CONTENTS. XV 



ECONOMIC SCIENCE and STATISTICS. 



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Address by Sir George Campbell, K.C.S.I., M.P., D.C.L., President of the 

 Economic Section 186 



Mr. William Botly on Agricultiu-al Statistics 194 



Rev. John S. Bubt on the Economy of Penalties 195 



Rev. Aaron Busacott on the present extent of Slavery and the Slave Trade, 

 with a reference to the Progress of Abolition since the close of the American 



War 196 



Mr. Alexander M'Neel Caird on some Special Evils of the Scottish Poor 



Law 197 



Mr. Hyde Clarke on the part in the Operation of Capital due to Fixed or 



Limited Amounts invested in Trade 198 



Mr. St. John V. Day on recent attempts at Patent Legislation 198 



Dr. W. Neilson Hancock on the Importance of extending the British Gold 

 Standard, Avith subordinate Silver Coins, to India as a remedy for the incon- 

 venience in India of a rapid Depreciation of Silver 198 



on Savings' Banks as a State Function developed 



by Charity Organization 199 



Mr. J. Heywood on the Memorial of Eminent Scientific Gentlemen in 

 favour of a Permanent Scientific Museum 199 



Dr. William Jack on the Results of Five Years of Compulsory Education . 200 



Mr. Henry Jephson on the Valuation of Property in Ireland 206 



Mr. W. Jolly on Physical Education and Hygiene in Schools 207 



Rev. Dr. M'Cann on the Organization of Original Research 207 



Don Arturo de Marcoartu on Spanish Mining 207 



Mr. Stephen Mason on the Deprecia.tion of Silver and a Gold Standard for 

 India 207 



Mr. J. Matheson, Junr., on the Silver Dilemma 207 



Mr. R. W^. Pitcher on Overcrowding in Liverpool 208 



Rev. W. Ross on the Educational Value of their Native Language to the 



Gaelic-speaking Population of Scotland 208 



Mr. F. Russell on Sherifi" Courts and Relative Judicial Statistics 208 



Mr. James Stephenson on the Civilization of South-Eastern Africa 208 



Mr. P. M. Tait on the TheoiT and Practice of Accident Insurance by Sea and 

 Land ' 208 



Mr. W. TuLLACK on the Boarding-out of Pauper Children in England 209 



Rev. R. Thomson on the Prevention of the Pollution of Rivers 210 



Rev. F. S. Turner on the Statistics of the Indian Opium Revenue 210 



MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 



Address by Charles W. ]\Ierrifield, F.R.S., President of the Section .... 211 

 Major Beaumont on the Removal of Subaqueous Rocks by the Diamond 

 Rock-borer 219 



Mr. M. Bergeron on the Removal of Sand-bars from Harbour-mouths .... 219 

 Mr. J. B. Beynon on a Hand-machine for Shaping and Finishing Metal SiU'- 

 faces 219 



Mr. A. B. Brown on a Flanging-iron and Steel Plates for Boiler pui-poses . . 210 



on an Engine for Starting and Reversing large Marine 



Engines 219 



