11. An Act to regulate the Sale of Horseflesh for Human Food. (Sale of Horseflesh, &c. Regulation.) 39 12. An Act to relieve the Courts of Assize from the Trial of Persons charged with Offences triable at Quarter Sessions. (Assizes Relief.) 41 13. An Act to amend the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1885, and the Acts amending the same. (Purchase of Land (Ireland) Amendment.) 43 14. An Act to amend the provisions relating to Hackney Carriages of the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847. (Town Police Clauses.) 44 15. An Act to apply the sum of twenty-six million four hundred and seventy-three thousand nine hundred and forty-four 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 ninety. (Consolidated Fund (No. 3).) 47 16. An Act to explain the Secretary for Scotland Act, 1887. (Secretary for Scotland.) 47 17. An Act to abolish any duties on Coals leviable by the Corporation of London. (London Coal Duties Abolition.) 48 18. An Act to suppress Indecent Advertisements. (Indecent Advertisements.) 54 19. An Act to extend the time for the preparation of the Registers of County Electors in Eugland and Wales. (Registration of County Electors (Extension of Time).) 20. An Act to amend the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1883. (Agricultural Holdings (Scotland).) 56 57 21. An Act for amending the Law relating to Weights and Measures, and for other purposes connected therewith. (Weights and Mensures.) 58 22. An Act to amend the Friendly Societies Acts. (Friendly Societies.) 71 23. An Act to amend the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Acts; and for other purposes relating thereto. (Herring Fishery (Scotland).) 72 24. An Act to repeal certain Statutes, relating to Master and Servants in particular Manufactures, which have ceased to be put in force or have become unnecessary by the enactment of subsequent Statutes. (Master and Servant.) 75 25. An Act to provide a Site for a National Portrait Gallery and for other purposes connected therewith. (National Portrait Gallery.) 78 26. An Act to extend and amend the Law relating to the recovery of Small Debts in Scotland. (Small Debt Amendment (Scotland).) 79 27. An Act to amend the Law with respect to rating Places used for Advertisements. (Advertising Stations (Rating).) 83 28. An Act to declare the Boundaries of the Province of Ontario in the Dominion of Canada. (Canada (Ontario Boundary).) 85 29. An Act to amend the Passengers Act, 1855, and the Passengers Act Amendment Act, 1863. (Passengers Acts Amendment.) 86 30. An Act for establishing a Board of Agriculture for Great Britain. (Board of Agriculture.) 87 31. An Act to make provision for the Audit of the Manufacturing and Shipbuilding and other like Accounts of the Army and Navy. (Army and Navy Audit.) 96 32. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Investment of Trust Funds. (Trust Investment.) 97 33. An Act to provide for modifying the constitution of the Court of Appeal for the Windward Islands. (Windward Islands Appeal Court.) 101 34. An Act to amend the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1885, and the Post Office Acts in relation to the Isle of Man. (Telegraph (Isle of Man).) 101 35. An Act to make provision for the Support and Maintenance of the Children of His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. (Prince of Wales's Children.) 103 36. An Act to amend the Settled Land Act, 1882. (Settled. Land.) 105 37. An Act to amend the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1888. (Companies Clauses Consolidation.) 105 38. An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of certain Marriages solemnised in Basutoland and in British Bechuanaland. (Basutoland and British Bechuanaland Marriage.) 106 39. An Act to amend and extend the Law relating to Judicial Factors and others in Scotland, and to unite the offices of the Accountant of the Court of Session and the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Scotland. (Judicial Factors (Scotland).) 106 40. An Act to promote Intermediate Education in Wales. (Welsh Intermediate Education.) 112 41. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Lunatics. (Lunacy Acts Amendment.) 165 118 42. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Customs and Inland Revenue, and for other purposes connected with the Public Revenue and Expenditure. (Revenue.) 43. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Measurement of the Tonnage of Merchant Ships. (Merchant Shipping (Tonnage).) 176 44. An Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to, and better Protection of, Children. (Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children.) 178 45. An Act to amend and consolidate the Factors Acts. (Factors.) 