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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1872.

Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".

Some of these acts have a short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

35 & 36 Vict.

The fourth session of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 6 February 1872 until 10 August 1872.

Public general acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Supply Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 1	25 March 1872
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Poor Law Loans Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 2	25 March 1872
An Act to extend and explain the Law relating to Loans for Purposes connected with the Relief of the Poor.
Mutiny Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 3	23 April 1872
An Act for Punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better payment of the Army and their Quarters. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Marine Mutiny Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 4	23 April 1872
An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Bank of Ireland Charter Amendment Act 1872 or the Bank of Ireland Charter Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 5	23 April 1872
An Act to amend the Charter under which the Bank of Ireland is incorporated.
Public Parks (Ireland) Act 1869 Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 6	13 May 1872
An Act to amend The Public Parks (Ireland) Act, 1869.
County Buildings (Loans) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 7	13 May 1872
An Act to amend the Law respecting the borrowing of Money by County Authorities for County Buildings.
Deans and Canons Resignation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 8	13 May 1872
An Act to provide for the Resignation of Deans and Canons.
West Indies (Encumbered Estates) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 9	13 May 1872
An Act to continue the Appointment and Jurisdiction of the Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in the West Indies.
Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 10	13 May 1872
An Act to extend the provisions of the Acts relating to Marriages in England and Ireland, so far as they relate to Marriages according to the usages of the Society of Friends.
Supply (No. 2) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 11	13 May 1872
An Act to apply the sum of Six million pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Superannuation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 12	13 May 1872
An Act to amend an Act of the fourth and fifth years of King William the Fourth, chapter twenty-four, intituled "An Act to alter, amend, and consolidate the laws for regulating the pensions, compensations, and allowances to be made to persons in respect of their haying held civil offices in His Majesty's service."
Irish Church Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 13	27 June 1872
An Act to amend The Irish Church Act, 1869, so far as respects a Vacancy in the office of Commissioner of Church Temporalities in Ireland.
Diocesan Boundaries Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 14	27 June 1872
An Act for the Alteration of Boundaries of Dioceses.
Parks Regulation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 15	27 June 1872
An Act for the Regulation of the Royal Parks and Gardens.
Cattle Disease (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 16	27 June 1872
An Act to amend the Cattle Disease (Ireland) Act Amendment Act, 1870.
Loan Societies (Ireland) Act 1843 Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 17	27 June 1872
An Act to amend the Laws for the Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies in Ireland.
Inquiries by Board of Trade Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 18	27 June 1872
An Act for regulating Inquiries by the Board of Trade.
Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1872 or the Kidnapping Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 19	27 June 1872
An Act for the Prevention and Punishment of Criminal Outrages upon Natives of the Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 20	27 June 1872
An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, and to alter other Duties.
Reformatory and Industrial Schools Acts Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 21	27 June 1872
An Act to amend the Law relating to Reformatory and Industrial Schools.
Party Processions Act (Ireland) Repeal Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 22	27 June 1872
An Act to repeal an Act, intituled "An Act to restrain Party Processions in Ireland." (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Isle of Man Harbours Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 23	27 June 1872
An Act for amending the Law relating to the Harbours and Coasts of the Isle of Man.
Charitable Trustees Incorporation Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 24	27 June 1872
An Act to facilitate the Incorporation of Trustees of Charities for Religious, Educational, Literary, Scientific, and Public Charitable Purposes, and the Enrolment of certain Charitable Trust Deeds. (Repealed by Charities Act 1993)
Juries (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 25	27 June 1872
An Act to amend the Juries Act (Ireland), 1871.
Review of Justices Decisions Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 26	18 July 1872
An Act to amend the practice of the Courts of Law with respect to the Review of the Decisions of Justices.
Elementary Education Act Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 27	18 July 1872
An Act to amend the Elementary Education Act, 1870.
Queen's Bench (Ireland) Procedure Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 28	18 July 1872
An Act to amend the Practice and Procedure of the Crown Side of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland.
Colonial Governors (Pensions) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 29	18 July 1872
An Act to amend the Act of the Session of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirteen, intituled "An Act to authorize the Payment of Retiring Pensions to Colonial Governors."
Chain Cable and Anchor Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 30	18 July 1872
An Act to suspend the compulsory Operation of the Chain Cables and Anchors Act, 1871.
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Amendment Act (Ireland) 1872 or the Drainage and Improvement of Lands Amendment (Ireland) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 31	18 July 1872
An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Drainage and Improvement of Lands in Ireland. (Repealed by Erne Drainage and Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1950)
Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 32	18 July 1872
An Act to explain and amend the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870, so far as relates to the Purchase by Tenants of their holdings.
Ballot Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 33	18 July 1872
An Act to amend the Law relating to Procedure at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections.
Bank of England (Election of Directors) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 34	18 July 1872
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Election of Directors of the Bank of England.
Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872 or the Shortened Services Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 35	18 July 1872
An Act for the Amendment of the Act of Uniformity.
Baptismal Fees Abolition Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 36	18 July 1872
An Act to render it unlawful to demand any Fee or Reward for the Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism, or the Registry thereof.
Supply (No. 3) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 37	25 July 1872
An Act to apply the sum of eight million pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Infant Life Protection Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 38	25 July 1872
An Act for the better Protection of Infant Life.
Naturalization Act 1872 or the Naturalisation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 39	25 July 1872
An Act for amending the Law in certain cases in relation to Naturalization.
Bishops Resignation Act Continuance Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 40	6 August 1872
An Act for continuing the Bishops Resignation Act, 1869. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Life Assurance Companies Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 41	6 August 1872
An Act to amend the Life Assurance Companies Acts, 1870 and 1871.
Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 42	6 August 1872
An Act to amend an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty for enabling Grand Juries in Ireland to borrow money from private sources on the security of Presentment, and for transferring to counties certain works constructed wholly or in part with public money.
Metropolitan Tramways Provisional Orders Suspension Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 43	6 August 1872
An Act to enable the Board of Trade to dispense with certain provisions of the Tramways Act, 1870, in respect of certain Provisional Orders. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Court of Chancery (Funds) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 44	6 August 1872
An Act to abolish the office of Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery in England, and to amend the law respecting the investment of money paid into that Court, and the security and management of the moneys and effects of the suitors thereof.
Treaty of Washington Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 45	6 August 1872
An Act to cany into effect a Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America.
Arbitration (Masters and Workmen) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 46	6 August 1872
An Act to make further provision for Arbitration between Masters and Workmen.
Galashiels and Selkirk Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 47	6 August 1872
An Act to amend the Act of the thirtieth and thirty-first years of Victoria, chapter eighty-five, intituled "An Act to include the whole of the Burgh of Galashiels within the County, Sheriffdom, and Commissariot of Selkirk."
County Boundaries, Ireland, Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 48	6 August 1872
An Act to amend the Law relating to the defining of Boundaries of Counties and other Divisions and Denominations of Land in Ireland.
Church Seats Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 49	6 August 1872
