Commons Sitting of 14 August 1884

Preamble
The House met at half after One of the clock.

PROROGATION OF THE PARLIAMENT.
Message to attend The LORDS COMMISSIONERS:—
The House went;—and a Royal Commission to that purpose having been read, the Royal Assent was given to several Bills.
And afterwards Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech was delivered to both Houses of Parliament by the Lord High Chancellor (in pursuance of Her Majesty's Command).
Then a Commission for proroguing the Parliament was read.
After which,
THE LORD CHANCELLORsaid—
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
By virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, under the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now read, we do, in Her Majesty's Name and in obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this Parliament to Monday the fifteenth day of September next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Monday the fifteenth day of September next.
[TABLE OF STATUTES.]

A TABLE OF ALL THE STATUTES
PASSED IN THE FIFTH SESSION OF
THE TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
47 & 48 VICTORIA.—A.D. 1884.

A TABLE OF ALL THE STATUTES

  PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.
  1. AN Act for settling and securing an Annuity upon the Right Honourable Sir Henry Bouverie William Brand, G.C.B., in consideration of his eminent Services.
  2. An Act to make further provision respecting the Conversion into Two and a half per Cent. Annuities of Three per Cent. Annuities held by the National Debt Commissioners on account of Savings Banks, and for the Redemption of the Indian Loan Annuity, 1881.
  3. An Act for the Relief of the Brokers of the City of London.
  4. An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
  5. An Act to amend the Valuation (Metropolis) Act, 1869, by giving greater facilities for appeal to owners and lessees of houses paying rates and taxes in the place of the occupiers.
  6. An Act to confer further powers upon the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland of acquiring lands in Dublin for all or any of the purposes of the Dublin Science and Art Museum Act, 1877.
  7. An Act for amending the Isle of Man Harbours Acts, 1872 and 1874.
  8. An Act to provide, during twelve months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army.
  9. An Act to amend the Law as to Appeals in Bankruptcy from County Courts.
  10. An Act to amend the Irish Church Act 1869; and for other purposes.
  11. An Act for the further Protection of Fish other than Salmon in Fresh Waters.
  12. An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 1875, so far as relates to the Confirmation of Byelaws.
  13. An Act to amend the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878.
  14. An Act to amend the sixteenth section of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882.
  15. An Act to apply the sum of six million five hundred and nineteen thousand three hundred and sixty-eight 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-five.
  16. An Act to apply to Scotland certain provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, 1883.
  17. An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and for other purposes relating to the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners of such Police.
  18. An Act to amend the Settled Land Act, 1882.
  19. An Act to amend the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Acts so far as they relate to Children and young Persons.
  20. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages of Members of the Greek Church in England.
  21. An Act to provide for the better administration of the Fund under the control of the Trustees to aid the Sea and Coast Fisheries

  of Ireland; and for other purposes in relation thereto.
  22. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Buildings of Non-vested National Schools and Training Colleges in Ireland.
  23. An Act for giving Facilities for the Conversion of Three per Cent. Stock into Stock of a Lower Denomination, and for other purposes relating thereto.
  24. An Act to amend the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act.
  25. An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other Duties, and to amend the Laws relating to Customs and Inland Revenue.
  26. An Act to amend the Fisheries (Oyster, Crab, and Lobster) Act, 1877.
  27. An Act to further amend the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868.
  28. An Act to amend the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883.
  29. An Act to extend Section forty-one of the Licensing Act, 1872.
  30. An Act to simplify the passing of Instruments under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom.
  31. An Act to make further provision respecting the removal of Prisoners and Criminal Lunatics from Her Majesty's possessions out of the United Kingdom.
  32. An Act for transferring the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea from the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings.
  33. An Act to make provision for the foundation of a Dean and Chapter for the Bishopric of Newcastle, and for the transfer to the Cathedral Church of Newcastle of one of the canonries in the Cathedral Church of Durham, and for the transfer of certain ecclesiastical patronage to the Bishopric and Chapter of Newcastle, and for other purposes connected therewith.
  34. An Act to extend the hours of polling at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections in certain Boroughs.
  35. An Act to facilitate the Revision of Lists of Jurors and Voters, and the Registration of Voters, in the county of Dublin.
  36. An Act to amend the General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877, in certain particulars.
  37. An Act to amend the Public Libraries Acts.
  38. An Act to provide for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Indian Marine Service.
  39. An Act to amend the Naval Discipline Act, 1866.
  40. An Act for enabling Manx Children to be sent to Reformatory or Industrial Schools in Great Britain.
  41. An Act to amend the Building Societies Act, 1874.
  42. An Act to amend the Sheriff Court Houses Act, 1860.
  43. An Act to repeal divers Enactments rendered unnecessary by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts and other Acts relating to Proceedings before Courts of Summary Jurisdiction, and to make further provision for the uniformity of Proceedings before those Courts.
  44. An Act to amend the Law respecting the Payment of Naval and Greenwich Hospital Pensions.
  45. An Act to amend the National School Teachers (Ireland) Act, 1879, in so far as it relates to the Loans for Teachers' Residences.
  46. An Act to amend the Naval Enlistment Act, 1853, and for other purposes connected therewith.
  47. An Act to enable Local Authorities to transfer the whole or certain parts of their Districts for the purposes of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878, to the Districts of neighbouring Local Authorities.
  48. An Act to promote the Cultivation of Oysters in Ireland.
  49. 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 of loans and purchases by the Irish Land Commission.
  50. An Act further to amend the Acts relating to the raising of Money by the Metropolitan Board of Works; and for other purposes.
  51. An Act to remove doubts as to the powers of the Secretary of State in relation to the altering, enlarging, rebuilding, and building of Prisons, and appropriating any Building for a Prison.
  52. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts, and to repeal certain other Turnpike Acts; and for other purposes connected therewith.
  53. An Act to continue various expiring Laws.
  54. An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Registration of Deeds and other matters affecting lands and hereditaments within the North, East, and West Ridings of the County of York.
  55. An Act to make further provision with regard to the Pensions of Soldiers, and to the Pay and Pensions of the Yeomanry, and for other purposes.
  56. An Act to declare the Law relating to the Incorporation of Chartered Companies.
  57. An Act to extend certain Powers given by the Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1873.
  58. An Act for amending the Prosecution of Offences Act, 1879.
  59. An Act to enable sanitary authorities in Ireland to take possession of land for the erection of temporary Cholera Hospitals.
  60. An Act to enable the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylums District to borrow for certain purposes of the Diseases Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1883.
  61. An Act to amend the Supreme Court of Judicature Acts; and for other purposes.
  62. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Customs and Inland Revenue and to the Audit of Public Accounts, and for other purposes connected with the Public Revenue and Expenditure.
  63. An Act to amend the Trusts (Scotland) Act, 1867.
  64. An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Criminal Lunatics.
  65. An Act to further amend the New Parishes Acts and the Church Building Acts.
  66. An Act to provide for the disunion of the Sees of Gloucester and Bristol, and the constitution of a separate Bishopric of Bristol.
  67. An Act to prohibit charges for Improvements upon Ecclesiastical Lands otherwise

