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1st — Those assessed at £12. and upwards per annum. 

 2nd — Those assessed at £b. and ujiwards, but less than £12. per annum. 

 3rd— Those assessed at less than £*5. per annum. 



The amount of Poor Bates is about £44 000. per annum, which is paid in 

 the following proportions, by these three classes : — 

 Number of assessments of) .07^ Amount contributed by) nomAA 



the 1st class i ^"^'^ this class j- AdlSOO 



Number of assessments of ) irton Amount contributed by) o.-„ 



the2ndclass f ^^^''^ this class f ^^^^ 



Number of assessments of 1 . -00*7 Amount contributed by 1 q-^^ 

 theSrdclass ] ^^^•*' this class / ^'"" 



30662 £44000 



The amount of the Highway Rate is £11000. per annnm, of which the 

 first class pays £9500., and the second class £1500. The Lamp and Watch 

 Levy is £9000. per annum, of which the first class pays £8000., and the 

 second £1000. The other parochial rate, that for the Town Hall, amounts 

 to £3000. per annum, and is paid entirely by the first class of assessments, or 

 those assessed at £12. and upwards per annum. It appears, therefore, that 

 one-seventh part only of the whole number of assessments contributes 

 three-fourths of the whole amount levied ; whilst the third class, constituting 

 more than half the assessments, pay only about one-sixteenth: thus — 



No. of Poor Hig;hway Lamp and Town Hall Total Rates 



Assments. Rates. Rate. Watch Rate. Rate. Levied. 



1st class, 4374 pay £31900 £9500 £8000 £3000 £52400 



2nd class, 10351 do. 8400 1500 1000 10900 



3rd class, 15937 do. 3700 3700 



• 30662 £44000 £11000 £9000 £3000 £67000 



The two next communications to the Society were "On the 

 Variations of Climate, and their effects on organized beings," by 

 Dr. Ogier Ward ; and " On modern Improvements in Agriculture," 

 by Mr. W. Hawkes Smith. Both these papers contained much 

 curious information, and they led to long and interesting discussions 

 among the Members of the Society ; but, from the nature of the 

 subjects, they are not susceptible of any very condensed analysis. 



A paper read to the Society by Mr. Wickenden, " On the Non- 

 permeability of Glass by Water," is given in another part of the 

 present number ; and the last communication read to the members 

 in this Session, was by Mr. Russell ; it was " An account of a 

 Toad, found alive, imbedded in a solid mass of new red sand-stone." 

 As hitherto when facts of this kind have been brought before the 

 public, they have been received with the greatest incredulity, we 

 give the depositions of those who were present when the animal^ 

 in this instance, was discovered; and we may add that the 

 block of sand-stone, together with the toad, may be seen at t^ 

 rooms of the Philosophical Institution, in Cannon Street. 



The following is a copy of the depositions : — 



During the progress of the excavation through the Park Gardens, at Co- 

 ventry, on the line of the London and Birmingham Railway, at about nine 

 o'clock in the morning of the 16th of June, 1835, the workmen were engaged 

 in removing the material to the depth of 11 feet from the surface, the upper 



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