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of any presidency, division, province, or territory in
India, for the purposes of the Act; and further to
divide and alter, from time to time, such limits. The
power was to be exercised by proclamation, Statute
28 and 29 Victoria, Cap. 17, Sections 2 and 3, gives
similar power in regard to the distribution and
arrangement of the British Indian possessions in
more general terms, and subject to the previous sanction
 of the Secretary of State.

Further modifications of the Indian Councils Act
1861 have, since this manual was first printed, beer
enacted by 55 and 56 Victoria, Cap. 14, and for convenience
 of reference and comparison the whole of
the Act, which is very brief, is here inserted ;:—
CHAPTER 14. .

An Act to amend the Indian Councils Act, 1861.
[20th June, 1892.]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this
present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same as follows:

number of Additional Members of
Council nominated by the Governor-General
 under the provisions of
section ten of the Indian Councils
Act, 1861, shall be such as to him
may seem from time to time expedient;
 but shall not be less: than
ten nor move than sixteen : and the number of Addi-{.—(1.)

 The

Provisions for in
crease of number of
Members of Indian
Councils for making
laws and regulations.
24 and 25 Vic., ¢. 67.