Excerpt from Index to the Laws of the Straits Settlements From April 1867 to 28th February 1882, Vol. 1: Consisting of Imperial Statutes, Treaties, Queen's Orders in Council, Ordinances, Proclamations, Local Orders in Council, and Government Notices This first Edition of a General Index to the Laws of the Colony, begins from the year 1867, -year in which these Settlements, comprising Singapore, Penang or Prince of Wales' Island, and Malacca, ceased to form part of the Territories of India, and were formed into one separate Crown Colony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.