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TO THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL, 1904.

FIFTH VOLUME OF SESSION

1904.

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THE PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY contains all that can be collected of the Legislative History of this country from the Conquest to the close of the XVIIIth Century (1803), 36 vols. The chief sources whence these Debates are derived are the Constitutional History, 24 vols. ; Sir Simonds D'Ewes' Journal; Debates of the Commons in 1620 and 1621; Chandler and Timberland's Debates, 22 vols.; Grey's Debates of the Commons, from 1667 to 1694, 10 vols. ; Almon's Debates, 24 vols.; Debrett's Debates, 63 vols.; The Hardwicke Papers; Debates in Parliament by Dr. Johnson, &c., &c.

THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES commence with the year 1803, and the contents are set forth in the following Chronological Table :

·

1805

1806

Third Series.

Vol. 1 & 2...44 GEO. III. 1803-4

3 to 5...45

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HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

OF STATE, ETC.

THE CABINET.

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury--Rt. Hon. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR.

Lord President of the Council and President of the Board of Education--Most Hon. the Marquess of LONDONDERRY, K.G.

Lord Chancellor--Rt. Hon. Earl of HALSBURY.

Secretaries of State

Foreign Affairs

-Most Hon. the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, K.G.

Home Department--Rt. Hon. A. AKERS-DOUGLAS, M.P.

Colonial- -Rt. Hon. ALFRED LYTTELTON, M.P.

War

India

Rt. Hon. H. O. ARNOLD-FORSTER, M.P.

-Rt. Hon. W. ST. JOHN BRODRICK, M.P.

Chancellor of the Exchequer--Rt. Hon. J. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.
First Lord of the Admiralty- Rt. Hon. Earl of SELBORNE.

President of the Board of Trade Rt. Hon. GERALD W. BALFOUR, M.P.
Postmaster-General--Rt Hon. Lord STANLEY, M.P.

Secretary for Scotland--Rt. Hon. A. GRAHAM MURRAY, M.P.

President of the Local Government Board--Rt. Hon. WALTER H. LONG, M.P.
President of the Board of Agriculture- -Rt. Hon. Earl of ONSLOW.

Chief Secretary for Ireland

-Rt. Hon. GEORGE Wyndham, M.P.

Lord Privy Seal--Most Hon. the Marquess of SALISBURY.

NOT IN THE CABINET.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury--Sir A. ACLAND-HOOD, Bt., M.P.:
Financial Secretary to the Treasury--VICTOR CAVENDISH, Esq., M.P.

Secretary of the Board of Education--Sir WILLIAM ANSON, M.P.

Secretary to the Admiralty——E. G. PRETYMAN, Esq., M.P.

Lords of the Treasury

Lords of the Admiralty

Army Council

LORD BALCARRES, M.P.

Hon. AILWYN FELLOWES, M.P.

H. W. FORSTER, Esq., M.P.

Admiral Lord W. T. KERR, K.C.B.
Rear-Admiral Sir C. C. DRURY, K.C.S.I.'
Rear-Admiral W. H. MAY, M.V.O.

Rear-Admiral JOHN DURNFORD, C.B., D.S.O.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR [in the Cabinet].
Lt.-Gen. Sir N. G. LYTTELTON, K.C B.

Major-General C. W. H. DOUGLAS.
Major-General H. C. O. PLUMER, C.B.
Major-General Sir J. W. MURRAY, K.C.B.

THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOr War.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR Office.

Secretary. THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE for War (Col. Sir
E. W. D. WARD, K.C.B.).

Civil Lord of the Admiralty- -ARTHUR H. LEE, Esq., M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary, Foreign Office--Earl PERCY, M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary, Home Office--Hon. T. H. COCHRANE, M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary, Colonial Office-His Grace the Duke of MARLBorough.

Parliamentary Secretary, India Office- -Rt. Hon. Earl of HARDWICKE.

Parliamentary Secretary, War Office--Rt. Hon. Earl of DONOUGHMORE.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade--A. BONAR LAW, Esq., M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board--J. GRANT LAWSON, Esq., M.P.
Financial Secretary, War Office--W. BROMLEY DAVENPORT, Esq., M.P.

Attorney-General- -Sir R. B. FINLAY, K.C., M.P.

Solicitor-General--Rt. Hon. Sir E. CARSON, K.C., M.P.
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland--Rt. Hon. Earl of DUDLEY.

The Lord Advocate--C. SCOTT DICKSON, Esq., K. C., M.P.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster--Rt. Hon. Sir WM. WALROND, Bt., M.P.