Caledonian Railway, Consid. [316] 21
Licensed Premises (Earlier Closing)(Scotland),
Lords' Amendts. Consid. [319] 1680
Lunacy Districts (Scotland), Comm. cl. 4,
[319] 1732, 1733

Merchant Shipping-The " Andrew Johnson " and the " Thirlmere," [310] 1563

Wreck Commissioner's Court-The Nautical Assessors, [319] 1106, 1107 Navy Merchant Steamers as Armed Cruisers, [320] 737

Naval Manoeuvres-Casualties, [319] 1109 Parliament-Business of the House-Arrange

ment of Public Business, Ministerial Statement, [319] 963

New Rules of Procedure-Rule 2 (Sittings of the House), [315] 697 Parliament-Queen's Speech, Address in Answer to, [310] 1679, 1682

Post Office-East India and China Contract, [315] 1232, 1233; [316] 1495, 1496; Res. Amendt. 890, 907, 908, 1695, 1696, 1707; [317] 351

Secretary for Scotland Act (1885) Amendment, Consid. add. c. Motion for Adjournment, [320] 160

Supply-Crofters' Commission, [319] 1719

Learned Societies in Great Britain and
Ireland, [319] 1618

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,' Officers and
Attendants, &c. [320] 514

Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, &c. [317] 1419 Prisons, Scotland, [319] 1724 Stationery, Printing, &c. [318] 1578 Technical Schools (Scotland), 2R. [318] 1938; Comm. cl. 6, [320] 1820; Consid. add. cl. [321] 51, 52

Truck, Lords' Amendts. Consid. cl. 4, [319] 1216

Public Accounts, Committee of General

Index to the Reports

Question, Mr. Howell; Answer, The Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Jackson) April 7, [313] 694

Public Departments, Royal Commission on

-Compulsory Retirements

Question, Mr. Menzies; Answer, The Secretary of Stato for the Home Department (Mr. Matthews) Mar 8, [311] 1582

Public Foot and Bridal Ways-Claybury Park and Barking Side

Question, Mr. Channing; Answer, The Secretary of State for the IIome Department (Mr. Matthews) Aug 5, [318] 1853

Investment of Small Savings, &c.-Further Legislation, Question, Mr. Fenwick; Answer, The Postmaster General (Mr, Raikes) June 20, [316] 556

Proportionate Holders, Question, Sir Edward Watkin; Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Goschen) May 2, [314] 538 Transmission of Dividends, Question, Mr. Joicey; Answer, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) Feb 3, [310]

556

PUBLIC HEALTH

(Questions)

Contagious Diseases Hospitals in Garrison Towns, Question, Mr. C. T. D. Acland; Answer, The Secretary of State for War (Mr. E. Stanhope) Feb 8, [310] 897 Hospital at Salford for Infectious Cases, Ques. tion, Mr. Maclure; Answer, The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) Sept 9, [321] 5

Hydrophobia-M. Pasteur's System, Question, Mr. Coghill; Answer, The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) Feb 8, [310] 889; Question, Mr. M'Laren; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Matthews) April 25, [313] 1794 Insanitary Condition of Margate, Question, Mr. Stanley Leighton; Answer, The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) July 21, [317] 1603

Precautions against Trichinosis, Questions, Mr. C. W. Gray, Mr. J. O'Connor (Tipperary, S.); Answers, The Secretary to the Board of Trade (Baron Ilenry De Worms), The First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord George Hamilton) Sept 12, [321] 278

Public Health Act, 1875

Assessment of Allotment Gardens, Question, Sir Frederick Mappin; Answer, The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) Mar 10, [311] 1726

Report on Infant Mortality, Question, Mr. Picton; Answer, The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) Aug 16, [319] 672

Water Supply of Swansea, Questions, Mr. Kenyon, Mr. Yeo; Answers, The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Ritchie) June 28, [316] 1157 [See Metropolis]

Public Health Acts Amendment (Buildings in Streets) Bill

(Captain Cotton, Mr. Seton-Karr, Mr. Curzon) c. Ordered; read 10* April 20 [Bill 232] 2R. [Dropped]

Bill-cont.

