Feb. 15.] IRISH TAILORS AND OFFICERS' UNIFORMS.-Question, Mr. Nannetti (Dublin, College Green); Answer, Mr. Arnold-Forster Page 1312 MILITARY COURTS MARTIAL.-Question, Mr. H. D. Greene (Shrewsbury); Answer, Mr. Arnold-Forster INDIAN STATE RAILWAY CONTRACTS.-Question, Sir Charles McLaren (Leicestershire, Bosworth); Answer, The Secretary for India (Mr. Brodrick, Surrey, Guildford) GERMAN CONTRACTS FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS.-Question, Sir Charles McLaren and Sir Thomas Dewar (Tower Hamlets, St. George's); Answer, Mr. Brodrick TRANSVAAL LABOUR ORDINANCE.-Question, Sir Brampton Gurdon (Norfolk, N.); RECRUITMENT OF LABOUR IN CHINA.-Question, Mr. Buchanan; Answer, Mr. CONVEYANCE OF LABOUR TO THE TRANSVAAL.-Question, Mr. Edmund Robertson (Dundee); Answer, Mr. Lyttelton 1313 1313 1314 1315 1319 .. 1319 BRITISH COLUMBIAN LABOUR LEGISLATION.-Question, Mr. Edmund Robertson; CONVICT LABOUR IN THE TRANSVAAL MINES.-Question, Mr. Whitley (Halifax), 1319 .. 1320 EDUCATION IN THE TRANSVAAL.-Question, Mr. Swift MacNeill; Answer, Mr. 1321 KOREA.-Question, Mr. Brynmor Jones (Swansea District); Answer, The Under 1322 1322 CHINESE RAILWAYS-BRITISH BONDHOLDERS' INTERESTS.-Question, Mr. 1323 RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA.-Question, Mr. Joseph Walton; Answer, Earl Percy 1323 1323 TRANSVAAL MINES, RECRUITS FROM BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA.-Question, Mr. COLONIAL INSURANCES AND INCOME TAX.-Question, Mr. Thornton (Clapham); Feb. 15.] Page IMMATURE WHISKY AND LUNACY AND CRIME.-Question, Mr. MacVeagh (Down, S.); Answer, Mr. Austen Chamberlain 1325 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION.-Question, Mr. Claude Hay (Shoreditch, 1325 FRAUDULENT SPIRITS.-Question, Mr. Kilbride (Kildare, S.); Answer, Mr. .. 1325 COMPULSORY VACCINATION.-Question, Mr. Crooks; Answer, The Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Victor Cavendish, Derbyshire. W.) KERRY RAILWAY HARBOUR GUARANTEES.-Questions, Mr. Thomas O'Donnell and Mr. Flavin (Kerry, N.); Answers, Mr. Wyndham FIRTH OF FORTH FISHERIES.-Question, Captain Ellice (St. Andrews Burghs); 1327 1328 1327 1328 DINGLE RAILWAY.-Question, Mr. Thomas O'Donnell (Kerry, W.); Answer, The 1328 IRISH LAND COURT-PURCHASE OF INSOLVENT ESTATES.-Question, Mr. T. W. TREATMENT OF THE BLIND IN IRELAND.-Question, Mr. Nannetti; Answer, Mr. 1329 LAND PURCHASE IN COUNTY ARMAGH.-Question, Mr. John Campbell (Armagh, IVEAGH-PIRRIE MOTOR CAR SERVICE.-Question, Mr. John Campbell; Answer, 1330 LAND PURCHASE IN COUNTY GALWAY.-Question, Mr. Roche (Galway, E.); Answer, Mr. Wyndham 1330 ARKLOW HARBOUR.-Questions, Mr. Cogan (Wicklow, E.) and Mr. John Redmond (Waterford); Answers, Mr. Wyndham .. 1331 GAULT ESTATE, COUNTY TYRONE.-Question, Mr. T. W. Russell; Answer, Mr. .. 1332 BOUFF SCHOOL TEACHER.-Question, Mr. Lundon (Limerick, E.); Answer, Mr. .. 1332 LONGFORD LAND COMMISSION.-Question, Mr. J. P. Farrell (Longford, N.); Answer, Mr. Wyndham IRISH WORKHOUSE INSPECTORS.-Question, Mr. Joseph Devlin (Kilkenny, N.): Feb. 15.] GALBRAITH ESTATE, LONGFORD.-Question, Mr. J. P. Farrell; Answer, Mr. Page 1334 IRISH DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND.-Questions, Mr. O'Dowd (Sligo, S.) and Mr. 1334 LIMERICK GAOL DOCTOR.-Questions, Mr. Joyce (Limerick); Answers, Mr. COMPANY LEGISLATION.-Question, Mr. Swift MacNeill; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Akers Douglas, Kent, St. Augustine's) 1335 . 1335 WHITAKER WRIGHT TRIAL COSTS.-Questions, Mr. Swift MacNeill and Mr. T. W. RUSSIA AND THE Dardanelles. Question, Mr. Gibson Bowles (Lynn Regis); 1335 1336 CHINESE LABOur for the TRANSVAAL.-Questions, Sir Charles McLaren, Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, Mr. William Redmond; Answers, Mr. Akers Douglas 1336 THE FISCAL DEBATE.-Question, Mr. Charles McArthur (Liverpool, Exchange); NEW WRITS.-New Writ for the County of York (Southern part of the West Riding, Normanton Division), in the room of Benjamin Pickard, esquire, deceased. (Mr. Herbert Gladstone) 1338 1339 NEW MEMBER SWORN.-John Bamford Slack, esquire, for the County of Herts 1339 NEW BILLS. Coal Mines (Employment) Bill." To amend the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Acts which relate to employment," presented by Sir Charles Dilke; supported by Mr. Keir Hardie, Sir Walter Foster, Mr. William Abraham (Rhondda), Mr. Holland, Mr. Broadhurst, Mr. Brynmor Jones, Mr. Jacoby, Mr. Bell, Mr. Cremer, and Mr. Joseph Walton; to be read a second time upon Friday, 25th March, and to be printed. [Bill 57] .. 1339 Lands Valuation (Scotland) Bill.