XIV CONTENTS. 



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Dr. James Hector on the Capabilities for Settlement of the Central Parts of 

 British North America 195 



Rev. A. Hume on the Relations of the Population in Ireland, as shown by the 

 Statistics of Religious Belief 196 



A Letter from Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Hongkong, relating to the 

 Journey of Major Sarel, Capt. Blakiston, Dr. Barton, anil another, who are 

 endeavouring to pass from China to the North of India. (Communicated by 

 Sir R. I.MuRCHisoN) 196 



Substance of a Letter from the Colonial Office, on the Exploration of N.W. 

 Australia, under Mr. Gregory. (Communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison)... 197 



Mr. John Ramsay's Remarks on the Proposal to form a Ship Canal between 

 East and West Loch Tarbert, Argyllshire 197 



Sir Henry C. Rawlinson on the Direct Overland Telegraph from Constanti- 

 nople to Kurrachee 197 



Colonel Shaffner on the Spitzbergen Current, and Active and Extinct Glaciers 

 in South Greenland 198 



Mr. B. C. Smart on the English Gipsies and their Dialect 199 



Captain W. P. Snow on the Geographical Science of Arctic Explorations, and 



the advantage of continuing it 201 



Mr. H. Wise's Remarks on a Proposed Railway across the Malay Peninsula.. 201 

 Dr. R. Wollaston's Account of the Romans in Britain 201 



STATISTICAL SCIENCE. 



Address of William Newmarch, F.R.S., President of the Section 201 



Mr. Henry Ashworth on Capital Punishments and their Influence on Crime 203 



on the Progress of Science and Art as developed in the 



Bleaching of Cotton at Bolton 204 



Mr. R. H. Bakewell on the Influence of Density of Population on the Fecun- 

 dity of Marriages in England 206 



Mr. Thomas Bazley's Glance at the Cotton Trade 206 



Rev. W. Caine on Ten Years' Statistics of the Mortality amongst the Orphan 

 Children taken under the Care of the Dublin Protestant Orphan Societies ... 208 



Mr. David Chadwick on the Progress of Manchester from 1840 to I860 209 



Dr. W. Clarke on a Revision of National Taxation 216 



Mr. J. T. Danson on the Growth of the Human Body in Height and Weight 

 in Males from 17 to 30 Years of Age 216 



Mr. William Danson's Observations on the Manufacture of the Human Hair, 

 as an Article of Consumption and General Use 217 



Captain Donnelly on the Aid now granted by the State tf)wards the instruction 

 of the Industrial Classes in Elementary Science — its Nature and Results 217 



Dr. W. Farr on the Recent Improvements in the Health of the British Army. 219 



Mrs. FisoN on Sanitary Improvements 220 



Mr. James T. Hammick on the General Results of the Census of the United 

 Kingdom in 1861 220 



Mr. J. Heywood on the Inspection of Endowed Educational Institutions 222 



Rev. A. Hume on the Condition of National Schools in Liverpool as compaied 

 with the Population, 1861 223 



Mr. C. E. Macqueen on the True Principles of Taxation 225 



