122

20. An Act to facilitate the sale of Glebe Lands - 123 21. An Act to amend the Law of Distress for Rent - 127 22. An Act to amend the Factory and Workshops Act, 1878 129 23. An Act to make better provision as to the appointment of deputies for Recorders, Sti. pendiary Magistrates, and Clerks of the Peace - 129 24. An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Appliances to be carried by British Merchant Ships for saving Life at Sea - 130 25. An Act for the better regulation of Railway and Canal Traffic, and other purposes 133 26. An Act to apply the sum of twenty million six hundred and ninety-three thousand three hundred and seventy-five 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 eightynine . 151 27. An Act to amend the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 151

28. An Act to remove doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages solemnised by a person falsely pretending to be an ordained Clergyman of the Church of England

152 29. An Act to confer Powers on Lloyd's with respect to Signal Stations and Telegraph Communication, and for other Purposes 152 30. An Act to amend the Fishery Acts in Ireland 157 31. An Act to make better provision respecting National Defence · 158 32. An Act for defraying the Expenses of carrying into effect an Agreement for Naval Defence with the Australasian Colonies, and providing for the defence of certain Ports and Coaling Stations, and for making further provision for Imperial Defence - - 161

33. An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Excise Licences for Hawkers 166

174 39. An Act to grant money for the purpose of certain Local Loans; and for other purposes relating to Local Loans

- 179 40. An Act to further amend the Acts relating to the raising of Money by the Metropolitan Board of Works; and for other purposes

- 182 41. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Local Government in England and Wales, and for other purposes connected therewith - 193 42. An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Mortmain and to the disposition of Land for Charitable Uses 255 43. An Act to consolidate and amend the County Courts Acts - 261 44. An Act to provide for the establishment of Local Courts of Bankruptcy in Ireland - 297 45. An Act to extend the privileges of the Graduates of the Victoria University - 302 46. An Act to amend the Law as to Oaths 302 47. An Act to amend the Law relating to execution for Small Debts and the levying of Distress for Rent in Ireland, with special . 304 provisions for the City of Dublin 48. An Act to amend the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in respect to voting by Proxy

306

49. An Act further to facilitate the Purchase of Land in Ireland by increasing the amount applicable for that purpose by the Land Commission . 307 50. An Act to amend the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883 308 51. An Act for registering certain charges on Land and for facilitating Searches for them . 313

tees

399

59. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Duties, Powers, and Liability of Trus- 400 60. An Act for assigning to Scotland and Ireland respectively certain shares of the Probate Duties; and for providing for the application of such shares. 403 61. 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, cne thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament - 405 62. An Act to amend the Law with respect to Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy, and in the winding-up of Companies

419 63. An Act to amend the twenty-third section of the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1886 420

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

xxxi. An Act to confirm a Scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866, and the Metropolitan Commons Amendment Act, 1869, relating tɔ Farnborough Common, Broadstreet Green, Leach's Green, and Green Street Green.

xxxii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for modifying the Metropolis (Whitechapel and Limehouse) Improvement Scheme, 1876.

Xxxxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Bangor and Warrenpoint. xxxix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the City of Coventry, the Rural Sanitary Districts of the Cockermouth and Shardlow Unions, and the City of Worcester.

xl. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government District of Alfreton, the Borough of Cardiff, the Local Government Districts of Leadgate and Llanfrechfa Upper, the Port of Lowestoft, the Local Government Districts of Oswaldtwistle and South Gosforth, and the Improvement Act District of Spalding.

xli. An Act to confirm certain Orders 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 Asheldam, Black Notley, Bradwell-near-Coggeshall, Cressing, Dengie, Fairstead, Feering, Goldhanger, Great Coggeshall, Great Totham, Kelvedon, Langford, Little Coggeshall, Little Totham, Mayland, Pattiswicke, Purleigh, Rivenhall, Saint Lawrence, Saint Mary's, Saint Peter's, Southminster, Steeple, Stisted, Stow Maries, Terling, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Ulting, White Notley, and Wickham Bishop. xlii. 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 Townships of Foston, Heslerton West, Ideridgehay-and-Alton, Ireton Wood, Kirk Ireton, Scamston, Thornton-le-Clay, Thorp Bassett, and Yeddingham.

xliii. 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 Baruston, Bowers Gifford, Corringham, Downham, Dunton, Fobbing, Great Bardfield, Great Dunmow, High Easter, High Roothing, Laindon (two), Langdon Hills, Lee Chapel, Little Bardfield, Little Warley, Nevendon, Pitsea, Ramsden Bell House, and Vange.

xlviii. 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 Aberffraw, Ceidio, Edeyrn, Llandogged, Llangadwaladr, Llanrhychwyn, Nevin, Trefriew, and Tydweiliog; and to the Townships of Llanrwst and Tre Gwydir.

xlix. 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 Avington, Berstead, Brixton, Brook, Calbourne, Easton, Gatcombe, Itchen Abbas, Itchen Stoke, Kingston, Saint Nicholas, Shalfleet, Shorwell, and Thornham.

