Any misnomer or inaccurate description in any of the schedules to this Act shall not in anywise prevent or abridge the operation of this Act with respect to the subject of such description, provided the same is so designated as to be commonly understood. The expression "Parliamentary borough" means the area comprised within the limits of a Parliamentary borough, and in the case of boroughs the limits of which are altered by this Act means the area comprised within the limits so altered, and in the case of a Parliamentary borough constituted by this Act means the area comprised within the limits of the Parliamentary borough as so constituted: Provided that where reference is made to a present Parliamentary borough, such reference shall be to the area comprised in the limits of a Parliamentary borough on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. The expression "municipal borough" means as regards England the area on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five comprised within the limits of a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882; and as regards Scotland means the area subject on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five to the jurisdiction of the magistrates and town council of a burgh; and as regards Ireland, means the area on the said day comprised within the limits of a borough under the Act of the third and fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and eight, and the Acts amending the same. The expression "municipal borough boundary" means the boundary of a municipal borough. The expression "district," in relation to any place in the metropolis, means the district of a district board of works under the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, as described in Schedule B. to that Act. The expression "local government district" means the area on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five comprised within the limits of any local government district as defined by the Public Health Act, 1875. The expression "ward" in relation to any place in the metropolis as defined by the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, means a ward as constituted on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, for the purpose of the election of vestrymen. The expression "ward" in relation to any place not in the metropolis means a ward of the municipal borough in reference to which the expression is used, as such ward was constituted on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, for the purpose of municipal elections. The expression "Parliamentary polling district" means a polling district of a Parliamentary borough as such district was constituted on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five for the purpose of Parliamentary elections. The expression "municipal polling district" means a polling district of a municipal borough, as such district was constituted on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, for the purpose of municipal elections. The expression "parish" means as regards England and Scotland a parish as constituted on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, for which a separate poor rate is or can be made, or for which separate overseers or a separate parochial board are or can be appointed, and as regards Ireland means a parish as appearing on the maps of the Ordnance Survey and as adopted in the census. Where reference is made in any schedule to a parish, townland, or barony which extends beyond a county at large or Parliamentary borough in relation to which such parish, townland, or barony is mentioned, the reference shall, unless otherwise expressed, be construed to refer only to such part of the parish, townland, or barony as is in the said county or borough. The expression "present" means on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. S. 23 in part rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S. L.R.). 1 Now the Secretary for Scotland, 48 & 49 Vict. c. 61, s. 5 (1). 24. DEFINITIONS.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— The expression "member" means a member to serve in Parliament, and includes a knight of a shire. The expression "Parliamentary election" means the election of a member or members. The expression "law relating to Parliamentary elections" includes all laws, customs, and enactments relating to Parliamentary elections, inclusive of the law respecting the qualification and registration of voters. The expression "the Registration Acts" has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1884. S. 24 in part rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.). Application to Scotland. 25. APPLICATION OF ACT TO SCOTLAND.-This Act shall apply to Scotland, with the following modifications: (1.) The sheriff shall be substituted for "the local authority having power to divide a county or Parliamentary borough into polling districts," and also for the "revising barrister." (3.) Where by the operation of this Act any Royal or Parliamentary burgh ceases as a burgh to return or to contribute to return a member to Parliament, nothing in this Act shall affect in any other respect the rights and privileges of such burgh as a Royal or Parliamentary burgh, or the rights, privileges, and functions of the magistrates, town council, and officers thereof. S. 25 in part rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.). [S. 26 applies to Ireland exclusively. Ss. 27-34 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.). [First Schedule, Parts I. and III. rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.). Part II. applies to England and Ireland exclusively.] [Second Schedule applies to England and Ireland exclusively.] CONTENTS AND BOUNDARIES OF BOROUGHS WITH ALTERED BOUNDARIES. Part of this Schedule, which refers to England and Ireland exclusively, is omitted. SCOTLAND. Name of Parliamentary Borough. Edinburgh. Glasgow Contents and Boundaries. The present Parliamentary burgh of Edinburgh; and The present Parliamentary burgh of Glasgow; and So much of the municipal burgh of Glasgow as is not included. within the said Parliamentary burgh. Galashiels (in Hawick The present Parliamentary burgh of Galashiels; and district). Greenock. So much of the municipal burgh of Galashiels as is not included within the said Parliamentary burgh. The present Parliamentary burgh of Greenock; and So much of the municipal burgh of Greenock as is not included within the said Parliamentary burgh. Hamilton (in Falkirk The present Parliamentary burgh of Hamilton; and district). Kilmarnock (in Kilmarnock district). Port-Glasgow (in Kilmarnock district). Renfrew (in Kilmarnock district). So much of the municipal burgh of Hamilton as is not included The present Parliamentary burgh of Kilmarnock; and The present Parliamentary burgh of Port-Glasgow ; and The present Parliamentary burgh of Renfrew; and So much of the municipal burgh of Renfrew as is not included within the said Parliamentary burgh. Kirkcaldy (in Kirkcaldy The present Parliamentary burgh of Kirkcaldy; and district). So much of the municipal burgh of Kirkcaldy as is not included within the said Parliamentary burgh, (except so much of such municipal burgh as is comprised within the present Parliamentary burgh of Dysart). SIXTH SCHEDULE. DIVISIONS OF BOROUGHS. NUMBER, NAMES, CONTENTS, AND BOUNDARIES OF DIVISIONS. PART II-SCOTLAND. ABERDEEN. Two Divisions.-One Member for each Division. And so much of St Leonard's Ward as lies to the north of a line drawn along The Parishes of Abdie, Abernethy, Anstruther Wester, Anstruther Easter, Craig, Flisk, Forgan, Kemback, Kennoway, Kettle, Kilconquhar, Kilmany, Kilrenny, Kingsbarns, Largo, Leuchars, Logie, Monimail, Moonzie, Newburgh, Newburn, Pittenweem, St Andrews, St Leonards, St Monance, Scoonie, and The Parishes of-Abbotshall, Aberdour, Auchterderran, Auchtertool, Ballingry, Beath, Burntisland, Carnock, Dalgetty, Dunfermline, Dysart, Inverkeithing, Kinghorn, Kinglassie, Kirkcaldy, Leslie, Markinch, Saline, Torryburn, and So much of the Parish of Govan as lies north of the Clyde and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow, and so much of the parish of Barony as lies to the west of the present main line of railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh of the North British Railway Company (being the old Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) and beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh So much of the Parish of Barony as lies beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow and to the east of the main line of railway before The Parishes of-New Monkland, Shotts, Dalziel, Bothwell, and so much of the parish of Hamilton as lies north and east of the River Clyde. The parishes of Rutherglen, Carmunnock, so much of the parish of Cathcart as adjoins the two last-mentioned parishes, Cambuslang, Blantyre, so much of the parish of Hamilton as lies south and west of the River Clyde, Dalserf and The parishes of Biggar, Carluke, Carmichael, Carnwath, Carstairs, Covington and Thankerton, Crawford, Crawfordjohn, Culter, Dolphinton, Douglas, Dunsyre, Lamington and Wandel, Lanark, Lesmahagow, Liberton, Pettinain, Symington, Walston, Wiston and Roberton, Moffat, Avondale, Stonehouse, Glasford, and East Kilbride; so much of the parish of Cathcart as adjoins East Kilbride, and so much of the parish of Kirkpatrick juxta as may be in the county of Lanark. The Parishes of-Aberdalgie, Alyth, Abernyte, Auchtergaven, Arngask, Abernethy, |