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Show According to this year's "Hansard," ; there were, during the past session, P2'J j HittiiiiTs. lasting altogether I. (Mo hours. ! the li'iiost sitting being that of the 37th , and '"tli of August, when the house met at J o'clock and sat for over thirteen hours. By niemlersof the government 1 .113-1 speeches ivtre del i v.tci I, and by ex-ministers, ft to. The sjvaker spoko times, and Mr. Courtney, in the ca-; pacity of deputy speaker and chairman of committees, 2 SO times. Speeches delivered de-livered by private members, to the mini- , ber of 5. 1ST. brings the grand total for ' the year up to 8,.14o. Owing to tiie greater length at which speeches during the past session have been reported, the dimensions of "Hausard" this year are; unusually formidable. London Life. |