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Mr. Henry Drrcxs on Patent Monopoly as aflecting the encouragement, im- 
provement, and progress of Science, Arts, and Manufactures.......... sacs 169 
Mr. Frank P. Fettows on the New Scheme of Mr. C. Seely, M.P., and Mr. 
F. P. Fellows for Admiralty Estimates, and “ Finance,” ‘“ Expense,” “ Ma- 
nufacturing,” and other Accounts, &c., recommended for adoption by the 
Committee of the House of Commons on Naval Monies and Accounts, and. 
ETO DUA ANTE CALE CL ale gov ctctel speibun oe i esnyevelicdoss ¢/ a¥ossioteka| Molen eke lel ete eRen nee 159 
Mr. J. G. Frrcx on Educational Endowments .......seseeeseseeeceeeees 163 
Mr. G. Bett GatLoway on Inventors and Inventions ............eeeee ees 165 
The Rey. Epwarp GrrpLEsTone on the Condition of the Agricultural La- 
bourer, specially in the West of England..........sseseseee aie eb ele dso 165 
Mr. W. D. Harprye on the Drainage of the Fens of Cambridgeshire, Hun- 
tingdonshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. .......cseesscvsareccesnts Gd Gotnienrisk 6S 
My. James Heywoop on the Sanitary state of Indians in the Settlement of 
anyeareh, Canada, VES o/c. akja's's qulnaisinsiet) dacieeslds ooleene Creat 
Mr. Henry Jevna’s Brief Statement of the Recent Progress and Present © 
Aspect of Statistical Inquiry in relation to Shipping Casualties .......... 168 
Sir WitLovucHBy Jonzs on the Arterial Drainage of Norfolk.............4 168 
Professor Lronz Levi on the Progress of Learned Societies, illustrative of 
the Advancement of Science in the United Kingdom during the last Thirty 
Eee eee Ane Uo ey srstes ea aeh tre ne 5 1G 40 Abe Sra nate aes 169 
— on the Present State of the Question of International 
ORI S a rues hese bat aah hela akbiatine: « haas hese Lhe 178 
Mr. Horacz Mann’s Statistics relating to the Civil Service .............. 174 
Mr. Francis G. P. Nrtson, Jun., on the Influence of Occupation upon Health 174 
Mr. JosrpH Paynz on the relation between Learning and Teaching ........ 175 
Mr. Henry J. Ker Porter on the Extension of the Contagious Diseases Act 175 
Mr. C. 8. Reap on the Recent Improvements in Norfolk Farming .,........ 177 
Mr. W. Smiru’s Statistics of the Progress and Extermination of the Cattle 
Piague in Norfolk ......... SRR hl Sy ore Seer aetna ae ay Aa 
Mr. G,. JounsTonr Stoney on the Natural System of Coinage ........+.+5 bes CCE 
Mr, F. Winson on Classification of Labour........ccccevercsesccesereves LED 
MECHANICS. 
Address by Grorcr Parker Bipprr, C.E., F.R.G.S., President of the 
RICRLADHL slag te clatetets tie eiviene bre 9x (0158ncpe ea ais Cin cy +Vesehoe oe eee 180 
Mr. C. J. AppLeBy on the Mechanism for utilizing and regulating Convict 
Labour  na.sijtenutae sees cd 5106 bor dor ikedmace oda oneaaqdcas Aamo ste) 
Professor ARCHER on R. W. Thomson’s Patent Road Steamer ............ 188 
My. C. Buyrx on an Improved Machine for Drawing-off, Measuring, and Cut- 
ting Cloth and other Materials for Manufacturing Purposes...... eee uit .. 188 
Mr. H. Brieur on London Street Tramways .........0000s € cntaniin +) asa dee 
Mr. E. CuarteswortH on the substitution of Hand- for Shoulder-guns, 
illustrated by an explanatory exhibition of an Elevator Hand-gun made on 
the Breech-ldading Principie.,\22 fo dive ses wde> > s+ cass os cage 19 eens 189 
Mr, Latimer Crark on the Advisability of obtaining a Uniform Wire-Gauge 189 
Mr. W. J. Cooper on an Improvement in Watering Roads ......++1++++++ 189 