  than with the consent of the Patron and Bishop.
  68. An Act to amend the Matrimonial Causes Acts.
  69. An Act to make better provision against Cholera and other dangerous Epidemic Diseases.
  70. An Act for the better Prevention of Corrupt and Illegal Practices at Municipal and other Elections.
  71. An Act to amend the Law respecting the administration of the Personal Estate and the Escheat of the Real Estate of Deceased Persons; and for other purposes.
  72. An Act for preventing the erection of Buildings on Disused Burial Grounds.
  73. 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-five, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
  74. An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 1875, with respect to the Officers of Local Authorities.
  75. An Act to amend the Canal Boats Act, 1877.
  76. An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Protection of the Post Office and to Offences committed in relation to the Post Office.
  77. An Act to amend the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, with reference to Sanitary Districts.
  78. An Act to suspend, on account of Corrupt Practices, the issue during the prorogation of Parliament of writs for the holding of an Election of a Member or Members to serve in the present Parliament for certain cities and boroughs.
  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 for legalizing Marriages heretofore solemnized in the District Church of Stopsley, in the parish of Luton, in the County of Bedford.
  ii. An Act to confirm a Scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866, and the Metropolitan Commons (Amendment) Act, 1869, relating to Streatham Common.
  iii. An Act to confirm a scheme under the City of Norwich Act, 1867, relating to Mousehold Heath, in the county of the city of Norwich.
  iv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government Districts of Bognor, Ealing, and Henley.
  xii. An Act for legalizing Marriages heretofore solemnized in the Wood Green Congregational Church, in the district of Edmonton, in the county of Middlesex.
  xiii. An Act to confirm an Order made by the Board of Trade under the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, relating to Ramsholt.
  xiv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, transferring certain Rights, Powers, and Obligations under certain Provisional Orders to the Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company (Limited), and for other purposes.
  xxxix. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Colwyn Bay and District Gas, Crays Gas, Fleetwood Gas, Frome Gas, and Hull Gas.
  xl. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Dyke District Water, Hoddesdon Water, and Thirsk District Water.
  xli. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Land Drainage Act, 1861.
  xlii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, relating to Bury Saint Edmund's.
  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 Alton-Barnes, Barnstaple, Bishops Tawton, Buckland - Brewer, Bulkworthy, Drewsteignton, East Knoyle, Frithelstock (two), Hittesleigh, Horningsham, Maiden-Bradley-with-Yarnfield, Newton-Saint-Petrock, Parkham, Pertwood, and Sutton-Veney; and to the Chapelry of Alton Priors.
  xliv. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Bovey-Tracey, Broadwood Kelly, Calverleigh, Colyton, Combe - in - Teignhead, Denbury, East Ogwell, Haccombe, Hennock, High Week, Ipplepen, Loxbear, Lustleigh, Monk Okehampton, Moreton-Hampstead, North Bovey, Southleigh, Stoke-in-Teignhead, Torbryan (two), and Woolborough.
  xlv. 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 Ashill, Beckington, Berkeley, Broadway, Brockley, Chelvey, Crewkerne, Cricket, Malherby, Dinnington, Dowlish-Wake, Elm, Frome, Hawkridge, Ilton, Kilmersdon, Kingston, Knowle - Saint - Giles, Laverton, Marston - Biggott, Mells, Road, Seavington-Saint-Mary, Standerwick, Tellesford, Wayford, West Dowlish, Whatley, Whitelackington, Withypoole, and Woolverton.
  xlvi. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Acton, Alphamstone, Assington, Belchamp - Otton, Belchamp - Water, Boxted, Bulmer, Bures-Saint-Mary, Castlecamps, Cavendish, Chilton, Foxearth, Glemsford, Great Cornard, Great Henny, Great Waldingfield, Helion's-Bumpstead, Lamarsh, Linstead Parva, Liston, Little Cornard, Little Waldingfield, Long Melford, Mendham (two), Metfield, Middleton, Newton (near Sudbury), Redenhall with Harleston, Somerton, Stoke (near Nayland), Twinstead, and Withersdale, and to the Hamlet of Buers.
  xlvii. 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 Ashen, Bildeston, Boxford, Brockley, Brettenham, Carlton, Colne - Engain, Great Maplestead, Great Yeldam, Groton, Hitcham, Kelsale, Kettlebaston, Lindsey, Little Maplestead, Little Yeldam, Naughton, Nedging, Polstead, Preston, Ridgewell, Semer, Sible-Hedingham, Stambourne, Tilbury juxta Clare, Toppesfield, Wattesham, Whatfield, Whepstead, and White Colne.
  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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Abberley, Ashperton (two), Donnington, Holy Cross in Pershore, In-Liberties, Ledbury, Llangaran, Munsley (two), Norton juxta Kempsey, Putley (two), Rock, Saint Andrew, Saint Andrew in Pershore, Saint Martin, Saint Nicholas, Saint Peter, Stoke Edith, Stretton-Grandsome or Grandison, Stoulton, Upper Bullingham, Weston - Beggard, Whitchurch, Woolhope, and Yarkhill, to the Chapelries of Westhide and Whittington, and to the Township of Grafton.
  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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Abergwilly, Bettws Bledrws, Carmarthen, Cole Orton, Kings Sutton, Llandewi Aberarth, Llangybi, Llanpumpsaint, Llansaintfraed and Llannon, Llanvihangel Abercowin, Mydrim, Newbottle, Newchurch, and Thringston, and to the Townships of Thelwall and Woolstone with Martinscroft.
  l. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of Redhill and Earlswood Commons, situate in the parishes of Reigate and Horley, in the county of Surrey, in pursuance of a Report of the Land Commissioners for England.
  li. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Emsworth Gas, Hornsey Gas, Kirkburton Gas, Quorndon and Mountsorrel Gas, and Slough Gas.
  lxxiii. 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 Belchalwell, Blackford, Bruton, Butleigh, Charlton Horethorne, Charlton Musgrove, Fifehead Neville, Henstridge, Holton, Horsington, Marston Magna, Mil-borne Port, North Brewham, North Cadbury, North Cheriton, Okeford Fitzpaine, Penselwood, Pitcombe, Queen Camel, Shepton-Montague, South Brewham, Stoke-Trister, Stowell, Walton, and Wincanton.
  lxxiv. 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 Ashen, Birdbrook, Brockdish, Haverhill, Hundon, Little Wratting, Ovington, Peasenhall, Sibton, Steeple Bumpstead, Stoke-by-Clare, Stratton-Long-Saint-Mary, Sturmer, Thorpe Abbotts, Tilbury - juxta - Clare, Wacton Magna, Whixoe, and Withers-field; and to the Townships of Emswell-with-Kellythorpe, Eskdaleside, Great Driffield, Little Driffield, and Ugglebarnby.
  lxxv. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Charley (two), Eddlesborough, Helmdon, Ivinghoe, Little Gaddesden, Markfield, Marston Saint Lawrence (two), Middleton Cheney, Newtown Linford, Slapton, Syresham, Thenford, and Whitfield; to the Townships of Marnham and South Clifton; and to the Hamlet of Astwell-with-Falcutt.
  lxxvi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, relating to Saint James, Westminster, Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, and Saint George, Hanover Square.
  lxxvii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of North Dublin, Kells, Kilmallock, Mitchelstown, Rathdrum, Tralee, Trim, and Tulla.
  lxxviii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Waterworks in the town of Bandon.
  lxxix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Alperton and Sudbury Water, Market Weighton Water, Newmarket Water, and Wisbech Water.
  lxxx. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under "The Tramways Act, 1870," relating to Leicester Tramways (Extensions), Walsall and District Tramways, and Wigan Tramways.
  lxxxi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, relating to the County of Montgomery.
  lxxxii. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Barnwood, Brockthrop (two), Churchdown, Down Hatherly, Harescomb (two), Haresfield (two), Hempstead, Maismore, Matson, North Hamlet, Quedgley (two), Saint Catherine's with Kingsholm Saint Catherine's, Saint John Baptist, Saint Mary-de-Lode with Kingsholm Saint Mary, Saint Nicholas, Sandhurst, South Hamlet, Upton Saint Leonard's, Ville of Wotton, and Whaddon (two); to the Township of Over Higham and Linton, and to the Hamlets of Barton Saint Mary, Barton Saint Michael, Longford Saint Catherine's, Longford Saint Mary, Tuffley, Twigworth, and Wootton Saint Mary.
  lxxxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867, as amended by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868, and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the City of Oxford and the Parish of Saint Mary, White-chapel.
  lxxxiv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the
  Electric Lighting Act, 1882, relating to the Fulham District.
  lxxxv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to new Streets in the City of Dublin, and to the Town of Dungarvan, and to Waterworks in Buncrana.
  cii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Colchester Tramways, Gravesend, Rosherville, and Northfleet Tramways (Extension), Hartlepool Tramways (Extension), Stockton-on-Tees Tramways (Extension), and Weymouth Tramways.
  ciii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Board for London to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.
  civ. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Waterworks in the town of Dundalk.
  cv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the Naas Burial Ground and the Town of Thurles.
  cvi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Carrick-on-Suir Union.
  cvii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Barrow-in-Furness Tramways, North Birmingham Tramways, and South Birmingham Tramways.
  cviii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Improvement (Scotland) Acts, 1875 and 1880, relating to the improvement of the Burgh of Aberdeen.
  cix. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, relating to the Burgh of Kirkintilloch.
  cx. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of Cashel, Clogheen, Navan, and Tipperary.
  cxi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of Delvin, Fermoy, and Newcastle.
  cxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Birmingham and Aston Tramways, Blackpool Tramways, Bootle-cum-Linacre Corporation Tramways, Cardiff Tramways (Extensions) Dudley, Sedgley, and Wolverhampton Tramways, Liverpool Corporation Tramways (Extensions), and Nottingham Tramways.
  cxiii. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Bisley, Bratton Clovelly, Broadwood Wigder, Chittlehampton, Cranham, East Worlington (two), Haresfield, Hay, Lapford, Llowes, Meshaw, Miserdine, Randwick (two), Standish, Stonehouse, Thelbridge, West Worlington, Witheridge (two), and Woolfardisworthy.
  cxiv. An Act to confirm an Order 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Dawlish and Kenton.
  cxv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867, as amended by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868, and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the Parish of Saint Luke (Middlesex).
  cxvi.An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers Act, 1883, relating to the Nenagh Union.
  cliv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Tipperary Union.
  clv. An Act to amend certain provisions of the Acts third and fourth Victoria, chapter one hundred and thirteen, and thirty-second and thirty-third Victoria, chapter ninety-four, in relation to the Consolidation of Benefices called "Medieties," or "Portions," and to extend the same to the Parish of Tiverton, in the county of Devon.
  clvi. An Act to confirm Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of Enniscorthy, Clonakilty, Gorey, Killadysert, and Shillelagh.
  clvii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act, 1881, relating to Salt Works.
  clviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government Districts of Dorking and Hendon, the Rural Sanitary District of the Kingston Union, the Local Government District of Malvern, the Borough of Portsmouth, the City of Truro, and the Local Government Districts of Wimbledon and Ystradyfodwg.
  ccix. An Act to provide for ascertaining any Rights of Common or other rights in or over Strensall Common, in the North Riding of the county of York, and for the acquisition and compensation of such rights, and the use of the said common and adjoining land for military and other purposes.
  ccx. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government District of Arlecdon and Erizington, the Borough of Bradford (Yorks), the Falmouth United Sewerage District, the Special Drainage District of Flaxley, the Local Government Districts of Holmfirth and Lindfield, the Borough of Over Darwen, the Local Government
  Districts of Rothwell and Saint Mary Church, and the Warwick Joint Hospital District.
  ccxi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the City and County of Bristol, the Cities of Carlisle and Coventry, the Local Government District of Northwich, the Borough of Preston, the Rural Sanitary District of the Taunton Union, and the Borough of Warrington.
  ccxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Improvement Act District of Bournemouth, the Special Drainage District of Clacton-on-Sea, the Local Government District of Farnham, the Boroughs of Hythe and Margate, the Improvement Act Districts of Milton-next-Sitting borne and West Worthing, and the City of Winchester.
  ccxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of Clonmel, Croom, Glin, Kanturk, Limerick, Lismore, Macroom, Mullingar, Rathkeale, and Wexford.
  ccxiv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Accrington and Church Outfall Sewerage District, the Boroughs of Bangor, Barnsley, and Burnley, the Local Government District of Fulwood, the City of Liverpool, the Local Government District of Llanelly, the Borough of Middlesbrough, the Improvement Act District of Milford, and the Borough of Nottingham.
  ccxv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Aberavon, the Local Government Districts of Brighouse, and Denton and Haughton, the City of Manchester, and the Local Government Districts of Shipley, Skelton and Brotton, Sowerby Bridge, and Sutton in Ashfield.
  ccxvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Aldborough, Baltimore and Skibbereen, Carlingford, Lough, Chatham, Cromer, Cullen, Dawlish, Eyemouth, Fraserburgh, Hove, and Newlyn.
  ccxvii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council in Ireland relating to the West Clare Railway.
  ccxviii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council in Ireland relating to the Clogher Valley Tramway.
  ccl. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Scotch Education Department under the Education (Scotland) Act, 1878, to enable the School Board for Ardchattan and Muckairn, in the county of Argyll, to put in force the Land Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.
  ccli. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Drogheda Union.

