X CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Don M. B. La Fuente's Observations on the Pro\dnce of Tarapaca, South Peru 88 

 Mr. T. K. Lynch's Notes of an Excursion to the supposed Tomb of Ezekiel . . 89 



Rev. C. G. NicoLAY on certain Places in the Pacific, in connexion with the 

 Great-Circle Sailing 89 



Mr. Augustus Petermann on the Interior of Australia 89 



Mr. R. W. Plants on a Second Journey to St. Lucia Bay, and the Adjacent 

 Country in South-East Africa 90 



Professor Rafns on Contributions to the Ancient Geogi-aphy of the Arctic 

 Regions 91 



Rev. T. Rankin on the Brigantes, the Romans, and the Saxons in the Wolds 

 of Yorkshire 91 



Mr. Trelawny Saunders' Inquiry into the Variations of Climate within 

 the Tropics, in connexion with the Vertical Action of the Sun and the actual 

 Motion of the Earth, especially with reference to the Climate of the Gulf of 

 Carpentaria in North Australia 91 



Rev. W. Scores BY on the Popular Notion of an open Polar Sea. Is it the 

 Fact ? 92 



Capt. TiCKELL on late Siureys in Arracan 96 



STATISTICS. 



Mr. Francis Bennoch on some suggestions for an improved system of Cur- 

 rency and Banking 9/ 



Mr. Edward Cheshire on the Results of the Census of Great Britain in 1851, 

 with a Description of the Machinery and Processes employed to obtain the 

 Returns 98 



Mr. Edward Cheshire's Statistics relative to Nova Scotia in 1851 102 



Prof. Paul Chaix's Summary of the Census of Switzerland 102 



Dr. Henry Cooper on the MortaUty of Hull in the Autumn of 1849 102 



on the Prevalence of Diseases in Hull 103 



Rev. A. Hume on the Education of the Poor in Liverpool 103 



Mr. James Edvtards' Electoral Statistics of the British Empire 107 



Mr. John Locke, Ireland's Recovei-y ; or. Excessive Emigration, and its Re- 

 parative Agencies 107 



Rev. F. O. Morris on Progressive, Practical, and Scientific Education 107 



Dr. Henry Munroe's Statistics relative to the Northern Whale Fisheries from 

 1772 to 1852 109 



Mr. F. G. P. Neison's Analytical View of Railway Accidents in this countiy 

 and on the Continent of Europe in the twelve years from 1840 to 1852 .... 109 



Mr. William Newmarch on new Supplies of Gold 110 



Mr. Theodore Wm. Rathbqne on a proposed Plan for Decimal Coinage . . 112 



Rev. James Selkirk on the Causes, Extent, and Preventives of Crime ; with 

 especial reference to Hull 112 



MECHANICS. 



Mr. J. F. Bateman's Description of some of the large Valves and other 

 Machinery which have been employed for the discharge of Water at the 

 Manchester Waterworks 113 