-"To amend the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act, 1854," presented by Mr. McCrae; supported by Mr. Bryce, Sir John Leng, Mr. Munro Ferguson, Mr. T. W. Russell, Mr. Eugene Wason, Mr. John Dewar, and Mr. Robert Wallace; to be read a second time upon Tuesday, 26th April; and to be printed. [Bill 58] 1339 Nurses Bill." To regulate the qualification of trained Nurses, and to provide for their registration," presented by Mr. Farquharson; supported by Mr. Haldane, Sir Thomas Wrightson, Sir James Joicey, Sir John Tuke, Mr. H. C. Smith, Mr. Munro Ferguson, Mr. Tennant, Mr. Black, Mr. Colston, Mr. Eve, and Dr. Thompson; to be read a second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 59] 1339 1 Page Feb. 15.] Factory and Workshop Act (1901) Amendment Bill." To amend the Law 1440 .. 1440 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (KING'S SPEECH, MOTION for an Address).—Ordered, That the Proceedings on the King's Speech (Motion for an Address), if under discussion at Twelve o'clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).-(Mr. Secretary Akers Douglas). KING'S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS). (TENTH DAY,-Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on Amendment [8th February] to Main Question [2nd February], "That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as followeth : "Most Gracious Sovereign,— "We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament." (Mr Hardy.) Which Amendment was At the end of the Question, to add the words, But it is our duty, however, humbly to represent to Your Majesty that our effective deliberation on the financial service of the year is impaired by conflicting declarations from Your Majesty's Ministers. We respectfully submit to Your Majesty the judgment of the House that the removal of protective duties has for more than half a century actively conduced to the vast extension of the trade and commerce of the realm and to the welfare of its population; and this House believes that, while the needs of social improvement are still manifold and urgent, any return to protective duties, more particularly when imposed on the food of the people, would be deeply injurious to our national strength, contentment, and well-being'"-(Mr. John Morley.) Question again proposed, "That those words be there added.” Sir Howard Vincent (Sheffield, Central) Mr. Gibson Bowles (Lynn Regis) Mr. Elliot (Durham) Sir A. Seale Haslam (Newcastle-under-Lyne) Mr. Asquith (Fifeshire, E.) The Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Wyndham, Dover) Mr. Rea (Gloucester) .. .. 1341 1353 1363 1370 And, it being half-past Seven of the Clock, the debate stood adjourned Feb. 15.] EVENING SITTING. Page KING'S SPEECH (MOTION FOR AN ADDRESS).-Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on Amendment [8th February] to Main Question [2nd February], That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as followeth : "Most Gracious Sovereign, "We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons. of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament."-(Mr. Hardy.) Which Amendment was "At the end of the Question, to add the words, ' But it is our duty however, humbly to represent to Your Majesty that our effective deliberation on the financial service of the year is impaired by conflicting declarations from Your Majesty's Ministers. We respectfully submit to Your Majesty the judgment of this House that the removal of the protective duties has for more than half a century actively conduced to the vast extension of the trade and commerce of the realm and to the welfare of its population; and this House believes that, while the needs of social improvement are still manifold and urgent, any return to protective duties, more particularly when imposed on the food of the people, would be deeply injurious to our national strength, contentment, and well-being.'”—(Mr. John Morley.) Question again proposed, "That those words be there added." Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman (Stirling Burghs) The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Akers Douglas, Question put. The House divided:-Ayes, 276; Noes, 327. (Division List, No. 2.) Main Question again proposed. Motion made, and Question," That the debate be now adjourned,"- Debate to be resumed To-morrow. PUBLIC PETITIONS.-Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to the House, with the exception of such as relate to Private Bills; and that such Committee do classify and prepare abstracts of the same, in such form and manner as shall appear to them best suited to convey to the House all requisite information respecting their contents, and do report the same from time to time to the House; and that the reports of the Committee do set forth the number of signatures 1408 1410 1414 1417 1421 1426 1438 |