LOCAL ACTS.
The Titles to which the Letter P. is prefixed are Public Acts of a Local Character.
P. i. AN Act for legalizing Marriages heretofore solemnized in the District Church of Stopsley, in the Parish of Luton, in the County of Bedford.
P. ii. An Act to confirm a Scheme under the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866, and the Metropolitan Commons (Amendment) Act, 1869, relating to Streatham Common.
P. iii. An Act to confirm a scheme under the City of Norwich Act, 1867, relating to Mousehold Heath, in the county of the city of Norwich.
P. iv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government Districts of Bognor, Ealing, and Henley.
v. An Act for enabling the President and Fellows of Sion College within the City of London to acquire a new site for the buildings of the said College from the Mayor Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London; and for other purposes.
vi. An Act to amend the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Association Act 1873; and for other purposes.
vii. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Haddenham Level and to provide for the making and maintaining of Roads in the said Level and for other purposes.
viii. An Act to extend the period limited by the Belfast Strandtown and High Holywood Railway Act 1881 for the compulsory purchase of lands and for other purposes.
ix. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to George Francis Bradbury and Henry Lomax for Improvements in Sewing Machines.
x. An Act to authorise the Trustees of the Clyde Lighthouses to raise an additional sum of money, and for other purposes.
xi. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to Alfred Julius Boult of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex for Improvements in the method and means of removing Dust from Carpets.
P. xii. An Act for legalizing Marriages heretofore solemnized in the Wood Green Congregational Church, in the district of Edmonton, in the county of Middlesex.
P. xiii. An Act to confirm an Order made by the Board of Trade under the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, relating to Ramsholt.
P. xiv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, transferring certain Rights, Powers, and Obligations under certain Provisional Orders to the Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company (Limited), and for other purposes.
xv. An Act to enable the London and Saint Katharine Docks Company to make a new entrance to their Royal Albert Dock; and for other purposes.
xvi. An Act to confer further powers on the Trustees of the Port and Harbours of Greenock in relation to their Harbours and Docks; and for other purposes.
xvii. An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the Rickmansworth Waterworks Company.
xviii. An Act for confirming certain Leases granted by the Governors of the London Hospital and for enabling them to grant building and other Leases of their Estates and for enlarging their Powers with respect to the reception of Patients and for other purposes.
xix. An Act to authorise the West Lancashire Railway Company to borrow Money for the payment of Debts.
xx. An Act to authorise the construction of the Ayr and District Tramways, in the county of Ayr; and for other purposes.
xxi. An Act for the winding-up of the affairs and the dissolution of the Highgate Archway Company.
xxii. An Act to enable the Commissioners for Public Baths and Wash-houses in the parish of Saint Mary Abbotts Kensington to acquire otherwise than by agreement certain Lands in the said parish and for other purposes.
xxiii. An Act to alter the Memorandum of Association of the Scottish Imperial Insurance Company; and for other purposes.
xxiv. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Scottish Provident Institution, and the Deed of Constitution and Laws and Regulations of the Institution; to confer further powers on the Institution; and for other purposes.
xxv. An Act to confer further powers on the Corporation of Glasgow in relation to their Markets and Slaughter-houses Undertaking; and to enable the Corporation to construct

