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 Years ending the 5th of January, 1847:-Also showing the Number and Tonnage of Shipping entered Inwards and cleared Outwards, during the same Period, exclusive of the Intercourse with IRELAND.

I.

PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS.

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IN Act for the further Amendment of the Acts for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland.

II. An Act to authorize Grand Juries in Ireland, at the Spring Assizes of the present Year, to appoint Extraordinary Presentment Sessions: to empower such Sessions to make Presentment for County Works, and to provide Funds for the Execution of such Works; and also to provide for the more prompt payment of Contractors for Works under Grand Jury Presentments in Ireland.

III. An Act to encourage the Sea Fisheries of Ireland, by promoting and aiding with Grants of Public Money the Construction of Piers, Harbours, and other Works.

IV. An Act to amend the Acts for promoting the Drainage of Lands and Improvement of Navigation and Water Power in connection with such Drainage, in Ireland; and to afford Facilities for increased Employment for the Labouring Classes in Works of Drainage during the present Year.

V. An Act to amend an Act for regulat

ing the Construction and Use of Buildings in the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood.

VI. An Act to make Provision until the First Day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, for the treatment of poor Persons afflicted with Fever in Ireland.

VII. 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 forty-six. VIII. An Act to make further Provisions as to unclaimed Stock and Dividends of the South Sea Company.

IX. An Act for amending the Act for rendering effective the Services of the Chelsea Out-Pensioners, and extending it to the Out-Pensioners of Greenwich Hospital.

X. An Act for regulating the Payment of the Out-Pensioners of Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals.

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

XIII. 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 until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty

seven.

XIV. An Act to continue until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relating to Insolvent Debtors in India. XV. An Act for raising the Sum of Eighteen millions three hundred and eighty thousand two hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

XVI. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain lands in pursuance of the Recommendation of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales. XVII. An Act for the Abolition of the exclusive Privilege of Trading in Burghs in Scotland.

XVIII An Act to amend Two clerical Errors in an Act of the last Session, for regulating the Labour of Children, young Persons, and Women in Print Works.

XIX. An Act to amend an A of the Second and Third Years of He ine

Majesty, by pronting adenommi Booths or Polling Places at Edertas in Ireland where the Number of Eiertors whose names shall begin wh the same Letter of the Alphabet shall ercood a certain Number.

XX. An Act to amend an Act of the Second Year of Her present Majesty, for providing for the Custody of certain Monies paid, in pursuance of the Stand ing Orders of either House of Parlia ment, by Subscribers to Works or Undertakings to be effected under the Authority of Parliament.

XXI. An Act to enable the Right Honourable Henry Viscount Hardinge to receive the full Benefit of an Annuity of Five thousand Pounds granted to him by the East India Company. XXIL An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Importation of Corn. XXIII. An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs.

XXIV. An Act for removing some Defects in the Administration of Criminal Justice.

XXV. An Act for preventing malicious Injuries to Persons and Property by Fire, or by explosive or destructive Substances.

XXVI. An Act for abolishing the Office

of Superintendent of Convicts under Sentence of Transportation. XXVII. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Friendly Societies. XXVIII. An Act to facilitate the Dissolution of certain Railway Companies. XXIX. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fortysix, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom. XXX. An Act to define the Notice of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for Cities, Towns, or Boroughs in Ireland.

XXXI. An Act to settle an Annuity on Viscount Hardinge, and the Two next surviving Heirs Male of the Body of the said Viscount Hardinge to whom the Title of Viscount Hardinge sha descend, in consideration of his grea and brilliant Services.

XXXII. An Act to settle an Annuity on Lord Gough and the Two next surviving Heirs Male of the Body of the Baid Lord Gough to w

XXX An Act to amend the Laws re

ing to Corresponding Societies and the Losing of Lecture Rooms XXXIV. An Act to enable the Conmissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to construct a new Street frem SpitalBeide to Shoreditch

XXIV. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight bundred and forty-eight,

and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Tenth Year of King Georgs the Fourth, for providing for the Government of her Majesty's Settlements in Western Asstralia on the Western Coast of New Helland

XXXVL An Act to continue until the First day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and to amend, an Act for es tablishing an Office for the Benefit of Coalwhippers of the Port of London. XXXVII. An Act to amend the Laws

relating to the Office of Coroner and the Expenses of Inquests in Ireland. XXXVIII An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to form a Royal Park in Battersea Fields in the County of Surrey. XXXIX. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to construct an Embankment and Roadway on the North Shore of the River Thames from Battersea Bridge to Vauxhall Bridge, and to build a Suspension Bridge over the said River at or near Chelsea Hospital, with suitable Approaches thereto, including a Street from Lower Sloan Street to the Northern Extremity of the Bridge. XL. An Act to declare certain Ropeworks not within the Operation of the Factory Acts.

XLI. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and fortysix, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom.

XLII. An Act to authorize a Loan from Consolidated Fund to the New and Company.

An Act to suspend until the First October One thousand eight and forty-seven the making of the Ballots and Enrolments litia of the United Kingdom. et to remove Doubts as to of Members to serve in for the County of Chester,

the Boroughs situate therein, and for the County of the City of Chester. XLV. An Act to continue until the First

Day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven certain of the Provisions of an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, for amending the Constitution of the Government of Newfoundland.

