...were still in England 250,000 hand-looms. In 1834, when the power-looms in England numbered 100,000, a committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the impoverished condition of the hand-loom weavers. It had been represented to the House that the trade...

...ground save a lack of knowledge of the existence of the document containing the information. In 1832 a Select Committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the state of dramatic literature. To that Committee George Colman, the Younger, then Examiner of Plays,...

...in the course of a few miles. Select Committee on Utilisation of Sewage. — On 18th February 1862, a Select Committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the best means of utilising the sewage of the cities and towns of England, with a view to the reduction...

...with commercially profitable results. Select Committee on Sewage (Metropolis). — On 26th April 1864, a Select Committee was appointed by the House of Commons, "to inquire into any plans for dealing with the sewage of the Metropolis and other large towns, with a view to its utilisation...

...others had been active in pointing out the evils and abuses to which this system gave rise, and in 1837 a select committee was appointed by the House of Commons ' to inquire into the system of transportation, its efficacy as a punishment, its influence on the moral state of Society...

...second journey to the wreck, and at last returned with the remaining sixteen of those aboard. In 1897 a Select Committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into various charges that had been made against the Institution. The Committee was appointed on 17th March...

...time the Government had acquired some experience of the working of an art institution, and in 1853 a committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the general system of management and the relations between the Gallery authorities and the Treasury. The...

...Reform laid down in his speech at Westport in 1882, that in 1893, at the instance of Mr. Morley, a Committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the working of the Land Act of 1881, especially as regards the Healy Clause and the interpretation put...

...responsibility, which rested entirely with the Lord President and Vice-President conjointly. In 1865 a select committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the constitution of the committee of Council on Education, 240 CASES DECIDED IN THE Dec. 15, 1914. the...

...recommendations a general "saving" clause was inserted in the Croydon railway bill.28 In 1840 another select committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into railway af«CF Adams, Railroads, p. 82. i• The first act in which these powers appeared was passed...