194 REPORT—1862. 
man who had expended from £200 to £300 a year at Eton or Harrow would not 
spend less at Cambridge. A student might, however, pass creditably through his 
course for £150 a year. The paper then dwelt on the social advantages derived 
from membership and the welding together of classes in the University, and 
stated that there was no town of equal extent and population that was more quiet 
after half-past nine at night than Cambridge, while rioting and dissipation were 
of limited extent, the larger number of students being economical and well-con- 
ducted. 
LIST..OF PLATES. 
PLATE I. 
Illustrative of Mr. Fleeming Jenkin’s paper on Thermo-electric Currents im 
Cireuits of one Metal. 
PLATE II. 
Illustrative of Mr. G. J. Symons’s paper on the Fall of Rain in the British 
Isles during the Years 1860 and 1861. 
PLATE III. 
Illustrative of the Fourth Report of the Committee on Steamship Perform- 
ance, 
