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 All moneys recovered ur received by the Conservators or their secretary, or other officer under any of the provisions of this Act, shall be carried to the Conservancy Fund, and all moneys arising in respect of the Upper River, as defined by the Acts mentioned in the schedule hereto, shall be credited to the ‘Upper Navigation Fund.

28. Saving clause.—Saving always to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, her heirs and successors, and to all and every other person or persons and body or bodies politic, corporate or collegiate, and his, her, or their heirs, successors, executors, and administrators, all such right, title, estate, and interest, as they or any of them could or ought to have had or enjoycd of, in to or in respect of the river and the banks and towpaths thereof within the limits aforesaid in case this Act had not been passed, excepting so far as relates to the said right of navigation and other rights expressly declared and provided for by this Act.

2, Definitions, —In this Act the following terms have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the suliject or context repugnant 10 such construction {that is to say} :

The terms ‘the River Thames’ and ‘ the said river” shall for the purposes of this Act mean and include all and every part of the River ‘Thames specified in section one, excepting the cuts, inlets, and channels specified in section two 5

‘The term ‘the Conservators” means the Conservators of the River ‘Vhames ;

‘The term ‘due notice means a notice in writing given by the Conservators or any person duly authorised in writing by them to act in their behalf;

The words ‘consent of the Conservators ' shall mean permission in writing


 * signed by the secretary of the Conservators ;

‘The term ‘ by-law ' includes rules, orders, and regulations ;

The term ‘ person’ includes corporatio!

‘The term ‘land’ includes land of any tenure, and tenements and heredita~ ments, corporeal or incorporeal, and houses and other buildings, and alsa an undivided share in Jand, and any rights over land whatsoever, whether appendant, appurtenant, or in gross ;

The term ‘precincts’ includes any place within a hundred yards of the said tiyer on either side thereof ;

The term ‘yessel’ shall include any ship, lighter, barge, launch, house- boat, boat, randan, wherry, ski/f, dingcy, shallop, punt, canoe, raft, or other craft,

30, Short site, —This Act may be cited as ‘The Thames Frescrvation Act,

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24Geo. UL. ¢. 8, 30 Geo, I. ¢. 21, rr Geo. Til, e. 45, 14 Geo. III. ©, gt, 15 Geo. TIT. ¢, 11, 17 Geo. Ul. c. 18, 28 Geo, ITT. «. 51, 35 Geo. III. ¢. 108, go Geo. IIL, ¢. eciv., 52 Geo. IIL ¢. xlvi., 52 Geo, IIE, c, xlvii, 4 Geo, IT ©, coxxili., 20 & ar Viet. c. exlvit, {the Thames Conservancy Act, 1857), 7 & 28 Viet. ©. 113 (the ‘Thames Conservancy Act, 1864), 29 & zo Viet, ¢, 89 {the Thames Navigation Act, 1865), 30 & 31 Vict. ©. ci. (the Thames Conservancy Act, 1867), 33 & 34 Vict. o. exlix. (the Thames Navigation Act, 1870}, 41 & 42