shall (unless the contrary be provided by such Deed or Instrument) be as fully competent to act in all respects as the whole Body of Persons thereby appointed. V. And be it enacted, That, for all Purposes respecting Verification of Registration in the said Colony or its Dependencies, any Deed, Deeds for ReConveyance, or other Instrument, and any Memorial thereof, gistration. sealed or purporting to be sealed with the Seal of the said Company, shall be sufficient Evidence of the due Execution of such Deed, Conveyance, or other Instrument and Memorial by the said Company; and no further Evidence or Verification of such Execution, nor any Evidence or Verification of the Signature of the Secretary of the said Company or other Person or Persons who shall attest the sealing of such Deed, Conveyance, or other Instrument or Memorial, shall be required for the Purpose of such Registry, any Law, Ordinance, or Custom now or hereafter to be in force in New Zealand notwithstanding. VI. And be it enacted, That this Act shall extend to the Act to extend to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and also to Her Colonies. Majesty's Colonies. VII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed a Public Act. Public Act. VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of amended, &c. Parliament. CAP. LXXX. An Act to repeal the Allowances on the Purchase of WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Forty-fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An 44 G. 3. c. 98. • Act to repeal the several Stamp Duties under the Commissioners for managing the Duties upon stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper in Great Britain, and to grant new and additional Duties in lieu thereof, certain Allowances, specified in the Schedule marked (C.) to the said Act annexed, were granted and made payable, and amongst others the following; that is to say, To every Person who at one and the same Time shall produce at the Head Office for Stamps in London to be stamped, or shall buy of the Commissioners of the Stamp Duties, Vellum, Parchment, or Paper charged with any Stamp Duty to the Amount in the whole of Thirty Pounds or upwards, One Pound Ten Shillings for every One hundred Pounds, and so in proportion for any greater or less Sum not under Thirty Pounds: 6 6 To Persons who shall at one and the same Time purchase 9 G. 4. c. 27. every One hundred Pounds, and so in proportion for any greater or less Sum not under Five Pounds: To Persons who shall at one and the same Time purchase stamped Labels for Medicines the Duty whereon shall amount to Fifty Pounds or upwards, Ten Pounds for every One hundred Pounds, and so in proportion for any greater or less Sum not under Fifty Pounds: 6 To Persons who shall at one and the same Time purchase And whereas by an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal the Allowances made to Stationers on the Purchase of Stamps for • Receipts at the Head Office in London, and to grant an Allowance to Persons purchasing such Stamps to a certain Amount of the • Commissioners of Stamps or of the Distributors of Stamps in • Great Britain, the following Allowance was granted and made payable; (that is to say,) 6 Το every Person who at one and the same Time shall buy of the Commissioners of Stamps at their Head Office for Stamps in London Stamps for Receipts to the Amount of Five Pounds or upwards, or who at one and the same Time shall buy of any Distributor or Sub-Distributor of Stamps in any other Part of Great Britain, not being within the Distance of Ten Miles from the said Head Office, Stamps for Receipts to the Amount of One Pound or upwards, an Allowance of the Sum of Seven Pounds Ten Shillings for every One hundred Pounds, and so in proportion for any greater or less Sum than One hundred Pounds of such Stamps so purchased not under Five Pounds or One Pound respectively: 6 And whereas by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign 5&6 Viet. c. 82. of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations for collecting and managing the same, until the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and by Two several Acts subsequently passed for continuing the said last-mentioned Act, the same Allowances as are authorized by Law to be made or allowed in England in respect of the Stamp Duties or any of them in force there are directed to be made and are now payable in respect of the Stamp Duties in Ireland: And whereas since the granting of the 'the said Allowances by the said Act of the Forty-fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Third the Rate of the Stamp Duties has been greatly increased, and by reason thereof the Rate of the said Allowances computed thereon has been in some Cases rendered excessive: And whereas, regard being had to 'the Object and Design of the said recited Acts in granting the 'said Allowances, the continuing of the same is in some Cases unnecessary: And whereas it is expedient to repeal the said Allowances, and to grant others in lieu thereof at a reduced Rate or limited as herein-after directed:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Tenth Day of Recited AllowOctober One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine all the said ances repealed. several Allowances herein-before recited, and now payable in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, shall cease and determine, and the same are hereby repealed. II. And be it enacted, That in lieu of the said several Allow- Grant of Alances hereby repealed as aforesaid there shall be made, allowed, lowances in lieu and paid in Great Britain and Ireland respectively the several of those reAllowances following; (that is to say,) To any Pounds. For receiving the Duty for and in respect of Gold Plate or Silver Plate made or wrought in Great Britain or Ireland, paying the same, and making out the Accounts according to the Directions of the several Acts of Parliament in that Behalf made, One Pound for every One hundred Pounds so received, paid, and accounted for, and so in