NOTICE.

THE Council of the Royal Statistical Society wish it to be understood, that, while they consider it their duty to adopt every means within their power to test the facts inserted in this Journal, they do not hold themselves responsible for their accuracy, which must rest upon the authority of the several Contributors.

CONTENTS.

VOL. LIX.-YEAR 1896.

March, 1896.

A National System of Notification and Registration of Sickness.

By ARTHUR NEWSHOLME, M.D., LOND., M.R.C.P., Medical

Officer of Health of Brighton.

Discussion on Dr. Newsholme's Paper

PAGE

1- 28

.............. 29-37

Parliamentary Representation in England illustrated by the

Elections of 1892 and 1895. By J. A. BAINES, C.S.I. .....

Discussion on Mr. Baines's Paper

Mental and Physical Conditions among Fifty Thousand Children

seen 1892-94, and the Methods of Studying Recorded

Observations, with Special Reference to the Determination

of the Causes of Mental Dulness and other Defects. By

FRANCIS WARNER, M.D., F.R.C.P., &c................

Discussion on Dr. Warner's Paper.........

38-118

119-124

125-162

163-168

MISCELLANEA:—

I.—Commercial History and Review of 1895

169-186

II.-Prices of Commodities in 1895. By A. SAUERBECK 183-201

III.-Fires in London and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in

1895

202-207

IV.-English Literature in 1895

207-209

V.-Statistical and Economical Articles in Recent Periodicals 209-214

VI.-Quarterly List of Additions to the Library

214-231

VII.-Periodical Returns

232-254

June, 1896.

Reformatory and Industrial Schools. (Howard Medal Prize

Essay.) By JOHN WATSON, M.A...........

Discussion on Mr. Watson's Paper..........

PAGE

255--312

Notes on the History of Pauperism in England and Wales from

1850, treated by the Method of Frequency-Curves; with

an Introduction on the Method. By G. UDNY YULE,

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics, University

College, London

318-349

Discussion on Mr. Yule's Paper............

350-357

Statistics of Unprogressive Communities. By Professor F. Y.

EDGEWORTH, D.C.L.

358-386

MISCELLANEA:-

I. The present Population of the United Kingdom,

5th April, 1896. By G. B. LONGSTAFF, M.D.,

F.R.C.P.

II.-Application of the Method of Percentiles to Mr. Yule's

Data on the Distribution of Pauperism. By FRANCIS

GALTON, F.R.S.

387-392

392-396

III.—Remarks on Mr. Galton's Note. By G. U. Yule

396-398

IV.-Contributions to the Mathematical Theory of Evolution.

Note on Reproductive Selection. By Professor KARL

PEARSON, M.A., F.R.S.

398-402

September, 1896.

Report of the Council to the Sixty-Second Annual General

Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, held on the 26th

of June, 1896................

PAGE

443-454

Proceedings of the Sixty-Second Annual General Meeting 455-458

....

Agricultural Credit Banks. By R. A. YERBURGH, M.P. ............ 459–478

Discussion on Mr. Yerburgh's Paper

478-484

Railway Rates and Terminal Charges. By R. PRICE-WILLIAMS,

M.INST. C.E.

485-516

Discussion on Mr. Price-Williams' Paper and his Reply

517-528

MISCELLANEA:-

I.-Supplementary Notes on Statistics. By Professor F.

Y. EDGEWORTH, D.C.L.

II.-The Distribution of Personal Property in France. By

A. NEYMARCK

529-539

540-543

III.—The Registrar-General's Decennial Supplement, 1881-90 543-546

On some Developments of Statistical Research and Methods

during Recent Years. The Inaugural Address of JOHN

BIDDULPH MARTIN, Esq., M.A., President of the Royal

Statistical Society. Delivered 17th November, 1896

Proceedings on the 17th November, 1896..

Address to the Economic Science and Statistics Section of the

British Association, held at Liverpool, 1896. By the RIGHT

HON. LEONARD COURTNEY, M.A., M.P., President of the

Section

PAGE

631-643

Some Observations on the Distribution and Incidence of Rates

and Taxes; with Special Reference to the Transfer of

Charges from the former to the latter. By G H. BLUNDEN 644-656

MISCELLANEA:-

I. The Trade of India in 1895-96. By J. A. BAINES, C.S.I. 657-664

APPENDIX. List of Members, Rules, Bye-Laws, &c...................

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