XX 



REPORT 1902, 



Section R— ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 



Page 

 Addres3 by Edwin Cannan, M.A., LL.D., President of the Section 688 



1. The Localisation of Industry. By Rev. \V. Cunningham, D.D. G95 



2. The Influence of Economic History on Economic Theory. By Aeck. B. . ' 



Claek, M.A G0.5 



' 3. The Position of Economics and the Applied Sciences in a proposed 

 University Training of Persons intended for a Commercial Life. 

 By W. K. Scott. MA., D.PhiL, Litt.U Ol)G 



, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 



1 Trusts : from the Point of View of Economical Theory. By Professor 

 W. Geahaai, ma. G07 



2. Shipping Combinations. By Benedict William Ginsbixrg,M.A., LL.D. 608 



3. Municipal Trading. By Hon. Robert P. Porter 690 



4. Municipal Policy and State Control. By Percy Ashley, B.A 700 



MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.5. 



1. A Sketch of the Linen Industry of Ireland. By Sir R. Lloyd Patter- 



son, D.L., F.L.S 701 



2. A British Zollverein, or Preferential Tariffs within the British Empire. 



By His Honour Judge Shaw, K.O 702 



o. The Effects on Ireland of the Adoption of Free Trade by the United 

 Kingdom. By Benjamin Allen, M.A ". 70.') 



4. Tlie Instability of Prices in India before 1861. By Professor T. 

 MoRisoN, M.A ..". 704 



0. The Depopulation of Ireland : its Causes and Economic Results. By 



J. H. Edgar, M.A ; 705 



G. The Population of England and Wales during the Eighteenth Century. 

 By Professor E. C. K. Conner, MA 70G 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 



1. Report on the Economic Effect of Legislation regulating Women's Labour 



(p. 286) 70G 



2. History of the Regulation of Home Work, 18G4-1901. By Miss B. L. 



HUTCHINS 700 



3. The Administration of the Factory and Workshops Acts by Local 



Sanitary Authorities. By Miss A. Harrison ". 707 



4. Nature's Economics. By Miss Helen Blackburn 708 



y. The Regulation of Wages in Developed Industries. By Professor S. J. 

 Chapman, M.A ;.. 708 



6. Some Urgent Needs of a Great City. By Miss L. A. Waleington 70!) 



7. The Increase in Consumption iu Ireland. By Robert Brown 709 



