to be printed

[Bill 266]
241] Questions, Mr. Mellor, Sir H. Drummond
Wolff; Answers, The Chancellor of the
Exchequer July 22, 2061

Lords' Reasons for insisting on certain of their
242] amendts. to the Bill considered July 23, 133
Moved, "That this House doth insist on its
disagreement to the amendts. made by the
Lords to the Bill, to which this House hath
disagreed" (Mr. Mellor); Motion agreed to
The Lords' Amendts., Question, Mr. Mellor ;
Answer, The Chancellor of the Exchequer
August 15, 2019

Answer, Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson May 16,
[240] 25; Question, Mr. Anderson; Answer,
Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson June 6, 1255;
Question, Mr. Anderson; Answer, Lord
John Manners June 20, 1887

Mails to the West of England, Question, Dr.
Lush; Answer, Lord John Manners Mar 7,
[238] 872

The American Mail Service, Question, Mr.
Anderson; Answer, Lord John Manners
Jan 22, [237] 318

Returns, 1868 to 1877

(P.P. 92)
The Contracts and Correspondence, Question,
Mr. Rathbone; Answer, Sir Henry Selwin-
Ibbetson August 2, [242] 998

The Indian Mail Contract, Question, Mr. Ben-
tinck; Answer, Lord John Manners Feb 15,
[237] 1732

The Indian Mails, Question, Mr. Hopwood;
Answer, Lord John Manners April 15, [239]
1283

West Indian Mail Contracts, Question, Mr.
Anderson; Answer, Lord John Manners
August 9, [242] 1637; Question, Mr. Mac
Iver; Answer, Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson
August 13, 1870

Newspaper Registration, Question, Mr. Benett-
Stanford; Answer, Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbet-
son June 7, [240] 1339

Post Office Savings Banks, Question, Mr.
Muntz; Answer, The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer June 20, [240] 1881

Private Letter Bags, Edinburgh, Question,
Mr. M'Laren; Answer, Lord John Manners
Jan 25, [237] 463

Sub-Postmasters, Question, Mr. Monk; An-

swer, Lord John Manners Jan 28, [237] 532
Surveyor General's Clerks, Edinburgh and
Dublin, Question, Sir Arthur Guinness;
Answer, Lord John Manners August 14,
[242] 1945

Telegraph Department

Charges, Questions, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Whit-
well; Answers, Lord John Manners August 8,
[242] 1529

Lundy Island, Question, Mr. Monk; Answer,
Lord John Manners Mar 1, [238] 538
Porterage on Telegrams, Question, Mr. A. H.
Brown; Answer, Lord John Manners July 15,
[241] 1467

Post Office Dublin-Pay of Telegraph Offi-
cials, Question, Mr. O'Byrne; Answer, Lord
John Manners August 15, [242] 2025
Telegraphic Communication with Belmullet,
Question, Mr. Browne; Answer, Lord John
Manners Jan 22, [237] 819

POST OFFICE-Telegraph Department—cont.
The Telephone, Question, Mr. Childers; An-
swer, Lord John Manners Feb 21, [238] 58
United States Telegraph System, Question,
Mr. Lyon Playfair; Answer, Sir Henry
Selwin-Ibbetson May 27, [240] 740

Post Office-American Mail Service
Moved, "That, in the opinion of this House,
the time for monopoly in the American Mail
Service has passed, and the recent change

made by the Government, after a period of
freedom, in re-establishing monopoly and
subsidizing favoured Companies by paying
them nearly double the rates paid by the
American Government, and lately paid by
ourselves, is wrong in principle and preju-
dicial to the public service" (Mr. Anderson)
Mar 19, [238] 1633; after debate, Question
put; A. 92, N. 117; M. 25 (D. L. 59)

tracts

Question, Sir William Fraser; Answer, Sir

Henry Selwin-Ibbetson May 23, [240] 494
Moved, "That the Contract entered into be-
tween the South Eastern Railway Company
and the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way Company and the Postmaster General
for the conveyance of the Mails between
Dover and Calais be approved" (Sir Henry
Selwin-Ibbetson) June 4, 1236

