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Drawing and practical chemistry are extras. 



The following arrangement of the classical subdivision of the fourth class has 

 been made in the lessons for a week : — 



Greek 4i hours , Latin 9 ; French 3 ; German 2J ; history 1^ ; mathematics 6 

 arithmetic 3. Total 29J hours. 



The time of the more modem subdivision would be thus an-anged in the fourth 

 class : — 



Latin 9 houi-s ; French 3 ; German 2^ ; English U ; history li ; geography 1| 

 mathematics 6 ; arithmetic 3 ; writing 1^. Total 29| hours. 



On the Locality of the various Religious Bodies in Ireland. 

 By the Eev. Dr. Hume. 



On the British Home and Colonial Empire in its Mutual Relations. 

 By Lieutenant- Colonel Kennedt. 

 The object of this paper was to combat the notion that the colonies are useless 

 appendages to the British empire. It pointed out the advantages which the colo- 

 nies derive from the mother country, by the protection aftbrded to their commerce 

 on the high seas by means of the strongest navy in the world, which costs them 

 nothing. It proves the benefits which the mother country derives from her colo- 

 nies, exclusive of British India, by their high consumption of British manufactures 

 (£3 6s. lOf/. per head of population) as compared with the consumption of the rest 

 of the world who are not under the British flag — 2s. 4f7. per head, which is in the 

 ratio of 28 to 1. 



On the Economical Administration of the Navy. By Prof. Leone Levi. 

 The naval expenditure constituted 30 per cent, of the total amount of the supply 

 services voted by the House of Commons, and, in the forces of the coimtiy, the 

 navy held the first rank. It was shown that, in the time of war, the average cost 

 per man, a hundred years ago, was £08 per man ; whereas, in the Eussian war, it 

 was £270 per man. In times of peace, the cost, a hundred years ago, was £105 per 

 man ; whereas, at present, it was £1.50 per man. But a great change had taken 

 place in the state of the navy — first, in the size of ships, and, second, in the intro- 

 duction of steam. 



Statistics on the Numher and Occupations of Foreigners in England. 



By Prof. Levi. 

 According to the last census there were 80,090 foreigners in England and Wales, 

 being at the rate of 0-0-41 to every 100 natives. That, however, was considerably 

 less than the number of foreigners in France or the United States. In France, in 

 1861, there were 506,381 foreigners in a population of 37,386,313 ; and, in the 

 L^nited States, in 1860, there were 4,136,17.5 foreigners out of a popidation of 

 27,489,461. Of the 80,090 foreigners in England and '^'S'ales 73,000 were Eui-opeans, 

 9500 Armenians, 500 Afi'icans, and 500 between Asiatics and natives of other coun- 

 tries. Of the 73,000 Europeans 30,900 were Germans, 13,000 were French, 5500 

 were from Holland, 4500 from Italy, 5000 from Norway and Sweden, 5000 from 

 Russia and Poland, 2000 from Spain and Portugal, 2000 from Belgium, and 2500 

 from Denmark, and about 1000 from Greece and Turkey. Frdly one half of the 

 foreigners in England and Wales are located in London. Of the total number of 

 foreigners in this country, 57,000 are males and 27,000 females ; and, of the 73,000 

 Europeans, 13,000 were under twenty years of age. 



Sanitary Statistics of Salisbury. By A. B. MiBDLETOif. 



On Brief Writing. By I. Pitmaij. 

 The consonant signs employed in all shorthand alphabets are the right line | and 

 the two opposite curves ( ) which, when placed in the four possible distinct posi- 



