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Bank holidays. Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August, and the 26th December if a weekday, or if it is a Sunday the 27th, or any day appointed by Order in Council in place of one of these, and any day appointed by Royal Proclama-tion in addition to these, is a statutory bank holiday in England, 34 & 35 Vict. c.17; 38 & 39 Vict. c. 13; 45 & 46 Vict. c. 61. R. S. C. 1883, Ord. LXIV. In 1914 on the occasion of the outbreak of the war with Germany the August Bank Holiday was extended by Proclamation to four days. See HOLIDAY.