An Act to provide for the free Use of Seats in certain Churches.
Railway Rolling Stock Protection Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 50	6 August 1872
An Act to protect Railway Rolling Stock from Distraint when on hire.
Judges Salaries Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 51	6 August 1872
An Act for amending the Law relating to the Salaries of Judges.
Middlesex Grand Juries Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 52	6 August 1872
An Act to regulate the summoning of Grand Juries in Middlesex.
Victoria Park Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 53	6 August 1872
An Act to confirm an Agreement for the purchase by the Metropolitan Board of Works of certain land adjoining Victoria Park, and for the appropriation of such land as part of the same Park.
Public Schools Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 54	6 August 1872
An Act to amend the Public Schools Act, 1868. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Basses Lights Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 55	6 August 1872
An Act for making better provision for the erection of Lighthouses on the Great Basses Rock, and on the Little Basses Rock, in the colony of Ceylon.
Annuity (Lady Mayo) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 56	6 August 1872
An Act to settle an annuity on the Honourable Blanche Julia Countess of Mayo, in consideration of the eminent services of the late Earl of Mayo as Viceroy and Governor General of India.
Debtors Act (Ireland) 1872 or the Debtors (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 57	6 August 1872
An Act for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt in Ireland, and for the Punishment of fraudulent Debtors, and for other purposes relating thereto.
Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 58	6 August 1872
An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy in Ireland.
Elementary Education (Elections) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 59	6 August 1872
An Act to amend Paragraph Three of the Second Schedule of the Elementary Education Act, 1870. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act 1872 or the Corrupt Practice (Municipal Elections) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 60	6 August 1872
An Act for the better prevention of Corrupt Practices at Municipal Elections, and for establishing a Tribunal for the trial of the validity of such Elections. (Repealed by Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50))
Steam Whistles Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 61	6 August 1872
An Act to regulate the use of Steam Whistles in certain Manufactories.
Education (Scotland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 62	6 August 1872
An Act to amend and extend the provisions of the Law of Scotland on the subject of Education.
Statute Law Revision Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 63	6 August 1872
An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Military Manoeuvres Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 64	10 August 1872
An Act for making provision for facilitating the Manoeuvres of Troops to be assembled during the ensuing Autumn. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Bastardy Laws Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 65	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Bastardy Laws.
Royal Military Canal Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 66	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Royal Military Canal Act, 1867.
Greenwich Hospital Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 67	10 August 1872
An Act for making further provision respecting the application of the Revenues of Greenwich Hospital.
Military Forces Localization Act 1872 or the Military Forces Localisation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 68	10 August 1872
An Act to make provision for defraying the Expenses of Building Barracks and otherwise providing for the Localization of the Military Forces.
Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 69	10 August 1872
An Act for constituting a Local Government Board in Ireland, and vesting therein certain functions of the Lord Lieutenant, the Privy Council, and the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, concerning the Public Health and Local Government, together with the powers and duties of the Commissioners for administering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland.
Law Officers Fees Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 70	10 August 1872
An Act to make better Provision respecting certain Fees payable to the Law Officers of the Crown for England.
Public Works Loan Commissioners Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 71	10 August 1872
An Act to authorise advances to the Public Works Loan Commissioners for enabling them to make Loans to School Boards in pursuance of the Elementary Education Act, 1870.
Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 72	10 August 1872
An Act to confirm a certain Provisional Order made under an Act of the fifteenth year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 22))
Merchant Shipping Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 73	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Acts and the Passenger Acts. (Repealed by Reserve Forces Act 1980)
Adulteration of Food and Drugs Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 74	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Law for the prevention of Adulteration of Food and Drink and of Drugs.
Commissioners for Oaths (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 75	10 August 1872
An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissioners in the Channel Islands, and also in the City of Dublin and its vicinity, to take Affidavits to be used in the Superior Courts of Common Law and other Courts in Ireland.
Coal Mines Regulation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 76	10 August 1872
An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the Regulation of Coal Mines and certain other Mines.
Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 77	10 August 1872
An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Metalliferous Mines.
Protection of Wild Birds Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 78	10 August 1872
An Act for the Protection of certain Wild Birds during the Breeding Season.
Public Health Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 79	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Law relating to Public Health.
Kensington Station and North and South London Junction Railway Act 1859 (Repayment of Moneys) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 80	10 August 1872
An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to pay into the High Court of Chancery in England certain moneys being the amount paid to the Paymaster General on account of Her Majesty's Treasury in respect of the non-completion of the railway authorised by "The Kensington Station and North and South London Junction Railway Act, 1859." (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Attorney and Solicitors Act (1860) Amendment Act 1872 or the Attorneys and Solicitors Act (1860) Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 81	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Attorneys and Solicitors Act, 1860, by extending to Members of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland the privileges conferred therein on Writers to the Signet, Solicitors before the Supreme Courts, and Procurators before the Sheriff Courts.
Income Tax (Public Offices) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 82	10 August 1872
An Act to abolish Poundage for the Collection of Income Tax in public Departments.
Pensions Commutation Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 83	10 August 1872
An Act to extend the provisions of the Pensions Commutation Act, 1871, to Officers and Clerks of Telegraph Companies who are entitled to Annuities. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Revising Barristers Act 1872 or the Appointment of Revising Barristers Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 84	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Law relating to the appointment of Revising Barristers.
Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 85	10 August 1872
An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, to repeal certain other Turnpike Acts, and to make further provisions concerning Turnpike Roads.
Borough and Local Courts of Record Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 86	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the law relating to Borough and other Local Courts of Record.
Appropriation Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 87	10 August 1872
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 88	10 August 1872
An Act to continue various expiring Laws. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39))
Union Officers (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 89	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Act providing Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Unions in Ireland.
Irish Church Act 1869 Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 90	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the "Irish Church Act, 1869."
Borough Funds Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 91	10 August 1872
An Act to authorise the application of Funds of Municipal Corporations and other governing bodies in certain cases.
Parish Constables Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 92	10 August 1872
An Act to render unnecessary the general Appointment of Parish Constables.
Pawnbrokers Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 93	10 August 1872
An Act for consolidating, with Amendments, the Acts relating to Pawnbrokers in Great Britain.
Licensing Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 94	10 August 1872
An Act for Regulating the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors.
Epping Forest Amendment Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 95	10 August 1872
An Act to enlarge the powers of the Epping Forest Commissioners; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971)
Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 96	10 August 1872
An Act to amend the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act, 1871; and for other purposes.
Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2) or the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. 97	10 August 1872
An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998)
Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. 98	10 August 1872
An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary in Ireland.