1. An Act to confirm a Scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866, and the Metropolitan Commons Amendment Act, 1869, relating to Chislehurst and St. Paul's Cray Commons.

li. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, relating to Denny and Dunipace Water.

Ivi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under the Metropolitan Police Act, 1886, relating to lands in the Parishes of St. Mary, Newington (Surrey), St. Pancras (Middlesex), St. Dunstan, Stepney (Middlesex), St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington (Middlesex), aud Elstree (Hertford).

lxi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Bideford, Burtonupon-Trent, and Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Improvement Act District of Milford. lxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional

Orders of the Local Government Board re

lating to the Boroughs of Birkenhead and Stockton-on-Tees, the Local Government Districts of Cleckheaton, Pickering, Rawmarsh, and Wallasey, and the Wirral Joint Hospital District.

lxiii. 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 Aldham, Barford. Saint-Michael, Birch, Chappel, Copford, Deddington, East Donyland, Easthorpe, Fingringhoe, Fordham, Fryerning, Great Tey. Great Wigborough, Ingatestone. In. worth, Layer Breton, Layer-de-la-Hay, Layer-Marney, Little Horksley, Little Toy, Little Wigborough, Marks Tey, Messing, Mount Bures, Peldon, Virley, Wakes Colne, West Bergholt, and Wormingford.

lxiv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Barrowin-Furness Tramways, Birmingham and Western Districts Tramways, Bradford Corporation Tramways, Leeds Corporation Tramways, Newbury and Lamborne Tramway, Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley Tramways, and Stratford, Ilford, and Romford Tramways.

lxxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board under the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, relating to the Counties of Durham, Hertford, and Westmorland.

lxxiii. An Act to confirm an Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1875, as amended by the Public Health (Ships, &c.) Act, 1885, relating to the Port of Dartmouth.

lxxxviii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the providing of a Market Place for Vegetables and Fish by the Urban Sanitary Authority of the City of Dublin.

lxxxix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Coleraine, Longford, and Tandragee.

xciv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876, as amended by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868, and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington.

xcv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to the Bolton and Suburban Tramways, Hartlepools Tramways, and Liverpool Corporation Tramways.

xcvi. An Act to confirm two Provisional Orders under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same, relating to the Ballycolliton Drainage District, in the County of Tipperary, and the Killard River Drainage District, in the County of Cork.

xcvii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Herne Bay Water, Kettering Water, Mid Kent Water, and Wotton Estate Water.

ci. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Brighton and Town of Hove, the Darenth Valley Main Sewerage District, and the Local Government Districts of East Barnet Valley, Friern Barnet, and Herne Bay.

cii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Calveriey, North Bierley, Shipley and Windhill, and Thornton Joint Hospital Districts.

ciii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board relating to the Improvement Act District of Bingley. cviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Mansfield Water, Mid-Sussex Water, Wimborne Minster Water, and Worksop Water.

cxix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional

Orders made by the Board of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Broadford, Clevedon, Cromer, Curran, Hopeman, Mill Point, St. Ives, and Southbourne.

cxx. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Devonport, Okehampton, Ramsgate, and Sandwich, the Local Government District of Royton, and the Richmond Main Sewerage District. cxxi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional

Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Blackpool and Wigan, the Rural Sanitary District of the Chesterfield Union, and the Local Government District of Tredegar.

cxxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Keighley Tramways, North Metropolitan Tramways, and South Birmingham Tramways. cxxiii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Board for Birmingham to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the

same.

cxxiv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Ballymoney, Clones, and Tuam.

cxxv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Chigwell, Loughton, and Woodford Gas, Great Berkhampstead Gas, Hatfield Gas, Snodland Gas, and Swansea Gas.

cxxvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Dursley Gas, King's Lynn Gas, Littlehampton Gas, Oakham Gas, Poulton-le-Fylde Gas, and Worksop Gas. cxxvii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Goring and Streatley District Gas and Water, Sheringham Gas and Water, and Winchester Water and Gas. cxxxi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Bolton, Heywood, and Kingston-upon-Hull, and the Local Government District of Leigh.

cxxxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders 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 Local Government District of Croston and the Borough of Wilton.

cxxxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Aberystwyth and Leeds, the Hartlepool Joint Hospital Dis trict, the Improvement Act District of Lytham, and the Local Government Dis. tricts of Normanby, Openshaw, and Oswaldtwistle.

cxxxiv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the City of Bath, the District of