The Bristol Port and Channel Dock Act, 1874
WHEREAS by "The Bristol Port and Channel Dock Act, 1864" (in this Act called "the Act of 1864"), the Bristol Port and Channel Dock Company (in this Act called "the Company") were incorporated for the purpose of making and maintaining a dock or basin, and other works connected therewith, at or near the mouth of the River Avon on the Gloucestershire side of that river:

And whereas the Act of 1864 limited the period for the construction of the works thereby authorised to seven years from the pa...