[379:4] Cf. Reps. of the Sel. Coms. of 1888 and 1902, Com. Papers, 1888, XVI., 1; 1902, VII., 321.
[379:5] Cf. Rep. of Com. on Priv. Business, Com. Papers, 1902, VII., 321, Apps. 8, 12.
[380:1] 62-63 Vic., c. 47. Section 15 of the act empowers the Lord Chairman of Committees and the Chairman of Ways and Means, acting jointly with the Secretary for Scotland, to make, subject to objection by either House, general orders for regulating proceedings under the Act. These orders, which are voluminous, may be found in Com. Papers, 1900, LXVII., 649. A few standing orders for Scotch bills are published as Part VI. of the Standing Orders relating to Private Business.
[381:1] Rep. of Com. on Priv. Bill Proc. (Scotland), Com. Papers, 1898, XI., 625.
[381:2] S.O.P.B. 253.
[381:3] The parliamentary returns show that of the dozen persons required each year to make three commissions on groups of petitions, it has been necessary to take only a couple of names from the extra parliamentary panel.
[381:4] By § 8 if the commission report that the order be issued, he may amend their draft.
[382:1] S.O.P.B. 255-58.
[382:2] Com. Papers, 1904, VI., 409.
[383:1] E.g. Rep. of Com. on Police and Sanitary Bills, Com. Papers, 1898, XI., 555; Rep. of Com. on Priv. Business, Com. Papers, 1902, VII., 321, p. vii.