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Comparative numbers of the Royal Society of London, the Insti- 

 tute of France, the Italian Academy of Forty, and the Royal Acade- 

 my of Berlin. 



, Number of Members N umber of For- 



Country. Population. of its Academy. sign Members. 



1. England . 22,299,000 . 685 . 50 



2. France . 33,058,000 . 75. 



8 Mem. 

 100 Corr. 



3. Prussia . 12,415,000 .38 . 16 



4. Italy . 12,000,000 . 40 . 8 

 Hence it appears that in France, one person out of 427,000, is a" 



member of the Institute ; that in Italy and Prussia, about one out of 

 300,000 ; and in England, every 32,000 inhabitants produce a FelloAUr 

 of the Royal Society. 



In France, the situation of its savans is highly respectable, a« well 

 as profitable. 



Grand Croix . 2 ) , Pir. 



Chevalier .27^ 



Among the members of the Institute, there are — 



Dukes , . 2 



Marquis . . 1 



Counts . . 4 



Viscounts . ,2 



Barons . . 14 



23 



Of these there aTe Peers of France 5 



Among the 685 members of the Royal Society, there might be 

 found a greater number of peers than there are in the Institute of 

 France ; but a fairer mode (says the writer) of instituting the com- 

 parison, is to inquire how many titled members there are among those 

 who have contributed to its Transactions. In 1827, there were 109 

 members who had contributed ta the transactions of the* Royal Soci- 

 ety ; amongst them were found : 



Peer . . ^1 



Baronets . . 5 



Knights . . 5 