186 46. An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and the Acts amending the same. (Merchant Shipping.) 190 47. An Act to amend the Practice and Proceedings of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Durham. (Palatine Court of Durham.) 191 51. An Act to amend the General Police and Improvement 52. An Act to prevent the Disclosure of Official Documents and Information. (Official Secrets.) 53. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Office of Pay- master General, and to make better provision for the Dis- charge of the Duties of that Office. (Paymaster General.) 272 54. An Act to regulate the Number and Duties of the Clerks of the Court of Session and Bill Chamber in Scotland, and 55. An Act for the better Administration and Endowment of the Universities of Scotland. (Universities (Scotland).) 277 56. An Act to amend the Law respecting Children in Work- houses, and respecting the borrowing of Money by Guardians 57. An Act to amend the Regulation of Railways Acts; and for other purposes. (Regulation of Railways.) 58. An Act to amend the Coinage Act, 1870, as respects Light 59. An Act to amend "The Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1888," with 60. An Act to amend the Law with respect to Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy in the Administration of Insolvent Estates, and in the winding-up of Companies in Ireland. (Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy (Ireland).) 305 61. An Act to further amend the Acts relating to the raising of money by the London County Council, and for other purposes. 62. An Act to make further provision for the regulation of Cotton Cloth Factories. (Cotton Cloth Factories.) 63. An Act for consolidating enactments relating to the con- struction of Acts of Parliament and for further shortening the Language used in Acts of Parliament. (Interpretation.) 329 64. An Act to remove doubts as to the power of the Local (Expiring 346 67. An Act to continue various Expiring Laws. Laws Continuance.) 68. An Act to amend the Law relating to Pilotage. (Merchant Shipping (Pilotage).) 351 69. An Act for the more effectual Prevention and Punishment of Bribery and Corruption of and by Members, Officers, or Servants of Corporations, Councils, Boards, Commissions, or other Public Bodies. (Public Bodies Corrupt Practices.) 356 70. 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 ninety, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (Appropriation.) 358 71. An Act to grant Money for the purpose of certain Local Loans, and for other purposes relating to Local Loans. (Public Works Loans.) 372 72. An Act to provide for the Notification of Infectious Disease to Local Authorities. (Infectious Disease (Notification).) 376 73. An Act to amend the Law relating to the use of Flags in the British Merchant Service. (Merchant Shipping (Colours).) 382 74. An Act to enable the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries to prohibit Steam Trawling within a certain distance of the Coast of Ireland. (Steam Trawling (Ireland).) 583 75. An Act to amend the Law in regard to Annual Parliamentary Grants in the Counties of Caithness and Sutherland. (Parliamentary Grant (Caithness and Sutherland).) 384 76. An Act to facilitate the Provision of Technical Instruction. (Technical Instruction.) 384 viii Α TABLE OF The TITLES of the PUBLIC ACTS of a Local Character passed during the Session which are placed amongst the LOCAL ACTS. 52 & 53 VICTORIA.-A.D. 1889. i. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Acts amending the same relating to the Tramore River Drainage District, county Cork. (Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental (Ireland).) vi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Kilrush and Cappoquin. (Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Orders Confirmation (Kilrush and Cappoquin).) xv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the City of Oxford, and to the Counties of Oxford and Berks. (Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation.) xvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Boards for Acton, Chiswick, and Liverpool to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same. (Education Department Provisional Orders Confirmation (Acton, &c.).) xxii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Wenlock. (Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 4).) xxiii. An Act to exclude unauthorised Persons from certain Lands to be used for the purposes of the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey, in the parish of Waltham Holy Cross, in the county of Essex, to regulate the use of a certain Footpath thereon, and for other purposes. (Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Factory.) |