NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

NEW VESSELS BUILT.-AN ACCOUNT of the Number of VESSELS, with the Amount of their TONNAGE, that were Built and Registered in the several Ports of the BRITISH EMPIRE, in the Years ending 5th January, 1849, 1850, and 1851 respectively.

Year ending 5th January, 1849.

Year ending 5th January, 1850. Year ending 5th January, 1851.

Note. The Account rendered for the Plantations for the Year ending 5th January, 1850, is now corrected; and, as several Returns for that part of the Empire are not yet received for the last Year, a similar correction will be necessary when the next Account is made up.

VESSELS REGISTERED.-AN ACCOUNT of the Number of VESSELS, with the Amount of their TONNAGE, and the Number of MEN and Boys usually employed in Navigating the same, that belonged to the several Ports of the BRITISH EMPIRE, on the 31st December, 1848, 1849, and 1850 respectively.

AN ACCOUNT of the Number of VESSELS, with the Amount of their TONNAGE, and the Number of MEN and Boys employed in Navigating the same (including their repeated voyages), that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards at the several Ports of Great Britain from and to all parts of the World, during each of the Three the Intercourse with IRELAND. Years ending the 5th of January, 1851 :-Also showing the Number and Tonnage of Shipping entered Inwards and cleared Outwards, during the same Period, exclusive of

I.

PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.

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N Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for making Provision for the Collection of County Cess in Ireland, and for the Remuneration of the Collectors thereof.

II. An Act to restrain Party Processions in Ireland.

III. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight

Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty.

IV. An Act for requiring the Transmission of annual Abstracts of Accounts and Statements of Trustees or Commissioners of Turnpike Roads and Bridges in Ireland to the Lord Lieutenant to be laid before Parliament.

V. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. VI. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore.

VII. An Act for consolidating the Office of the Registrar of Metropolitan. Public Carriages with the Office of Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis, and making other Provisions in regard to the Consolidated Offices.

VIII. An Act to authorize the Inclosure

of certain Lands in pursuance of the Fifth Annual General Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, and to confirm the Proceedings in the Matter of the Common Wood Inclosure.

IX. An Act to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on Bricks.

X. An Act for raising the Sum of Nine millions two hundred thousand Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty.

XI. An Act to make better Provision for the Contributions of Unions and Parishes

VICT.

in School Districts to the common Funds of the respective Districts.

XII. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively. XIII. An Act to render more simple and effectual the Titles by which Congregations or Societies associated for Purposes of Religious Worship or Education in Scotland hold Real Property required for such Purposes.

XIV. An Act to authorize a further Advance of Money to certain distressed Poor Law Unions, and to make Provision for the Repayment of Advances made and authorized to be made to Poor Law Unions and other Districts in Ireland.

XV. An Act to authorize the Establish-
ment of Courts of Appeal for certain of
Her Majesty's West India Colonies.
XVI. An Act to enable the Judges of the

Courts of Common Law at Westminster to alter the Forms of Pleading. XVII. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament for granting Relief against Defects in Leases made under Powers of Leasing.

XVIII. An Act for the Regulation of
Process and Practice in the Superior
Courts of Common Law in Ireland.
XIX. An Act to explain and amend an
Act for the Regulation of Process and
Practice in the Superior Courts of Com-
mon Law in Ireland.

XX. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth

and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, for the Appointment and Payment of Parish Constables.

XXI. An Act for shortening the Language used in Acts of Parliament.

XXII. An Act for raising the Sum of

Eight millions five hundred and fiftyeight thousand seven hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of

the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty. XXIII. An Act to repeal an Exception in an Act of the Twenty-seventh Year of King Henry the Sixth concerning the Days whereon Fairs and Markets ought not to be kept.

XXIV. An Act to enable the Commis

sioners of Greenwich Hospital to improve the said Hospital, and also to enlarge and improve the Billingsgate Dock, and widen Billingsgate Street, in Greenwich; and for other Purposes.

XXV. An Act to enable Queen's Counsel and others, not being of the Degree of the Coif, to act as Judges of Assize. XXVI. An Act to repeal an Act of the Sixth Year of King George the Fourth, for encouraging the Capture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels; and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. XXVII. An Act to provide for the Commencement of an Act of the present Session, intituled An Act to repeal an Act of the Sixth Year of King George the Fourth, for encouraging the Capture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.

XXVIII. An Act to render more simple

and effectual the Titles by which Congregations or Societies for Purposes of Religious Worship or Education in Eng land and Ireland hold Property for such Purposes.

XXIX. An Act to amend the Laws con-
cerning Judgments in Ireland.
XXX. An Act to provide for the Appoint-
ment of Sheriff of the County of West-
moreland.

XXXI. An Act to authorize further Ad-
vances of Money for Drainage and the
Improvement of Landed Property in the
United Kingdom, and to amend the
Acts relating to such Advances.
XXXII. An Act for confirming certain
Provisional Orders of the General Board
of Health.

