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Manchester Savings Banks were produced and recommended for imi- 

 tation. 



The Bishop of Norwich directed attention to the evidence afforded 

 by the Savings Banks of the improved condition of Ireland, not only 

 materially, but morally, and attributed it to the diffusion of the 

 National system of education, and the progress of temperance. Dr. 

 Cooke Taylor and the Mayor of Cork confirmed what the Right 

 Reverend Prelate had stated, and adduced evidence of the great im- 

 provement of the Irish people in their food, clothing, and habita- 

 tions. — Signor Enrico Meyer gave an account of the moral effect 

 produced by Savings Banks in Tuscany, and related some facts 

 confirming the great national value of the temperance movement in 

 Ireland. 



Thursday. 

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This Section met, and adjourned. 



