"The number of men who have been struck off the strength of the brigade during the year is 79. Of these 4 died in the service, 11 were invalided, and 3 were pensioned, having completed twenty-eight years' service. 103 men have been passed from the drill class to the fourth class of firemen during the year." The following particulars are obtained from the tables appended to the report, viz.: fires classified according to occupations, arranged in the order of frequency of occurrence; to which are added, for the purpose of comparison, the corresponding figures for the three previous years:— Fires classified under the causes to which they have been assigned, and arranged in the order of frequency of occurrence:— 6. Defective or improperly set flues, hearths, stoves, &c. 212 7. Children playing with fire, matches, &c. 8. Hot ashes 9. Overheating of flues, ovens, furnaces, boilers, &c................. 161 120 91 10. Airing linen and drying stoves 11. Foul flues, &c. 68 59 12. Boiling over, or upsetting of fat, pitch, &c. 13. Mineral oil stoves, explosion, &c., of 14. Overheating, &c., of portable gas stoves, &c............... 15. Lighted taper 54 44 43 21 THE following particulars are taken from the Publishers' Circular of the 4th January, 1896, in continuation of a series of similar extracts for previous years :— "The number of publications issued in the course of last year coincides almost exactly with the output of the preceding twelve months, the difference being an increase of only thirty-one. Theology shows a small advance. In education the total is considerably more than before. Works of fiction show a slight decline from the prodigious record for 1894, which, including new editions, furnished the reader of imaginative literature with about six fresh books for every week-day in the year. In political economy, trade, &c., the figures are somewhat higher than in 1894. Arts and sciences show a small decrease. Works of travel and adventure also exhibit a decrease. History and biography in 1895 are largely in excess of the production of 1894. Of poetry we have nearly 50 per cent. more books. Serials have somewhat decreased. Medicine and surgery show a rather remarkable increase in number. In general literature the figures do not call for remark, and in miscellaneous publications the numbers are nearly the same as they were in 1894. "As our readers will observe, we have this year made one category of novels and juvenile works, because, as previously pointed out, it is always difficult to discriminate between the Analytical Table of Books Published in 1895. Subjects. Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total of 4 26 25 37 46 32 48 42 26 22 32 61 59 56 7 52 51 74 39 43 34 3 22 ༧ 7 501 69 570 9 4 4 11 15 14 111 771 995 *73 ཌ 84 101 94 117 152 86 101 158 271 300 107 1,544 40 13 60 38 2024 347 1,891 57 3 3 2 33 90 15 19 18 163 4 3 23 186 5 9 9 16 9 19 1 3 438465 548 436 565 612 423 361 466 636 981 29 3 16 112 28 33 20 263 5 6 5 75 338 40 67 31 353 18 68 421 "The analytical table is divided into thirteen classes; books and new editions. also new V.-Statistical and Economical Articles in Recent Periodicals. UNITED KINGDOM Economic Journal. Vol. v, No. 20, December, 1895- The Theory of the Yearly Trade Movement: H. Binns. Fifty |