XLVI. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one an Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her present Majesty, for authorizing and facilitating the Completion of a Survey of Great Britain, Berwickupon-Tweed, and the Isle of Man. XLVII. An Act to apply the Sum of Four Millions out of the Consolidated Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-six. XLVIII. An Act for legalizing Art Unions.

XLIX. An Act to continue until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads.

L. An Act to continue until the First
Day of October One thousand eight
hundred and forty-seven, and to the
End of the then Session of Parliament,
the Exemption of Inhabitants of Pa-
rishes, Townships, and Villages 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 to continue certain Turnpike

Acts until the First Day of October
One thousand eight hundred and forty-
seven, and to the end of the then next
Session of Parliament.

LII. An Act to continue to the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies.

LIII. An Act to continue the Copyhold Commission until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament. LIV. An Act to extend to all Barristers practising in the Superior Courts at Westminster the Privileges of Sergeants-at-Law in the Court of Conimon Pleas.

LV. An Act to defray until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven 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. LVI. An Act to provide Forms of Proceedings under the Acts relating to the Duties of Assessed Taxes, and the Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices in England.

LVII. An Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways.

LVIII. An Act to amend an Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of Her present Majesty, for reducing, under certain circumstances, the Duties payable upon Books and Engravings. LIX. An Act to relieve Her Majesty's Subjects from certain Penalties and Disabilities in regard to Religious Opinions.

LX. An Act to exempt from Stamp Duty Bonds and Warrants to confess Judgment executed by High Constables or Collectors of Grand Jury Cess, or their Sureties, in Ireland.

LXI. An Act to amend an Act of the Seventh Year of King George the Fourth, for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Prisons in Ireland.

LXII. An Act to abolish Deodands. LXIII. An Act for granting certain Du

ties on Sugar and Molasses. LXIV. An Act to enable Courts of Law in Ireland to give Relief against adverse Claims made upon Persons having no Interest in the Subject Matter of such Claims.

LXV. An Act to provide for the more effectual Execution of the Office of a Justice of the Peace, and the better Administration of the Police, within the Borough of Wolverhampton and certain Parishes and Places in the Neighbourhood thereof, all in the County of Stafford.

LXVI. An Act to amend the Laws re

lating to the Removal of the Poor. LXVII. An Act to remove Doubts concerning Citations, and Services and Execution of Diligence, in Scotland.

LXVIII. An Act for better enabling the Burial Service to be performed in One Chapel where contiguous Burial Grounds shall have been provided for Two or more Parishes or Places. LXIX. An Act to authorize until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Regulation of the Annuities and Premiums of the Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society.

LXX. An Act to amend the Act to facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons.

LXXI. An Act to amend an Act of the present Session, intituled An Act to authorize Grand Juries in Ireland, at the Spring Assizes of the present Year, to appoint Extraordinary Presentment Sessions; to empower such Sessions to make Presentment for County Works; and to provide Funds for the Execution of such Works; and also to provide for the more prompt Payment of Contractors for Works under Grand Jury Presentments in Ireland. LXXII. An Act to amend the Act for Marriages in Ireland, and for registering such Marriages.

LXXIII. An Act further to amend the

Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in
England and Wales.

LXXIV. An Act to encourage the Establishment of Public Baths and Washhouses.

LXXV. An Act to regulate Joint Stock Banks in Scotland and Ireland. LXXVI. An Act for the Abolition of the exclusive Privilege of Trading, or of regulating Trades, in Cities, Towns, or Boroughs in Ireland.

LXXVII. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Offices of the House of Commons.

LXXVIII. An Act to authorize a further

Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund towards defraying the Expense of County Works presented in Ireland.

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LXXXI. An Act for regulating the De

duction at the Bank of England of Income Tax Duty in respect of certain Offices. LXXXII. An Act to amend an Act of the present Session for authorizing a Loan from the Consolidated Fund to the New Zealand Company. LXXXIII. An Act to empower the Commissioners for the Issue of Loans for Public Works and Fisheries to make Loans in Money to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, in lieu of Loans heretofore authorized to be made in Exchequer Bills. LXXXIV. An Act to amend the Law concerning Lunatic Asylums and the Care of Pauper Lunatics in England. LXXXV. An Act to authorize the Application of Money for the Purposes of Loans for carrying on Public Works in Ireland.

LXXXVI. An Act to extend and consolidate the Powers hitherto exercised by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and to appoint additional Commissioners.

LXXXVII. An Act for promoting the

voluntary Establishment in Boroughs and certain Cities and Towns in Ireland of Public Baths and Washhouses.

LXXXVIII. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Legality of certain Assignments of Ecclesiastical Patronage. LXXXIX. An Act to continue certain

Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in Ireland until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament.

XC. An Act to prevent the Use of Stills by unlicensed Persons.

XCI. An Act to continue certain Patent

Commissions until the Exhibition of the Commissions revoking them. XCII. An Act to provide for the Preparation, Audit, and Presentation to Parliament of annual Accounts of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Naval and Military Departments. XCIII. An Act for compensating the Families of Persons killed by Accidents.

XCIV. An Act to enable the Legislatures of certain British Possessions to reduce or repeal certain Duties of Cus

toms.