additional Tramways; to borrow further money; and for other purposes.
xxvi. An Act to confer further powers upon the Great Northern Railway Company with respect to their own and other undertakings and for other purposes.
xxvii. An Act to extend the borough of Longton and for other purposes.
xxviii. An Act to extend the time for completing an embankment and other works in connection with the Reclamation of certain Lands in Morecambe Bay in the county of Lancaster and for other purposes.
xxix. An Act to sanction the purchase by the Mersey Locks and Harbour Board of certain Lands and to confirm an Agreement between the Board and the Earl of Sefton and to amend in certain respects the Acts relating to the Board.
xxx. An Act to amend the Dublin (South) City Market Acts 1876 to 1883 and for other purposes.
xxxi. An Act for the abandonment of the Upwell Outwell and Wisbech Railway.
xxxii. An Act to enable the Corporation of Leicester to consolidate their Loans and convert the same into Stock and to make further provision for the improvement and good government of the borough; and for other purposes.
xxxiii. An Act to authorise the construction of a tidal harbour dock and other works at Sutton-le-March in the county of Lincoln; and for other purposes.
xxxiv. An Act for the abandonment of the Railways authorised by the Severn Bridge and Forest of Lean Central Railway Act 1873 and the Severn Bridge and Forest of Dean Central Railway Act 1876 and for other purposes.
xxxv. An Act to make further prevision with respect to the payment of the cost of the Bridge across the River of Ayr within the Burgh of Ayr; and for other purposes.
xxxvi. An Act for authorising the Ayr Harbour Trustees to borrow additional money; and for other purposes.
xxxvii. An Act to authorise the Belfast Central Railway Company to deviate part and to abandon other parts of their authorised Western Extensions and to extend the periods limited for the purchase of lands for and for the completion of the remainder of those Extensions and for other purposes.
xxxviii. An Act to provide for the effectual maintenance of the navigation of the River Trent from Wilden Ferry in the counties of Derby and Leicester or one of them to Gainsborough in the county of Lincoln.
P. xxxix. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Colwyn Bay and District Gas, Crays Gas, Fleetwood Gas, Frome Gas, and Hull Gas.
P. xl. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Dyke District Water, Hoddesdon Water, and Thirsk District Water.
P. xli. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Land Drainage Act, 1861.
P. xlii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, relating to Bury Saint Edmund's.
P. 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 Alton-Barnes, Barnstaple, Bishops Tawton, Buckland-Brewer, Bulk-worthy, Drewsteignton, East Knoyle, Frithelstock (two), Hittesleigh, Horningsham, Maiden-Bradley - with - Yarnfield, Newton-Saint-Petrock, Parkham, Pertwood, and Sutton-Veney; and to the Chapelry of Alton Priors.
P. xliv. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the parishes of Bovey-Tracey, Broadwood Kelly, Calverleigh, Colyton, Combe-in-Teignhead, Denbury, East Ogwell, Haccombe, Hennock, High Week, Ipplepen, Loxbear, Lustleigh, Monk Okehampton, Moreton-Hampstead, North Bovey, Southleigh, Stoke-in-Tegnhead, Torbryan (two), and Woolborough.
P. xlv. 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 Ashill, Beckington, Berkeley, Broadway, Brockley, Chelvey, Crewkerne, Cricket Malherby, Dinnington, Dowlish-Wake, Elm, Frome, Hawkridge, Ilton, Kilmersdon, Kingston, Knowle-Saint-Giles, Laverton, Marston-Biggott, Mells, Road, Seavington-Saint-Mary, Standerwick, Telles-ford, Weyford, West Dowlish, Whatley, Whitelackington, Withypoole, and Woolverton.
P. xlvi. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Acton, Alphamstone, Assington, Belchamp-Otten, Belchamp-Walter, Boxeted, Bulmer, Bures-Saint-Mary. Castlecamps, Cavendish, Chilton, Foxearth, Glemsford, Great Cornard, Great Henny, Great Waldingfield, Helion's-Bum-stead, Lamarsh, Linstead Parva, Liston, Little Cornard, Little Waldingfield, Long Melford, Mendham (two), Metfield, Middleton, Newton (near Sudbury), Redenhall with Harleston, Somerton, Stoke (near Nayland), Twinstead, and Withersdale, and to the Hamlet of Buers.
P. xlvii. 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 Ashen, Bildeston, Boxford, Brockley, Brettenham, Carlton, Colne-Engain, Great Maplestead, Great Yeldam, Groton, Hitcham, Kelsale, Kettlebaston, Lindsey, Little Maplestead, Little Yeldam, Naughton, Nedging, Polstead, Preston, Ridgewell, Semer, Sible-Hedingham, Stambourne, Tilbury juxta Clare, Toppesfield, Wattesham, Whatfield, Whepstead, and White Colne.
P. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Abberley, Ashperton (two), Donnington, Holy Cross in Pershore, In-Liberties, Ledbury, Langaran, Munsley (two), Norton juxta Kempsey, Putley (two), Rock, Saint Andrew, Saint Andrew in Pershore, Saint Martin, Saint Nicholas, Saint Peter, Stoke Edith, Stretton-Grandsome or Grandison, Stoulton, Upper Bullingham, Weston-Beggard, Whitchurch, Woolhope, and Yarkhill, to the Chapelries of Westhide and Whittington, and to the Township of Grafton.
P. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Abergwilly, Bettws Bledrws, Camarthen, Cole Orton, Kings Sutton, Llandewi Aberarth, Llangybi, Llanpumpsaint, Llansaintfraed and Llannon, Llanvihangel Abercowin, Mydrim, Newbottle, Newchurch, and Thringston, and to the Townships of Thelwall and Woolstone with Martinscroft.
P. l. An Act to confirm the Provisional Order for the Regulation of Redhill and Earlswood Commons, situate in the parishes of Reigate and Horley, in the county of Surrey, in pursuance of a Report of the Land Commissioners for England.
P. li. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Emsworth Gas, Hornsey Gas, Kirkburton Gas, Quorndon and Mount-sorrel Gas, and Slough Gas.
lii. An Act for incorporating the West Cheshire Water Company and conferring powers on them with reference to the construction of Works and the Supply of Water and otherwise and for other purposes.
liii. An Act to dissolve and re-incorporate the Plympton and District Waterworks Company (Limited) and for other purposes.
liv. An Act for the granting of further Powers to the Walker and Wallsend Union Gas Company.
lv. An Act for the abandonment of the Totnes Paignton and Torquay Direct Railway.
lvi. An Act for authorising the Corporation of the Borough of Birkenhead to execute certain Street Improvements; for better regulating the erection of new buildings in the Borough; for amending certain local Acts, and making further police and sanitary regulations, and for other purposes.
lvii. An Act to amend the London Tramways Company (Limited) Capital Act 1880 and for other purposes.
lviii. An Act for enabling the North-eastern Railway Company to make a new Railway and to acquire additional Lands and for other purposes.
lix. An Act to enable the Corporation of Southampton to enlarge their Cemetery; and for other purposes.
lx. An Act for empowering the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull to make better provision for the supply of Water to their borough and other parts of their district of supply and to supply Water to the Cottingham Local Board; and for other purposes.
lxi. An Act for enabling the Local Board for the district of West Ham, in the county of Essex, to free the North Woolwich or Victoria Dock Road and Liliput Road from toll, and to purchase lands, and to construct certain works, and for granting additional powers to the said Local Board; and for other purposes.
lxii. An Act to confer further powers upon the King's Lynn Dock Company; and for other purposes.
lxiii. An Act to amend the Nar Valley Drainage Act 1881 and to empower the Nar Valley Drainage Board to raise further money by borrowing.
lxiv. An Act to amalgamate the Undertakings of the Swindon Marlborough and Andover and the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway Companies; and for other purposes.
lxv. An Act to remove doubts respecting certain provisions in the Deed of Settlement of the Star Life Assurance Society, and respecting the participation in profits by holders of certain policies of the Society; and for other purposes.
lxvi. An Act for empowering the Imperial Continental Gas Association to raise further Capital and for other purposes.
lxvii. An Act to revive the powers and extend the periods for the compulsory purchase of Lands and for the construction of the Railway authorised by the Henley-in-Arden and Great Western Junction Railway Act 1873 and for other purposes.
lxviii. An Act to confer further powers on the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway Company; and for other purposes.
lxix. An Act for carrying into effect the purchase of the Windsor and Eton Waterworks by the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough of New Windsor and for other purposes.
lxx. An Act for the abandonment of the Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway and for other purposes.
lxxi. An Act to authorise the Hull Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company to construct new Railways and other Works to amend the Acts relating to the Company and for other purposes.
lxxii. An Act to extend the District to enlarge the Powers and to change the name of the Wharves and Warehouses Steam Power and

