INDEX ΤΟ HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, IN THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 50° & 51° VICTORIÆ. 1887. EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS. Bills, Read 1o, 2o,3°, or 1a, 2a, 3a, Read the First, Second, or Third Time.-In Speeches, When in this Index a is added to the Reading of a Bill, it indicates that no Debate took When in the Text or in the Index a Speech is marked thus, it indicates that the Speech When in the Index a † is prefixed to a Name or an Office (the Member having accepted or - - Some subjects of debate have been classified under the following "General Headings: - - ABRAHAM, Mr. W., Glamorgan, Rhondda 319] 502; cl. 35, 543, 544, 546; cl. 36, 557; 310-311-312-313-314-315-316-317-318-319-320-321. ABRAHAM, Mr. W.-cont. Accumulations Bill-cont. Education Department-New Code, 1887-1. Read 1a* (Lord Herschell) May 5 (No. 81) Class Subjects-Welsh, [313] 832 "Specific Subjects," [312] 515 Law and Justice (England and Wales)-Sen- Mines Regulation-Accident at the Rhondda Stannaries Act (1869) Amendment, Comm. Supply-Civil Services and Revenue Depart- Truck-Conside ion of Lords' Reasons and Fisheries-Boards of Fishery Conservators, Fishery Weirs-State Weirs on the Lower Labourers' Acts-Labourers' Cottages, Co. Law and Justice Grand Juries, Co. Magistracy-Petty Sessions at Hospital, National Schools-Appointment of Pupils Royal Irish Constabulary-District In- Supply Criminal Prosecutions, &c. in Irc- Local Government Board in Ireland, &c 2R. discharged * May 19 ACLAND, Mr. A. H. D., York, W.R., Coal Mines, &c. Regulation, Comm. cl. 43, Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland), 2R. Supply-Stationery, Printing, &c. [318] 1570 ACLAND, Mr. C. T. D., Cornwall, Laun- Allotments and Cottage Gardens Compensation, Army (Auxiliary Forces)-Volunteer Artillery IIarbours and Passing Tolls Act, 1861- Merchant Shipping Act (1854) Amendment Stannaries Act (1869) Amendment, Comm. Truck, Comm. cl. 3, [314] 306, 308; add. cl. 310-311-312-313-314-315-316-317-318-319-320-321. ADDISON, Mr. J. E. W.-cont. Law of Evidence Evidence of Accused Protraction of Assizes-Quarter Sessions, Law and Police-"Bayfus v. Saville"-Sum- "Boss v. Saville "-Attempting to Extort Limited Liability Acts, [321] 268 Parliament-Business of the House-Criminal - Interference of Peers at Elections-North Paddington Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Transit Tariff through Portuguese Territory The Slave Trade in the Red Sea Revival of, Question, Mr. A. E. Pease; An- Suppression of, Question, Sir Henry Tyler ; Capture of Slavers, Question, Dr. Tanner; The Slave Trade on the Mozambique Coast, 1671 The King of Johanna, Question, Mr. A. E. The Sultan of Zanzibar-The London Con- 649 X 2 310-311-312-313-314-315-316-317-318-319-320–321. AFRICA (NORTH EAST) The French at Dongarita, on the Somali Coast, AFRICA (SOUTH) (Questions) Progress of Affairs-Lord Salisbury's Letter Annexation, Question, Mr. Cape Colony-The Colonial Registration Bill, The Bechuanaland Commission, Question, Dr. Sir Charles Warren's Bechuanaland Expedi- Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister, Ques- tion, Mr. J. G. Hubbard; Answer, The Se- Army Estimates, 1885- Expedition to Bechua- Natal Church of England-The Bishopric of Natal, Question, Sir Lewis Pelly; Answer, The Se- German Occupation, Question, Dr. Clark; Swaziland Affairs of, Questions, Observations, Viscount The Transvaal Question, Sir George Campbell; Answer, The Flogging of Native Women, Question, Sir Pensions, Questions, Sir George Campbell; 156 Zululand Affairs of, Question, Commander Bethell; The Zulus-The Boundary Line, Question, The Zulu Chief Usibepu, Question, Mr. A. Annexations in Zululand, Questions, Dr. AFRICA (WEST COAST) (Questions) 310-311-312-313-314-315–316–317-218-319-320-321. AFRICA (West Coast)-cont. [ Mr. H. H. Johnston, Her Majesty's Vice Consul at the Cameroons, Question, Mr. A. E. Pease; Answer, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) Mar 10, [311] 1742 The Gold Coast Colony, Question, Mr. Conybeare; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Henry Holland) Mar 31, [313] 57; Questions, Mr. Arthur O'Connor; Answers, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Henry Holland), 