Dorrien Smith Estate Act 1884
WHEREAS the Scilly Isles are a group of islands lying off the south-west coast of Cornwall at a distance of from twenty-five to thirty miles from the mainland Five only of them viz. St. Mary's Tresco St. Martin's St. Agnes and Bryher are inhabited and many of the others are partially or entirely submerged at high tide The islands contain together about three thousand six hundred acres but the area suited for cultivation or available for grazing purposes does not exceed two thousand acres The ...