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INTRODUCTION .
The object of this work is to supply the long felt want of an Edition of
the Ordinances accessible to the legal professions and the public generally.
The Edition which will comprise 4 or 5 volumes and will probably be
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carried down to the end of 1890 will contain :
1. All Ordinances of the Colony whether in force or not.
2. All regulations , rules and orders in force printed at foot of the
Ordinances to which they relate and references to regulations,
&c. no longer in force.
3. Proclamations in reference to Ordinances of sufficient import
ance printed in full and statements of the effect and date of
proclamations, bringing into force, disallowing or suspending
Ordinances - But proclamations merely signifying H. M.'s
confirmation of Ordinances, where the Ordinance has no
suspending clause are not referred to.
Each volume will also contain :
( i ) A chronological table of the Ordinances in that volume
showing in columns the number, year and title of the Ordi
nances and how each has been dealt with.
(ii) An alphabetical table of the Ordinances, being an index to
the titles of the Ordinances.
Repealed Ordinances, or sections of Ordinances are indicated by small
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type in contra-distinction to the larger type of Ordinances in force .
Repeals of portions of sections are indicated in italics.