1. Public Parks (Ireland) Act 1869
2. Superannuation Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 24)
3. Irish Church Act 1869
4. Cattle Disease (Ireland) Act Amendment Act 1870
5. Party Processions (Ireland) Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 2)
6. Juries Act (Ireland) 1871
7. ^ Elementary Education Act 1870
8. Colonial Governors (Pensions) Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 113)
9. Chain Cable and Anchor Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 101)
10. Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870
11. Act of Uniformity 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 4)
12. Bishops Resignation Act 1869
13. Life Assurance Companies Act 1870
14. Life Assurance Companies Act 1871
15. Tramways Act 1870
16. Galashiels Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 85)
17. Public Schools Act 1868
18. Great Basses Reef Lighthouse.
19. Little Basses Reef Lighthouse.
20. Royal Military Canal Act 1867
21. Turnpike Trusts (Making of Provisional Orders) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 38)
22. Kensington Station and North and South London Junction Railway Act 1859
23. Attorneys and Solicitors Act 1860
24. Pensions Commutation Act 1871
25. (Union Officers Superannuation (Ireland) Act 1865 28 & 29 Vict. c. 26)
26. Irish Church Act 1869
27. Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act 1871

Local acts

Short title			Citation	Royal assent
Long title
Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Orders Confirmation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. i	23 April 1872
An Act to confirm certain Orders made by the Board of Trade under The Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, relating to Greshernish and Lynn Deeps.
	Greshernish Fishery Order 1872
	Lynn Deeps Fishery Order 1872
Bristol Waterworks Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. ii	13 May 1872
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. iii	13 May 1872
Watton and Swaffham Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. iv	13 May 1872
An Act to extend the time granted to the Watton and Swaffham Railway Company for the purchase of lands and for the construction of the Watton and Swaffham Railway.
Gloucester Gaslight Company's Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. v	13 May 1872
Glasgow Court Houses Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. vi	13 May 1872
Castleisland Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. vii	13 May 1872
An Act for making a railway in the county of Kerry, from Castleisland to Gortatlea, on the Great Southern and Western Railway; and for other purposes.
Cork Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. viii	13 May 1872
Berwick-upon-Tweed Harbour Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. ix	13 May 1872
Dundee Water Amendment Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. x	13 May 1872
An Act for enabling the Dundee Water Commissioners to relinquish certain Works for supplying Water to Dundee and suburbs and places adjacent, authorised by "The Dundee Water Extension Act, 1871," and to make new and other Works in substitution thereof; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Dundee Corporation (Water, Transport, Finance, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. ix))
Upwell, Outwell, Denver and Welney Level Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xi	13 May 1872
Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Line (Extension of Time) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xii	13 May 1872
An Act for extending the time for the completion of certain portions of the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Line of Railway; for reviving the powers of compulsory purchase of Lands for the purposes thereof; for authorising the construction of a Branch Railway in connexion with the Joint Line; for empowering the Glasgow and South-western Railway Company to acquire Land at Kilmarnock; and for other purposes.
Tyne Coal Dues Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. xiii	13 May 1872
(Repealed by Port of Tyne Reorganisation Scheme 1967 Confirmation Order 1968 (SI 1968/942))
Pontypridd Stipendiary Magistrate's Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. xiv	13 May 1872
(Repealed by Pontypridd Stipendiary Magistrate Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvi))
Swansea Local Board of Health Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. xv	13 May 1872
(Repealed by West Glamorgan Water Board Order 1966 (SI 1966/1096))
Liverpool Hydraulic Power Company's Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xvi	13 May 1872
An Act for the Incorporation of the Liverpool Hydraulic Power Company, and for other purposes.
Dundee Gas Amendment Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. xvii	13 May 1872
(Repealed by Dundee Corporation (Consolidated Powers) Order Confirmation Act 1957 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. iv))
Hull Hydraulic Power Company's Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xviii	13 May 1872
An Act for the Incorporation of the Hull Hydraulic Power Company, and for other purposes.
Castell Coch Bridge Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xix	13 May 1872
Hutchesons Hospital Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xx	13 May 1872
An Act for enlarging the powers of the Royal Incorporation of Hutchesons Hospital in the city of Glasgow, and for regulating the management thereof and of the Mortifications therewith connected; and for other purposes.
Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxi	13 May 1872
An Act to enable the Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Company to make a deviation in and extension of their authorised undertaking; and for other purposes.
Staines Town Hall and Market Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxii	13 May 1872
Gaslight and Coke Company's Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxiii	13 May 1872
An Act to amend the Gaslight and Coke Company's Act, 1868, and the Schemes confirmed under the authority of the City of London Gas Act, 1868, for the amalgamation of the City of London Gaslight and Coke Company and the Great Central Gas Consumers Company with the Gaslight and Coke Company, and to authorise the Gaslight and Coke Company to raise additional capital; and for other purposes.
Great Eastern Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxiv	13 May 1872
An Act to authorise the Great Eastern Railway Company to make a deviation in the connexion between their Railway and the North London Railway, and to abandon certain railways, and to extend the time for making certain other railways, and to acquire additional lands, and to confer further powers upon the said Company with reference to their undertaking and capital; and for other purposes.
Glasgow, Renfrew and Three Mile House Turnpike Roads Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxv	13 May 1872
East Gloucestershire Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxvi	13 May 1872
An Act to authorise the East Gloucestershire Railway Company to reduce their Share Capital; and for other purposes.
Serle Street and Cook's Court Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxvii	27 June 1872
Yarmouth and Ventnor Railway, Tramway, and Pier (Deviations) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxviii	27 June 1872
An Act to enable the Yarmouth and Ventnor Railway, Tramway, and Pier Company to make deviations in their authorised undertakings; and for other purposes.
Trinity Church, Gray's Inn Road, Schools Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxix	27 June 1872
Aberystwyth Improvement and Water Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxx	27 June 1872
