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Mr. RuTuErG Len on the State of Crime within the Suburban Di- 
PONG tases Nee ASR owes nese crac enna ne roeanaesane= aaceeser tonne sare naneeretes 
Mr. Frxpiater on the State of Crime in the Suburban Burgh of 
PRC ERIS eit tenon one ian saawelanecuast ganna: nade onrnaraaaaeer dammnemenen eee 
Mr. RicHarpson on the State of Crime in ‘the District ‘of Gorbals “E02 
The -MancHEsTER Statistical Society on the State of Education in 
the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull .........sssseeseeeeeereceeeeseeeneeees 
Mr: Porter on Pawnbroking in Ireland, and on the beneficial results 
which had followed from the establishment of a Mont de Piété, in 
connexion with a Loan Fund, at Tanderagee ............csessceeeeeeee Mase 
Mr. Leatuam on the Bill Circulation of Great Britain .............e0e++- 
Mr. JosrpH BentLey on the State of Education and Crime in England 
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Dr. CuaLMeErs on the Application of Statistics to Moral and CEconomic 
LIGNE ae -ks semaanceaen «Saw tee Sees dean shinina stones Sanne ecedshaescss a aeauneriame = 
—————— on the Pauperism of Glasgow ...........sesceececenseeeceeees 
Dr. Avison’s Illustrations of the Practical Operations of the Scottish 
System of the Management of the Poor .............00..scescsseseeseeecers 
Dr. Atcorn on the excess of Population, and on Emigration as a 
Remedy for it, in the Highlands of Scotland ...............ssseeceseeeeees 
Mr. Witson on the Population of Scotland .........scecseecseesecerereceees 
Professor ApRtAN on the Libraries of Germany ............ssseeeeeees camaiss 
Rev. P. Caatmers on the Parish of Dunfermline ..............008 Sedge 
MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 
Mr. J. Scorr RussEevu on the Temperature of most effective conden- 
Ration iH Steam VeSSCls Seeks -<6seganeeonotesh teasececcsassaravas~ aeaeeneeanee 
Additional Notice concerning the most Econo- 
mical and Effective Proportion of Engine Power to the Tonnage of the 
Hull in Steam Vessels, and more especially in those designed for long 
Voyages «.....ccccececesecccccaccscenecscscosccccorencescnecscncroucscasccsesences 
Dr. Wiit1am WaLtiace’s Notice of Properties of the Catenary and 
Curves of Equilibration, with Tables for their Construction, contained 
in a Memoir entitled, “‘The Parallelogram Forces and Curves of 
Equilibration ; together with Tables for their Construction, deduced 
froma Functional’ Equation 2.5. 05i505c.60cc 522 cecsdscanscevesecessecnnoanees 
Rev. J. Broprz on a New Mode of Propelling Fluids, or an uniformly 
Propelling Wheel .........-sscsssescccssccscssocssccecscceveccescosssccees a8 
Dr. Far@uHarson on the Strongest form of Sea-borne Vessels ......... 
Professor Gorpon on the Turbine Water-wheel  .............2seeeeeeeeeees 
Mr. Josep WuitwortH on producing True Planes or Surfaces on 
Metals...5........00: cossne ees ae Se eee nee 
Mr. Vienotes on the Giconomy of Railways in respect of Gradients 
Mr. Wat ace on Extinguishing Fire in Steam Vessels ....... Beenatens wee 
Mr. Vienoxes on Timber Bridges of a large size, in special reference to 
Railways ..-.cccccccecesesse cocnsccsceccecees cecesceee ccersccsascccnccscscscnsnce 
Mr. Hawkins on the Safety Rotation Railway......cccscsccscscscsssereees - 
Mr. Mircuext on Timber Bridges, with reference to their Application 
to the ceconomical construction of Railways ...+.ssssecsessscserssersceeee 
Captain E. J. Jounson on the co wae: of Native Alloy for Com- 
Pass PivOts ...cssecseeeeceeeeereesereeenerenees Sota sokewancocsesseouesepuscet 
Mr. FarrBAIRN on the Fan- Blast as “applied to Furnaces sececcscccccess 
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