This act allows for the formation of private corporations which focus on various industries, including fishing, sealing, and other natural resource extractions. The act sets various rules for the governance of these future companies which do not yet exist.
This act amends the rules surrounding types of evidence which can be provided in court and how evidence is to be treated, including rules concerning spouses testifying in matters concerning each other.
This act makes amendments to the various laws regarding insolvent debtors and the measures which can be taken to pay their debts, including seizing their assets and their person.
This act regulates various aspects of the provincial postage, from the cost of sending post, to the responsibilities of Postmasters General, to penalties for those who tamper with the post.
This act defines the terms by which licences for the sale of wholesale wines and spirits will be sold, as well as the penalty for selling wines and spirits without a license.
This is an amendment to an act passed in 1855, which established a board to effectively distribute revenue gathered from trade duties collected on goods brought into the province.