16. An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for executing the Acts for granting a Land Tax and other Rates and Taxes.

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17. An Act to amend the Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860, 1861, and 1871. 38 18. An Act to amend the law with respect to the payment of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland.

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19. An Act for further regulating the Transmission of Newspapers. 20. An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Acquisition of Land and the Execution of Instruments for the purposes of the Post Office.

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21. An Act for the Amendment of the Law regarding Property of Married Women in Scotland. 44

22. An Act to amend the Bankruptcy Acts and Cessio Acts with respect to the discharge of Bankrupt Debtors in Scotland, and in certain other respects. 46 23. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Official Staff of the Court of Bankruptcy in Ireland. 49

24. An Act to amend the Law respecting the Service of Process of Courts of Summary Jurisdiction in England and Scotland. 50 25. An Act to extend for a period not exceeding Three Years the term fixed for the Repayment of Loans granted by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy to Incumbents of Benefices.

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26. An Act to amend the Law relating to the use of Gunpowder in certain Stratified Ironstone Mines. 54 54

27. An Act to amend the Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act, 1855. 28. An Act to make provision for the payment by reduced Instalments of Loans under the Seed Supply (Ireland) Act, 1880; and to amend and explain the Relief of Distress (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1880, and the Local Government Board (Ireland) Act, 1872.

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29. An Act further to facilitate the building, enlargement, and maintenance of Reformatory Institutions in Ireland. 57 30. An Act to provide for the employment of certain Officers and Clerks by the Commissioners of Customs. 60 31. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts, and to repeal certain other Turnpike Acts; and for other purposes connected therewith. 61

32. An Act to remit certain Loans formerly made out of the Consolidated Fund.

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33. An Act to amend the Summary Procedure Act, 1864. 34. An Act to amend the Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1877. 35. An Act to amend the Law relating to Coroners in Ireland. 36. An Act to authorise the establishment of a Court of Appeal for Her Majesty's Colony of British Honduras.

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37. An Act to consolidate the Alkali Acts, 1863 and 1874, and to make further provision for regulating Alkali and certain other works in which noxious or offensive gases are evolved.

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38. An Act to grant Money for the purpose of Loans by the Public Works Loan Commissioners and the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland; and for other purposes relating to Loans by those Commissioners.

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39. An Act to provide for uniform Terms of entry to and removal from Houses within Burghs in Scotland. 102 40. An Act to make farther provision in regard to the Registration of Parliamentary Voters, and also in regard to the taking of the Poll by means of Voting Papers, in the Universities of Scotland.

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41. An Act for simplifying and improving the practice of Conveyancing; and for vesting in Trustees, Mortgagees, and others various powers commonly conferred by provisions inserted in Settlements, Mortgages, Wills, and other Instruments; and for amending in various particulars the Law of Property; and for other purposes.

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42. An Act to suspend for a limited period, on account of Corrupt Practices, the holding of an Election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for certain cities and boroughs. 151

43. An Act to extend the Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1873, to certain persons admitted into subordinate situations in the departments of the Postmaster-General, and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings.

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44. An Act for making better provision respecting the Remuneration of Solicitors in Conveyancing and other non-contentious Business. 154 45. An Act to amend the Pedlars Act, 1871, as regards the district within which a certificate authorises a person to act as Pedlar. 156 46. An Act to amend the Patriotic Fund Act, 1867, and make further provision respecting certain Funds administered by the same Commissioners as the Patriotic Fund.

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47. An Act to amend the Law as regards the Presumption of Life in persons long absent from Scotland.

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48. An Act further to amend the Acts relating to the raising of Money by the Metropolitan Board of Works; and for other purposes relating thereto. 163 49. An Act to further amend the Law relating to the Occupation and Ownership of Land in Ireland, and for other purposes relating thereto. 175 50. An Act to apply the sum of Twenty-one million six hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred and twelve pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

51. An Act to explain the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880.

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52. An Act for providing Funds to defray certain of the Expenses of the Royal University of Ireland.

