Parliamentary Papers, Volume 5

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Page 18 - it is agreed that the distance of three miles fixed as the general limit for the exclusive right of fishery upon the coasts of the two countries shall, with respect to bays, the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight line drawn from headland to headland.
Page viii - That the following words and expressions in this act shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction ; (that is to say...
Page 3 - It shall be unlawful to sell any poison, either by wholesale or by retail, unless the box, bottle, vessel, wrapper, or cover in which such poison is contained be distinctly labelled with the name of the article and the word poison...
Page 2 - ... be brought before a justice of the peace to be dealt with according to law...
Page 2 - Act, the date of the sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold, and the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, to which entry the signature of the purchaser and of the person, if any, who introduced him shall be affixed...
Page 16 - Confirmations shall be in the form, or as nearly as may be in the form, of...
Page 20 - The letter or letters and numbers on the sails shall be one-third larger in every way than those placed on the bows of the boat ARTICLE IX.
Page 30 - Oath required by an Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the Reign of King...

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