"This edition of the Statutes is intended to contain, with some slight exceptions, all the Acts in force in Victoria by whatever authority up to and inclusive of the Consolidating Acts 1890. It consists of seven volumes. In the first five appear the general public Statutes and the more permanent Rules and Regulations made under powers therein contained. A sixth volume includes all the private Acts and Acts of a local or personal nature. In the seventh and last volume will be found the Acts of the Federal Council of Australasia and a number of Imperial enactments that appear to be applicable, either by direct enactment or by implication, to Victoria."--Preface.