CONTENTS. TABLE OF The TITLES of the LOCAL and PRIVATE ACTs passed during the Session. LOCAL ACTS. The Titles to which the Letter P. is prefixed are Public Acts of a Local Character. AN P. i. N Act to render valid Marriages heretofore solemnised in the Chapel of P. iv. An Act to amend the Act for making regulations as to the Office of Clerk of the Peace for the County Palatine of Lancaster. v. An Act to confirm the holding of certain Lands by the Derby Gaslight and Coke Company, to enable that Company to raise additional Capital, and for other purposes. vi. An Act to authorise the Ely, Haddenham, and Sutton Railway Company to extend their authorised Railway to the Saint Ives and March Railway of the Great Eastern Railway; to change their name; and for other purposes. vii. An Act to authorise the Scotswood, Newburn, and Wylam Railway and Dock Company to abandon the Construction of the Dock and Branch Railway near Scotswood Bridge in the county of Northumberland, to change their name; and for other purposes. P. viii. An Act to confirm two Provisional Orders made under "The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act, 1863," and the Acts amending the same. ix. An Act to authorise an Extension of Time for purchasing Land and completing the Railway authorised by the Manchester and Milford Railway (Devils Bridge Branch) Act, 1873. x. An Act to authorise the Folkestone Gas and Coke Company to acquire further Lands; to extend their Works; to raise additional Capital; and for other purposes. xi. An Act to authorise the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company to make further Arrangements for the Investment of their Reserve Fund; and for other purposes. xii. An Act to enable the Shepton Mallet Waterworks Company to construct additional Works and to raise further Capital; and for other purposes. P. xiii. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Arundel, the District of Bacup, the Rural Sanitary District of the Caistor Union, the City of Carlisle, the District of Milton-next-Sittingborne, the Borough of Northampton, and the District of Toxteth Park, P. xiv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Local Government Board under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867, with reference to the townships of Cumberworth and Cumberworth-Half, in the West Riding of the county of York, and the borough of King's Lynn, in the county of Norfolk. P. xv. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the borough of Blackburn, and to the Districts of Downham Market, Melksham, Milnrow, and Saint Hellen's. P. xvi. An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Districts of Briton Ferry and Clayton, the Rural Sanitary District of the Coventry Union, the Borough of Nottingham (two), and the Districts of Oystermouth and Ripley. P. xvii. An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, and the Public Health Act, 1875, relating to the District of Skelmersdale, in the county of Lancaster. P. xviii. An Act for vesting Poolbeg Lighthouse in the Dublin Port and Docks Board; and for other purposes relating thereto. xix. An Act to enlarge the Powers of the South Alloa Dock Company. xx. An Act for the Reduction of the Nominal Capital of The Assam Company. xxi. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to George Tomlinson Bousfield for Improvements in Lacing Devices and in the Mode of Lacing and Fastening Wearing Apparel and other Articles with the same. xxii. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to Charles Henry Hall for Improvements in Steam Pumps or Apparatus for Elevating Fluids by Steam. xxiii. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to Edward Milner for Improvements in the Method of producing White Pigments from Lead. xxiv. An Act for empowering the British Gaslight Company, Limited, to enlarge their Works, to extend their Limits, and to expend further Capital at Kingstonupon-Hull; and for other purposes. XXV. An Act for empowering the Local Board for the District of Padiham and Hapton, in the county of Lancaster, to acquire the Undertaking of the Padiham Gaslight and Coke Company; and for other purposes. xxvi. An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Leicester to construct additional Works for the Prevention of Floods in the Borough; and for other purposes. xxvii. An Act for extending the time for the completion of the Works authorised by “The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental Act (Ireland), 1868." xxviii. An Act for extending the time limited by the Pegwell Bay Reclamation and Sandwich Haven Improvement Act, 1873, for the Purchase of Land and the Completion of Works; and for other purposes. xxix. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to William Cameron Sillar, Robert George Sillar, and George William Wigner, for Improvements in deodorising and purifying Sewage and making Manure therefrom. xxx. An Act to provide for the closing of the Coombe Hill Canal Navigation, and the Sale of the Site thereof; and for other purposes. xxxi. An Act for extending the Boundary of the Borough of Romsey, in the county of Southampton; and for other purposes. xxxii. An Act for incorporating the Maidenhead Gas Company, and for conferring upon them powers for the supply of Gas to the borough of Maidenhead and certain neighbouring places in the counties of Berks and Buckingham; and for other purposes. xxxiii. An Act to enable the Edinburgh and District Water Trustees to abandon their authorised Edgelaw Reservoir, and to construct the same on another Site, and also to construct a Reservoir at Rosebery, and other Works, and to make further provision for the supply of Water to their District, and otherwise; and for other purposes. xxxiv. An Act for amending the Act (Local) of the thirteenth year of Her present Majesty, chapter five, commonly known as the Brighton Improvement (Purchase of Royal Pavilion, &c.) Act; and for other purposes. XXXV. An Act to confer further powers on the City of Glasgow Union Railway Company, the Glasgow and South-western Railway Company, and the North British Railway Company; and for other purposes. xxxvi. An Act to grant further Powers to the Rossendale Union Gas Company. xxxvii. An Act to amend and extend the Thames Tunnel Act, 1866, and for other purposes. xxxviii. An Act for incorporating the Erwood Bridge Company, and for empowering them to construct a Bridge over the River Wye, with approaches thereto, in the counties of Brecon and Radnor; and for other purposes. xxxix. An Act for improving certain Waste Lands called Flookersbrook, in the Townships of Newton and Hoole and County of Chester; and for other purposes. P. xl. