Xiv CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Mr. E. B. Tylob on the Negro-European Dialects of Surinam and Curacao. . 130 



M. Vambeby on the Origin of the Hungarians 130 



Dr. A. Vambeby on the City Life of Bokhara 131 



Mr. Thomas Weight on the true Assignation of the Bronze Weapons, &c, 

 supposed to indicate a Bronze Age in Western and Northern Europe 131 



ECONOMIC SCIENCE and STATISTICS. 



Address by The Eight Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., F.R.S., the President of 



the Section 131 



Mr. W. B. Adams on the Division of Labour 135 



Mr. J. T. Ablidge on the Duration of Life, the Prevailing Diseases, and the 

 Causes of Death, of Potters 135 



Mr. Thomas Aveby on the Municipal Expenditure of the Borough of Bir- 

 mingham 135 



Rev. W. J. Bain on the Social, Educational, and Religious Position of the 

 Working Population of South Staffordshire 140 



Professor John H. Bennett's Statistics of Pneumonia 144 



Mr. .T. Thackbay Bunce on the Statistics of Crime in Bimiinghaui, as com- 

 pared with other large Towns 145 



Mr. F. P. Fellows on the Practical Advantages of the Metric System of 

 Weights and Measures 147 



Mr. G. B. Galloway on Intercommunication between Railway Passengers . . 150 



• on the Means of saving Life from Buildings which may 



be on Fire 150 



's Suggested Improvements applicable to the City of 



London and other large Towns, to improve Health and preserve Life .... 150 



Mr. J. D. Goodman, Statistics of the Small Arms Manufacture of Birming- 

 ham 150 



Mr. Alfbed Hill, Statistics of the Post-Office Savings' Banks 152 



Mr. G. J. Johnson, Statistics of the Benefit Building and Freehold Land 

 Societies of Birmingham 154 



Professor Leone Levi, Statistical Data in relation to the Representation of 

 the People 154 



Dr. T. de Meschin on the proposed Extension of Government Administration 

 to Railways 154 



Mr. D. Mobbis on the Past and Present Productive Power of Cotton Ma- 

 chinery 155 



Professor Rogebs on Patents and Copyrights 155 



Mr. Henby C. Ropeb on the Physical and Geographical Features of the 

 Country ten miles round Dudley, with remarks upon the natural drainage 

 area, as they bear upon the Sanitary Condition of the district 155 



Mr. W. L. Sabgant on the Vital Statistics of Birmingham, and seven other 

 Towns 155 



Mr. E. Vivian on the Admission of Rlegitimate Children into Workhouses, as 

 a means of preventing Infanticide 156 



Mr. R. Wilkinson's Statistical Review of the Police-recognized Drunkenness 

 of the Metropolis 156 



Mr. James Yates on Mural Standards for exhibiting the Measures of Length 

 legalized in the United Kingdom , . . 159 