Hydraulic Pressure Company; and for other purposes.
P. lxxiii. 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 Belchalwell, Blackford, Bruton, Butleigh, Charlton Horethorne, Charlton Musgrove, Fifehead Neville, Henstridge, Holton, Horsington, Marston Magna, Milborne Port, North Brewham, North Cadbury, North Cheriton, Okeford Fitzpaine, Pensalwood, Pitcombe, Queen Camel, Shepton-Montague, South Brewham, Stoke-Trister, Stowell, Walton, and Wincanton.
P. lxxiv. 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 Ashen, Birdbrook, Brockdish, Haverhill, Hundon, Little Wratting, Ovington, Peasenhall, Sibton, Steeple Bumpstead, Stoke-by-Clare, Stratton-Long-Saint-Mary, Sturmer, Thorpe Abbotts, Tilbury-juxta-Clare, Wacton Magna, Whixoe, and Withersfield; and to the Townships of Emswell-with-Kelleythorpe, Eskdaleside, Great Driffield, Little Driffield, and Ugglebarnby.
P. lxxv. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Charley (two), Eddlesborough, Helmdon, Ivinghoe, Little Gaddesden, Markfield, Marston Saint Lawrence (two), Middleton Cheney, Newtown Lingford, Slapton, Syresham, Thenford, and Whitfield; to the Townships of Marnham and South Clifton; and to the Hamlet of Astwell-with-Falcutt.
P. lxxvi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, relating to Saint James, Westminster, Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, and Saint George, Hanover Square.
P. lxxvii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of North Dublin, Kells, Kilmallock, Mitchelstown, Rathdrum, Tralee, Trim, and Tulla.
P. lxxviii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Waterworks in the town of Bandon.
P. lxxix. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Alperton and Sudbury Water, Market Weighton Water, Newmarket Water, and Wisbech Water.
P. lxxx. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under "The Tramways Act, 1870," relating to Leicester Tramways (Extensions), Walsall and District Tramways, and Wigan Tramways.
P. lxxxi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, relating to the County of Montgomery.
P. lxxxii. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Barnwood, Brockthrop (two), Churchdown, Down Hatherly, Harescomb (two), Haresfield (two), Hempstead, Maismore, Matson, North Hamlet, Quedgley (two), Saint Catherine's with Kingsholm Saint Catherine's, Saint John Baptist, Saint Mary-de-Lode with Kingsholm Saint Mary, Saint Nicholas, Sandhurst, South Hamlet, Upton Saint Leonard's, Ville of Wotton, and Whaddon (two); to the Township of Over Higham and Linton, and to the Hamlets of Barton Saint Mary, Barton Saint Michael, Longford Saint Catherine's, Longford Saint Mary, Tuffley, Twigworth, and Wootton Saint Mary.
P. lxxxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867, as amended by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868, and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the City of Oxford and the Parish of Saint Mary, Whitechapel.
P. lxxxiv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, relating to the Fulham District.
P. lxxxv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to new Streets in the City of Dublin, and to the Town of Dungarvan, and to Waterworks in Buncrana.
lxxxvi. An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the Sandbach Gas Company.
lxxxvii. An Act for enlarging and improving the Court House and for erecting public buildings at Hamilton and for other purposes.
lxxxviii. An Act to authorise the construction of a bridge over certain railways near the western end of Cromwell Road Kensington with roads and approaches in connection therewith.
lxxxix. An Act to make provision with reference to the Arrears of Dividend on the Preference Shares in the Capital of the Buenos Ayres and and Ensenada Port Railway Company Limited; and for other purposes.
xc. An Act to enable the Staly bridge Gas Company to purchase additional Land and to raise further Capital and for other purposes.
xci. An Act to authorise the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation to construct Quays or Wharfs and other Works and to acquire Lands in connexion with their undertaking, and to borrow Money; and for other purposes.
xcii. An Act to make further Provisions respecting the Capital of the Limerick and Kerry Railway Comany and for other purposes.
xciii. An Act to authorise the Construction of New Streets and other Works in the Borough of Belfast and to make further Provision for the Improvement and Government of the Borough and for other purposes.
xciv. An Act to authorise the London Street Tramways Company to construct additional Tramways and for other purposes.
xcv. An Act to further amend the Metropolitan District Railway Act, 1881; and for other purposes in relation thereto.
xcvi. An Act to confer further Powers on the Eastern and Midland Railway Company.
xcvii. An Act to confer further Powers on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company; to transfer to them the powers of the Oxted and Groombridge Railway Company; and for other purposes.
xcviii. An Act to confer additional Powers upon the Midland Railway Company for the construction of Railways and other Works and the Acquisition of Lands and for raising further Capital; and upon that Company and the Great Western Railway Company jointly in respect of a portion of the Railway of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier Company; and for other purposes.
xcix. An Act for empowering the Scarborough and Whitby Railway Company to raise additional capital and for other purposes.
c. An Act to authorise the West Metropolitan Tramways Company to raise additional capital and for other purposes.
ci. An Act for defining or extending the powers of the India Rubba, Gutta Percba, and Telegraph Works Company, limited, and for other purposes.
P. cii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Colchester Tramways, Gravesend, Rosherville, and Northfleet Tramways (Extension), Hartlepools Tramways (Extension), Stockton-on-Tees Tramways (Extension), and Weymouth Tramways.
P. ciii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Board for London to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.
P. civ. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to Waterworks in the town of Dundalk.
P. cv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the Naas Burial Ground and the Town of Thurles.
P. cvi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Carrick-on-Suir Union.
P. cvii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Barrow-in-Furness Tramways, North Birmingham Tramways, and South Birmingham Tramways.
P. cviii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Improvement (Scotland) Acts, 1875 and 1880, relating to the improvement of the Burgh of Aberdeen.
P. cix. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, relating to the Burgh of Kirkintilloch.
P. cx. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of Cashel, Clogheen, Navan, and Tipperary.
P. cxi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of Delvin, Fermoy, and Newcastle.
P. cxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Birmingham and Aston Tramways, Blackpool Tramways, Bootle-cum-Linacre Corporation Tramways, Cardiff Tramways (Extensions), Dudley, Sedgley, and Wolverhampton Tramways, Liverpool Corporation Tramways (Extensions), and Nottingham Tramways.
P. cxiii. 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Bisley, Bratton Clovelly, Broadwood Widger, Chittlehampton, Cranham, East Worlington (two), Haresfield, Hay, Lapford, Llowes, Meshaw, Miserdine, Randwick (two), Standish, Stonehouse, Thelbridge, West Worlington, Witheridge (two), and Woolfardisworthy.
P. cxiv. An Act to confirm an Order 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, and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882, relating to the Parishes of Dawlish and Kenton.
P. cxv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867, as amended by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868, and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to the Parish of Saint Luke (Middlesex).
P. cxvi. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Nenagh Union.
cxvii. An Act to authorise the Construction of additional Water Works at Swanage in the county of Dorset and for other purposes.
cxviii. An Act to empower the Local Board for the District of the Town of Ventnor in the Isle of Wight to construct a Pier and to acquire Lands for Street Improvements and other purposes; and to confer further powers upon the said Local Board, and for other purposes.
cxix. An Act for the permanent Establishment Regulation and Management of the Butter Market of the City of Cork and for other purposes.
cxx. An Act to transfer to the Belfast and County Down Railway Company the Belfast Holywood and Bangor Railway; and for other purposes.
cxxi. An Act for incorporating and conferring Powers upon the Liverpool Hydraulic Power Company and for other purposes.
cxxii. An Act for incorporating and conferring powers upon the Newport (Monmouthshire) Hydraulic Power Company and for other purposes.
cxxiii. An Act to provide for the consolidation of the Loans of the Corporation of Rochdale and the conversion of those Loans into Stock; and to alter the Charges made by the Corporation for a supply of Water; and for other purposes.
cxxiv. An Act to extend the periods for the compulsory purchase of lands for and for the completion of the railways authorised by the Ballyclare Ligoniel and Belfast Junction Railway Act 1881 and for other purposes.
cxxv. An Act to empower the Belfast Street Tramways Company to construct additional Tramways to raise further money and for other purposes.
cxxvi. An Act for enabling the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to extend their railway to Tullow in the county of Carlow; and for other purposes.
cxxvii. An Act to extend the time limited by the Clonakilty Extension Railway Act 1881 for the purchase of Lands and the completion of the Railway by that Act authorised; to authorise the Cork and Bandon Railway Company to subscribe towards the construction of such Railway and to convert certain debenture shares into debenture stock; and for other purposes.
cxxviii. An Act to authorise the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Company to construct Tramways from Broughshane to Clonetrace and from Retreat to Cushendall; to vest the Undertaking of the Ballymena Cushendall and Redbay Railway Company in the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Company; to authorise that Company to purchase Hotels and to make agreements with the Belfast Harbour Commissioners and the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners; and for other purposes.
cxxix. An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Company to construct certain Railways and other Works in the Counties of Renfrew, Forfar, Stirling, and Clackmannan, to acquire and complete the Alloa Railway, and to take in lease the Moffat Railway; for extending the time for completing the Alloa Railway, for dissolving the Alloa Railway Company; for abandoning the Larbert and Grangemouth Connecting Lines of the Caledonian Railway Company, and confirming an agreement between that Company and the North British Railway Company with respect to the use of the Stirlingshire Midland Junction and Grangemouth Railways and other matters; and for other purposes.
cxxx. An Act for making the Railway and Canal Traffic Acts applicable to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company in relation to their Holyhead and Kingstown Mail Contract Service; and for other purposes.
cxxxi. An Act to authorise the Corporation of the City of Coventry to purchase the Undertaking of the Coventry Gas Company; and to confer further powers on the Corporation.
cxxxii. An Act for conferring further powers upon the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company and the London and North Western Railway Company in respect of their Preston and Wyre Railway and for other purposes.
cxxxiii. An Act to provide for the Commutation of the Liability of Landowners in the Levels of the Hundreds of Caldicot and Wentlooge in the County of Monmouth to maintain Seawalls and other Works and to provide for the making and maintaining of Roads in the said Levels and for other Purposes.
cxxxiv. An Act to extend the powers of the Corporation of the Borough of Jarrow in the County of Durham with respect to the local government and improvement of the Borough; to extend the boundary of the Borough; and for other purposes.
cxxxv. An Act to confer further powers on the London Tilbury and Southend Railway Company.
cxxxvi. An Act for the granting of further powers to the Woolwich Equitable Gas Company.
cxxxvii. An Act to extend the periods respectively limited for the construction of the Cranbrook and Paddock Wood Railway and for the compulsory purchase of lands required for the said railway and the deviations thereof.
cxxxviii. An Act to confer further powers on the Newry Navigation Company and for other purposes.
cxxxix. An Act to authorise the Treferig Valley Railway Company to lease their Railway to the Taff Vale Railway Company and for other purposes.
cxl. An Act for dissolving the Abercarn and Newbridge Gas and Water Company Limited and re-incorporating the Members thereof with others and for enabling them to supply Gas and Water in the parishes of Mynyddy-slwyn and Llanhilleth in the county of Monmouth and for other purposes.
cxli. An Act for making further provision for the better government and for the preservation of the Health of the Inhabitants of the borough of Croydon to authorise the creation of Corporation Stock and for other purposes.
cxlii. An Act to provide for the working and rental of the East London Railway Whitechapel Junction and for other purposes.
cxliii. An Act to authorise the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to make a railway in substitution for a portion of the existing Cork and Youghal and Great Southern and Western Junction Railway; to remove and replace a certain bridge; to divert and stop up certain roads; to acquire additional lands; and for other purposes.
cxliv. An Act to authorise the Cork and Kenmare Railway Company to construct a branch railway from Loo Bridge to Headfort in the County of Kerry to abandon so much of the railway authorised by the Cork and Kenmare Railway Act 1881 as lies between Macroom and Loo Bridge to reduce the Company's

