The Brighton Aquarium and Improvements Act, 1869
WHEREAS the construction of a marine aquarium on a large scale would be of considerable public utility, as well as afford an agreeable resort and place of recreation to the inhabitants of and visitors to Brighton; wherefore certain persons formed themselves into a Company by the name of The Brighton Marine Aquarium Company, Limited, which was duly registered on the second day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, pursuant to "The Companies Act, 1862," with a capital of ten th...