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| On the State of Crime in the Borough of Liverpool. 
By Mr. Wavmstey. 
The author presented returns relating to Liverpool, containing the 
number of persons brought before the magistrates, and the number 
committed ; the number of felons apprehended, and the number com- 
mitted; and the ages of the juvenile felons. In the year 1835, 13,506 
were taken into custody, 2138 of whom were committed. In 1836, 
16,830 were taken into custody, of whom 3343 were committed. Up to 
the 13th of September, 1837 (eight months), the number taken into 
custody was 12,709, of whom 2849 were committed. From July 1835 to 
July 1836, the number of juvenile thieves apprehended under eighteen 
years of age, was 924, of whom 378 were committed. From July 
1836 to 13th of September 1837, the number of juvenile thieves ap- 
prehended was 2339, of whom 1096 were committed. There were in 
custody, during the same period, upwards of 1500 well-known adult 
thieves. 
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Abstract of the Report made by the Regents of the University of the 
State of New York. By Dr. W. C. Tayror. 
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On Improvements in Agriculture. By G. W. Haut. 
On Spade Husbandry. By Dr. Yevuowy. 
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On the Localities of the Plague in Constantinople. 
By Mr. Urquuarr. 
The author stated, as the result of three years’ observations, that the 
plague, if it did not originate in localities close to cemetries, was greatly 
aggravated by the proximity of burial grounds, especially when the 
towns and villages stood on a lower level than the neighbouring ceme- 
tries. Several statements corroborative of this view of the injurious 
effects of effluvia from the shallow Turkish graves, were advanced by 
other members of the section. 
On the Reclaiming of the Bog of Critt, in the County of Galway. 
By Mr. Bermincuam. 
On the Condition of the Poor of Bristol—an Inquiry now carrying on 
by the Statistical Society of Bristol. By C. B. Fripp. 
The inquiry, though much advanced, being still in progress, it ap- 
pears proper to defer an abstract of the results obtained till the whole 
is completed. 
