 41.)

Resolution agreed to.

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SUPPLY [21ST FEBRUARY] REPORT.

Resolutions reported.

CIVIL SERVICES AND REVENUE DEPARTMENTS (SUPPLEMENTARY) ESTIMATES,

1906-7.

CLASS I.

1. That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £2,300, be granted to

His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment

during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1907, for the Royal Parks

and Pleasure Gardens."

2. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £11,900, be granted to

His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment

during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1907, for Houses of

Parliament Buildings.'

CLASS II.

3. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,550, be granted to His

Majesty to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during

the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1907, for the Salaries and Expenses

in the Offices of the House of Commons.'

4. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £255, be granted to His

Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during

the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1907, for the Salaries and Expenses

of the Offices of the Chief Secretary in Dublin and London, and Expenses

under the Inebriates Acts."

CLASS II!.

5. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £2,000, be granted to

His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment

during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1907, for such of the Salaries

and Expenses of the Supreme Court of Judicature as are not charged on

the Consolidated Fund."

6. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £140, be granted to His

Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during

the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1907, for the Salaries and

Expenses of the Establishment of the Crofters' Commission."

CLASS IV.

7. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £11,000, be granted to

His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment

during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1907, for Grants towards

the Expenditure of certain School Boards in Scotland.”

First Resolution read a second time.

Mr. Claude Hay (Shoreditch, Hoxton)

Sir F. Banbury

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