372 Proceedings of the British Association. 



Continuation of the Reports on Loan Funds in Ireland, by Mr. H. J. Porter. 



On the Vital Statistics of the Spinners and Piecers employed in the fine spin- 

 ning mills of Manchester, by Mr. Shuttleworth. 



Report on the Cases before the Police of Manchester on Saturdays and Sun- 

 days, from Jan. 22 to June 15, 1842, by Sir Charles Shaw. 



On the comparative Statistics of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in 

 the 16th, 17th, and 19th centuries, by Mr. James Heywood. 



Contributions to Academical Statistics, continued from 1839, by Prof. Baden 

 Powell. 



On the Monts de Pidte, established in Ireland, by Mr. H. J. Porter. 



On the increase of the value of Property in South Lancashire, and particularly 

 in the Hundred of Salford, since the Revolution, by Mr. Henry Ashworth. 



On the Commercial Statistics of France in 1840, by Rev. Mr. Jones. 



On Vital Statistics, especially with relation to the influence of the atmosphere 

 on Mortality, by Dr. Ashton. 



On the Statistics of Plymouth, by Mr. Woolcombe. 



Report on the Vital Statistics of five large towns in Scotland, prepared by Mr. 

 A. Watt, under the direction of a Committee. 



On the Destitution and Mortality of some of the large towns in Scotland, by 

 Dr. Alison. 



Report of the Manchester Statistical Society on the Vital Statistics of Manches- 

 ter, prepared chiefly by its Vice President, Mr. Roberton. 



Sect. G. Mechanical Science. 

 The following papers were communicated. 



Report of the Committee on Railway Sections. 



On a new self-acting Weir and Scouring Sluice, by Mr. Bateman. 



On Ventilation, by a method proposed by Mr. Fleming of Glasgow, by Mr. Lid- 

 dell. 



On Straight axles for Locomotives, by Prof. Vignoles. 



On Combustion of Coal with a view to obtaining the greatest effect and pre- 

 venting the generation of Smoke, by Mr. Fairbairn. 



On the pressure of Earth against Walls, by G. W. Bucke. 



On Iron as a material for Ship-building, by Mr. Grantham. 



Report of the Committee on the Forms of Ships, by Mr. Scott Russell. 



On the Constant Indicator, by the inventor, Prof. Moseley. 



Report of Experiments on the transverse strength of hot and cold blast Iron, by 

 Mr. Fairbairn. 



On the best form of Rails and the Upper Works of Railways generally, by Prof. 

 Vignoles. 



On an Indicator of the Speed of Steam Vessels, by its inventor, Mr. J. S. Rus- 

 sell. 



On the use ofBiton and Concrete in constructing Breakwaters, by Prof. Vignoles. 



On a new Steam Engine worked with three kinds of pressure, viz. action of 

 high pressure steam, the expansion of steam, and the atmospheric pressure caused 

 by its condensation, by Mr. Shaw. 



On the efficacy of the several plans for abating the nuisances from Smoke by 

 effecting a more perfect combustion, by Mr. C. W. Williams. 



