TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 



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The subjoined Table shows the number of the criminal classes, the indictable 

 offences, the summary offences, and of both combined, in proportion to popula- 

 tion : — 



An additional Table was put in for the information of the Section : — 



Indictable Offences — Crimes reported, Apprehensions, and Number of Persons 

 Discharged and Committed. 



Offences. 



Appre- 

 hended. 



Dis- 

 charged. 



Con- 

 victed. 



Police to 

 population. 



Leeds 



Sheffield ... 

 Birmingham . 

 Liverpool . . , 

 Manchester . 

 All England . 



489 



351 



752 



4,326 



6,623 



51,058 



414 



332 



598 



2,125 



1,407 



28,734 



77 



120 



157 



1213 



775 



337 

 212 

 431 

 912 

 632 



8700 20,004 



1 in 787 

 1 in 801 

 1 in 785 

 1 in 431 

 1 m 504 

 lin 906 



From this Table it appears that the percentage of apprehensions to reported offences 

 is as follows : — All England, 56^ ; Birmingham, 79 ; Manchester, 21 ; Liverpool, 

 49 : Leeds, 84f ; Sheffield, 94|. 



The percentage of committals to apprehensions is as follows : — All England, 69| : 

 Birmingham, 72 ; Manchester, 45 ; Liverpool, 42 ; Leeds, 81 ; Sheffield, 63|. 



On the Practical Advantages of the Metric System of Weights and Measures. 



By F. P. Fellows, F.S.S. 



This paper proved the practical advantages of the metric weights and measures, 

 over those of the English System. First, in the great economy of time in calcu- 

 lation, through the metric system being decimal ; and secondly, the facilities 



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