pound and a quarter of meat previous to being dressed, one pound of bread, one pound of potatoes or other vegetables, and two pints of small beer, and vinegar, salt, and pepper; and (3) when the soldier is not so entitled to be furnished with a hot meal, shall furnish the soldier with candles, vinegar, and salt, and allow him the use of fire, and the necessary utensils for dressing and eating his meat: and (4) shall furnish stable room and ten pounds of oats, twelve pounds of hay, and eight pounds of straw on every day for each horse. Part II. Regulations as to billets.-(1) When the troops are on the march, the billets given shall, except in case of necessity, or of an order of a Justice of the Peace, be upon victualling houses in or within one mile from the place mentioned in the route; (2) care shall always be taken that the billets be made out to the less distant victualling houses in which suitable accommodation can be found, before billets are made out for the more distant victualling houses; (3) except in case of necessity, where horses are billeted, each man and his horse shall be billeted on the same victualling house; (4) except in case of necessity, one soldier at least shall be billeted where there are one or two horses, and two soldiers at least where there are four horses, and so in proportion for a greater number; (5) except in case of necessity, a soldier and his horse shall not be billeted at a greater distance from each other than one hundred yards; (6) when any soldiers, with their horses, are billeted upon the keeper of a victualling house who has no stables, on the written requisition of the commanding officer present, the Constable shall billet the soldiers and their horses, or the horses only, on the keeper of some other victualling house who has stables, and a court of summary jurisdiction, upon complaint by the keeper of the last mentioned victualling house, may order a proper allowance to be paid to him by the keeper of the victualling house relieved; (7) an officer demanding billets may allot the billets among the soldiers under his command, and their horses, as he thinks most expedient for the public service, and may from time to time vary such allotment; (8) the commanding officer may where it is practicable, require that not less than two men shall be billeted in one house.

58 Vic., c. 7, s. 3. There shall be paid to the keeper of a victualling bouse for the accommodation provided by him in pursuance of the Army Act, the prices specified in the Schedule to this Act.

S. 1. Short title.--This Act may be cited as the Boiler Explosions Act, 1882.

S. 2. Extent of Act.-This Act shall extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.

S. 3. Interpretation of terms.-In this Act the term "boiler" means any closed vessel used for generating steam, or for heating water, or for heating other liquids, or into which steam is admitted for heating, steaming, boiling, or other similar purposes.

The term "court of summary jurisdiction" means any justices of the peace, metropolitan police magistrate, stipendiary magistrate, sheriff, sheriff substitute, or other magistrate or officer, by whatever name called, who is capable of exercising jurisdiction in summary proceedings for the recovery of penalties.

S. 4. Application of Act.-This Act shall not apply to any boiler used exclusively for domestic purposes, or to any boiler used in the service of Her Majesty, or to any boiler

on board a steamship having a certificate from the Board of Trade, or to any boiler explosion into which an inquiry may be held under the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872, and the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872, or either of them.

S.5. Notice of boiler explosion to be sent to the Board of Trade. --(1.) On the occurrence of an explosion from any boiler to which this Act applies, notice thereof shall, within twentyfours hours thereafter, be sent to the Board of Trade by the owner or user, or by the person acting on behalf of the

owner or user.

(2.) The notice shall state the precise locality as well as the day and hour of the explosion, the number of persons injured or killed, in addition to the purposes for which the boiler was used, and, generally, the part of the boiler that failed, and the extent of the failure, and such other particulars, if any, as the Board of Trade by notice inserted in the London Gazette may require, and shall be in the form printed in the schedule to this Act, or in such other form as the Board of Trade may from time to time approve for the purpose.

(3.) If default is made in complying with the requirements of this section, the person in default shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

S. 6. Power for Board of Trade to direct inquiry as to boiler explosion.--(1). On receiving notice of a boiler explosion the Board of Trade may, if it thinks fit, appoint one or more competent and independent engineer or engineers, practically conversant with the manufacture and working of boilers, to make a preliminary inquiry with respect to the explosion, and the persons so appointed shall have the powers conferred on the court by sub-section (4) of this section. If it appears to the Board of Trade either upon or without such preliminary inquiry, that a formal investigation of the causes and circumstances attending the explosion is expedient, the Board of Trade may direct a formal investigation to be held; and with respect to such investigation the following provisions shall have effect:

(2.) Formal investigations of boiler explosions shall be made at or near the place of such explosion by a court consisting of not less than two Commissioners appointed by the Board of Trade, of whom one at least shall be a competent and practical engineer specially conversant with the manufacture and working of steam boilers, and one a competent lawyer. The court shall be presided over by one of the commissioners, the selection being made by the Board of Trade.

