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Monmouth, county of, made one of the counties of England by 27 Hen. 8, c. 26. Many Acts provided that it is to be considered as part of Wales for the purposes of the Act, e.g., (English) National Insurance Act, 1911, s. 79; Welsh Church Act, 1914; (English) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1919.

In the appointment, in Wales and Monmouthshire, of inspectors of coal mines, by the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911, s. 97; of factories, bys. 23 of the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1891; and of quarries, bys. 2 (3) of the Quarries Act, 1894, persons having a knowledge of the Welsh language are to be preferred