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OF

BRITISH LEGISLATION:

BEING

A CLASSIFIED AND ANALYSED SUMMARY OF PUBLIC BILLS, STATUTES, ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND OF COMMISSIONERS, AND OF SESSIONAL PAPERS GENERALLY, OF

THE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMMONS.

EDITED BY

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OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,

PROFESSOR OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF COMMERCE AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON ; AUTHOR OF "COMMERCIAL LAW OF THE world,' ," "MANUAL OF MERCANTILE Law," etc.

Dedicated by special permission to H. R. H. the Prince Consort.

SERIES E.-VOL. I.

LAW, JUSTICE, AND CRIME.

LONDON:

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ANNALS

OF

BRITISH LEGISLATION:

BEING

A CLASSIFIED AND ANALYSED SUMMARY OF PUBLIC BILLS, STATUTES, ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND OF COMMISSIONERS, AND OF SESSIONAL

PAPERS GENERALLY, OF

THE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMMONS.

EDITED BY

LEONE LEVI, F.S.A., F.S.S., &c. &c.,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,

PROFESSOR OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF COMMERCE AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON; 66 COMMERCIAL LAW OF THE WORLD," 39 66 MANUAL OF MERCANTILE LAW," ETC.

AUTHOR OF

Dedicated by special permission to H. R. H. the Prince Consort.

SERIES F.-VOL. I.

BRITISH INDIA, COLONIES, AND DEPENDENCIES.

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER & CO., 65, CORNHILL.