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Afterwards were read Statistical Hustentions of the Principal 
Universities of Great Britain and Ireland, by Rev. H. L. Jones. 
The best authorities were. employed in the preparation of this 
document. The college, revenues were Koueatndsc: detailed, and 
the results may be thus stated :— 
Ape a RIOR 5 ena Dublin, 
Heads of houses A ae eee Res 
Income — £18,350 £12,650 £2,000. 
Fellows 6BZ.< - 5 9 Oat ee 
. Income £116,560 £90,330 £25,400 — 
“Senolarsinpa.-.« .  ..309  » .’ 9B 10 432) 
Income -. £6,030. £13,390. £2,100 ~ 
- College-officers 199 179 10 
£17,750 £20,000 
a ee 
280. 31 
College Revenues £152,670 £133,268 £31,500 
Other tables were constructed, giving the number of members, 
and their ranks, also the stimulating forces, that is, the amount of 
_ pecuniary advantage offered for exertion. 
Mr. W. Cargill offered a paper on the Educational, Criminal 
and other Statistics of Newcastle. 
Mr. L. Hindmarsh made a communication on the State of Agri- 
culture and Agricultural Laborers in the north division of the 
county of Northumberland. On the whole, the agricultural statis- 
tics of this district are of a gratifying character. They present a 
soil well cultivated, under the vicissitudes and difficulties of a very 
variable climate’; and a- peasantry who, in their general intelli- 
gence and moral habits, are a credit to themselves, an honor to 
the country, and an example -worthy of imitation. ; 
Dr. W. C. Taylor read an Account of the changes in the popu- 
lation of New Zealand, communicated by Saxe Bannister, Esq. 
late Attorney general for New South Wales. The New Zealand 
group consists of the N. and 8. islands, Stewart’s island, and some 
smaller isles; the extent of these is 95,000 square miles. . The 
population was classed.under the following heads,—natives, white 
residents, white visitors and mixed races. 'The probable number 
_ of natives is 130,000. The white residents are about 2,000. As 