Amendt. to leave out from "That," and add
"this House declines to approve the said
Contract until an undertaking be given by
the South Eastern Company and the London,
Chatham, and Dover Company to provide
more adequate service in their steam vessels"
(Sir William Fraser) v.; Question pro-
posed, "That the words, &c.;" after short
debate, Amendt. withdrawn; main Question
put, and agreed to

Amendt. on Committee of Supply May 9, To
leave out from "That," and add "in the
opinion of this House, the enforcing of a
Contract which makes no allowance for fogs
or bad weather leads to great and unjusti-
fiable risks, by inducing, and even compelling,
the masters of mail packets to neglect the
necessary precautions in such weather, and
thereby to endanger life and property; and
that in such Contracts the give and take
system ought to be adhered to" (Mr. Ben-
tinck) v. [239] 1598; Question proposed,
"That the words, &c.;" after short debate,
Question put, and agreed to

Post Office-Postmasterships

Amendt. on Committee of Supply Mar 29,
To leave out from "That," and add "in the
opinion of this House, the responsibility of
appointing to Postmasterships, whatever the
salary attached to the appointment, should
rest solely with the Postal authorities, and
that the present system of making such ap-

[cont.

Acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women
(Ireland), 3R. Motion for Adjournment,
[240] 122, 123

Army-Auxiliary Forces-Yeomanry Adju.
tants, Res. [242] 1395

Capital Punishment Abolition, 2R. [238] 1271
Coal Mines-Haydock Colliery Explosion, [242]
1554

County Government, 2R. [237] 1912
Dublin Tramways, 2R. [239] 31
Dunkeld Bridge Tolls, Motion for an Address,
[237] 630, 636

Factories and Workshops, Comm. cl. 22, [238]
317; cl. 65, 345, 346, 349, 352; cl. 99, 490
India-Vernacular Press Act, Motion for an
Address, [242] 69

Intermediate Education (Ireland), 2R. [241]
1524; Comm. cl. 7, [242] 325; Schedule,
327; Consid. cl. 5, 1814; cl. 6, 1822, 1826
Ireland-Miscellaneous Questions
Criminal Law-Convicts at Spike Island,
[237] 618;- Fenian Convict Patrick
Melody, [238] 1141

Education-Irish Language, [241] 763
Law and Justice Mr. Justice Keogh,
Charge of, [238] 1951, 1953

-

Prisons Act-Rules and Regulations, [237]

1019

Queen's Colleges-Irish Language, [239]

672

Ireland-Galtee Estate, Motion for a Select
Committee, [240] 1553

Ireland University Education, Res. [240] 1134
238] Mutiny, Comm. 1979; cl. 1, Amendt. 1983,
1989, 1998; cl. 2, Amendt. 2001; cl. 9,
2003; el. 16, Amendt. 2004, 2006, 2009,
2011, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022; cl. 18,
Motion for reporting Progress, 2026, 2029
239] cl. 22, Amendt. 39, 44; Amendt. 46, 50;
Amendt. 53; cl. 23, Amendt. ib., 55, 58;
Amendt. 61; cl. 24, 62; cl. 26, 65, 127;
el. 48, 137, 139; cl. 56, 142, 144, 146;
add. cl. 159, 164, 166, 167

POWER, Mr. J. O'Connor-cont.

Parliament-Public Business, Motion for a
Select Committee, [237] 403
Parliament-Queen's Speech, Address in An-
swer to, [237] 126, 210, 211

Poor Law Guardians (Ireland) Election, 2R.
[239] 95

Prisons Act, 1877-Rules and Regulations,
[237] 1049

Racecourses (Licensing), 2R. Amendt. [237]

640

Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday (Ire-
land), Comm. [239] 354, 383, 394; cl. 1,
1814, 1819, 1845; [240] 117; Consid. [241]
1294, 1296

Sergeant M'Carthy, The late, Case of, [237]
622, 726, 1051; [238] 1294; [239] 119;
Motion for an Address, [241] 1416
Supply-Civil Services and Revenue Depart-
ments, [239] 182

Fishery Board in Scotland, [240] 701
House of Lords, Offices of the, [239] 1455,

1457; Amendt. 1462, 1468, 1476, 1478
Local Government Board, &c. [239] 1631,
1635, 1648

Lord Privy Seal, [239]*1497; Motion for
reporting Progress, 1506, 1507
Mint, Coinage, &c. [239] 1764