An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifth and sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William IV., intituled "An Act for improving and regulating the town of Aberystwyth in the county of Cardigan, and for supplying the inhabitants thereof with water," to authorise the Commissioners executing such Act to construct additional waterworks, to purchase gasworks, establish marlets, to extend the limits of the district, to borrow further moneys; and for other purposes.
Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxi	27 June 1872
Paisley Burgh and Cart Navigation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxii	27 June 1872
Ilfracombe Gas Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxiii	27 June 1872
Darlington Borough Sewage Irrigation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxiv	27 June 1872
Newport and Pillgwenlly Waterworks Extension Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxv	27 June 1872
Corn Exchange Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxvi	27 June 1872
(Repealed by Corn Exchange Act 1975 (c. xii))
Hill's Trust Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxvii	27 June 1872
Wilmslow Gas Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxviii	27 June 1872
Itchen Floating Bridge Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. xxxix	27 June 1872
(Repealed by Southampton Corporation Act 1973 (c. xix))
Devon and Somerset Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xl	27 June 1872
An Act for enabling the Devon and Somerset Railway Company to raise additional capital; and for other purposes.
Glasgow Municipal Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xli	27 June 1872
Altrincham Gas Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xlii	27 June 1872
Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xliii	27 June 1872
	Hackney Commons Scheme.
Public Health (Scotland) Supplemental Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xliv	27 June 1872
	Brechin Order 1872
Local Government Supplemental Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xlv	27 June 1872
	Kingston-upon-Hull Order 1872
North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xlvi	27 June 1872
Mid Wales Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xlvii	27 June 1872
Longton, Adderley Green and Bucknall Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xlviii	27 June 1872
Metropolis (Kilburn and Harrow) Roads Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xlix	27 June 1872
Blyth and Tyne Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. l	27 June 1872
An Act to authorise the Blyth and Tyne Railway Company to make new Lines of Railway at and near North Shields, to alter their authorised Newbiggin Branch Railway; and for other purposes.
Carnarvon Consumers Gas Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. li	27 June 1872
Whitby Market Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lii	27 June 1872
Severn Tunnel Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. liii	27 June 1872
East Norfolk Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. liv	27 June 1872
Neath and Brecon Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lv	27 June 1872
Newtown Waterworks Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lvi	27 June 1872
Cheshire Lines Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lvii	27 June 1872
Metropolitan Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lviii	27 June 1872
Sheffield Market Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. lix	27 June 1872
(Repealed by Sheffield Corporation (Consolidation) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. lxi))
Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lx	27 June 1872
An Act to make provision for the payment of the debts and the application of the future Revenues of the Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway Company; and for other purposes.
Madras Irrigation and Canal Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxi	27 June 1872
Poole and Bournemouth Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxii	27 June 1872
Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxiii	27 June 1872
	Salcombe River Fishery Order 1872
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxiv	27 June 1872
	Boolinarrig Drainage District Order 1872
	River Torrent Drainage District Order 1872
Education Department Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxv	27 June 1872
	London Order 1872
Thames Embankment North Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxvi	27 June 1872
An Act for amending and extending The Thames Embankment Act, 1862; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Local Law (Greater London Council and Inner London Boroughs) Order 1965 (SI 1965/540))
Tramways Order Confirmation (Ireland) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxvii	27 June 1872
	Cork Tramways (Extension of Time) Order 1872
Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxviii	27 June 1872
	Cruden Harbour Order 1872
	Dundrum Harbour Order 1872
	Gill Pier Order 1872
	Gosport Wharf and Pier Order 1872
	Herne Bay Promenade Pier Order 1872
	Llanfairfechan Dock Order 1872
	Skerries Harbour Improvement Order 1872
	Withernsea Pier Order 1872
Gas and Water Orders Confirmation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxix	27 June 1872
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under The Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Bungay Gas, East Ardsley Gas, Elstree and Boreham Wood Gas, Portsea Island Gas, Wellington (Salop) Gas, Bridge of Allan Water, Cosham, Havant, and Emsworth Water, Gosport Water, Wells Water, Blaenavon Gas and Water, and Ystrad Gas and Water.
	Bungay Gas Order 1872
	East Ardsley Gaslight Order 1872
	Elstree and Boreham Wood Gas Order 1872
	Portsea Island Gas Order 1872
	Wellington (Salop.) Gas Order 1872
	Bridge of Allan Water Order 1872
	Cosham, Havant and Emsworth Water Order 1872
	Gosport Water Order 1872
	Wells Water Order 1872
	Blaenavon Gas and Water Order 1872
	Ystrad Gas and Water Order 1872
Gas and Water Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxx	27 June 1872
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Cleator Moor Gas, Ossett Gas, Ruthin Gas, Swinton and Mexbrough Gas, Kettering Water, and Margate Water.
	Cleator Moor Gas Order 1872
	Ossett Gas Order 1872
	Ruthin Gas Order 1872
	Swinton and Mexbrough Gas Order 1872
	Kettering Waterworks Order 1872
	Margate Water Order 1872
Greenock Harbour Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxi	27 June 1872
An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Port and Harbours of Greenock to make a Wet Dock and approaches and other works; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Greenock Port and Harbours Consolidation Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xlii))
Tamworth Gaslight and Coke Company Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxii	27 June 1872
An Act for incorporating the Tamworth Gaslight and Coke Company, and extending their powers, and for authorising additional Works and the raising of further Moneys; and for other purposes.
Birstal Local Board Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxiii	27 June 1872
An Act to enable the Local Board for the District of Birstal to purchase the Birstal Gasworks; to take Lands for Sewage purposes; to provide Markets, a Town Hall, and other public buildings; and for other purposes.
Waterford and Central Ireland Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxiv	27 June 1872
An Act to confer further powers on the Waterford and Central Ireland Railway Company and the Kilkenny Junction Railway Company; and for other purposes.
Lymm Local Board (Gas) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxv	27 June 1872
An Act to enable the Local Board for the district of Lymm to make and supply Gas; to purchase the Undertaking of the Lymm Gas Company (Limited); to confer other powers in relation to Gas on the said Local Board; and for other purposes.
Sandbach and Winsford Junction Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxvi	27 June 1872
An Act for making a Railway from Sandbach to Winsford, in the county of Chester; and for other purposes.
Orkney Piers and Harbours Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxvii	27 June 1872
