336 Proceedings of the British Association. 



Comparati've view of animal and vegetable pb3'sio]ogy, by Mr. Bartlelt. 

 Remarks on the Flora of Devon and Cornwall, by Rev. W. S. Hore. 

 Account of a Tliylacinus, tlie great dog-headed opossum, one of the rarest and 

 largest of the marsupiate family of animals, by Prof. Owen. 

 Account of two Peruvian mummies, by Mr. P. F. Bellamy. 

 On the varieties of the human race, by Dr. Caldwell. 



Sect. E. — Medical Science. 

 The following papers were communicated to the Section. 



Facts as yet unnoticed in the treatment of squinting, by Mr. J. V. Solomon. 



General observations on the pathology and cure of squinting, by J. Butter, M. D. 



A case of albuminous Ascites, with Hydatids, by Sir David Dickson. 



Observations on a pustular disease hitherto undescribed by writers on diseases 

 of the skin, by Dr. A. T. Thomson. 



Report on poisons, by Dr. Roupell. 



On the treatment of Rheumatism by opium, by Dr. Theophilus Thompson. 



On Empyema, by Mr. Square. 



On two fasciae on the eyeball, by Mr. B. Lucas. 



Some observations on a case of deafness, dumbness and blindness, with remarks 

 on the muscular sense, by t)r. Fowler. 



Sect. F. Statistics. 

 The following papers were communicated to the Section. 



Statistics of Plymouth, Stoneliouse and Devonport, by Mr. H. Woolcombe. 



On the vital statistics of Sheffield, by a local committee. 



Account of the Polytechnic School of Paris, by J. Heyvvood, Esq. 



On the loan funds in Ireland, by Mr. H. J. Porter. 



On the income of scientific and literary societies, and the amount paid for ratea 

 and taxes in the year 1840, by Mr. Ryland. 



Account of the Central Statistical Commission in Brussels, by the Belgian gov- 

 ernment ; from Prof Q,uetelet. 



Results of experiments on a system of small allotments and spade husbandry, 

 by Mrs. Davies Gilbert. 



On the agricultural products of Cornwall, by Sir C. Lemon. 



Report of the Manchester Statistical Society, on the state of the working classes 

 in the borough of Kingston-upon-HuU. 



Statistics of education in the city of Bristol, by Mr. Fripp. 



Comparative statement of the income and expenditure of certain families of the 

 working classes in Manchester and Duckenfield, during the years 1836 and 1841, 

 by Mr. W. Neild. 



Account of the Monts de Piete of Rome, Paris, and other continental cities, by 

 Mr. Porter. 



On the stipends of the clergy of the Established Church in Scotland. 



Address on the importance of keeping exact registers, in different districts, of 

 facts in meteorology, physics, chemistry, botany, agriculture, zoology, human 

 physiology and economy, by Prof Q,uetelet. 



On the economic statistics of Sheffield. 



Sect. G. Mechanical Science. 



Mr. G. Rennie read a paper on the Propulsion of Vessels by 

 the Trapezium Paddle-wheel and Screw. The author gave an 



