51.   Introducing a new source of authority in the countryside was the principal reason why the emancipators believed volosti had to be created.

52.   State publications were to be instructed and private publications stimulated to present the activities of the authorities in a favourable light.

53.   Some Tories came to develop the view that the combined legislative of Crown, Lords and Commons was the sovereign authority in the state.

54.   One of the characteristics of many local authorities in England is a strong sense of federalism.

55.   The authorities in Hainan in southern China have begun to crack down on the hunting, selling and buying of protected animals in the province.

56.   The London borough of Kensington and Chelsea is to be the first local authority in the UK to introduce a kerbside collection service for separated waste.

57.   Dynamite fishing is illegal in Cambodia, but the lack of strong centralized authority in the country means that the law is impossible to enforce.

58.   Logging has been severely restricted by both local and federal authorities in the last few years.

59.   The nuclear authorities in Belgium, Sweden and Switzerland have also announced checks on their own similarly constructed reactors.

60.   The municipal authorities in Beijing, the Chinese capital, have adopted new water management measures in an attempt to conserve resources, reduce pollution and improve quality.