An Act to facilitate the construction, improvement, maintenance, and regulation of Piers in the Islands of Orkney; for making better provision for the conservancy of the Harbours therein; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Orkney Islands Council Order Confirmation Act 1978 (c. iv))
Bolton Corporation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxviii	18 July 1872
An Act for empowering the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Bolton to make Street Improvements and additional Waterworks, and for transferring to them Gasworks; and for amending the Acts relating to the Borough; and for other purposes.
Bridport Waterworks Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxix	18 July 1872
An Act for better supplying with Water the Borough of Bridport and other places in the county of Dorset.
Hindley Local Board Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxx	18 July 1872
An Act to enable the Local Board for the district of Hindley in the county of Lancaster to purchase the Undertaking of the Hindley Gas, Coke, Meter, and Fitting Company, Limited, and to supply Gas within the said district and the neighbourhood thereof; to erect Waterworks; and to confer other powers in relation to Gas and Water on the said Local Board; and for other purposes.
Holborn Valley and Farringdon Market Improvement Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxi	18 July 1872
(Repealed by City of London (Various Powers) Act 1969 (c. xxxix))
Newport Market Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxii	18 July 1872
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12))
Furness Railway (Steamboats) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxiii	18 July 1872
Bannow Slob Land Reclamation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxiv	18 July 1872
Ballymena, Cushendall and Redbay Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxv	18 July 1872
Brighton Corporation Waterworks Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxvi	18 July 1872
(Repealed by Brighton Corporation Act 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. cix))
London and North Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxvii	18 July 1872
An Act for conferring additional powers on the London and North-western Railway Company in relation to their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of other Companies; and for other purposes.
Wigtownshire Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxviii	18 July 1872
Wainfleet and Firsby Railway (Extension to Skegness) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxxix	18 July 1872
Kilrush and Kilkee Railway and Poulnasherry Reclamation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xc	18 July 1872
An Act to revive and extend the powers of the several Acts relating to the "Kilrush and Kilkee Railway and Poulnasherry Reclamation Company" passed in the years 1860, 1861, and 1865; and for other purposes.
North Monkland Railways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xci	18 July 1872
An Act for making Railways in the counties of Lanark and Stirling, to be called "The North Monkland Railways;" and for other purposes.
Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xcii	18 July 1872
	East Barnet Order 1872
	Banbury Order 1872
	Glastonbury Order 1872
	Knaresborough and Tentergate Order 1872
	Nottingham Order 1872
	Shipley Order 1872
	Soothill Upper Order 1872
	Swadlincote Order 1872
Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xciii	18 July 1872
	Aldborough Harbour Order 1872
	Lynmouth Pier and Harbour Order 1872
Sutton Harbour (Tramways) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xciv	18 July 1872
Witney Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xcv	18 July 1872
Limerick Markets Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xcvi	18 July 1872
An Act to alter and amend the provisions of "The Limerick Markets Act, 1852," and "The Limerick Markets Act, 1862," with reference to Tolls, and to give further powers to the Limerick Markets Trustees; and for other purposes.
Leeds Improvement Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. xcvii	18 July 1872
(Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv))
Weaver Navigation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xcviii	18 July 1872
An Act to enable the Trustees of the River Weaver Navigation to make a Communication at Anderton between their Navigation and the Trent and Mersey Canal, and for other purposes with respect to the same Trust.
Furness Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. xcix	18 July 1872
An Act for conferring additional powers upon the Furness Railway Company for the construction of Works and the raising of Money, and otherwise in relation to their Undertaking; and for other purposes.
Metage on Grain (Port of London) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. c	18 July 1872
An Act for abolishing the compulsory Metage on Grain imported into the port of London and for commuting the metage dues received by the Corporation of the city of London, into a fixed due, and for creating thereby a Fund to be applied towards the preservation of Open Spaces near London; and for other purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12))
Warwick Local Board Waterworks Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. ci	18 July 1872
(Repealed by South Warwickshire Water Board Order (SI 1963/38))
Hemel Hempstead and London and North Western Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cii	18 July 1872
Canterbury and Herne Bay Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. ciii	18 July 1872
Rhyl Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. civ	18 July 1872
Nottingham and Leen District Sewerage Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cv	18 July 1872
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 (c. 44))
Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cvi	18 July 1872
Haworth Local Board of Health Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cvii	18 July 1872
Keighley Waterworks and Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cviii	18 July 1872
Severn Bridge Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cix	18 July 1872
Louth and East Coast Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cx	18 July 1872
An Act to authorise the Construction of the Louth and East Coast Railway.
Glasgow and South Western and Greenock and Ayrshire Railways Amalgamation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxi	18 July 1872
Darlington Extension and Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxii	18 July 1872
Barrow-in-Furness Corporation Extension and Amendment Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxiii	18 July 1872
Caledonian Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxiv	18 July 1872
City of Glasgow Union Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxv	18 July 1872
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (New Works and Additional Powers) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxvi	18 July 1872
Louth and Lincoln Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxvii	18 July 1872
Midland Railway (Nottingham and Saxby Lines) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxviii	18 July 1872
Hereford Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxix	18 July 1872
Coleford Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxx	18 July 1872
An Act for authorising the construction of Railways from near Monmouth to Coleford, in the counties of Monmouth and Gloucester; and for other purposes.
Glasgow Corporation Tramways Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxi	18 July 1872
(Repealed by Glasgow Corporation (Tramways Consolidation) Order Confirmation Act 1905 (5 Edw. 7. c. cxxvii))
Liverpool Tramways (Purchase) Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxii	18 July 1872
(Repealed by Liverpool Corporation Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxiv))
