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Mr. A. Cherry moved, and Mr. Gabriel seconded, “ That the 
old code be now annulled.” — Carried. 
A protest was then handed in against law 27 in the new 
code, signed by Professors Spooner, Simonds, and Morton. 
Mr. Henderson moved, and Mr. A. Cherry seconded, “That 
the By-laws and a copy of the Charter be printed.” — Carried. 
Mr. A. Cherry drew the attention of the President to a point 
of error relating to an inaccuracy in the report of the meeting for 
July 17th, 1850, in which it was stated that the section of the 
Board of Examiners acting for Scotland was “ dissolved.” This 
error had led to much misconstruction; and to correct it he 
would suggest that the motion referred to should be appended 
to the next report. It was agreed to. 
Motion put and carried July 17th, 1850, " That the portion 
of the Board of Examiners acting for Scotland be re-organised.” 
The same gentlemen having been named as the Committee of 
supervision of the Report as at the last Council, the meeting 
terminated. 
MISCELLANEA. 
STATISTICS OF CARRIAGE TRAFFIC IN PARIS. 
A RETURN has just been drawn up, with all possible exacti- 
tude, of the number of carriages of every kind, including ^he 
number of horses, now circulating in Paris. The results of this 
return are as follow : — Ordinary and supplementary hackney 
carriages, 1828, viz., ordinary cabs 733, supplementary ditto 61 ; 
ordinary chariots 62, supplementary ditto 31 ; ordinary hackney 
coaches 847, supplementary ditto 94 ; job carriages 3000 ; 
omnibuses 400 ; carriages called concons 28 ; stage carriages 
to the environs of Paris, and special carriages in connexion with 
railway stations 2000; private cabs on two wheels 4000; pri- 
vate carriages on four wheels 13,000; total of carriages circu- 
lating in Paris, 24,256. Carts, tumbrils, drays, market carts, 
vans, trucks, &c., 25,000 ; water-carriers’ carts 1000. The 
number of horses employed in Paris for all purposes is 24,000. 
The distance performed by each omnibus averages 16 leagues 
(40 miles) per day. They carry each 150 passengers in the 
course of the day. The number of these omnibuses is 400 ; 
consequently the total number of persons conveyed in one 
day is 60,000, 1,800,000 in a month, and in a whole year 
21,600,000. In London there are 3000 omnibuses, each run- 
ning a distance of 60 miles, and carrying 300 passengers per 
day, or altogether 300,000,000 in the year. 
