HIS HONOUR JUDGE CHALMERS,

DRAUGHTSMAN OF THE BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT, 1882;

EDITOR OF THE INDIAN NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT, 1881,
THE BANKRUPTCY ACTS, 1883, 1890, &c.

FIFTH EDITION.

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LIMITED,

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PREFACE TO FIFTH EDITION.

IN the present Edition I have noted up the cases bearing on the subject of the Work, which have been decided since the last Edition was published, and I have re-written and enlarged some of the notes.

COUNTY COURT, BIRMINGHAM,

February, 1896.

M. D. CHALMERS.