North British Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxiii	18 July 1872
Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxiv	18 July 1872
Wallasey Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxv	18 July 1872
Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxvi	18 July 1872
(Repealed by Burry Port Harbour Revision Order 2000 (SI 2000/2152))
Hoylake and Birkenhead Railway and Tramways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxvii	18 July 1872
Great Northern Railway (Various Powers) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxviii	18 July 1872
Great Western Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxix	18 July 1872
An Act for conferring further powers on the Great Western Railway Company in relation to their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of other Companies; and for other purposes.
Powell Duffryn Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxx	18 July 1872
An Act for authorising the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company (Limited) to construct certain Railways in the parish of Aberdare in the county of Glamorgan; and for other purposes.
Tyne Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxi	18 July 1872
An Act to enable the Tyne Improvement Commissioners to construct a Dock at or near the Coble Dene, with River Walls, Railways, and other Works; to consolidate, alter, and define the application of all or some of the Funds of the said Commissioners; and for other purposes.
South Devon Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxii	18 July 1872
An Act to empower the South Devon Railway Company to extend and improve their Sutton Harbour Branch Railway; to confer upon them further powers in relation to their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of other Companies; and for other purposes.
Truro and Perran Mineral Railway Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxiii	18 July 1872
An Act for making a Railway from Truro to Penman in the county of Cornwall; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Truro and Perran Mineral Railway (Abandonment) Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. xlv))
Great Southern and Western Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxiv	25 July 1872
An Act for enabling the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to effect a Communication between their Railway and the North Wall, Dublin, and the Works of the London and North-western Railway Company at the North Wall, Dublin; and for other purposes.
Ryde and Newport Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxv	25 July 1872
An Act to incorporate a Company for making "The Ryde and Newport Railway;" and for other purposes.
Athenry and Tuam Railway Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxvi	25 July 1872
(Repealed by Athenry and Tuam Railway (Claremorris Abandonment) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. liii))
Temple Subway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxvii	25 July 1872
An Act to incorporate a Company for making a Subway under the River Thames, to be called "The Temple Subway."
Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Line and Caledonian Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxviii	25 July 1872
Great Northern Railway (Derbyshire and Staffordshire) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxxxix	25 July 1872
An Act to enable the Great Northern Railway Company to construct Railways in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire; and for other purposes with relation to the same Company.
Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxl	25 July 1872
An Act for conferring additional powers on the Midland Railway Company for the construction of Works and for the raising of further Capital, and for other purposes in relation to their own Undertaking and the Undertakings of other Companies.
North Eastern Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxli	25 July 1872
An Act for enabling the North-eastern Railway Company to construct Railways and Works in the county of Durham, and at Hull; and for other purposes.
Sevenoaks, Maidstone and Tonbridge Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxlii	25 July 1872
Sheffield Tramways Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxliii	25 July 1872
(Repealed by Sheffield Corporation (Consolidation) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. lxi))
Wallingford and Watlington Railway (Abandonment, &c.) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxliv	25 July 1872
European Assurance Society Arbitration Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxlv	25 July 1872
Bury Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxlvi	25 July 1872
Dunmanway and Skibbereen Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxlvii	25 July 1872
Malmesbury Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxlviii	25 July 1872
An Act for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway at Dauntsey, in the county of Wilts, to Malmesbury, in the same county; and for other purposes.
Rochdale Improvement Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxlix	25 July 1872
Southwark Bridge Company Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cl	25 July 1872
An Act for distributing the remaining Assets and finally winding up the affairs of the South wark Bridge Company, and dissolving the Company; and for other purposes.
Tonbridge Gas Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cli	25 July 1872
Great Western Railway (Swansea Canal) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clii	25 July 1872
South Eastern Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cliii	25 July 1872
An Act to enable the South-eastern Railway Company to alter a portion of their authorised Greenwich and Woolwich Line, to construct a short Line in Southwark to connect their Cannon Street and Charing Cross Railway with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, to use part of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway; and to confer various other powers upon the Company with respect to their existing and authorised Undertakings.
William Lambe's Chapel and Estate Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cliv	25 July 1872
An Act to provide for the building and endowment by the Clothworkers Company of a new Church in lieu of Lambe's Chapel, Cripplegate, for the disposal of the Site of such Chapel and of other property comprised in the Will of William Lambe, citizen and clothworker of London, deceased, and for the variation of certain charitable gifts; and for other purposes.
Gorsedda Junction and Portmadoc Railways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clv	25 July 1872
Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clvi	6 August 1872
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Waterford.
	Waterford Harbour Order 1872
Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clvii	6 August 1872
	Birmingham (Corporation) Tramways Order 1872
	Southwold and Halesworth Tramways Order 1872
Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 4) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clviii	6 August 1872
	Bristol Corporation Tramways Order 1872
	Tynemouth (Borough) Tramways Order 1872
Brighton and London Sea Water Supply Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clix	6 August 1872
Alloa Harbour Consolidation Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clx	6 August 1872
An Act to regulate the Management of the Port and Harbour of Alloa, and to authorise an Extension and Improvement of the existing Dock and the formation of a new Dock at the said Harbour, and other Works; and for other purposes.
Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxi	6 August 1872
Bristol Port and Channel Dock Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxii	6 August 1872
Metropolitan Street Improvements Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxiii	6 August 1872
Ocean, Railway and General Travellers Assurance Company Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxiv	6 August 1872