capital and borrowing powers to alter baronial guarantees and for other purposes.
cxlv. An Act for conferring further powers on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company with relation to their own undertaking and undertakings in which they are jointly interested and for other purposes.
cxlvi. An Act to authorise the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to construct a new Railway and other works and to confer further powers upon that Company in connection with their undertaking and for other purposes.
cxlvii. An Act for making Tramways in the Parishes of Greenwich Lewisham and St. Paul Deptford in the County of Kent; and for other purposes.
cxlviii. An Act to authorise the London Chatham and Dover Railway Company to construct railways and works in the counties of Surrey and Kent and in the city of London and for other purposes.
cxlix. An Act for extending the Limits of Jurisdiction of the Tees Conservacy Commissioners; for conferring further powers on the Commissioners; for amending the Tees Conservancy Acts; and for other purposes.
cl. An Act for regulating the Society of Solicitors before the Courts of the Commissary the Sheriff and City of Edinburgh commonly called the Society of Solicitors at Law for making provision for the present and contingent liabilities thereof for the distribution of the Funds and the ultimate dissolution of the Society and for other relative purposes.
cli. An Act for re-incorporating and conferring powers on the Llanfairfechan Waterworks Company Limited.
clii. An Act to empower the Llanfrechfa Upper Local Board to make Waterworks and supply Water; and for other purposes.
cliii. An Act to confer further powers on the Teign Valley Railway Company.
P. cliv. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers Act, 1883, relating to the Tipperary Union.
P. clv. An Act to amend certain provisions of the Acts third and fourth Victoria, chapter one hundred and thirteen, and thirty-second and thirty-third Victoria, chapter ninety-four, in relation to the Consolidation of Benefices called "Medieties," or "Portions," and to extend the same to the parish of Tiverton, in the county of Devon.
P. clvi. An Act to confirm Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of Enniscorthy, Clonakilty, Gorey, Killadysert, and Shillelagh.
P. clvii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act, 1881, relating to Salt Works.
P. clviii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government Districts of Dorking and Hendon, the Rural Sanitary District of the Kingston Union, the Local Government District of Malvern, the Borough of Portsmouth, the City of Truro, and the Local Government Districts of Wimbledon and Ystradyfodwg.
clix. An Act to revive the powers and extend the periods for the compulsory purchase of lands and for the construction of the works authorised by the Walton-on-the-Naze and Frinton Improvement Act 1879 and for other purposes.
clx. An Act for the sale of the Gravesend Town Quay and Pier to the London Tilbury and Southend Railway Company: and for other purposes.
clxi. An Act to authorise the Undertakers of the Navigation of the Rivers Aire and Calder in the west riding of the county of York to deepen and improve the lower Navigation of the River Ouse and for other purposes.
clxii.
An Act to make better provision for the Health Local Government and Improvement of the Local Board district of West Derby in the County of Lancaster and for other purposes.
clxiii. An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Company to make a Railway to Gourock, with a quay or pier there, and to connect their railways with the Paisley Canal Line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company, with facilities over that Line; for extending the time for the sale of certain superfluous Lands; and for other purposes.
clxiv. An Act for incorporating and conferring Powers on the Manchester Bury Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramways Company.
clxv. An Act to authorise the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to construct a Branch Railway from the Railway of the Cheshire Lines Committee at Chester to Connah's Quay and for other purposes.
clxvi. An Act for making tramways in the county of Kent and for other purposes.
clxvii. An Act to authorise the Construction of a Subway under the River Thames from King William Street in the City of London to Short Street in the parish of St. Mary Newington in the County of Surrey and for other purposes.
clxviii. An Act for empowering the North Metropolitan Tramways Company to construct Now Tramways; and for other purposes.
clxix. An Act to confer further powers on the Perth General Station Committee; and for other purposes.
clxx. An Act for authorising the Construction of Railways in the county of Lincoln to be called the Sutton and Willoughby Railway and for other purposes.
clxxi. An Act to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of lands for and for the completion of the railways authorised by the Burry Port and North Western Junction Railway Act 1876 and the Burry Port and North Western Junction Railway Amendment Act 1881 and for other purposes.
clxxii. An Act for incorporating the Dundee Suburban Railway Company and for other purposes.
clxxiii. An Act for empowering the South Stockton Local Board to acquire a share in the waterworks undertaking of the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board and for other purposes.
clxxiv. An Act to empower the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Swansea to make and maintain additional Waterworks,

