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Scotland also bear a second number with the letter " S prefixed . Those relating to procedure or fees in courts in England of Wales bear a second number with the letter "L" prefixed . indicating that they belong to the legal series . The public and general rules and orders forming the text of this volume are grouped under an alphabetically arranged series of headings of law these headings so far as possible are identical with those adopted in the annual "Index to the Statutes in Force," and in the Index to Statutory Powers and Rules and Orders in Force of which a new edition, revised to June 30, 1924, has recently been issued. One advantage of this uniform system is that under the same title in the various official publications there may be found in respect of any subject of law the statutory enactments, the legislative powers delegated by Parliament to Government departments , the extent to which these powers have been exercised , and the text of the delegated legislation .

Citation and Identification.—Rules and orders are cited by their number and year in accordance with section 3 (2) of the Act of 1893, already quoted above; for example , the Rules printed on the first page of this volume are to be cited as "S.R. & O. 1924, No. 1124." In addition it is usual and convenient for the rulemaking authority to give each set of rules or orders a short title, as is done in the case of Acts of Parliament . A statutory rule referred to merely by its number or date can be traced by looking under the appropriate heading of law in the Index to Statutory Powers and Rules and Orders in Force, or by recourse to the sale lists of Stationery Office Publications (issued monthly, quarterly and yearly) wherein the statutory rules and orders of the year are listed in numerical order. ₨ An edition of " Statutory Rules and Orders Revised " containing all those of a public and general character in force on December 31, 1903 , was published in 1904. It superseded the annual volumes of Rules and Orders for the years 1890 to 1903, but has now itself been largely superseded by subsequent Acts of Parliament and by the Rules and Regulations contained in the annual volumes of the past twenty-one years.

Evidence.—Under section 2 of the Documentary Evidence Act of 1868—

Primâ facie evidence of any proclamation , order or regulation issued . . . by Her Majesty or by the Privy Council , also of any proclamation, order or regulation issued . . . by or under the authority of any such department of the Government or officer as is mentioned in the first column of the schedule hereto, may be given in all courts of justice and in all legal proceedings whatsoever . . . by the production of a copy of such proclamation , order or regulation purporting to be printed by the Government printer. . . .

The schedule to that Act includes the Treasury, the Admiralty, Secretaries of State, and the Board of Trade. The Act has been extended to the Board of Education, the Board of Agriculture (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries), the Post Office,