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Aldborough, Cattewater, Gardenstown, and Llandudno. P. xli. An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Brentford Gas, North Middlesex Gas, North Ormesby Gas, Retford Gas, Risca and Pontymister Gas, Saint Anne's-on-the-Sea Gas, Tottenham and Edmonton Gas, Worksop Gas, Chiltern Hills Spring Water, Flamborough Water, Stockport District Water, Wisbech Water, and Clacton-on-Sea Gas and Water. P. xlii. An Act for confirming a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under The Tramways Act, 1870, relating to Wantage Tramways. P. xliii. An Act to facilitate the assembling and training of certain Army Corps. P. xliv. An Act for remedying certain defects in the constitution of the District of All Saints, Moss, in the County and Diocese of York. xlv. An Act for varying the Purposes of the Trust constituted by Allan Glen; for incorporating the Trustees of Allan Glen's Institution in the City of Glasgow; for conferring powers upon the Trustees; and for other purposes. xlvi. An Act for the abandonment of the Railway authorised to be made by the "Mid-Wales Railway (Western Extensions) Act, 1865." xlvii. An Act for conferring further Powers on the Furness Railway Company, for the Construction of Works, the Acquisition of Lands, the Raising of Money, and otherwise in relation to their Undertaking; and for other purposes. xlviii. An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Company to make a Wet Dock, Timber Basin, Quays, and other Works at Grangemouth, and to improve the Navigation of the River Carron; for altering the rates leviable at the Harbour of Grangemouth; for extending the period limited for the acquisition by the said Company of Lands near that Port; and for other purposes. xlix. An Act to grant further powers to the Chesterfield Waterworks and Gaslight Company. 1. An Act for empowering the York New Waterworks Company to construct additional Works; to raise additional Capital; and for other purposes. li. An Act to authorise the construction of Railways in Cumberland, to be called the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. lii. An Act to enable the East London Railway Company to make a New Junction with the Main Line of the Great Eastern Railway Company; and for other purposes. liii. An Act for conferring further powers on the Glasgow and South-western Railway Company for the construction of Works and the acquisition of Lands; for converting and consolidating the several classes of their Shares and Stocks; and for other purposes. liv. An Act to authorise the widening of parts of the London and Blackwall Railway and the enlargement of some of the Stations; to authorise agreements with other Companies; and for other purposes. lv. An Act to vest in the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company the Undertaking of the Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne Railway Company, and to make better provision for railway communication to Eastbourne. lvi. An Act to make better Provision for the Maintenance of the Royal Albert Hall. lvii. An Act for authorising a deviation of the line of a Sewer to be constructed in pursuance of the West Kent Main Sewerage Act, 1875, and for amending that Act; and for other purposes. lviii. An Act to authorise the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Company to make new Railways in the county of Cumberland; to raise further Capital; and for other purposes. lix. An Act for incorporating the Wilts and Berks Canal Company; for the transfer to them of the Undertaking of the Wilts and Berks Canal Navigation; and for other purposes. lx. An Act to extend the Municipal Boundaries of the Burgh of Galashiels; to provide for the maintenance by the Corporation of the Roads and Streets within the burgh, and to bring in a supply of Water thereto; and for other purposes. lxi. An Act to define, alter, and extend the Boundaries of the Borough and Urban Sanitary District of Newport in the Isle of Wight; and for other purposes. lxii. An Act to amend, vary, and extend the powers of the Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society; and for other purposes relating thereto. Ixiii. An Act to incorporate a Company with Powers to erect Machinery for raising and lowering Passengers, Vehicles, Animals, and Goods between the Quayside and the Castle Yard at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. lxiv. An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Company to make certain railways and other works, and to acquire certain lands, in the counties of Lanark, Stirling, Edinburgh, Renfrew, and Forfar; for abandoning certain authorised works in the county of Forfar; for extending the periods limited by certain former Acts; for sanctioning certain modifications of a scheme for the conversion and consolidation of certain classes of Shares and Stock in the said Company; and for other purposes. lxv. An Act to amend "The Vale of Clyde Tramways Act, 1871." lxvi. An Act to authorise the Duke of Cornwall and the Sutton Harbour Improvement Company to enter into and carry into effect Agreements for certain purposes. lxvii. An Act for dissolving the Gorleston and Southdown Gaslight and Coke Company, Limited, for re-incorporating the Proprietors therein with others, and for conferring powers on the Company so to be incorporated; and for other purposes. lxviii. An Act for authorising the Great Eastern Railway Company to make several Railways and other works, and for conferring on them further powers |