TRANSACTION'S OF THE SECTIONS. 



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is not very great ; — 3rd, crime is very much below the average in min- 

 ing counties (Cornwall, Glamorgan, Durham, Northumberland) ; — 4"th, 

 and it is still less frequent in Wales and the mountainous districts of the 

 north of England. In all the mining counties, widely separated as they 

 are, the proportion of criminals, according to these tables, is less than 

 half the average ; and Derbyshire, in which much mining is carried on, 

 but which was placed by Mr. Rawson among the manufacturing coun- 

 ties, scarcely exceeds half the average. 



On Academic Statistics, showing the proportion of Students in the Uni- 

 versity of Oxford who proceed on to Degrees. By the Rev. Professor 

 Powell, F.R.S. 











University of 



Oxford. 











Number 



Passed 



Obtained Honours. 



Obtained Degrees. 







Year. 



Matri. 

 culated. 



Exami- 

 nation. 













Classical 



Mathem. 



Both. 



B.A. 



M.A. 



In Civil Law 



In Civil Law' Medi- 











honours. 



honours. 



(ordinary). 



(honorary). 



cine. 



nity. 



1831 



387 



279 



107 



22 



15 



228 



178 



9 



6 



2 



16 



1832 



377 



275 



104 



21 



'^ 



269 



175 



5 



8 

 [B. Assoc] 





11 



1833 



384 



291 



135 



25 16 



2q2 



186 



4 



1 



9 



13 



1834 



360 



292 



120 



21 1 15 



304 



207 



11 



76 



7 



16 





















[Installation" 







1835 



369 



292 



105 



22 



8 



272 



173 



20 



6 



5 



1 



1836 



369 



275 



121 



23 



20 



298 



200 



7 



1 



6 



21 



1837 



421 



261 



124 



24 



18 



246 



161 



6 



1 



2 



14 



1838 



393 



274 



105 



24 



10 



264 



181 



13 



1 



10 



12 



Mean 



382 



279 



115 



23 



15 



271 



183 



9 





5 



13 



On these data we may observe : 



1. The proportion of those who enter different professions cannot be 

 estimated. The degrees in civil law are only taken either for prac- 

 tising in Doctors' Commons, or by the statutes of particular colleges. 

 Those in divinity, chiefly by those who have preferment in the church ; 

 while the great body of those who take orders have only the degrees of 

 B.A. or M.A. In medicine alone can the proportion be estimated: 

 which is to those who pass the examination in arts (a necessary pre- 

 liminary) as 1 : 55.8. 



2. The difference between the number who are matriculated and 

 those who pass the examination, is occasioned, 1st, by those who fail 

 in the examination ; 2nd, those who, from various causes, do not re- 

 main in the University: such as being directly or indirectly sent away 

 on account of irregular conduct, &c. The ratio of this difference to 

 the number who pass, or of irregular to regular men, will be found 

 1 : 2.67. 



3. The mathematical honours (which imply all degrees of attain- 

 ment in mathematical science, from the highest to a knowledge of 

 somewhat more than the mere letter of four books of Euclid,) form the 

 only public test of any cultivation of science in the University. The 