to make other provisions in relation to their Waterworks Undertaking to borrow money and for other purposes.
clxxv. An Act for the prevention of Encroachments upon the Malvern Hills, and for other purposes.
clxxvi. An Act to enable the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London to establish a Free Steam Ferry across the River Thames east of London Bridge to apply the income and to raise monies on the security of the rents and profits of the Bridge House Estates and for other purposes.
clxxvii. An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Company; and for other purposes.
clxxviii. An Act to continue and extend the powers of the Bank of South Australia and for other purposes.
clxxix. An Act to authorise the Barrmill and Kilwinning Railway Company to construct new Railways; to change the name of the Company; and for other purposes.
clxxx. An Act to enable the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Dewsbury to make new Streets and Street Improvements and to make further provision for the Improvement and good Government of the Borough and for other purposes.
clxxxi. An Act to incorporate a Company for the Construction of the Dore and Chinley Railway and for other purposes.
clxxxii. An Act to enable the Dublin Wicklow and Wexford Railway Company to construct in the City of Dublin connecting railways between Westland Row Terminus and the Railways of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and the Midland Great Western Railway (Ireland) on the north side of the River Liffey to be called the City of Dublin Junction Railways and for other purposes.
clxxxiii. An Act to authorise the Highland Railway Company to construct new Railways; and for other purposes.
clxxxiv. An Act to amalgamate the Undertakings of the Highland, the Sutherland, and the Sutherland and Caithness Railway Companies, and the Duke of Sutherland's Railway; and for other purposes.
clxxxv. An Act to authorise the Metropolitan Railway Company to deviate parts of the Rickmansworth Extension Railway and Chorley Wood Lane to purchase additional lands to extend the time for compulsory purchase of lands and completion of works to give effect to an arrangement for vesting in them the powers to make and maintain Railway No. 2 authorised by the Metropolitan and District Railways (City Lines and Extensions) Act 1879 to provide for consolidation of debenture stocks and for other purposes.
clxxxvi. An Act to extend some of the powers of the Sutton Bridge Dock Company to make further provisions with respect to their unissued capital and for other purposes.
clxxxvii. An Act for incorporating a Board of Drainage Commissioners with powers to drain and improve certain lands in the townships of Reedness and Swinefleet in the parish of Whitgift in the West Riding of the County of York.
clxxxviii. An Act to alter and amend the Clacton-on-Sea Special Drainage District Act 1880.
clxxxix. An Act to enable the Trustees for the District and Harbour of Maryport to raise a further Sum of Money for the Improvement of the Harbour of Maryport and for other purposes.
cxc. An Act for constituting a portion of the Railways authorised by "The North Cornwall Railway Act 1882" a separate Undertaking; and for other purposes.
cxci. An Act to authorise the London Southern Tramways Company to raise additional capital and for other purposes.
cxcii. An Act to extend the time for constructing the North London Tramways; to empower the North London Tramways Company to raise additional Capital, and for other purposes.
cxciii. An Act to extend the Time for the Compulsory Purchase of Lands for the Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway.
cxciv. An Act for reviving and rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to Edward Wright for Improvements in Paint Brushes.
cxcv. An Act for authorising the Liskeard and Caradon Railway Company to extend their Railway to Launceston and for authorising arrangements between them and the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company and for other purposes.
cxcvi. An Act to amend the Neath Harbour Acts, to alter the Constitution of the Neath Harbour Commissioners, to authorise the Construction of New Works, and to confirm and regulate the borrowing of moneys, and for other purposes.
cxcvii. An Act for incorporating the West Worthing Waterworks and Baths Company and for vesting the West Worthing Waterworks and Baths in that Company and for other purposes.
cxcviii. An Act for conferring further powers on the South Eastern Railway Company in respect to their own undertaking and of the undertakings of other Companies.
cxcix. An Act to incorporate and confer powers on the Birmingham Compressed-Air Power Company and for other purposes.
cc. An Act to revive and extend the powers of the Cleveland Extension Mineral Railway Company.
cci. An Act for conferring further powers on the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company.
ccii. An Act to empower the Taff Vale Railway Company to construct a New Railway at Cardiff and to acquire additional lands and to raise further Capital and for other purposes.
cciii. An Act to amend the Stockton and Middlesbrough Corporations Waterworks Act 1876 and to confer further powers upon the Corporations of the Boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough and the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board for the supply of Water to the said boroughs and their neighbourhoods and for other purposes.
cciv. An Act to provide for the vesting of the undertaking of the Eastern Bengal Railway Company in the Secretary of State in Council of India and for other purposes.
ccv. An Act to enable the Great North of Scotland Railway Company to extend their Railway to Rosehearty, in the County of Aberdeen, and for other purposes.
ccvi.
An Act to authorise the Great Western Railway Company to make and maintain certain railways in the county of Gloucester and to acquire lands and to confer further powers upon that Company and the Corporation of Carmarthen the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway Company and the Llanelly Harbour and Burry Navigation Commissioners; and for other purposes.
ccvii. An Act for conferring further powers upon the London and North Western Railway Company in relation to their own undertaking and other undertakings in which they are interested jointly with other companies and also for conferring powers upon the North Staffordshire Railway Company the Great Western Railway Company the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company and the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company in relation to such other undertakings and upon the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway Company in relation to their own undertaking and for vesting in the London and North Western Railway Company the undertaking of the Vale of Towy Railway Company and for other purposes.
ccviii. An Act to provide for a further Supply of Water to the Town of Northampton and adjacent Places and for other purposes.
P. ccix. An Act to provide for ascertaining any Rights of Common or other rights in or over Strensall Common, in the North Riding of the County of York, and for the acquisition and compensation of such rights, and the use of the said Common and adjoining land for military and other purposes.
P. ccx. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Local Government District of Arlecdon and Frizington, the Borough of Bradford (Yorks), the Falmouth United Sewerage District, the Special Drainage District of Flaxley, the Local Government Districts of Holmfirth and Lindfield, the Borough of Over Darwen, the Local Government Districts of Rothwell and Saint Mary Church, and the Warwick Joint Hospital District.
P. ccxi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the City and County of Bristol, the Cities of Carlisle and Coventry, the Local Government District of Northwich, the Borough of Preston, the Rural Sanitary District of the Taunton Union, and the Borough of Warrington.
P. ccxii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Improvement Act District of Bournemouth, the Special Drainage District of Clacton-on-Sea, the Local Government District of Farnham, the Boroughs of Hythe and Margate, the Improvement Act Districts of Milton-next-Sittingbourne and West Worthing, and the City of Winchester.
P. ccxiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Unions of Clonmel, Croom, Glin, Kanturk, Limerick, Lismore, Macroom, Mullingar, Rathkeale, and Wexford.
P. ccxiv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Accrington and Church Outfall Sewerage District, the Boroughs of Bangor, Barnsley, and Burnley, the Local Government District of Fulwood, the City of Liverpool, the Local Government District of Llanelly, the Borough of Middlesbrough, the Improvement Act District of Milford, and the Borough of Nottingham.
P. ccxv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Aberavon, the Local Government Districts of Brighouse, and Denton and Haughton, the City of Manchester, and the Local Government Districts of Shipley, Skelton and Brotton, Sowerby Bridge, and Sutton in Ashfield.
P. ccxvi.
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Aldborough, Baltimore and Skibbereen, Carlingford Lough, Chatham, Cromer, Cullen, Dawlish, Eyemouth, Fraserburgh, Hove, and Newlyn.
P. ccxvii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council in Ireland relating to the West Clare Railway.
P. ccxviii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council in Ireland relating to the Clogher Valley Tramway.
ccxix. An Act for providing a better supply of Water to the high-level districts of the borough of Belfast and other places adjacent thereto; for conferring further powers on the Belfast Water Commissioners; and for other purposes.
ccxx. An Act to empower the Coventry and District Tramways Company to abandon the construction of one of their authorised Tramways; to extend the time for constructing the remainder of their authorised works, and for other purposes.
ccxxi. An Act to authorise the Construction of a Railway from the Bishop's Castle Railway at Lyndham in the County of Salop to Montgomery in the County of Montgomery.
ccxxii. An Act to enable the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough of Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan to obtain a supply of Water from the River Taff Fawr in Breconshire; and to make further provision for the improvement and good government of the borough; and for other purposes.
ccxxiii. An Act for enabling the Metropolitan Board of Works to make certain New Streets in the Metropolis; for amending the Metropolitan Street Improvements Act, 1877; for conferring further powers upon the said Board with respect to Plumstead Common and Hackney Commons and for other purposes.
ccxxiv. An Act for authorising the construction of a railway in Lancashire, to be called the Blackpool Railway; and for other purposes.
ccxxv. An Act to empower the Metropolitan Railway Company to extend their Railway to Hendon in the county of Middlesex and for other purposes.
ccxxvi. An Act to authorise the mating of Railways in the County of Lancaster to connect the Railway of the West Lancashire Railway Company with the Railway of the Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Company and for other purposes.
ccxxvii. An Act to authorise the Mersey Railway Company to make a Branch Railway in Birkenhead and for other purposes.
ccxxviii. An Act for enabling the Metropolitan Board of Works to alter the situation of the Now Battersea Bridge authorised by "The Metropolitan Bridges Act 1881" and for other purposes.
ccxxix. An Act to confer further powers on the Metropolitan District Railway Company.
ccxxx. An Act to enable the West Lancashire Railway Company to extend their Railway to the Preston Docks in the county of Lancaster and to confer further powers in relation to their Undertaking on the Company and for other purposes.
ccxxxi. An Act for vesting in the Plymouth Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Company the powers conferred by "The Devon and Cornwall Central Railway Act 1882" and for the abandonment of a portion of the Railway authorised by that Act and for the dissolution of the Devon and Cornwall Central Railway Company and for other purposes.
ccxxxii. An Act for extending the boundaries of the city of York and county of the same city; for consolidating and amending various provisions of the Local Acts in force within the city; and for other purposes.
ccxxxiii.
An Act to authorise the Leominster and Bromyard Railway Company to complete their authorised Railway from Steens Bridge to Bromyard; and for other purposes.
ccxxxiv. An Act for incorporating the Chatham and Brompton Tramways Company and empowering them to construct street tramways in the parishes of Chatham and Gillingham in the County of Kent and for other purposes.
ccxxxv. An Act for conferring further powers upon the Great Western Railway Company in connexion with their own and other Undertakings and upon them and other Companies in connection with Undertakings in which they are jointly interested; for vesting in the Great Western Railway Company the Undertakings of the Coleford Railway Company and the Bristol and North Somerset Railway Company; for authorising and confirming agreements between the Great Western Railway Company and other Companies; and for other purposes.
ccxxxvi. An Act to revive the powers and extend the time for the compulsory Purchase of Lands for and to extend the time for the completion of parts of the Railways of the Rosebush and Fishguard Railway Company to enable that Company to raise additional Capital to change the name of the Company and for other purposes.
ccxxxvii. An Act for the construction maintenance and regulation of a Pier and Lift at Folkestone in the county of Kent and for other purposes.
ccxxxviii. An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the Llandrindod Wells Water Company.
ccxxxix. An Act to consolidate the city of Chester into one parish; make improved provision for the levying of Rates; provide for the issue of Corporation Stock; make provision as to Markets and Fairs; for freeing the Dee Bridges of Tolls; and for the improvement government and health of the city; to amend the Improvement Act; and for other purposes.
ccxl. An Act to extend the time for the completion of the Tramways authorised by the Plymouth Devonport and District Tramways Act 1882 and for other purposes.
ccxli. An Act to authorise the Construction of Street Tramways in certain parts of Edinburgh and Leith; and for other purposes.
ccxlii. An Act for incorporating the Halifax High Level and North and South Junction Railway Company and authorising them to make and maintain the Halifax High Level and North and South Junction Railway and for other purposes.
ccxliii. An Act to revive and extend the powers of the several Acts relating to the Poulnasherry Reclamation and for other purposes.
ccxliv. An Act to authorise the Lea Bridge Leyton and Walthamstow Tramways Company to construct new Tramways in the counties of Middlesex and Essex and for other purposes.
ccxlv. An Act for empowering the Rotherham and Bawtry Railway Company to raise additional Capital; and for other purposes.
ccxlvi. An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the Tendring Hundred Waterworks Company.
ccxlvii. An Act for authorising the London and South-western Railway Company to construct additional works and to purchase additional lands and for conferring other powers upon them; for the widening of the Somerset and Dorset Railway; for authorising agreements between the Company and the Wimbledon and West Metropolitan Junction Railway Company; and for other purposes.
ccxlviii. An Act to authorise the construction of a Railway from Pwllheli to Porthdinlleyn in the county of Carnarvon; and for other purposes.
ccxlix. An Act for incorporating the West Gloucestershire Water Company and conferring powers upon them with reference to the construction of Works and the supply of Water and otherwise, and for other purposes.
P. ccl. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Scotch Education Department under the Education (Scotland) Act, 1878, to enable the School Board for Ardchatton and Muckairn, in the county of Argyll, to put in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, and the Acts amending the same.
P. ccli. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, relating to the Drogheda Union.
cclii. An Act to enable the Golden Valley Railway Company to abandon a portion of their authorised Railway; to construct new Railways; and for other purposes.
ccliii. An Act to authorise the Wirral Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to Birkenhead and for other purposes.
ccliv. An Act to authorise the Hull Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company to raise further money by debentures.
cclv. An Act to enable the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the City of Bristol to purchase the undertakings of the Bristol Port and Channel Dock Company the Bristol Port and Channel Dock Warehouse Company limited and the Portishead Warehouse Company Limited and the Dock Undertaking of the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company and for other purposes.
cclvi. An Act to authorise the Great Western Railway Company to acquire the Pier and Railway Undertaking of the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company and for other purposes.
cclvii. An Act to authorise the Construction of a Dock at Barry Island and Railways and Works in Glamorganshire connected therewith and for other purposes.
cclviii. An Act to authorise the Eastern and Church Hope Railway Company to make branch Railways in the Parish of Portland in the County of Dorset and for other purposes.
cclix. An Act to amend the provisions of the London and South-western and Metropolitan District Railway Companies (Kingston and London Railway) Act 1882.
cclx. An Act for constructing a Subway or Tunnel between East and West Cowes under the River Medina and approaches thereto and for other purposes.
cclxi. An Act for empowering the Milford Docks Company to construct railways and for other purposes.
cclxii. An Act to increase the number of Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Brighton: to authorise the Corporation of the said Borough to make and maintain certain Works and Improvements to provide a New Market to regulate the Race-course and certain Squares and Enclosed Places and Burial Grounds to purchase Lands and to make further provision for the good Government of the Borough and to borrow further moneys: and for other purposes.