64 Contemplated Acquisition of Territory by England, Question, Mr. Hanbury; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Henry Holland) Mar 3, [311] 1081 Mr. J. R. Maxwell, Chief Magistrate of the Gambia, Question, Sir Robert Fowler; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Henry Holland) Sept 1, [320] 739 The Acting Chief Magistrate, Question, Mr. Dillwyn; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Henry Holland) April 21, [313] 1399 AGG-GARDNER, Mr. J. T., Cheltenham Excise-Brewing Licences-Cottage Brewers, [312] 1618 Immigration of Foreign Paupers, [317] 520 The Royal Niger Company-The Charters, &c., Agricultural Department of the Frivy Question, Mr. Dillwyn; Answer, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) Mar 21, [312] 831; Question, Sir George Campbell; Answer, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) April 21, [313] 1406; Aug 22, [319] 1352 Kidnapping on the Niger-Native Reprisals, Questions, Mr. W. F. Lawrence, Mr. Arthur O'Connor; Answers, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) April 7, [313] 676 Sentence of Death and Execution of Shaw, Questions, Mr. S. Williamson, Mr. Childers, Mr. Labouchere; Answers, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) April 25, [313] 1787 British Consular Jurisdiction-The Order in Council, Question, Mr. Buchanan; Answer, The Under Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs (Sir James Fergusson) April 25, [313] 1798 Cape Coast Castle-Mr. W. B. Griffiths, District Commissioner, Question, Mr. AtherleyJones; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Henry IIolland) July 1, [316] 1478 The "Blackwater Fever" on the Gold Coast, Question, Mr. Conybeare; Answer, The First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord George Hamilton) July 28, [318] 351 West African Settlements-Attacks by Slave Traders, Question, Sir Robert Fowler; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Henry Holland) Aug 22, [319] 1361 Opobo River, Trading on the, Question, Mr. W. F. Lawrence; Answer, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) Aug 26, [320] 26 The River Gambia Question, Mr. Mowbray; Answer, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) Aug 18, [319] 944 Action of the French at Badiboo, Question, Mr. Howorth; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Henry Holland) June 20, [306] 561; Question, Mr. Ilouldsworth; Answer, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) July 18, [317] 1149 [cont. Council A Minister for Agriculture, Questions, Lord Henry Bruce, Mr. H. Gardner; Answers, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. H. Smith) July 11, [317] 354 Agricultural Depression-Land out of Cultivation, Questions, Mr. Beadel, Mr. Conybeare, Mr. Arthur O'Connor; Answers, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. H. Smith) July 25, [317] 1895; Petition presented, Earl De La Warr Sept 8, [320] 1638; Petition read, and ordered to lie on the Table Agricultural Returns Acreage of Woods and Forests, Question, Mr. Rankin; Answer, The Secretary to the Board of Trade (Baron Henry De Worms) July 15, [317] 939 Cultivation of Hops, Question, Mr. Brookfield; Answer, The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord John Manners) Feb 1, [310] 390 Return of Owner-Farmers, Question, Mr. Jasper More; Answer, The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord John Manners) Feb 10, [310] 1094 Unoccupied Farms, Question, Mr. J. W. Barclay; Answer, The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord John Manners) Feb 18, [311] 24 Comparative Return, 1881 to 1886, Question, Mr. Hobhouse; Answer, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. H. Smith) Mar 21, [312] 827 Agriculture, 1881-2, Commission on-Maintenance of the Indoor Poor, Question, Mr. E. Hubbard; Answer, The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) Feb 1, [310] 388 Agricultural Education Observations, Mr. Mark Stewart April 19, [313] 1298 Dairy Schools-The Munster Dairy School, Question, Mr. M'Laren; Answer, The Parliamentary Under Secretary for Ireland Colonel King-IIarman) Aug 23, [319] 1529 Higher Agricultural Education, Question, Mr. Mark Stewart; Answer, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) Mar 15, [312] 378 [cont. |