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Mr. John Stuart on the Sculptured Stones of Scotland 197 



Major Synge on the Rapid Communicationbetween the Atlantic and the Pacific 

 Did British North America 20 ° 



STATISTICAL SCIENCE. 



Introductory Address by Colonel Sykes, President of the Section 200 



Colonel Sir J. Alexander on the Arts of Camp Life 200 



Mr. G. B. Bothwell on the Manufactures and Trade of Aberdeen 200 



Rev. W. Caine on the Progress of Public Opinion with respect to the Evils 

 produced by the Traffic in Intoxicating Drink, as at present regulated by Law 205 



Mr. J. Crawfurd on the Effects of the recent Gold Discoveries 205 



. . on the Effects of the Influx of the Precious Metals which 



followed the Discovery of America 205 



Mr. Henry Fawcett on the Social and Economical Influence of the new Gold 205 



Sir John S. Forbes on Popular Investments 209 



Mr. Arthur Harvey on the Agricultural Statistics of the County of Aberdeen 210 

 Mr. J. Pope Hennessy on some Results of the Society of Arts' Examinations 214 



Mr. R. L. Johnson on Decimal Coinage 215 



Mr. J. Pope Hennessy on some Questions relating to the Incidence of Taxation 216 

 Mr. Thomas Lawrance, Statistical Account of the Whale and Seal Fisheries 

 of Greenland and Davis Straits, carried on by Vessels from Peterhead, N.B., 



from 1788 to 1858, a period of 71 years 216 



Mr. J. T. Mackenzie on the Trade and Commerce of India 217 



Hon. Thomas M'Combie on the Statistics of the Trade and Progress of the 



Colony of Victoria 218 



Dr. Macgowan on the Trade Currency of China (with specimens of the coin- 

 age) • 223 



Dr. W. Moore on the Statistics of Small-Pox and Vaccination in the United 



Kingdom 223 



Colonel Shortrede on Decimal Coinage 223 



Dr. John Strang on Church Building in Glasgow 223 



Colonel Sykes on the Past, Present, and Prospective Financial Condition of 



British India > 223 



Mr. James Valentine on Illegitimacy in Aberdeen and the other large Towns 



of Scotland 224 



. ■ — , Notes on the Statistics, chiefly Vital and Economic, of 



Aberdeen 226 



Mr. R. Valpy on the British Trade with India 227 



Professor George Wilson on the Statistics of Colour-Blindness 228 



MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 



Mr. J. Abernethy on the Rivers "Dee" forming the Ports of Aberdeen and 



Chester 228 



Captain J. Addison on Coal-pit Accidents 223 



Mr. Alexander Allan on an Improved Method of maintaining a True Liquid 

 Level, particularly applicable to Wet Gas-Meters 228 



Mr. Robert Aytoun on a Safety Cage for Miners 228 



Mr. Donald Bain on Harbours of Refuge , 229 