PRIVATE ACTS,
PRINTED BY THE QUEEN'S PRINTER.
AND WHEREOF THE PRINTED COPIES MAY BE GIVEN IN EVIDENCE.
1. AN Act to enable the Executors and surviving Trustee of the Will of Augustus John Smith Esquire deceased to surrender existing Leases and to accept a new Lease of the Scilly Isles and to determine a Trust for Accumulation contained in the said Will and for other purposes.
2. An Act to authorise certain arrangements with regard to the Trust Estate of the late Robert Montgomery Hamilton Lord Belhaven and Stenton, and to empower his Trustee to carry the same into effect.
3. An Act to confirm certain Leases Conveyances and Assignment under the Will of William Hallett Esquire deceased and to give the Trustees powers of leasing and sale and for other purposes.
4. An Act to enable the Sale of the Glebe Lands of the Rectory of Winwick, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and the disposal of the proceeds for the endowment of that Rectory, and additional endowments of other Benefices.
5. An Act to further amend "The Earl of Aylesford's Estate Act, 1882."
6. An Act to facilitate the Sale, free from incumbrances, of the Estates in England and Ireland of the Right Honourable William Reginald Earl of Devon, and the Honourable Edward Baldwin Courtenay, commonly called Lord Courtenay.

SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE, SESSION 1884.
RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 6 August 1884;—for,
RETURN "of the Number of DAYS on which THE HOUSE SAT in the Session of 1884, stating, for each Day, the Date of the Month, and Day of the Week, the Hour of the Meeting, and the Hour of Adjournment; and the Total Number of Hours occupied in the Sittings of The House, and the Average Time; and showing the Number of Hours on which The House Sat each Day, and the Number of Hours after Midnight; and the Number of Entries in each Day's Votes and Proceedings" (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.115, of Session 1883).

(Sir Charles Forster.)

Month.

Day.

House met.

House adjourned.

Hours of Sitting.

Hours after Midnight.

Entries in Votes.

1884

H.

M.

H.

M.

H.

M.

H.

M.

Feb.

5

Tu

1

30

10

30

9

0

-

-

93

Feb.

6

W

12

0

5

0

5

0

-

-

126

Feb.

7

Th

4

0

12

45

8

45

0

45

114

Feb.

8

F

4

0

12

30

8

30

0

30

158

Feb.

11

M

4

0

2

45

10

45

2

45

180

Feb.

12

Tu

4

0

1

0

9

0

1

0

63

Feb.

13

W

12

0

5

50

5

50

-

-

31

Feb.

14

Th

4

0

1

45

9

45

1

45

58

Feb.

15

F

4

0

12

45

8

45

0

45

49

Feb.

18

M

4

0

1

0

9

0

1

0

100

Feb.

19

Tu

4

0

2

15

10

15

2

15

74

Feb.

20

W

12

0

5

50

5

50

-

-

39

Feb.

21

Th

4

0

1

45

9

45

1

45

55

Feb.

22

F

4

0

1

15

9

15

1

15

47

Feb.

25

M

4

0

1

0

9

0

1

0

83

Feb.

26

Tu

4

0

4

50

0

50

—

-

Feb.

27

W

2

0

5

50

3

50

-

-

61

Feb.

28

Th

4

0

12

45

8

45

0

45

70

Feb.

29

F

4

0

1

15

9

15

1

15

56

Total

19

-

-

-

-

151

5

16

45

1,463

Mar.

3

M

4

0

1

45

9

45

1

45

90

Mar.

4

Tu

4

0

8

50

4

50

-

-

50

Mar.

5

W

12

0

5

55

5

55

-

-

50

Mar.

6

Th

4

0

2

15

10

15

2

15

76

Mar.

7

F

4

0

12

45

8

45

0

45

70

Mar.

10

M

4

0

2

30

10

30

2

30

93

Mar.

11

Tu

4

0

8

10

4

10

-

-

49

Mar.

12

W

12

0

5

50

5

50

-

-

74

Mar.

13

Th

4

0

3

45

11

45

3

45

71

Mar.

14

F

4

0

2

5

10

5

2

5

69

Mar.

15

S

12

0

5

45

17

45

5

45

29

Mar.

17

M

4

0

3

45

11

45

3

45

91

Mar.

18

Tu

2

0

9

5

7

5

-

-

68

Mar.

19

W

12

0

5

55

5

55

-

-

71

Mar.

20

Th

4

0

3

0

11

0

3

0

76

Mar.

21

F

2

0

1

15

11

15

1

15

64

Mar.

24

M

4

0

2

15

10

15

2

15

133

Mar.

25

Tu

2

0

9

25

7

25

-

-

63

Mar.

26

W

12

0

5

55

5

55

-

-

61

Mar.

27

Th

4

0

1

15

9

15

1

15

88

Mar.

28

F

4

0

1

30

9

30

1

30

71

Mar.

31

M

4

0

12

15

8

15

0

15

85

Total

22

-

-

-

-

197

10

32

5

1,592

SUMMARY.
Month.

Days of Sitting.

Hours of Sitting.

Hours after Midnight.

Entries in Votes.

1884

H.

M.

H.

M.

February

19

151

5

16

45

1,463

March

22

197

10

32

5

1,592

April

14

131

25

18

30

1,321

May

19

167

5

19

0

1,710

June

18

161

5

21

0

1,426

July

23

211

15

46

10

1,682

August

11

83

45

13

20

449

Total

126

1,102

50

166

50

9,643

Average Length of Sitting, Daily, 8 Hours 49 Minutes.

DIVISIONS OF THE HOUSE, SESSION 1884,
Distinguishing the DIVISIONS on PUBLIC BUSINESS from PRIVATE; and also the Number of Divisions before and after Midnight.—(PARL. PAPER 0.122.)

SUMMARY.
Number of Divisions on Public Business before Midnight

99

Number of Divisions on Public Business after Midnight

105

Number of Private Business Public Business before Midnight

12

Number of Private Business Public Business after Midnight

—

Total Number of Divisions in Session 1884

216

PUBLIC BILLS.
RETURN of the Number of PUBLIC BILLS introduced, and brought from the HOUSE OF LORDS; and of Acts passed in the Session of 1884.—(PARL. PAPER 0.124.)

Total Number of Bills which received the Royal Assent:

(1.) Introduced into the House

116

(2.) Brought from the House of Lords

28

144

Total Number of Bills introduced into, but not passed by, the Commons

141

Total Number of Bills brought from the Lords, but not passed by the Commons

6

Total Number of Bills passed by the Commons, but not by the Lords

4

Total

295

PRIVATE BILLS.
RETURN of the Number of PRIVATE BILLS introduced, and brought from the HOUSE of LORDS; and of ACTS passed in the Session of 1884.—(PARL. PAPER 0.120.)

Number of Private Bills, introduced in the House of Commons

173

Number of Private Bills (originating in the House of Lords under Standing Order 79)

100

Estate Bills, &c. brought from the Lords

6

Total

279

NUMBER of PRIVATE BILLS which have received the ROYAL ASSENT

203

PUBLIC PETITIONS (0.125).
Petitions presented, Session 1884

21,294

COUNTS OUT.
Total Counts-out, Session 1880 b

8

Total Counts-out, Session 1881

19

Total Counts-out, Session 1882

20

Total Counts-out, Session 1883

17

Total Counts-out, Session 1884

26

[P.P. 350.]

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
(Days appropriated to Government Business).

Total No. of Days, Session 1884

45