COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF JULY
TO THE NINTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1904.

ELEVENTH VOLUME OF SESSION.

1904.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED,

UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE,

BY

WYMAN AND SONS, LIMITED, FETTER LANE, LONDON.

THE PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY contains all that can be collected of the Legislative History of this country from the Conquest to the close of the XVIIIth Century (1803), 36 vols. The chief sources whence these Debates are derived are the Constitutional History, 24 vols. ; Sir Simonds D'Ewes' Journal; Debates of the Commons in 1620 and 1621; Chandler and Timberland's Debates, 22 vols.; Grey's Debates of the Commons, from 1667 to 1694, 10 vols. : Almon's Debates, 24 vols.; Debrett's Debates, 63 vols.; The Hardwicke Papers; Debates in Parliament by Dr. Johnson, &c., &c.

THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES commence with the year 1803, and the contents are set forth in the following Chronological Table:

HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

OF STATE, ETC.

THE CABINET.

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury- -Rt. Hon. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR.

Lord President of the Council and President of the Board of Education—Most Hon. the Marquess of LONDONDERRY, K.G.

Lord Chancellor--Rt. Hon. Earl of HALSBURY.

Secretaries of State

Foreign Affairs--Most Hon. the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, K.G.

Home Department--Rt. Hon. A. AKERS-DOUGLAS, M.P.
Colonial- -Rt. Hon. ALFred Lyttelton, M.P.
War--Rt. Hon. H. O. ARNOLD-FORSTER, M.P.
India Rt. Hon. W. ST. JOHN BRODRICK, M.P.

Chancellor of the Exchequer-
First Lord of the Admiralty-

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

-Rt. Hon. J. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.
-Rt. Hon. Earl of SELBorne.

-Rt. Hon. Lord ASHBOUrne.

President of the Board of Trade--Rt. Hon. GERALD W. Balfour, M.P.
Postmaster-General--Rt. Hon. Lord STANLEY, M.P.

Secretary for Scotland-Rt. Hon. A. GRAHAM MURRAY, M.P.

President of the Local Government Board--Rt. Hon. WALTER H. LONG, M. P.
President of the Board of Agriculture- -Rt. Hon. Earl of ONSLOW.

Chief Secretary for Ireland--Rt. Hon. GEORGE WYNDHAM, M.P.

Lord Privy Seal Most Hon. the Marquess of SALISBURY.

NOT IN THE CABINET.

-Sir A. ACLAND-HOOD, Bt., M.P.
VICTOR CAVENDISH, Esq., M.P.
-Sir WILLIAM ANSON, M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury-
Financial Secretary to the Treasury-
Secretary of the Board of Education-

Secretary to the Admiralty--E. G. PRETYMAN, Esq., M.P.

Lords of the Treasury

Lords of the Admiralty

Army Council

LORD BALCARRES, M.P.

Hon. AILWYN FELLOWES, M.P.

H. W. FORSTER, Esq., M.P.

Admiral Lord W. T. KERR, K.C.B.
Rear-Admiral Sir C. C. DRURY, K.C.S.I.
Rear-Admiral W. H. MAY, M.V.O.

Rear-Admiral JOHN DURNFORD, C.B., D.S.O.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR [in the Cabinet].
Lt.-Gen. Sir N. G. LYTTELTON, K.C.B.

Major-General C. W. H. DOUGLAS.

Major-General H. C. O. PLUMER, C.B.

Major-General Sir J. W. MURRAY, K.C.B.

THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE.

Secretary. THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR Co. Sir
E. W. D. WARD, K.C.B.).

Civil Lord of the Admiralty- -ARTHUR H. LEE, Esq., M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary, Foreign Office- -Earl PERCY, M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary, Home Office- -Hon. T. H. COCHRANE, M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary, Colonial Office- -His Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH.

Parliamentary Secretary, India Office--Rt. Hon. Earl of HARDWICKE.

Parliamentary Secretary, War Office--Rt. Hon. Earl of DONOUGHMORE.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade--A. BONAR Law, Esq., M.P.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board-J. GRANT LAWSON, Esq. M.P.
Financial Secretary, War Office--W. BROMLEY DAVENPORT, Esq., M.P.

Attorney-General- -Sir R. B. FINLAY, K.C., M.P.
Solicitor-General--Rt. Hon. Sir E. CARSON, K.C., M.P.

Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. -Rt. Hon. Earl of DUDLEY.

The Lord Advocate--C. SCOTT DICKSON, Esq., K. C., M.P.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rt. Hon. Sir WM. WALROND, Bt., M.P.