CONTENTS. VU 



Page. 



Mr. Alcock on the Question whether the Sense of Taste is dependent on Nen'es 

 from the Spheno-palatine Ganglion 124 



Mr. Alcock on some particulars in the Anatomy of the Fifth Pair of Nerves 124 



Mr. William Hetling on a new Instrument for the removing of Ligatures at 

 pleasure 124 



Dr. Marshall Hall and Mr. S. D. Broughton on the Sensibility of the Glosso- 

 pharyngeal Nerve 125 



MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 



Mr. Henry Chatfield on the Theory of British Naval Architecture 129 



Mr. Henwood on certain points in the Theory of Naval Architecture 130 



Rev. W. Whewell on the Tides 130 



Mr. J. S. Russell on the Application of our Knowledge of the Phaenomena of 



Waves to the Improvement of the Navigation of Shallow Rivers 130 



Professor Moseley on certain points connected with the Theory of Locomotion, 130 



Mr. John S. Enys on the Performance of Steam-Engines in Cornwall 130 



STATISTICS. 



Baron Dupin's Researches relative to the Price of Grain, and its Influence on 



the French Population 132 



Report on the State of Education in the Borough of Liverpool in 1835 — 1836.... 133 



Mr. C. B. Fripp on the Statistics of Popular Education in Bristol 136 



Dr. Cleland's Extracts from Statistical Documents relating to Glasgow 140 



Mr. John Taylor on the Comparative Value of the Mineral Productions of Great 



Britain and the rest of Europe 144 



Dr. Robert Collins's Observations on the Periodicity of Births, showing the 

 total number bom in each Month ; the Number of Premature Children ; the 

 Sex, &c. &c. ; the Number of Stillborn Children, and Children Dying ; also 

 with regard to the Death of the Mothers, and the most important CompUcations 



met with in DeUvery, deduced from the Experience of 16,654 Cases 146 



Mr. W. Felkin's Facts and Calculations on the present State of the Bobbin Net 



Trade, and the past and present State of the Hosiery Trade 148 



Colonel Sykes on the Utility of Co-operating Committees of Trade and Agricul- 

 ture in the Commercial and Manufactiuing Towns of Great Britain, &c. as pro- 

 jected by Mr. Holt Mackenzie and Mr. Forbes Royle, and advocated by Sir 

 Alexander Johnston and Sir C. Forbes, for investigating more exclusively the 



Natural and Artificial Products of India 149 



Dr. Yelloly on Spade Husbandry in Norfolk 150 



Dr. Lardner on the Effect of Railroads on Intercommunication 150 



Mr. W. R. Greg's Outlines of a Memoir on Statistical Desiderata 151 



Mr. Jeffries Kingsley's Formula of Returns of the gross Receipts of the Re- 

 venues of Great Britain, and of Savings Banks Returns 151 