Public Offices, The

Lower Division Clerks in the Treasury Office,
Question, Mr. Arthur O'Connor; Answer,
The Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Jackson)
June 10, [315] 1588

Public Offices-The New Admiralty and
War Offices

Question, Sir Julian Goldsmid; Answer, The
First Commissioner of Works (Mr. Plunket)
Feb 18, [311] 16

Royal Commission on War and Admiralty
Offices-The Evidence, Question, Mr. Ian-
bury; Answer, Sir Matthew White Ridley
May 17, [315] 250;-The Sites, Question,
Mr. De Lisle; Answer, The First Commis-
sioner of Works (Mr. Plunket) June 28, [316]
1155;-Grant to Messers. Leeming's, the Ar-
chitects, Questions, Mr. Shaw Lefevre; An-
swer, The First Commissioner of Works (Mr.
Plunket) Aug 18, [319] 941; Question, Mr.
Dillwyn; Answer, The First Commissioner
of Works (Mr. Plunket) Aug 22, 1359
Public Offices-The New Admiralty and
War Offices

Moved, "That a Select Committee be ap-
pointed to reconsider the plans and pro-
posals for an Admiralty and War Office :-
That it be an Instruction to the Committee
to report whether some or all of the existing
buildings of the Admiralty may with ad-
vantage be retained" (Mr. Plunket) Mar 4,
[311] 1360; after short debate, Question
put, and agreed to

And on April 5, Committee nominated as fol-
lows:-Mr. William Bright, Mr. Byrne, Sir
William Crossman, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Henry
II. Fowler, Lord George Hamilton, Sir
William Harcourt, Mr. Edward ilardeastle,
Mr. Howell, Mr. Seager Hunt, Mr. Isaacs,
Mr. Jackson, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Colonel
Malcolm, Mr. David Plunket, Mr. Patrick
Joseph Power, and Mr. Sclater-Booth

Public Officials-cont.

Mr. T. P. O'Connor; Answers, The First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord George Hamilton), 26;-Prosecution of Mr. Young Terry, Question, Mr. Hanbury; Answer, The First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord George Hamilton) April 5, [313] 488] [See Navy] Legacy Duty Office, Somerset House-Compulsory Retirement-Divulgence of Official Secrets, Questions, Mr. Conybeare, Mr. Childers, Mr. Arthur O'Connor; Answers, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Goschen) April 7, [313] 691

Secrecy of Designs, &c., Question, Colonel Hughes-Hallett: Answer, The First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord George Hamilton) April 7, [313] 683

Public Parks and Works (Metropolis) Bill (Mr. David Plunket, Mr. Jackson) c. Ordered; read 10 Jan 31 [Bill 136]

The Victoria Park Estate, Question, Mr. Pickersgill: Answer, The First Commissioner of Works (Mr. Plunket) Mar 11, [312] 23

Read 2o, and committed to a Select Committee

of Seven Members, Four to be nominated by the Ilouse and Three by the Committee of Selection May 20, [315] 790 And, on June 14, Committee nominated as follows:-Mr. Baggallay, Mr. Lawson, and Mr. Plunket

July 11, Mr. Baggallay disch., Mr. Whitmore added

Report of Select Comm. July 12 [No. 219] As amended by Select Comm, July 12

Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874The Rev. J. Bell Cox

Questions, Mr. IIoare, Mr. Channing; An. swers, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) May 23, [315] 892

PULESTON, Mr. (afterwards Sir) J. H., Devonport

Africa (Central)-Expedition for the Relief of Emin Pasha-Reported Death of Mr. II. M. Stanley, [317] 1887

Army Contracts-Contract for 150,000 Sword Bayonets, [318] 1353

Army Estimates, 1887-8-Land Forces, [312]

327

Board of Customs-The Vacant Secretaryship, [318] 19

Channel Tunnel (Experimental Works), 2R. [318] 1055, 1060

Civil Service Commission-Report on the Clerical Establishment, [313] 490

Civil Service Writers-Promotion to Lower Division Clerkships, [320] 1660

Duke of Connaught's Leave, 2R. [314] 1700
Jubilee Thanksgiving Service (Westminster
Abbey) Scats Outside on Public
Ground, [315] 1592

The Procession Seats in Parliament
Square, [316] 43

Naval Manoeuvres-Reported Accidents,
[318] 1376
Shipbuilding

501

Royal Dockyards, [317]

Ships, &c.-Ships Built by Contract-Re-
fusal of the "Australia" and others,
[320] 1357
Navy Estimates-Dockyards and Naval Yards
at Home and Abroad, [317] 1222, 1260
Medicines and Medical Stores, [320] 1677
Military Pensions and Allowances, [320]
1701, 1702