Patent Law Amendment Act, &c. [239]
1772, 1774

Paymaster General in London and Dublin,
[239] 1777, 1778, 1780

Police Courts of London and Sheerness,
Motion for reporting Progress, [240]
992, 994, 995

Prisons, Ireland, Superintendence, &c. of,
Amendt. [242] 1587, 1592, 1599, 1606,

1607

Prison (Officers' Superannuation) Bill
(Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Mr. Secretary Cross)
c. Considered in Committee* July 19
Resolution reported, and agreed to; Bill or-
dered; read 1°* July 22 [Bill 269]
Read 20 July 25

Committee; Report July 31

Read 3o

August 1

1. Read 1 (Lord President) Aug 2 (No. 184)
Read 2 August 9

Committee; Report August 12
Read 3 August 13

Royal Assent August 16 [41 & 42 Vict. c. 63]

Prisons Act, 1877

Governors of Gaols, Question, Sir Joseph
Bailey Answer, Mr. Assheton Cross May 13,
[239] 1720

Letters to Prisoners' Friends, Question, Mr.
Whitbread; Answer, Mr. Assheton Cross
April 9, [239] 959

Plank Beds, Question, Mr. Mitchell Henry ;
Answer, Mr. Assheton Cross August 5, [242]
1174

Prison Discipline

Questions, Mr. Mitchell Henry; Answers,
Mr. Assheton Cross July 25, [242] 216
Flogging, Question, Mr. P. A. Taylor; An-
swer, Mr. Assheton Cross Mar 26, [239] 34
Personal Search, Questions, Mr. Mitchell
Henry; Answers, Mr. Assheton Cross July 18,
[241] 1846

Prisons Act, 1877-cont.

Provisional Orders (Ireland) Confirmation

(The Lord President)

626

The Rules and Regulations, Question, Mr.
O'Connor Power; Answer, Mr. Assheton
Cross Feb 5, [237] 1049; Question, Mr.
E. Jenkins; Answer, Mr. Assheton Cross
May 13, [239] 1716; Questions, Mr. Mitchell
Henry; Answers, Mr. J. Lowther August 7,
[242] 1437

(Parl. P. 59, 93, 95, 128, 156, 242, 257,
265, 270, 355, 363, 391)

Visiting Committees, Question, Mr. Hibbert;
Answer, Mr. Assheton Cross Feb 1, [237]
820

7. Presented; read 1, and referred to the
Examiners April 5
(No. 65)

*

Read 2 May 14

Committee; Report May 23

Read 3 May 24

Question, Mr. O'Connor Power; Answer, Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach Feb 5, [237] 1049
(Parl. P. 119, 314)

Probate, Legacy, and Succession Duties
Amendt. on Committee of Supply May 24, To
leave out from "That," and add "the pre-
sent system of taxing the succession to pro-
perty is partial and unjust, and, in the opinion
of this House, ought to be re-adjusted " (Mr.
James Barclay) v., [240] 627; Question pro-
posed, "That the words, &c.;" after short
debate, Question put; A. 150, N. 107;
M. 43 (D. L. 146)

Adulteration of Beer at Maidstone, Question,
Mr. Wykeham Martin; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth May 30, [240] 927

Ascot, Sanitary Condition of, Question, Mr.
Walsh; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth July 4,
[241] 757

Dublin, Death-Rate of the City of, Question,
Mr. Meldon; Answer, Mr. J. Lowther
Mar 7, [238] 874

Medical Officers of Health, Question, Colonel
Naghten; Answer, Mr. Sclater-Booth Feb 4,
[237] 923
Scarborough-Fatal Bathing Accidents, Ques-
tion, Mr. Gourley; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth July 15, [241] 1466

Small Pox, Question, Earl Percy; Answer,
Mr. Sclater-Booth Mar 5, [238] 754; Ques-
tion, Dr. Cameron; Answer, Mr. Sclater-
Booth July 25, [242] 223

Ventilation of the Law and Police Courts,
Question, Sir Charles Russell; Answer, Mr.
Gerard Noel Mar 8, [238] 972; Question,
Mr. Coope; Answer, Mr. Gerard Noel
Mar 11, 1044

Report of Select
P.P. 134

Health Act Amendment (Inter-