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produced in 1859, 7650 gallons ; in 1858, 5761 gallons. Brandy manufactured, 

 132 gallons in 1839. 

 The following is a comparative view of the population and commerce of Victoria: — 



Population. Average of Year. Value of Imports. Value of Exports. 



Years. £ £ 



1839' . . . 7,000 205,000 78,000 



1846 . . . 34,000 316,000 425,000 



1852 . . . 130,000 4,604,000 7,452,000 



1856 . . . 360,000 14,115,000 16,000,000 



The following Table gives the averages of these years : — 



Yearly average of Imports. Exports. 



Yearly average. population. £ £ 



1835 to 1840, 6 years . . . 5,000 121,000 46,000 



1841 to 1846, 6 years . . . 23,500 250,000 295,000 



1847 to 1852, 6 years . . . 74,000 1,190,000 2,003,000 



1853 to 1857, 5 years ■ . . 300,000 14,514,000 13,861,000 



The following is a comparative view of the number of sheep and the wool ex- 

 ported during 1855, from V ictoria and New South Wales : — 



Sheep, Number. Wool, lbs. 



Victoria 5,332,000 22,353,000 



New South Wales .... 8,144,000 17,671,000 



On the Trade Currency of China (with specimens of the coinage). 

 By Dr. Macgowan. 



Statistics of Small- Pox and Vaccination in the United Kingdom. 



By Dr. W. Moore. 



During the past year, 100,000 deaths occurred in the United Kingdom, which 

 were preventable or removeable. Of children alone, between 30,000 and 100,000 

 die annually from various infectious and respiratory diseases alone. According to 

 the Registrar-General's Report for the year ending December 1858, the Registrars 

 received 376,798 vaccination certificates, although they registered births of 655,647 

 children. The writer set down the deaths in England and Wales, from small-pox 

 annually, at 4000, and 3990 cases could be cured by vaccination. Small-pox 

 contributed no less than 30 per cent, of the mortality' of Dundee. The case of 

 Ireland was alluded to as rendering necessary a system of registration. 



On Decimal Coinage. By Colonel Shortrede. 



On Church Building in Glasgow. By John Strang, LL.D., Glasgow. 



From 1839 to 1849, 35 churches were erected ; from 1849 to 1859, 53 churches 

 — total, 88 churches. Of these, 8 were erected by the Established Church, 35 by 

 the Free Church, 17 by the United Presbyterian Church, 10 by the Independent 

 Church, 7 by the Roman Catholic Church, and 11 by other denominations. The 

 cost of the various churches was — Established, £5744 ; Free Church, £167,698 j 

 United Presbyterian, £119,154 ; Independent, £59,722 ; Roman Catholic, £31,364 ; 

 other denominations, £30,664. During the last twenty years there had been an 

 addition in the Church accommodation of Glasgow, within its municipal limits, 

 of no less than room for 73,625 persons, at a cost of £444,348. The increase in the 

 population during that time was £145,000, making one sitting for every 1600 of 

 them. 



On the Past, Present, and Prospective Financial Condition of British India. 

 By Colonel Sykes, M.P., F.R.S. 



After observing that for years past the financial condition of our Indian empire 

 had been the subject of the most conflicting statements, arising from the confusion 