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53. An Act for making further provision with respect to the Redemption of the Annuity created under the East Indian Railway Company Purchase Act, 1879; and for other purposes.

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54. An Act to make further provision with respect to the Indian Loan of 1879.

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55. An Act to make further provision respecting the National Debt and the Investment of Moneys in the hands of the National Debt Commissioners on account of Savings Banks and otherwise.

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56. An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

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57. An Act to amend the Law respecting the Regulation of Her Majesty's Forces, and to amend the Army Discipline and Regulation Act, 1879. 234 58. An Act to consolidate the Army Discipline and Regulation Act, 1879, and the subsequent Acts amending the same.

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59. An Act for promoting the revision of the Statute Law by repealing various enactments chiefly relating to Civil Procedure or matters connected therewith, and for amending in some respects the law relating to Civil Procedure. 359 60. An Act to amend the Law of Newspaper Libel, and to provide for the Registration of Newspaper Proprietors. 365

61. An Act to prohibit the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday in Wales. 370 62. An Act to amend the Law relating to Veterinary Surgeons. 371 63. An Act for providing a Superannuation Allowance for the Auditor of the Accounts of the Secretary of State for India in Council and his Assistants. 376 64. An Act to remove certain doubts as to the application of section twentyfour of the Prison Act, 1877, and enactments amending the same, to the Central Criminal Court district. 377

65. An Act to facilitate leases of land for the erection thereon of Schools and Buildings for the promotion of Public Education in Ireland. 380 66. An Act to amend the Law regulating the Close Season for fishing for Pollen in Ireland. 382 67. An Act to regulate the hawking of Petroleum and other substances of a like nature. 383

68. An Act to amend the Supreme Court of Judicature Acts; and for other purposes. 385

69. An Act to amend the Law with respect to Fugitive Offenders in Her Majesty's Dominions, and for other Purposes connected with the Trial of Offenders. 392 70. An Act to continue various expiring Laws.

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71. An Act to make provision for the future administration of the Property and the performance of the Duties vested in the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland.

72. An Act to amend certain provisions of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878.

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The Acts contained in the following List, being PUBLIC ACTS of a Local Character, are placed amongst the LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS.

i. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Godalming, the Improvement Act District of Lytham, and the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon.

iii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the towns of Clonakilty, Dromore, and Navan. XV. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the City and Borough of Bath, the Local Government District of Bowness, the Improvement Act District of Cambridge, the Borough of Derby, the Port of Hartlepool and the Local Government District of Wigton. xvi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, relating to the East Riding of the county of York.

xvii. An Act to confirm certain Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876, as amended and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the Parishes of Asgarby, Bolingbroke, Boston, Carrington, Chesilborne, Frieston, Hagnaby, Hareby, Hundleby, Keal West, Leverton, Lusby, Mavis Enderby, Milton Abbas, Miningsby, Owermoigne, Reithby, Revesby, Spilsby, Stickford, and Thorpe, and to the Townships of Asselby, Balkholme, Barmby-on-the-Marsh, Bellasize, Blacktoft, Cotness, Eastrington, Gilberdike, Kendal, Kilpin, Knedlington, Laxton, Metham, Nether Graveship, Saltmarsh, Skelton, and Yokefleet. xviii. An Act to confirm a Scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866, and the Metropolitan Commons Amendment Act, 1869, relating to Brook Green, Eel Brook Common, Parson's Green, and another piece of waste land adjoining the King's Road.

xix. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of certain lands known as Langbar Moor, situate in the township of Nesfield-withLangbar, in the parish of Ilkley, in the county of York, in pursuance of a report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.

xx. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of certain lands known as Beamsley Moor, situate in the township of Beamsleys Both, in the parish of Skipton, in the county of York, in pursuance of the report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.

xxi. An Act to confirm the Provisional Orders for the Inclosure of certain lands called or known as Scotton and Ferry Common, situate in the parish of Scotton, in the county of Lincoln, in pursuance of a report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.