(3.) Any such formal investigation shall be held in open court, in such manner, and under such conditions, as the commissioners may think most effectual for ascertaining the causes and circumstances of the explosion, and for enabling them to make the report hereinafter mentioned in this section.

(4.) The court shall have, for the purpose of its investigations, all the powers of a court of summary jurisdiction when acting as a court in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction, and shall in addition have the following powers; viz.,

(a.) The court, or any one appointed by it, may
enter and inspect any place or building, the entry
or inspection whereof appears to the court requisite
for the said purpose:

(b.) It may by summons under its hand require the
attendance of all such persons as it thinks fit to
call before it, and examine for the said purpose,
and may for such purpose require answers cr
returns to such inquiries as it thinks fit to make:
(c.) It may require and enforce the production of all
books, papers, and documents which it considers
important for the said purpose:

(d.) It may administer an oath, and require any person
examined to make and sign a declaration of the
truth of the statements made by him in his ex-
amination :

(e.) Every person so summoned, not being the owner or user of the boiler, or in the service or employment of the owner or user, or in any way connected with the working or management of the boiler, shall be allowed by the Board of Trade such expenses as would be allowed to a witness attending on subpoena before a court of record.

and in case of dispute as to the amount to be allowed, the same shall be referred by the court to a master of one of the superior courts who on request under the hands of the members of the court, shall ascertain and certify the proper amount of such expenses.

(5.) The court making a formal investigation with respect to any boiler explosion, shall present a full and clear report to the Board of Trade, stating the causes of the explosion, and all the circumstances attending the same, with the evidence, adding thereto any observations thereon, or on the evidence, or on any matters arising out of the investigation which they think right to make, and the Board of

Trade shall cause every such report to be made public in such manner as it thinks fit. When no formal investigation is held, the report presented to the Board of Trade by the engineer making a preliminary inquiry with respect to a boiler explosion shall be made public in such manner as the Board of Trade thinks fit.

S. 7. The court may order the costs and expenses of a preliminary inquiry or formal investigation.

S. 8. Recovery of fines.-Any fine payable under this Act shall be recoverable in Ireland within the police district of Dublin metropolis, in accordance with the provisions of the Acts regulating the powers and duties of justices of the peace for such district, or of the police of such district elsewhere in Ireland in accordance with the provisions of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851 (14 and 15 Vic. c. 93), and any Act amending or affecting the same.

Bread and Flour.-1 & 2 Vic., c. 28.-S. 2 prescribes the ingredients that may be used in making bread for sale.-S. 3. Bakers and sellers of bread to make and sell it of such weight and size as they think fit.-S. 4. All bread sold in Ireland shall be sold by weight only and not by measure, except French or fancy bread.-S. 5. Avoirdupois weight of sixteen ounces to the pound to be used in sale of bread.-S. 6. Every baker or seller of bread shall have in shop a beam and scales with proper weights in order that purchaser may require it to be weighed.-S. 7.: Adulterating bread an offence; and magistrate may cause offender's name, &c., to be published in local. newspapers at offender's expense.-S. 8. Adulteration of ground corn, meal, or flour, O.-S. 9. Bread made wholly or partially of peas, or beans, or potatoes or any corn other than wheat, to be marked with M.— S. 10. Magistrate on sworn information, and peace officer authorized by warrant may enter into any house, mill, or shop, and search for adulterated bread, &c.-S. 11. Hindering search, O.-S. 12. Making bread on the Lord's day prohibited.

Bribery-M. at common law-is the receiving or offering of any undue reward by or to any person whomsoever (for example, a Constable) whose ordinary profession or business relates to the administration of justice, in order to incline him to do a thing