Lymington Harbour and Docks (Extension of Time) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxv	6 August 1872
Medway Docks (Extension of Time) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxvi	6 August 1872
Great Northern Railway (Newark and Melton) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxvii	6 August 1872
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Tramways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxviii	6 August 1872
Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxix	6 August 1872
An Act to enable the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company to extend their Line to join the authorised Line of the Yarmouth and Ventnor Railway, Tramway, and Pier Company; to authorise the construction of certain other new Railways and Works; revival of Powers; additional Capital; and for other purposes.
Alcester Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxx	6 August 1872
An Act for making a Railway in the county of Warwick from the Bearley Station of the Stratford-upon-Avon Railway to the Alcester Station of the Evesham and Redditch Railway; and for other purposes.
Belfast Central Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxi	6 August 1872
Birmingham and Lichfield Junction Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxii	6 August 1872
Birmingham and Staffordshire Extension Tramways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxiii	6 August 1872
Leeds Tramways Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxiv	6 August 1872
An Act to incorporate the Leeds Tramways Company, and to authorise the acquisition by them of Tramways in the Borough of Leeds. (Repealed by Leeds Corporation (Consolidation) Act 1905 (5 Edw. 7. c. i))
North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxv	6 August 1872
An Act for incorporating the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company; and for other purposes.
Glencairn Railway Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxvi	6 August 1872
An Act for making a Railway from Moniaive, in the county of Dumfries, to a point near to the Auldgirth Station of the Glasgow and South-western Railway; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Glencairn Railway (Abandonment) Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. lxxix))
Continental Communication (Newhaven and Dieppe) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxvii	6 August 1872
An Act for improving the Means of Communication between England and the Continent by way of Newhaven and Dieppe.
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxviii	6 August 1872
Daventry and Weedon Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxix	6 August 1872
Pneumatic Despatch Company Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxx	6 August 1872
An Act to enable the Pneumatic Despatch Company (Limited) to connect their Undertaking with the Railways in the Metropolis.
Southampton Street Tramways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxi	6 August 1872
Wolverhampton, Walsall and Midland Junction Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxii	6 August 1872
West Lancashire Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxiii	6 August 1872
Cheltenham Gas Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxiv	6 August 1872
An Act to extend the Cheltenham Gaslight and Coke Company's Limits of Supply; and to authorise them to make a short connecting Railway or Tramway between their Works and the Midland Railway; and to stop up Alstone Terrace Road; and for other purposes.
Limerick and Castle Connell Railway (Transfer) Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxv	6 August 1872
An Act to vest the Undertaking of the Limerick and Castleconnell Railway Company in the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company; and for other purposes.
General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxvi	10 August 1872
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under "The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862," relating to the Royal Burgh of Dumbarton.
	Dumbarton Order 1872
Tivy Side Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxvii	10 August 1872
An Act for making a Railway from Llandyssil, in the county of Carmarthen, to Newcastle Emlyn, in the county of Cardigan, to be called the Tivy Side Railway; and for other purposes.
Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxviii	10 August 1872
An Act to revive and extend the time granted to the Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Railway Company for the purchase of Lands and execution of Works.
Barnet District Gas and Water Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxxix	10 August 1872
An Act for amalgamating the East Barnet Gas and Water Company and the Potters Bar Gas and Coke Company (Limited) and the Barnet Consumers Gas Company (Limited); and for other purposes. (Repealed by Lee Valley Water Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. li))
Metropolitan and South Western Junction Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxc	10 August 1872
An Act to authorise the construction of the Metropolitan and South-western Junction Railway.
Dundee Tramways Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxci	10 August 1872
An Act to authorise the construction of Tramways in the Burgh of Dundee and places adjacent; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Dundee Corporation (Water, Transport, Finance, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. ix))
South Kensington Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxcii	10 August 1872
An Act for making a Railway from the South Kensington Railway Station to the Royal Albert Hall; and for other purposes.
Belfast Street Tramways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxciii	10 August 1872
An Act for authorising the construction of Tramways in the Borough of Belfast, in the county of Antrim; and for other purposes.
Aberdeen District Tramways Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxciv	10 August 1872
An Act to authorise the construction of Tramways in certain parts of the City of Aberdeen and its suburbs; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Aberdeen Corporation (Water, Gas, Electricity and Transport) Order Confirmation Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. cii))
Teign Valley Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxcv	10 August 1872
An Act for conferring further powers upon the Teign Valley Railway Company for the construction of Works, the acquisition of Lands, the raising of Moneys, and otherwise in relation to their Undertaking; and for other purposes.
Galway, Oughterard and Clifden Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxcvi	10 August 1872
An Act for authorising the construction of a Railway from Galway to Clifden, all in the county of Galway; and for other purposes.
London and Aylesbury Railway Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxcvii	10 August 1872
An Act for making provision with respect to the transfer of a portion of the Undertaking of the London and Aylesbury Railway Company to the London and North-western Railway Company; and for authorising that Company to raise Moneys; and for other purposes.
Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Wishaw Tramways Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxcviii	10 August 1872
An Act to authorise the construction of Tramways from Glasgow to Bothwell and Hamilton, with a Branch to Motherwell and Wishaw; and for other purposes.
Accident Indemnity Company Act 1872			35 & 36 Vict. c. cxcix	10 August 1872
An Act for conferring upon the Accident Indemnity Company, Limited, further powers and privileges with respect to the Assurance of Travellers by Railway; and for other purposes.
Kingston-upon-Hull Water Act 1872 (repealed)			35 & 36 Vict. c. cc	10 August 1872
An Act for making further provision respecting the Supply of Water to the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxlix))