xxii. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Inclosure of certain lands called or known as Wibsey Slack and Low Moor Commons, situate in the township of North Bierley, in the parish of Bradford, in the county of York, in pursuance of a report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales. lxi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Berwick-upon-Tweed and Cheltenham, the Urban Sanitary District of Folkestone, the Rural Sanitary District of the Hendon Union, the Metropolis, and the Local Government Districts of Redruth, Swinton, and Willington.

lxii. An Act to confirm certain Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876, as amended and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the Parishes of Bromsgrove, Claines, Dodderhill, Grafton Manor, Hadsor, Hampton Lovett, Hanbury, Hinlip, In-Liberties, Pelhams Lands, Saint Andrew, Saint Nicholas, Saint Peter, Salwarpe, Swineshead, Upton Warren, and Warndon. lxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Rural Sanitary District of the Brentford Union, the Bromley and Beckenham Joint Hospital District, the Local Government District of Burgess Hill, the Rural Sanitary District of the Cuckfield Union, the Local Government District of Houghton-le-Spring, the Special Drainage District of Hurstpierpoint, the Local Government District of Marple, the Stourbridge Main Drainage District, and the Rural Sanitary District of the Whitehaven Union.

lxiv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Board for the United School District of Clay Lane, Derby, to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.

lxv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Waterworks in the towns of Bandon and Bangor, and in the Little Island in the county of Cork.

lxvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Halifax and Leeds, and the City of Manchester.

lxvii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, and the Public Health Act, 1875, relating to the Borough of Bridgnorth. lxviii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Birmingham.

Ixix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the towns of Ballymena, Belmullet, and Enniskerry.

1xx. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government District of Cottingham, the Lanchester Joint Hospital District, and the Improvement Act District of Middleton and Tonge. xcviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government Districts of Askern and Atherton, the Borough of Birmingham, the Local Government Districts of Ealing and Hampton Wick, the City of Liverpool, the Borough of Middlesbrough, and the Local Government Districts of Selby and Shirley.

xcix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government Districts of Horfield and Teignmouth. c. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the inclosure of certain lands called or known as Thurstaston Common, situate in the parish of Thurstaston, in the county of Chester, in pursuance of a report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.

ci. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Land Drainage Act, 1861.

cii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Birmingham, Tame, and Rea Main Sewerage District, the Local Government Districts of Cowpen and Leigh, the Borough of Nottingham, and the Local Government District of Risca.

ciii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Brentford Gas, Chichester Gas, Ely Gas, Grays Thurrock Gas, Ilford Gas, Kirkham Gas, Northfleet and Greenhithe Gas, Pinner Gas, Staines and Egham Gas, Stone Gas, and Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt Gas; and to amend the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, in so far as relates to the district of the Brentford Gas Company.

civ. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Tradeunder the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Burghead, Cart, Crarae, Devonport, Folkestone, Folkestone (Central) Girvan, Leven, Lochaline, Penarth, Peterhead, Pittenweem, Ramsgate, Sandhaven, Shanklin, Stornoway, Weston-super-Mare, and Whitby.

cv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Bootle-cum-Linacre Corporation Tramways, Gravesend, Rosherville, and Northfleet Tramways, Jarrow and Hebburn and District Tramways, Liverpool Corporation Tramways (Extension), Manchester Corporation Tramways, Middlesbrough Tramv (Extensions), North Staffordshire Tramways (Extensions), Rusholme Local Board Tramways, Shipley Tramways, South Gosforth Tramways, South Shields Corporation Tramways, Woolwich and South-east London Tramways, and York Tramways (Extensions).

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clxi. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of certain lands known as Shenfield Common, situate in the parish of Shenfield, in the county of Essex, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.

clxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government Districts of Acton, Buxton, and Crompton, the Port of Harwich, the Improvement Act District of Llandudno, the Borough of Monmouth, the Local Government District of Normanton, the Borough of Pontefract, the Local Government District of Wallasey, the Borough of Walsall, the Improvement Act District of Wath-upon-Dearne, and the Local Board of Health District of Woolwich.