XXXIII. An Act to make more effectual
Provision for regulating the Police of
Towns and populous Places in Scotland,
and for paving, draining, cleansing, light-
ing, and improving the same.
XXXIV. An Act to continue certain Acts
for regulating Turnpike Roads in Ire-
land.

XXXV. An Act to diminish the Delay

and Expense of Proceedings in the High Court of Chancery in England. XXXVI. An Act to facilitate Procedure in the Court of Session in Scotland.

XXXVII. An Act for the further Exten

sion of Summary Jurisdiction in Cases of Larceny.

XXXVIII. An Act to render valid certain Marriages solemnized in the new Church at Upton cum Chalvey in the County of Buckingham and Diocese of Oxford.

XXXIX. An Act for the better Government of Convict Prisons.

XL. An Act to regulate the Disposition of the Naval Prize Balance.

XLI. An Act to authorize the Division of the Parish of Manchester into several Parishes, and for the Application of the Revenues of the Collegiate and Parish Church, and for other Purposes. XLII. An Act to confirm the Incorporation of certain Boroughs, and to provide for the Payment of the Expenses of the Incorporation of new Boroughs. XLIII. An Act to amend the Practice

and Proceedings of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster. XLIV. An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Ireland.

XLV. An Act to continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies.

XLVI. An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. XLVII. An Act for further continuing certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England. XLVIII. An Act to continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen, and other Manufactures in Ireland.

XLIX. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons' Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers.

L. An Act to continue the Exemption of inhabitants from Liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property to the Relief of the

Poor.

LI. An Act for the Transfer of the Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer to the Court of Chancery in Ireland.

LII. An Act to make better Provision for the Interment of the Dead in and near the Metropolis.

LIII. An Act for taking account of the

Population of Great Britain.

LIV. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Labour in Factories.

LV. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session for amending an Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland so far as relates to the Borough of Dublin.

LVI. An Act to continue the Act for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Usury Laws.

LVII. An Act to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meetings in Churches, and for regulating the Appointment of Vestry Clerks.

LVIII. An Act to continue an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads.

LIX. An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty's Australian Colonies. LX. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Conveyance and Transfer of Real and Personal Property vested in Mortgagees and Trustees. LXI. An Act to extend the Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England, and to amend the

same.

LXII. An Act to alter and extend an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of King George the Fourth, for amending and consolidating the Laws relating to the Pay of the Royal Navy.

LXIII. An Act to provide for the Redemption of an Annuity of Ten thousand Pounds payable to the " Equivalent Company."

LXIV. An Act to provide for more effectually maintaining, repairing, improving and rebuilding Bridges in Cities and Boroughs.

LXV. An Act for enabling Town Councils to establish Public Libraries and Mu

seums.

LXVI. An Act to authorize the Inclosure

of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales. LXVII. An Act to reduce the Duty of Excise on Sugar manufactured in the United Kingdom, and to impose a countervailing Duty on Sugar used in the brewing of Beer for Sale; and also to amend the Laws relating to the Licences granted to Brewers and Distillers. LXVIII. An Act to shorten the Duration

of Elections in Ireland, and for esta blishing additional Places for taking the Poll thereat.

LXIX. An Act to amend the Laws which regulate the Qualification and Registration of Parliamentary Voters in Ireland, and to alter the Law for rating Immediate Lessors of Premises to the Poor Rate in certain Boroughs.

LXX. An Act empowering the Canterbury Association to dispose of certain Lands in New Zealand.

LXXI. An Act to continue an Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to prevent, until the First day of September One thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals. LXXII. An Act to amend the Laws for

the Registration of Assurances of Lands in Ireland.

LXXIII. An Act to amend the Law relating to Proceedings by Process of Attachment of Goods in the Borough and other Courts of Record in Ireland. LXXIV. An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Registrar of Judgments in Ireland.

LXXV. An Act to regulate the Receipt and Amount of Fees receivable by certain Officers in the Court of Common Pleas. LXXVI. An Act to provide for the Division of the Deanery of Saint Burian into Three Rectories, and for abolishing the Royal Peculiar of Saint Burian. LXXVII. An Act to enable Her Majesty to make a suitable Provision for His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and also for Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge.

LXXVIII. An Act to enable Her Majesty to make Provision for the Residence of His Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales in Marlborough House during the joint Lives of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness.

LXXIX. An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and to make further Provisions respecting Turnpike Roads in England.

LXXX. An Act to repeal Part of an Act of the Fifteenth Year of King George the Third, for the Encouragement of the Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe, and for securing the Return of the Fishermen, Sailors, and others employed in the said Fisheries to the Ports thereof at the End of the Fishing Season. LXXXI. An Act to explain an Act of the last Session for amending an Act for the