Miscellaneous Services, [320] 1679
Naval Stores, [320] 1568

Victuals and Clothing for Seamen and
Marines, [312] 889, 891

Newspaper Press-Conveyance of Parcels by
Trains-The Alleged Post Office Order,
[313] 1632

Parliament-House of Commons-Members'
Smoking Room, [311] 1407
Irregular Questions, [320] 1360

Police Force Enfranchisement, 2R. [313]
1319

Post Office-Stamped Telegraph Cards, [311]
1406

Russia-Rumoured Attempt on the Life of the
Czar, [312] 196

Saving Life at Sea-Report of the Committee,
[318] 1363

Superannuation Acts

add. cl. [321] 46

Amendment, Comm.

Supply-Houses of Parliament, [316] 1667
Supply (Supplementary Estimates, 1886-7)—
Civil Service Commission, [311] 786, 795,
799, 802

Theatres-Official Surveys-Burning of the
Exeter Theatre, [320] 1360

West Lancashire Railway, Consid. [313]
1617, 1618; 3R. [314] 101, 102

PYNE, Mr. J. D., Waterford, W.
Ireland-Questions

Industrial Schools-Cappoquin Industrial
School, Waterford, [314] 236
Poor Law Elections-Voting Papers of the
Dungarvan Union, [313] 54

Royal Irish Constabulary-Extra Police
Station in Co. Waterford, [313] 55

Supply, Report, [320] 1510

Suez Canal Company, [319] 1672
Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland), Comm.
[313] 609

Qualification of Guardians of the Poor
Bill (Mr. Henry Wilson, Mr. Stuart,
Mr. M'Laren, Mr. James Rowlands)
c. Ordered; read 1o * July 8
Bill withdrawn * Aug 15

Quarries Bill

[Bill 315]

(Mr. Thomas Blake,

Mr. Conybeare, Mr. Burt, Mr. Cobb, Mr.
Abraham (Glamorgan)

[Bill 58]

c. Ordered; read 10 Jan 28
Read 2° Mar 23
Regulation and Inspection, Question, Mr. T.
E. Ellis; Answer, The Secretary of State
for the Ilome Department (Mr. Matthews)
April 4, [313] 364

Committee; Report April 26

Committee (on re-comm.); Report May 3,
[314] 823

*

Read 30 May 4

. Read 1a (Lord Sudeley) May 5

[Bill 239]

(No. 83)
Read 2a, after short debate May 16, [315] 1
Moved, "That the House do now resolve
itself into Committee upon the said Bill"
June 14, [316] 7

Amendt. to leave out ("now,") add ("this
day three months") (The Lord Stanley of
Alderley); after short debate, Moved, “That
the further debate on the said Amendment
be adjourned to Tuesday the 5th of July
next"
(The Lord President); Motion

QUEEN, THE-Celebration of the Jubilee
Year of Her Majesty's Reign
Questions, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Cobb,
Mr. Dodds, Mr. T. M. Healy, Mr. Henry
H. Fowler, Sir Ilenry Tyler, Mr. Arthur
O'Connor, Mr. Rathbone, Dr. Tanner; An-
swers, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr.
W. H. Smith), Mr. Speaker May 20, [315]
727

A General Amnesty in Ireland, Question, Mr.
Norris; Answer, The First Lord of the
Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) May 13, [314]

1816

Suspension of Evictions in Ireland, Ques-
tion, Mr. A. E. Pease; Answer, The Par-
liamentary Under Secretary for Ireland
(Colonel King-Harman); Questions, Mr.
Dillon, Mr. Mac Neill [no replies] June 16,
[316] 255

A Special Holiday, Question, Colonel An-
struther; Answer, The First Lord of the
Treasury (Mr. W, H. Smith) Mar 17, [312]

528; Question, Mr. Hanbury; Answer, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) Mar 28, [312] 1621

Address to Her Majesty from the Ladies of the Grand Council of the Primrose League, Questions, Mr. P. Stanhope; Answers, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) July 14, [317] 795; July 21, 1629 Belfast a City," Questions, Mr. Johnston; Answers, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) June 14, [316] 48; June 17, 415

Clerks and other Employés in the Civil Service,

Question, Sir Robert Fowler; Answer, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. H. Smith) Feb 17, [310] 1775

