Mersey Dock Act, 1891
WHEREAS by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 1857 (being an Act for consolidating the docks at Liverpool and Birkenhead into one estate and for vesting the control and management of them in one public trust and for other purposes) the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (in this Act called "the Board") were incorporated for the purposes therein mentioned: And whereas by the Mersey Dock (Liverpool Dock Extension) Act 1873 the Board were for the purpose of affording additional accommodation to the tr...