proportion for any greater or less Sum. pealed. Allowances to of Inland III. And be it enacted, That the said Allowances by this Act be under the granted and made payable shall be under the Charge and Care Care of the of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and all Powers, Provi- Commissioners sions, Clauses, Regulations, and Directions contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament or otherwise, and now in force, in relation to the several Allowances hereby repealed, shall be of Powers, Provi Revenue, and all former sions, &c. to full remain in fo Act may be amended, &c. Her Majesty may appoint Commissioners to inquire into and ascertain Boundaries of 12 & 13 VICT. full Force and Effect with respect to the several Allowances by this Act granted or made payable, as far as the same are or shall be applicable, and shall be observed, applied, and put in execution, so far as the same shall be consistent with the express Provisions of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had been herein repeated and specially enacted with reference to the said Allowances hereby granted and made payable. IV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CAP. LXXXI. An Act to authorize Her Majesty to issue a Commis- W WHEREAS the Boundaries of Her Majesty's Forest called the New Forest in the County of Southampton, and of Her Majesty's Forest called Waltham Forest in the County of Essex, and the Lands of Her Majesty's Subjects within the said Forests respectively, are in some Parts not clearly defined, and divers Purprestures, Encroachments, and Trespasses have been or are alleged to have been made on the Soil of Her Majesty within the said Forests respectively, and the Forestal Rights of Her Majesty in and over the said Forests respectively have been or are alleged to have been diminished, abridged, or prejudiced by unlawful Inclosures made within the Regard of the said Forests respectively, and divers Claims of Common, of Pasture, Turbary, and Fuel, and other Claims, are made or preferred by or on behalf of divers of Her Majesty's Subjects in, upon, and over the said Forests or Portions thereof respectively; and it is expedient that such Matters should be inquired into, and their Nature, Extent, and Value ascertained and defined:' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty to issue or cause to be issued One or more Commission or Commissions under the Great Seal of Great Britain, or under the Seal of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer at Westminster, and thereby to appoint any Person or Persons, not exceeding Three in Number, to be Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act, and to authorize and empower the said Commissioners so to be appointed, or any One or more of them, to inquire into and ascertain the Boundaries of the said Forests called the New Forest and Waltham Forest respectively, and of the Lands of Her Her Majesty's Subjects within the same, and to inquire of any Purprestures, Encroachments, or Trespasses on the Soil of Her Majesty within the said Forests respectively, and by whom and when made, and how occupied, and whether any and what unlawful Inclosures have been made, and are now continued, within the Regard of the said Forests respectively, whereby the Forestal Rights and Interests of Her Majesty have been in any and what respect diminished, abridged, or otherwise prejudiced, and whether any and what Lands lying within the Bounds of the said Forests respectively are quit and free of the Regard thereof respectively, or within and subject to the Regard thereof, or subject to any and what Forestal or other Rights of Her Majesty; and also to inquire whether any and what Person or Persons claim any and what Rights of Common, of Pasture, Fuel, Turbary, Fern, or other Rights or Interests in, upon, or over the said Forests, and whether in respect of any and what particular Lands or otherwise such Rights or Interests are claimed, and how and by whom such Rights or Claims have hitherto been exercised or enjoyed; also to inquire whether Her Majesty is entitled to any and what Rents or other Payments or Acknowledgments for or in respect of any of such Rights or Claims; and also to inquire into the Origin, Nature, Extent, and Particulars, and probable Value, of the Claims of Her Majesty's Subjects in, to, upon, or over the said Forests respectively, and to receive and deliberate upon any Offers or Proposals which may be made for commuting, surrendering, or extinguishing all or any of such Claims; and to inquire into the Nature, Constitution, Powers, Jurisdiction, and Practice of any Forest Court heretofore held within the said Forests respectively, and the Sufficiency or Insufficiency thereof for the Purposes for which such Courts were constituted, and as to the Expediency of re-modelling or abolishing the said Courts, and as to the Expediency of creating and forming any extra-parochial Portions of the said Forests respectively into One or more Parish or Parishes, or adding the same to any existing Parish or Parishes, and generally to carry on and prosecute such other Inquiries as shall in the Judgment of the said Commissioner or Commissioners tend to enable them to make Reports upon the Premises as herein-after directed; and the said Commissioner or Commissioners so to be appointed as aforesaid are hereby empowered, as regards his or their Inquiries in relation to the New Forest, to sit at such convenient Time and Place within the County of Southampton, and as regards his or their Inquiries in relation to Waltham Forest, to sit at such convenient Time and Place within the County of Essex, as he or they shall appoint, and then and there, by the Testimony of Witnesses upon Oath or solemn Affirmation (which Oath or Affirmation any One of the said Commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to administer), and by the Inspection and Examination of Records, Deeds, Muniments, and Writings, or by any other legal Proof or Evidence, to carry on and prosecute the Inquiries aforesaid, and |