Trade Circulars for the Year 1896, of Messrs.— Gooch, Thomas, & Sons, London (Wool) Gow, Wilson, & Stanton, London (Indian, &c., Tea) Ronald & Rodger, Liverpool (Wool) INDEX TO VOL. LIX, YEAR 1896. ACREAGE of United Kingdom under crops, and number of cattle, &c., AGRICULTURE, British, in 1895 PAGE 673-5 ANNUAL Report of the Council (see Report of the Council) General Meeting-Proceedings BAINES (J. A.). Parliamentary Representation in England, illus- 38-118 Test of statistics is only one applicable 39 I. The Representative System 39 Former occasions on which the subject has been brought before the Society 39 41 Table I. Population, electorate, and seats, 1831-32 to 1891-92 42 Table IV. Population and electorate of mean constituency at various periods Table VI. Growth of population north of Trent VII. Territorial distribution of population, voting strength, and seats. 11. Elections of 1892 and 1895. (a.) General Considerations (b.) Relative exercise of Franchise by Electorate Table X. Number of qualified voters who voted XI. Seats held and changed (c.) Distribution of Parties Table XII. Variations in poll and party majorities XIII. Relation of each party to total poll XIV. Votes and majorities of 1895 in territorial groups XVI. Summary of Table XV 45 46 46 47 48 49 50 51 54 55 56 57 57 59 62 63 64 65 66 69 70 XXV. Distribution in 1895 of seats held in 1892 by less than 10 per Table XXVII. Results with reference to aggregate of recorded votes BAINES (J. A.). Parliamentary Representation in England— contd. B. Part I. General summary of results of elections of 1892 and 1895 (II). Gladstonian seats: (a) County; (b) Borough (IV). Total, Boroughs (V). Total, County and Borough. C. Majorities in 1895 by Counties D. Distribution of seats according to the majority per cent. in 1892 and 1895 E. Statistics of Borough seats : F. Number of votes polled and percentage by which seats were won Discussion on Mr. Baines's Paper: Lubbock (Sir F.). Anomalies of present system of representation. Propor- Martin (J. B.). What real progress was the nation making under the Kimber (H.). Large number of votes recorded absolutely wasted. Value Bartley (G. C. T.). Success of one party or the other at an election classes of voters Baines (J. A.). Reply BAINES (J. A.). The Trade of India in 1895-96 BANK of England, weekly returns, 1895. Periodical Returns. BLUNDEN (G. H.). Some Observations on the Distribution and dppendix. Table I. England and Wales, Rateable values in 1894 III. Analysis of total buildings in Table II IV. England and Wales. Further adjustment of Tables II and III VII. United Kingdom. Net revenue from imperial taxation, 1894-95, 652 652 653 654 654 Rates paid, 1893-94. 655 655 rates to taxes Effect of transferring 7,000,000l. from 656 656 Sunday Labour. Report of Ministry of Industry and Labour 418 553 410 414 409 Family Budgets of Twenty-eight British Households. 679 Finances France. Administration des Monnaies et Médailles. Rapport au Ministre des 555 Frankenstein (Dr. K.). Die Arbeiterschutz, seine Theorie und Politik 682 420 558 Books. Notes on Economical and Statistical Works-contd. Guyot (Yves). L'Economie de l'Effort Hoffman F. L.). Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro India. Price of Silver in London, and the Exchange Value of the Rupee in Leroy-Beaulieu (Paul). Traité Théorique et Pratique d'Economie Politique Mallock (W. H.). Classes and Masses Massachusetts. Report of the Board on the subject of tho Unemployed in 1894 Survey of Wages and Hours of Labour in Government Works Neumann-Spallart (Dr. F. X. von). Übersichten der Weltwirtschaft Nicholson (J. S.). A Treatise on Money Strikes and Social Problems Price (L. L.). Money, and its Relations to Prices Ricardo (David). Letters of, to John Ramsay McCulloch. Edited by Railway, South Eastern L.B. and S.C. J. H. Hollander Seligman (E. R. A.). Essays in Taxation Taussig (F. W.). Wages and Capital. Thomas (D. A.). Present State of the Coal Trade PAGE 552 686 420 556 683 550 410 412 680 416 419 418 418 557 412 415 416 414 421 421 407 407 676 669 (W. Cave). Cosmic Ethics, or the Mathematical Theory of Evolution United States. Walker (F. A.). International Bimetallism Western Australia. Report on a scheme for the conversion of the Debts of Williams (E. E.). "Made in Germany" 685 BRITISH Agriculture in 1895 402 Association. Address of the President of Section F (see Courtney) 631-43 CAPITAL created in 1895 (see Commercial History and Review) 179 546 CHILDREN, Mental and Physical Condition of (see Warner) Appendix (A). Our foreign trade of 1895, compared with that of 1894 183 CORN. Average prices of, 1895. Periodical Returns (see Agricultural Returns) . COUNCIL, Annual Report of the (see Report of the Council) COURTNEY (Leonard). Address as President of Section F of the British Association. 238 248-9 548 443 631-43 COURTNEY (Leonard). Address as President of Section F-contd. Theory was a working theory. Real and apparent limitations of individual liberty Productive industries which are not monopolies . With nationalisation of industries how can fresh fields for commercial enter- prise be opened up, if old industries become unprofitable?. CROPS, Acreage of various, in United Kingdom, 1896 PAGE 633 635 636 637 638 639 640 640 641 DEATHS in 1895. Periodical Returns DEFECTS, Mental and Physical in Children (see Warner). 232 125 669-73 DISCOUNT, Rates of, in 1895 (see Commercial History and Review): 178 ECONOMIC Articles in Recent Periodicals (see under Statistical) 540 Statistics of Unprogressive Communities 358-86 Introduction 359 Table I. Mean time occupied by a wasp in taking in a load of honey 359 IV. Some inexact applications of method of exclusion. VII. Flow of wasps through a cycle of operations. Table III. Mean duration of voyage determined by method of exclusion V. Times at which wasps returned to nest B VI. Times at which wasps returned to nest G Observations made on nest G VIII. Results deducible from Table VII Interval of time from moment of issue with one load to re-issue with another 359 360 361 362 364 365 366 363-9 371 Difficulty of ascertaining length of voyages and methods of checking results 377-8 380 381 382 384 385 Table XIII. Comparisons of traffic at different times in different nests XV. Correspondence between magnitude of population and traffic EDGEWORTH (Prof. F. Y.). Supplementary Notes on Statistics I. Further tests of conclusions reached in paper on "Statistics of Unprogres- from its nest II. Prof. Pareto's Curve of the Distribution of Wealth III. Prof. Pearson's determination of the constant which characterises the IV. Dr. Bertillon's method of identification by anthropometric records FIRES in London, and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1895 386 529-39 529 533 534 534 537 589 38 398 202-7 254 540 318 |