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	England and Wales	Scotland	Ireland
Counties	Magistrates at Quarter Sessions County councils 1889	Commissioners of Supply 1667 County councils 1890	Grand Jury 1833 County councils 1899
Boroughs	178 boroughs reformed 1835 (new boroughs could be incorporated) Unreformed boroughs abolished 1886 Large boroughs could become "county boroughs" from 1889	Royal burghs, burghs of barony and burghs of regality could adopt "police system" 1833, unreformed burghs abolished 1893. Large burghs became "counties of cities" after 1890	10 of 86 boroughs reformed 1840, others abolished. Larger dissolved boroughs could apply for reincorporation: only Wexford did in 1846. Larger boroughs became "county boroughs" in 1899
Other towns	Improvement commissioners formed under private acts Local boards established under Acts of 1848 and 1858 Became urban districts in 1894	Populous places could become police burghs under Act of 1850	Town commissioners established under Acts of 1828 and 1854 or by private act Larger towns became urban sanitary districts in 1878 and urban districts 1899
Poor Law	Parishes until 1834 Poor law unions 1834 - 1930	Parochial boards 1845 Parish councils 1894 -1930	Poor law unions 1838
Rural districts	Parishes until 1875 Rural sanitary districts 1875 Rural districts subdivided into civil parishes 1894	Administered by parishes until 1830, by district councils 1930 - 1975	Rural sanitary districts 1878, rural districts 1899