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The Belfast Gazette Dp flutDoritp

Registered as a newspaper.

FRIDAY, 20th MAY, 1949.

Office of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland, of Delegation to the Docks and Inland Waterways Belfast. Executive made by them on the 23rd December, 16th May, 1949. 1947, and approved by the said Minister on the 24th A meeting of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland December, 1947, have issued an Instrument (No. D. was held at Government House, Hillsborough, today, and IW/EX/10) delegating to that Executive rights, at which the following were present: — powers and liabilities in respect of the Monmouth- shire Canal (including the Crumlin Arm), the Brecon His Excellency the Governor of Northern Ireland; and Abergavenny Canal, the Stratford-on-Avon The Right Honourable J. E. Warnock, M.P.; Canal, a part of the , the Pocklington Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable S. H. Canal, and the Canal and Navi- Hall-Thompson, M.P.; gation, which vested in the Commission by virtue of The Right Honourable William Grant, M.P.; the transfer to them under Part II of the above Act The Right Honourable John F. Gordon. of the undertakings of the Great Western Railway His Excellency considered Petitions submitted by Company and the London and North Eastern Rail- the Council of the Urban District of Carrickfergus way Company, and applying to such delegation the and the Council of the Urban District of Lurgan provisions of Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Scheme. praying that Charters of Incorporation under the Copies of the said Instrument may be obtained Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act, 1840, as from the Office of the British Transport Commission, amended by the Municipal Corporations Act (Nor- 55 Broadway, Westminster, London, S.W.I, at the thern Ireland), 1926, be granted to the Urban Dis- price of 6d. for each copy. trict of Carrickfergus and the Urban District of Lurgan respectively, and approved of Charters being MILES BEEVOR, issued accordingly. Chief Secretary and Legal Adviser, R. GRANSDEN, British Transport Commission. Clerk of the Council. 20th May, 1949.

AGRICULTURE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND), 1949 TRANSPORT ACT, 1947 DISSOLUTION OF COUNTY COMMITTEES OF AGRICUL- TURE APPOINTED UNDER PART II. OF THE AGRICULTURE NOTICE is hereby given that the British Trans- AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT, 1899 port Commission, with the consent of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to Paragraph 7 of a Scheme In pursuance of Section 1 of the Agriculture Act of Delegation to the Railway Executive made by (Northern Ireland), 1949, the Ministry of Agriculture them on the 22nd November, 1947, and approved by made an Order on the 17th May, 1949, appointing the said Minister on the 25th November, 1947, have the 30th May, 1949, to be the date as from which issued an Instrument (No. R/EX/10) revoking the the Committees of Agriculture appointed by the delegation to that Executive of the functions of the Council of each county for the purposes of Part II. Commission in relation to activities which they are of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ire- empowered to carry on relating to the Monmouth- land) Act, 1899, shall be dissolved. shire Canal (including the Crumlin Arm), the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal, the Stratford-on-Avon Canal, a part of the Swansea Canal, the , and the Ripon Canal and River Ure Navi- TRANSPORT ACT, 1947 gation, by virtue of the transfer to the Commission NOTICE is hereby given that the British Trans- under Part II of the above Act of the undertakings port Commission, with the consent of the Minister of the Great Western Railway Company and the of Transport, pursuant to Paragraph 7 of a Scheme London and North Eastern Railway Company.