1. Sea Fisheries Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 45)
2. Dundee Water Extension Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. cix)
3. Gaslight and Coke Company's Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. cvi)
4. City of London Gas Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. cxxv)
5. Aberystwyth Improvement Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. xlvi)
6. Thames Embankment Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 93)
7. ^ Gas and Water Works Facilities Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 70)
8. Kilrush and Kilkee Railway and Poulnasherry Reclamation Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. clv)
9. Kilrush and Kilkee Railway and Poulnasherry Reclamation Amendment Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. xxix)
10. Kilrush and Kilkee Railway Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. cxxx)
11. Limerick Markets Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. civ)
12. Limerick Markets Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. xxiii)
13. General Pier and Harbour Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 45)
14. General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 101)

Private acts

1. Donald Maclaine's Estate Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 2)
2. This act was not printed by the Queen's Printer.

Sources

• The Public General Statutes passed in the Thirty-fifth & Thirty-sixth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1872. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1872 – via Internet Archive.

See also

• List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

References

1. This short title was conferred on this act by section 5 of this act.
2. Charles Mathew Clode. The Administration of Justice Under Military and Martial Law. John Murray. Albemarle Street, London. 1872. Pages xvi, 186 and 188.
3. Second Annual Report of the Local Government Board. 1872-73. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode for HMSO. 1873. Appendix to the Second Annual Report of the Local Government Board. p 26.
4. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act.
5. Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 14
6. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act.
7. ^ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
8. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act.
9. Section 1 of the Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 51) provided that this act could be cited as the Pacific Islanders Protection Act of the year in which it was passed.
10. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 15 of this act.
11. This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of this act.
12. Section 1 of the Colonial Governors (Pensions) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 29) authorised the citation of this act as the Colonial Governors (Pensions) Act of the year in which it was passed.
13. This short title was conferred on this act by section 33 of this act.
14. ^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 16 of this act.
15. Marcy, George Nicholas. A Short Epitome of the Principal Statutes Relating to Conveyancing. Second Edition. Davis & Son. 1875. p 104.
16. This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
17. In re Marquess (1874) 9 Irish Reports, Equity Series 93
18. Current Law Statutes 1997, vol 3, p 63
19. Ryde, Walter C. Lumley's Union Assessment Acts. Shaw & Sons. Butterworth & Co. 1895. p 58
20. This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act: see The Public General Statutes passed in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixty Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1872, printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottisewoode, published in numbers at the Queen's Printing Office, p 582
21. Chitty, Halsbury and the Statutes Revised: Second Edition, say that this is the short title conferred by section 2 of this act: Lely, The Statutes of Practical Utility, (Chitty's Statutes), 5th Ed, 1895, vol 12, Title "Solicitors", p 42; The Statutes, Second Revised Edition, 1897, vol 13, p 242; Halsbury's Statutes of England, 1st Ed, 1930, vol 18, p 883.
22. This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of the Revising Barristers Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 53)
23. Current Law Statutes 1994, vol 4, p 8
24. "Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1872". vLex.
25. Schedule 1 of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 states this is the short title of 35 & 36 Vict. c. 97.

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