TABLE OF CONTENTS

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VOLUME XXXII.

FOURTH SERIES.

LORDS: MONDAY, 25TH MARCH 1895.

CHITRAL Question, Lord Knutsford; Answer, Under Secretary for India...

Grand Juries (Ireland)-No. 2 Bill.-Passed through Committee and reported...

EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES-Motion made-

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Evidence in Criminal Cases (No. 2) Bill.-Read 2a.-(Lord Chancellor)

Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act, 1879, Amendment Bill.

Reports of Amendments agreed to

RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM-Questions, Earl of Erne and Lord Ashbourne;

Answers, Lord Ribblesdale

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Land Clauses (Taxation of Costs) Bill.-Read 3* and passed.- (Lord Chancellor).....
MEANING OF ALTERATIONS IN LAW :-Motion made-

"That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee to insert as a schedule
in every Bill which refers to any sections of an Act of Parliament for the
purpose of amending or repealing them, a reprint of such sections in all
cases in which it can be done without an excessive increase in the bulk of
the Bill in question."-(Marquess of Salisbury

North Staffordshire Railway Bill.-Read 3o, and passed

[March 25.]

QUESTIONS.

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SNAILBEACH QUARTZ MINE ACCIDENT-Question, Mr. D. A. Thomas;
Answer, Home Secretary

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POST CARDS-Questions, Mr. Henniker Heaton; Answers, Secretary to the

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COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS AT KINSALE-Question, Dr. Commins; Answer,

Secretary to the Treasury

IRELAND AND THE NAVAL PROGRAMME-Questions, Mr. W. Redmond,
Dr. Macgregor, Captain Donelan, Mr. J. C. Flynn, Mr. W. Johnston,
and Mr. G. W. Wolff; Answers, Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

SUPPLY OF PORK TO THE NAVY-Question, Mr. W. Redmond; Answer,

Civil Lord of the Admiralty

STIRLING CATTLE MARKET-Question, Mr. M. H. Shaw-Stewart; Answer,

President of the Board of Agriculture

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT (1894)-Questions, Mr. J. W.

Crombie, Mr. D. Crawford, and Mr. C. B. Renshaw; Answers, Secre-

tary for Scotland and the Lord Advocate

COWES HARBOUR-Question, Sir G. Baden-Powell; Answer, President of

the Board of Trade

COLLECTION OF RATES IN THE HIGHLANDS Question, Dr. Macgregor;

Answer, Secretary for Scotland

CONSOLS-Question, Mr. W. Whitelaw; Answer, Lord Advocate

DISTRESS IN IRELAND-Questions, Mr. J. F. X. O'Brien, Mr. William

Redmond, Mr. Vesey Knox, Mr. T. Sexton, Mr. J. C. Flynn, and Mr.

Swift MacNeill; Answers, Chief Secretary for Ireland ...

FACTORY INSPECTION IN IRELAND-Questions, Mr. T. Sexton, Mr. W.

Johnston, and Captain Donelan; Answers, Home Secretary

MINING EXPLOSIVES-Question, Mr. J. Wilson (Durham); Answer, Home

Secretary

INDIAN NATIVE TROOPS-Questions, Mr. R. W. Hanbury; Answers, Under

Secretary for the Home Department

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CAB-TRADE GRIEVANCES Question, Mr. J. Aird; Answer, Home Secretary

BALLYMAHON DISPENSARY DISTRICT-Question, Mr. D. Sullivan; Answer,

Chief Secretary for Ireland

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PARCELS FOR THE CAPE-Question, Mr. Henniker Heaton; Answer, Post-

master General

NICARAGUA Questions, Colonel Howard Vincent; Answers, Under Secre-

tary for Foreign Affairs

TROOPSHIPS Question, Mr. W. Allan; Answer, Civil Lord of the Admiralty
ARMENIAN PRISONERS--Questions, Parliamentary Charity Commissioner and
Mr. Disraeli; Answer, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES Questions, Mr. W. O'Brien; Answers, Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland

FOREIGN FARM PRODUCE-Question, Captain Bethell; Answer, President of

the Board of Agriculture

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INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS-Question, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach; Answer, Home

Secretary

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BRITISH CONSUL IN SAMOA-Question, Mr. J. F. Hogan; Answer, Under
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

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AFFAIRS IN SAMOA Question, Mr. J. F. Hogan; Answer, Under Secretary

for Foreign Affairs ...

MANCHESTER POSTMEN-Question, Mr. C. E. Schwann; Answer, Postmaster

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SWINE FEVER ORDER -Question, Dr. MacDonnell ; Answer, Chief Secretary

for Ireland

LONDON MUNICIPALITIES BILL-Questions, Sir C. W. Dilke; Answers,

Sir F. D. Dixon-Hartland ...

