on

Return showing the number of Appointments which would be open to Reserve and Retired Soldiers under the heads enumerated in the Report of the Select Committee Retired Soldiers' and Sailors Employment, 1895; the number now holding such Appointments; and the number of vacancies which have occurred in such Appointments since December 1895.

Return showing the amounts of Expenditure authorised since the 1st April 1888, by Acts of Parliament and by the Bills of the present Session, to be incurred on various public services and to be charged to Capital Account; the several heads of such expenditure; the amounts of expenditure incurred in each year to the 31st March 1899, under each head; the amounts borrowed to meet the requirements of spending Departments to that date; the amounts of the loans repaid under each head by the same date; and the amounts then outstanding.

Return of Advances under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, Section 33, in the year 1898-99, specifying the situation, size, rateable value, rent, vendor, purchaser, purchase money, advance, and guarantee deposit of each holding; particulars of annuities in default; and amounts paid out of the Guarantee Fund and not repaid, &c. (in continuation of No. 11 of this Session).

Return for the year ended 31st March 1899, of the Army and Navy Officers permitted under Rule 2 of the Regulations drawn. up under the Superannuation Act 1887, Sec. 6, to hold Civil Employment of Profit under Public Departments.

Account of Revenue and Expenditure in respect of the Duties of the Customs of the Isle of Man, and accounts of the Accumulated Fund, and of Passenger Tax and Harbour Dues, for the year ended 31st March 1899; with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.

Return of the Number of Private Bills, Hybrid Bills, aud Bills for confirming Provisional Orders introduced into the House of Commons, and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts passed in the Session of 1899, classed according to subjects; of the Private Bills, Hybrid Bills, and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders, which, in the Session of 1899, have been reported on by Committees on Opposed Private Bills, or by Committees nominated partly by the House and partly by the Committee of Selection, with the Names of the selected Members who served on each Committee; the first and also the last Day of the sitting of each Committee; the Number of Days on which each Committee sat; the Number of Days on which each selected Member has served; the Number of Days occupied by each Bill in Committee; the Bills the preambles of which were reported to have been proved; the Bills the preambles of which were reported to have been not proved; and LXXVII. 59. in the case of Bills for confirming Provisional Orders, whether the Provisional Orders ought or ought not to be confirmed; of Private Bills and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders which, in the Session of 1999, have been referred by the Committee of Selection, or by the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, to the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means; with the Names of the Members who served on each Committee, the Number of Days on which each Committee sat; and the Number of Days on which each Member attended; and of the Number of Private Bills, Hybrid Bills, and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders withdrawn, or not proceeded with by the parties, those Bills being specified which have been referred to Committees, und dropped during the sittings of the Committee (in continuation of No. 0.278 of 1898).

Return of the Number of Public Bills, distinguishing Government from other Bills, introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords, during Session 1899, showing the Number which received. the Royal Assent; the Number which were passed by this House, but not by the House of Lords; the Number passed by the House of Lords, but not by this House; and distinguishing the Stages at which such Bills as did not receive the Royal Assent were dropped or postponed and rejected in either House (in continuation of No. 0.283 of 1898).

LXXVII. 85.

3. Public Petitions.

[Dr. Farquharson.]

Return of the Number of Public Petitions) presented and printed in Session 1899; LXXVII. 95. with the total Number of Signatures (in continuation of No. 0.282 of 1898).

Return of the Number of Select Committees appointed in Session 1899, including the Standing Committees and the Court of Referees; the Subjects of inquiry, the Names of the Members appointed to serve on each, and of the Chairman of each; the Number of Days each Committee met, and the Number of Days each Member attended; the total Expense of the Attendance of Witnesses at each Select Committee, and the Name of the Member who moved for such Select Committee; also the total Number of Members who served on Select Committees (in continuation of No. 0.279 of 1898).

Return of the Number cf Days on which the House sat in Session 1899, stating the Date of the Month and Day of the Week, the Hour of Meeting and the Hour of Adjournment; the total Number of Hours occupied in the Sittings of the House, and the Average Time; showing the Number of Hours on which the House sat each Day, and the Number of Hours after Midnight; and the Number of Entries in each Day's Votes and Proceedings (in continuation of No. 0.281 of 1898).

LXXVII. 97.

LXXVII.

115.

Return of the Number of Divisions of the
House in Session 1899; stating the Sub-
ject of the Division, and the Number of
Members in the Majority and Minority,
Tellers included; also, the Aggregate
Number in the House on each Division; LXXVII. 27.
distinguishing the Divisions on Public
Business from Private; and also the Num-
ber of Divisions before and after Midnight
(in continuation of No. 0.280 of 1898).

Details of Sub-heads, Postal (A.) and
Telegraph (F.), referred to in the Revenue
Departments Estimate for the year ending
31st March 1900.

Details of Sub-heads, Postal (C.), Telegraph
(G.), referred to in the Revenue Depart-
ments Estimate for the year ending 31st
March 1900.

LVI. 773.

LVI. 793.