146 REPORT — 1856. 



To which add a few families in Venice, chiefly, or exclusively, in the parish of S. Cas- 

 siano. Add too, as areas more or less Albanian, some villages of the Monte Gargano 

 in Italy, and those of Bronte, Biancavilla, S. Michele, and S. Angelo in Sicily. Here, 

 however, fusion has taken place, and the general character is Italian or Sicilian. 

 Religion. — Albanians of Ottoman Empire. 



A. Mahometan (?) 



B. Christian (?) 



Greek Church . , . (?) 



Romanists .... 96,000 (?) 



Some of the professors of Mahometanism really Christians (Crypti CathoUci). 



I. Grebce. — A. Mahometans, few. 



B. Christians. 



Greek Church all, or nearly all. 



Romanists, few or none. 



II. Austria, — Christians and Roman. 



III. Russia. — Mahometan ? Greek Church. 



IV. Italy. — Christian, two-thirds Roman, one-third Greek. 



On the Former and Present Plans of disposing of the Waste Lands in the 

 Australian Colonies. By William Newmarch, F.S.S. 



On the Credit Mobilier and other recent Credit Institutions in France. 

 By William Newmarch, F.S.S. 



Plan for Simplifying and Improving the Measures, Weights , and Money of this 

 Country, without materially altering the present Standards. By Lieut.- 

 General Sir C. W. Pasley, K.C.B., R.E., D.C.L., F.R.S. Stc. 



I. General Table of New Lineal Measure proposed. 



10 tenth parts 1 imperial inch. 



10 imperial inches or 100 parts . . 1 foot. 



3 feet 1 yard. 



6 feet 1 fathom. 



1000 fathoms 1 mile. 



60 miles 1 degree of the terrestrial meridian. 



For Architectural and Mechanical purposes. 



10 tenth parts 1 imperial inch. 



10 imperial inches or 100 parts . . 1 foot. 

 For Itinerary Measure. 



10 links 1 fathom. 



100 links 1 chain of 10 fathoms. 



100 chains or 1000 fathoms. . . . I mile. 

 For Cloth Measure. 



2 half-tenths . ; 1 tenth of a yard. 



2i tenths 1 quarter. 



5 tenths 1 half. 



7^ tenths 3 quarters. 



10 tenths 1 yard. 



The new standard of lineal measure to be the fathom of 6 feet, marked on a rod of 

 brass or other metal, and made equal to 6 feet 0*91548 inch of our present measure, 

 at the temperature of 62°'6 of Fahrenheit, or 17° of Celsius's thermometer, when the 

 barometer stands at 29 inches and 4 tenths of an inch of the new measure. This 

 proportion will make the proposed mile equal to 1012'715 fathoms of our present 

 measure, being the mean length of the minute of a degree of the terrestrial meridian, 

 according to Mr. Airy's treatise on the Figure of the Earth in the ' Encyclopaedia Me- 

 tropolitana.' Should more extensive surveys of meridional arcs, since made or in 

 progress, lead to a more accurate value of the said minute, it is proposed that the 

 necessary correction shall be eiFected, not by changing the standard rod, but by 

 altering the legal temperature to a higher or lower temperature than the above. 



