Aug. 12.]

Lords Amendments-

"In page 36, line 35, after the word 'cutting' to insert the words

'or making.

"In page 38, line 2, after the word 'Board' to insert the words

in lieu of the member of the Land Commission nominated under

Sub-section 1 of Section 34 of the Act of 1891.' And also to insert the

following clause:Section 18 of the Agricultural and Technical

Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, which makes provision with respect

to congested districts counties, is hereby repealed."

The next Amendments, read a second time, and agreed to.

Lords Amendment-

"In page 38, line 36, to leave out the word 'any' and insert the

words 'subject to the provisions of this Act any.""

The next Amendment disagreed to.

Lords Amendment—

"In page 38, line 38, to leave out the word 'appeal' and to

insert the words 'apply for a re-hearing.'

The next Amendment read a second time, and agreed to.

Lords Amendment-

"In page 39, line 5, after the word 'assessor,' to insert the words

'who shall hear the evidence and inspect the holding, and report

thereon to the Judicial Commissioner.'

The next Amendment, read a second time.

Amendment proposed to the Lords Amendment—

"In line 2, after the word 'and' to insert the words 'on the

application of either of the parties.'”—(Mr. Wyndham.)

Amendment to Lords Amendment agreed to.

Amendment proposed to the Lords Amendment-

"In line 3, at end, to add the words 'in the prescribed manner.'"

-(Mr. T. M. Healy.)

Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted."

Mr. T. M. Healy

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Amendment to the Lords Amendment, agreed to.

Lords Amendment, as amended, agreed to.

Lords Amendment

"In page 38, line 36, to leave out the word 'any' and to insert the

words subject to the provisions of this Act any.""

Lords Amendment disagreed to.

Lords Amendment-

66 In page 39, lines 6 to 8, leave out Sub-section 3."

The next Amendment read a second time, and agreed to.

Lords Amendment-

"In page 39, line 9, after the word 'appeal' to insert the words

'or on any re-hearing (except in cases where the valuation does not

exceed £20).'"

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The next Amendment, read a second time, amended, and agreed to.

Lords Amendment-

"In page 39, line 10, after the word 'which' to insert the words

'could have been but.'

The next Amendment, read a second time, and agreed to.

Lords Amendment-

"In page 39, lines 12 and 15, after the word 'Commissioner' to

insert the words who hears the Appeal.'"

The next Amendment, read a second time.

Amendment proposed to the Lords Amendment-

"In line 2, after the word 'Appeal' to add the words 'or

re-hearing.” ”—(Mr. Atkinson.)

Amendment to Lords Amendment agreed to.

Lords Amendment, as amended, agreed to.

Lords Amendments-

"In page 39, line 20, after the word 'made' to insert the words

'by the Judicial Commissioners with the approval of the Lord

Chancellor.""

"In page 39, line 22, to leave out from the word 're-hearings' to

the end of the clause, and insert the words 'and those rules shall,

among other things, provide for an ad valorem scale of fees to be paid

on notices of appeal or re-hearing.'

"In page 39, line 24, to leave out the words Land Commission'

and insert the words 'Judicial Commissioner.'"

Leave out Clause 87.

"In page 40, line 17, after the word

solely.'

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reason

to insert the word

"In page 40, line 19, to leave out the word

Insert the words 'in the absence of other provision.'

judicially' and

"In page 40, line 22, after the word 'apply' to insert the words

'as from the commencement of this Act.""

"In page 40, line 30, after the word '1881' to insert the words

'or under that section.'

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"In page 40, line 38, to leave out the words 'the representation'

and insert the words any representation under the Labourers

(Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1896, affecting him.'"

The next Amendments, read a second time, and agreed to.

Lords Amendment-

"In page 41, lines 10 and 11, to leave out the words a Court

of Summary Jurisdiction' and insert the words the County Court

Judge.''

The next Amendment, read a second time.

Paye

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Lords Amendments-

"In page 41, line 30, to leave out the words 'must either be '

and insert the words is either.' Line 31, to leave out the word 'be'

and insert the word 'is.'"

"In page 42, line 6, to leave out from the word 'Commission' to

the word 'the' in line 8, and insert the words in the manner directed

by Sub-section 6 of Section 29 of the Act of 1891.' The expression

'demesne' includes any mansion, house or other buildings thereon.

The expression 'vesting order' includes fiat. Line 34, after the word

'Act' to insert the words or enactment,' and after the word

' amending' to insert the word applying.'"

"In page 44, line 22, after the first word three' to insert the

words in Sub-section 1 of Section 34, from a member' to 'forestry'

and the words the Chief Secretary when absent shall be replaced by

the Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant.'

The next Amendments, read a second time, and agreed to.

Ordered, "That a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be

assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to certain of the Lords Amend-

ments to the Bill."

Committee nominated of-Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. Sergeant

Hemphill, Mr. John Redmond, Colonel Saunderson, and Mr. Wyndham.

Committee to withdraw immediately.

Three to be the quorum.-(Mr. Wyndham.)

The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill.

Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; to be read

the third time to-morrow

Irish Land Bill

Reasons for disagreeing to certain of the Lords Amendments reported, and

agreed to.

To be communicated to the Lords

CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE COM-

PANY (AGREEMENTS).-Motion made, and Question proposed "That the

Agreement dated the 30th day of July. 1903, entered into between His

Majesty's Government and the Cunard Steamship Company, Limited,

printed in Command Paper No. 1703, and the Agreement dated the 1st

day of August, 1903, entered into between His Majesty's Government and

the International Mercantile Marine Company and others, printed in Com-

mand Paper No. 1704, be approved. —(Mr. Gerald Balfour.)

Mr. Edmund Robertson (Dundee)

Mr. Lough (Islington, W.)

Amendment proposed-

..:

"To leave out from the word 'That,' to the end of the Question,

and add the words this House regrets that an arrangement was made

with the Cunard Steamship Company without first ascertaining by

public competition the terms upon which the Government require-

ments might have been met by other companies.'”—(Mr. Lough.)

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Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of

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the Question."

Debate arising.

And, it being half past Seven of the Clock, the Debate stood adjourned till
this Evening's Sitting.

EVENING SITTING.

CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE COMPANY (AGREEMENTS).-Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on Amendment to Question [12th August], "That the Agreement dated the 30th day of July, 1903, entered into between His Majesty's Government and the Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, printed in Command Paper No. 1703, and the Agreement dated the 1st day of August, 1903, entered into between His Majesty's Government and the International Mercantile Marine Company and others, printed in Command Paper No. 1704, be approved." (Mr. Gerald Balfour.)

Which Amendment was

"To leave out from the word 'That,' to the end of the Question, and add the words 'this House regrets that an arrangement was made with the Cunard Steamship Company without first ascertaining by public competition the terms upon which the Government requirements might have been met by other companies."-(Mr. Lough.)

Question again proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."

Mr. Charles Mc Arthur (Liverpool, Exchange)

Mr. Rea (Gloucester)

Mr. Evelyn Cecil (Aston Manor)

The Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr. Arnold-Forster, Belfast, W ́.)

Sir John Colomb (Great Yarmouth)

Mr. Bruce (Aberdeen, S.)

Mr. David MacIver (Liverpool, Kirklale).....

Question put.

The House divided:-Ayes, 92; Noes, 18. (Division List No. 262.)

Main Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved that the Agreement dated the 30th day of July, 1903, entered into between His Majesty's Government and the Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, printed in Command Paper No. 1703, and the Agreement dated the 1st day of August, 1903, entered into between His Majesty's Government and the International Mercantile Marine Company and others, printed in Command Paper No. 1704, be approved. Port of London Bill.-Motion made, Question proposed, "That further proceedings on the Port of London Bill be suspended till the next session of Parliament: That on any day in that session a Motion may be made, after notice, by a Minister of the Crown, to be decided without Amendment or Debate, that proceedings on that Bill may be resumed, and if that Motion is decided in the affirmative the said Bill, as reported from the Joint Committee, shall stand committed to a Committee of the Whole House in like

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manner as if the proceedings on the Bill or in relation thereto had taken

place in that session in due compliance with all Standing Orders. That

this Order be a Standing Order of the House."-(Mr. A. J. Balfour.)

Mr. Sydney Buxton (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)

The Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. A. J. Balfour,

Manchester, E.)

Sir Joseph Dimsdale (London)

Mr. Rea (Gloucester)

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Ordered, That further proceedings on the Port of London Bill be suspended

till the next session of Parliament.

Ordered, That on any day in that session a Motion may be made, after

notice, by a Minister of the Crown, to be decided without Amendment

or debate, that proceedings on that Bill may be resumed, and if that

Motion is decided in the affirmative the said Bill, as reported from the

Joint Committee, shall stand committed to a Committee of the Whole

House in like manner as if the previous proceedings on the Bill or in

relation thereto had taken place in that session, after due compliance

with all Standing Orders.

Ordered, That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.-(Mr. A. J.

Balfour.)

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Employment of Children Bill.-Lords Amendments considered, and agreed

to

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Licensing Acts (Scotland) Consolidation and Amendment Bill.-Lords

Amendments considered.

Amendment proposed to the Bill-

"In page 5, line 22, after the word appeal' to insert the words

and no other magistrate is available.'”—(Mr. Caldwell.)

Amendment agreed to.

The Lord Advocate (Mr. A. Graham Murray, Buteshire)

Lords Amendments agreed to.

Whereupon, in pursuance of the Order of the House of the 28th day of

July, Mr. Speaker adjourned the House without Question put.

Adjourned at twenty minutes before Twelve o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS: THURSDAY, 13TH AUGUST, 1903.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

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Auchterarder Town Council Order Confirmation Bill. Read 3 (according to Order),

and passed

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

TRADE REPORTS-(ANNUAL SERIES).

No. 3058. Portugal (Chinde).

No. 3059. Turkey (Damascus).

No. 3060. United States (Portland (Oregon).

No. 3061. Brazil (Bahia).

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