Devonport. The approved scheme includes gun drill and stripping shed, shootinginstruction shed, loading-teacher shed, additional men's block, barrack courses shed, lecture rooms and offices, armourers' workshop, etc. All these works are in hand and some of them are approaching completion. Portsmouth. The extension of the gun drill battery is practically finished. Keyham Naval Barracks.-Contracts have been let for new gymnasium and cart shed, stables, etc., and Squash Racquet Courts, and the works are practically completed. Magazines. Chatham.-Two new magazines at Chattenden and certain improvements at Upnor and Lodge Hill have been completed. A new laboratory at Chattenden is practically finished and a shell-filling laboratory at Upnor is in hand. Two additional magazines at Chattenden, and works connected with the disposal of sewage at Upnor and Chattenden, are about to be started. Portsmouth.-Two additional cordite magazines at Priddy's Hard are in hand and approaching completion. Plymouth. Additional shell stores are being proceeded with at Bull Point. Malta. The additional magazine accommodation is approaching completion. Coast Guard Ranges and Royal Naval Reserve Batteries.-The Coast Guard works already approved are approaching completion. Torpedo Ranges.-The extension of the torpedo range at Horsea Island has been completed. Arrangements are being made for the provision of an additional range elsewhere. Electric Light and Power in Naval Establishments.-Contracts have been let for generating stations, machinery, and other works involved in the installations of electric light and power at the Cape of Good Hope, Chatham, Gibraltar, Malta, Plymouth, Portland, Portsmouth and Sheerness. The station at the Cape of Good Hope has been completed, and the work at the other establishments is well advanced. T. 23rd February, 1907. APPENDIX III. PUBLIC BILLS DEALT WITH IN VOLUME CLXX. Those marked thus are Government Bills. The figures in parentheses in the last column refer to the page in this volume. "[H.L.]" following title indicates that the Bill originated in the House of Lords. APPENDIX IV. HOUSE OF COMMONS, SESSION 1907. LIST OF RULES, ORDERS, &c., which have been presented during the Session, and are required by Statute to lie for an appointed number of Days upon the Table of the House. In Continuation of List given in previous Volume. Title of Paper. Date from which Period to lie upon the Table. 40 days Shop Hours Act, 1904,-Copy of Order made by the Council of the City of Cardiff, and confirmed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, fixing the Hours of Closing for certain classes of Shops within the Riverside and Canton Wards of the City [4 Edw. VII., c. 31, s. 3 (3)] Army,-Copy of Draft Order in Council declaring what is requisite to entitle a Volunteer or Volunteer Engineer Corps, Volunteer Divisions of Submarine Miners, and Volunteer Electrical Engineers to be deemed an efficient Volunteer [26 and 27 Vic., c. 65, s. 11] Education (Scotland) (Code 1907),--Copy of Code of Education (Scotland),-Copy of Minute of the Com- Education (Scotland),-Copy of Regulations for the preliminary education, training, and certification of teachers for various grades of schools [35 and 36 Vic., c. 62, s. 67] Shop Hours Act, 1904,--Copy of Order made by the Council of the Borough of Newport (Isle of Wight), and confirmed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, fixing the Hours of Closing for certain classes of Shops within the Borough [4 Edw. VII., c. 31, s. 3 (3)] 28 February 2 March One lunar month |