Commissions to Non-Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers of the Army and Navy, Question, Sir Samuel Wilson; Answer, The Secretary of State for War (Mr. E. Stanhope) Mar 8, [311] 1586 Diplomatic Representatives of His Holiness the Pope, Question, Colonel Sandys; Answer, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) June 16, [316] 272;-His Holiness the Pope's Representatives Presented at Court, Questions, Sir George Campbell; Answers, The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir James Fergusson) June 27, [316] 1022

Fireworks in the London Parks, Question, Mr. James Stuart; Answer, The Secretary of State for War (Mr. E. Stanhope) May 17, [315] 255

Graves of British Officers who fell at Waterloo

-The Brussels Cemeteries "Jubilee" Memorials, Question, Mr. Dixon-Hartland; Answer, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith) June 16, [316] 273 H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, Questions, Sir John Swinburne, Mr. Labouchere; Answers, The First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord George Hamilton) Mar 16, [315] 01 Illuminations, Questions, Mr. J. M. Maclean, Mr. II. Gardner; Answers, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. W. II. Smith), The Secretary of State for the IIome Department (Mr. Matthews) June 16, [316] 275 Increase of Pension to Old Soldiers, Question, Mr. H. S. Wright; Answer, The Secretary of State for War (Mr. E. Stanhope) June 10, [315] 1587

Deferred Pensions, Question, Sir Roper Lethbridge; Answer, The Secretary of State for War (Mr. E. Stanhope) Aug 2, [318] 923 Jubilee Medals, Question, Sir Algernon Borth wick; Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Goschen) July 1, [316] 1479

Her Majesty's Reign—cont.

Jubilee Week-The Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Police, Question, Mr. O. V. Morgan ; Answers, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Matthews), Mr Tatton Egerton July 11, [317] 339; Question, Mr. O. V. Morgan; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Matthews) July 12, 519

Judicial Business (Ireland), Question, Mr. P. O'Brien; Answer, The Parliamentary Under Secretary for Ireland (Colonel King-llarman) June 27, [316] 1034

London School Children in Hyde Park, Question, Sir Richard Temple; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Matthews) June 9, [315] 1429 Metropolitan Police Force

Questions, Mr. Burdett-Coutts, Mr. Broadhurst Answers, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Matthews) June 13, [315] 1737; Question, Observations, Lord Lamington; Reply, Earl Brownlow July 8, [317] 201

Medals for the, Questions, Mr. Pickersgill; Answers, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Matthews) July 12, [317] 514; July 14, 792; July 15, 951 Regulations for the, Observations, Earl Brownlow June 20, [316] 531

Special Gratuity to the, Question, Mr. Lawson; Answer, The Secretary of State for the Iome Department (Mr. Matthews) July 1, [316] 1489

Metropolitan Police Courts, Questions, Mr. C. Hall, Mr. Burdett-Coutts, Mr. Henry H. Fowler, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Lord Ilenry Bruce, Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, Mr. Labouchere, Baron Dimsdale, Mr. Pickersgill, Mr. Dixon-IIartland; Answers, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Matthews), The First Commissioner of Works (Mr. Plunket), The Postmaster General (Mr. Raikes), The Vice President of the Council (Sir William Hart Dyke) June 16, [316] 255 Native Indian Princes The Maharajah Holkar, Questions, Mr. P. O'Brien; Answers, The Under Secretary of State for India (Sir John Gorst) Aug 12, [319] 250 ; Aug 18, 945

Pardon to Soldiers, Question, Captain Price; Answer, The Secretary of State for War (Mr. E. Stanhope) Aug 2, [318] 917; Question, Mr. Bradlaugh; Answer, The Secrctary of State for War (Mr. E. Stanhope) Aug 8, 1524

Post Office-Officials, Question, Mr. Atkinson; Answer, The Postmaster General (Mr. Raikes) June 9, [315] 1434;-Servants, Question, Mr. Kelly; Answer, The Postmaster General (Mr. Raikes) June 17, [316] 413;-Telegraphists, Question, Sir John Kennaway; Answer, The Postmaster General (Mr. Raikes) June 17, [316] 399 Royal Irish Constabulary — Circular of the Inspector General, Questions, Mr. Cony. beare; Answers, The Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. A. J. Balfour) June 7, [315] 1216; Questions, Mr. Conybeare, Mr. T. 2 U 2 [cont.