xxii REPORT — 1898. 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 



Page 



1. The Orthography, Location, and Selection of Names for the National 



Maps. By Henet T. Ckook, Memb.Inst.C.E 947 



2. On the Employment of Balloons for Geographical Research. By Captain 

 B.Baden-Powell 948 



3. The Use of Electric Balloon Signalling in Arctic and Antarctic Expedi- 

 tions. By Ekic Stuakt Bkuce, M.A., F.R. Met. Soc 948 



Section F.— ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 

 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 



Address by James Bonae, M.A., LL.D., F.S.S., President of the Section 950 



1. A Plea for the Study of Economic History. By W. Cunningham, LL.D., 

 D.D., D.Sc 962 



2. A Defence of Poor Law Schools. By W. Chance 962 



3. *Poor Law Administration. By Douglas Dent 963 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 



1. Industrial Conciliation. By L. L. Price 963 



2. Some Economic Aspects of the Imperial Idea. By Ethel B, Faeadat, 

 M.A 964 



3. Banking in Canada. By B. E. Walkeb 964 



4. The Question of the Ratio. By F. J. Faeadat 966 



3I0NDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 



1. Municipalities as Traders. By Geoege Peaeson 966 



2. Ought Municipal Enterprises to Yield a Profit in A id of Rates ? By 

 Edwin Cannan, M.A 907 



3. Rectification of Municipal Frontiers. By AV. M. A.cwoeth 968 



4. ^Economic and Social Influences of Electric Traction. By Professor S. P. 



Thompson, F.R.S 968 



5. Shipping Rings and the Manchester Cotton Trade. By John R. Gallo- 

 way 968 



6. The Efiect of Sugar Bounties. By Geo. E. Davies 9G9 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 



1. Comparison of the Changes in Wages in France, the United States, and 

 the United Kingdom from 1840 to 1891. By A. L. Bowley, M.A 970 



2 Saving and Spending : a Criticism of Recent Theories. By A. W. Flux 972 



3. On Partnership of Capital and Labour as a Solution of the Conflict 

 between them. By Henby Vivian 973 



4. The Expenditure of Middle-Class Working Women. By Miss C. E, 

 Collet 973 



5. The Wakefield Land System, and the Developments from it in the 

 Colonies. By W. P. Reeves 974 