[March 25.]

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GOVERNMENT BILLS-Questions, Sir C. W. Dilke and Mr. D. A. Thomas;
Answer, Chancellor of the Exchequer
FEUDATORY NATIVE STATE IN INDIA-Question, Mr. James Lowther;
Answer, Chancellor of the Exchequer
SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE COMPENSATION-Questions, Mr. T. H. Bolton;
Answers, President of the Board of Agriculture...

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AFFAIRS IN CHITRAL-Question, Mr. G. N. Curzon; Answer, Under Secre-
tary for the Home Department

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SCHOOL ACCOUNTS AND REGISTERS Questions, Mr. T. W. Legh; Answers,

Vice President of the Council

TELEPHONE SERVICE COMMITTEE Question, Mr. A. C. Morton; Answer,

Chancellor of the Exchequer

INTERIM REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE UNEMPLOYED-Question, Mr.

J. H. Dalziel; Answer, Chancellor of the Exchequer

LAND TAX-Question, Mr. R. W. Hanbury; Answer, Chancellor of the

Exchequer

BALFOUR (JABEZ SPENCER)-Questions, Mr. C. J. Darling; Answers, Under

Secretary for Foreign Affairs

BRITISH TROOPS IN INDIA Question, Mr. R. W. Hanbury; Answer,

Secretary for War

COURSE OF BUSINESS-Questions, Mr. William Redmond, Mr. Vesey Knox,

and Mr. G. C. T. Bartley; Answers, Chancellor of the Exchequer

Market Gardeners' Compensation Bill and Market Gardeners' Compen-

sation (No. 2) Bill-Special Report presented-[No. 185] ...

NEW MEMBER SWORN-Sir W. H. Wills, Baronet, for the Borough of

Bristol (East Division)

Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Channel Islands) Bill.-Presented and

read 10-(No. 180)

Supreme Court (Officers) Bill.—Presented and read 1o-[No. 181]

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ORDERS OF THE DAY.

Established Church (Wales) Bill.

Debate on Second Reading resumed-Sir G. Osborne Morgan

RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEA.-After short Debate, Select Committee

appointed

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LORDS: TUESDAY, 26TH MARCH 1895.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE-Standing Order No. XXXIX. dispensed with for

this day's Sitting

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Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Bill.-Read 1a; read 2a; Committee negatived; Bill

read 3a, and passed

Evidence in Criminal Cases Bill-[H.L.]; Evidence in Criminal Cases

(No. 2) Bill.-[H.L..]- Considered in Committee; Bills reported without Amend-

ment; and re-committed to the Standing Committee

Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act, 1879, Amendment Bill.

Read 3a; with the Amendments, passed, and returned to the Commons

Endowed Schools Act, 1869, and Amending Acts (Scheme for the

Management of Hanbury's Charity, Church Langton, Leicester) :——

Motion made :-

"That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying Her to withhold

Her consent from all that part of the scheme of the Charity Commissioners for

the Foundation known as Hanbury's Charity which is contained in the follow-

ing words of the thirty-fourth section: In accordance with the principles

of the Christian faith, and, in the case of children whose parents so desire.'".

(Viscount Cross.)

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill.-Order for consideration of Bill deferred 150

QUESTIONS.

DRUIDICAL STONES-Question, Mr. J. G. Weir; Answer, First Commissioner

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of Works

ILLEGAL TRAWLING Questions, Mr. Weir; Answers, Secretary for Scotland

ISLAND OF LEWIS-Questions, Mr. Weir and Dr. Macgregor; Answers,

Secretary for Scotland

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS COMMISSION-Questions, Mr. Weir and Dr. Mac-

gregor; Answers, Secretary for Scotland...

SCOTCH FISHERY BOARD-Questions, Mr. Weir; Answers, Secretary for

Scotland

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COASTGUARD OFFICERS-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, Civil Lord of the

Admiralty

GAELIC-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, Lord Advocate

QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS-Questions, Mr. V. Gibbs, Mr. S. T. Evans, and

Mr. W. Johnston; Answers, Chancellor of the Exchequer

NEW EDUCATION CODE-Questions, Mr. J. Round, Mr. Seymour Keay, Mr.

J. H. Johnstone, and Mr. J. G. Talbot; Answers, Vice President of the

Council and Secretary for Scotland

FOREIGN COIN IN THE TRANSVAAL-Questions, Mr. H. O. Arnold-Forster;

Answers, Under Secretary for the Colonies

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