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melancholy picture of the state of the schools in the town, especially 

 of the ignorance of the teachers. 



The Rev. Mr. Stanley stated that he had lately made a tour in the 

 west of Ireland, and had found the quantity and quality of instruc- 

 tion, above the common average of England. He could not forbear 

 mentioning that he had been much pleased with the sound and scrip- 

 tural answers received from the boys, in a school exclusively Catholic. 



]Mr. Gregg read a report on the social statistics of the Netherlands. 



Dr. Cleland's paper on the Glasgow Bridewell was then read. 

 During the year there have been (exclusive of 356 that remained 

 2d August, 1833) 1967 persons committed, and 2030 liberated, 

 leaving 293 confined on Id August, 1834. Besides £ 116 5s. 3d. 

 paid to inmates, the produce of the work performed during the year 

 maintained all the prisoners, with a surplus of 401/. 14s. lid., 

 which goes to lessen the expenses of wages, &c. A deficiency of 

 590/. \0s, divided by 1697, shews that the net expense to the public 

 for every committal is 6.9., the average period of residence being 

 59i days. The prisoners work twelve hours daily ; one-half sleep 

 in hammocks in their cells ; the other half have separate sleeping 

 places. Dr. Cleland is of opinion that solitary confinement is much 

 superior to a silent system. 



Wednesday^ 12^/^.— Colonel Sykes read a paper on the compara- 

 tive state of the Deccan under the Peishwa and the company, shew- 

 ing that under the latter, the condition of the people had been much 

 ameliorated. 



Dr. Maunsell read a paper on the Dublin Foundling Hospital. 



Mr. Babbage read a communication on the effect of co-operative 

 shops. The workmen of Mr. Strutt of Derby, formed a joint-stock 

 shop for the sale of necessaries among themselves, and continued the 

 practice from 1818 to 1832, when it failed. The sale was greatest 

 during the fourth year, and the profit greatest at first. The cause 

 of failure was attributed to ignorance of mercantile affairs, and bribery 

 on the part of the wholesale dealers. 



Thursday^ \'dth. — Colonel Sykes read a paper on the state of 

 education in the Deccan, from which it appeared that the Hindoos 

 were more anxious to profit by European instruction than the 

 Mahometans. 



The Rev. Mr. Stanley read a paper on the religious attendance 

 and state of education in his own parish, that of Alderly in Cheshire. 

 He stated that J^^ of the whole population attend Sunday schools, 

 ^ day schools, i morning, -^ evening service, and J- communicate. 

 There are no dissenters in the parish. 



Dr. Reid detailed a plan for the early instruction of children in 

 physics. 



Friday^ I4th. — Mr. Babbage read an abstract of the ordnance 

 survey of the parish of Templemore and city of Londonderry. He 

 considered it a perfect model for a statistical report. 



Dr. Jones read a paper on the condition of the Irish Lunatic 

 Asylum. 



Mr. Fox read a paper on the punishment of death in Norway and 

 Belgium, from which it was inferred that violent crimes diminish in 

 proportion to the rarity of executions. 



