The Acts And Ordinances Of The Legislative Council Of The Straits Settlements From The 1st April 1867 To The 1st June 1886

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Excerpt from The Acts and Ordinances of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements, Vol. 2 of 2: From the 1st April 1867 to the 1st June 1886; Together With Certain Acts of Parliament, Orders of Her Majesty in Council, Letters Patent, and Indian Acts in Force in the Colony of the Straits Settlements In some instances marginal notes have been added, in others they have been amplified or corrected. Obvious misprints have been corrected, but all corrections, being without authority, have been separated from the text by being placed in square brackets, and the original word, where the misprint does not consist of the omission of a word, appears below in a foot note. The date in square brackets below the title of each Act and Ordinance is, unless it is otherwise stated, the date of the coming into operation, not necessarily of the passing, of such Act or Ordinance. Indexes are provided to some of the longer Acts and Ordinances. Some foot notes have been added. These are, of course, not authoritative. In a few cases, where the foot note forms part of the original Ordinance, the fact is specified. I have to thank the Hon. J. W. Bonser, Mr. F. A. Swettenham, C.M.G., and Mr. J. B. Elcum, of the Straits Civil Service, for assistance in the course of the preparation of this edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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