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ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE from the 1st of Jauuary to the 31st December, 1841.

Receipts, Jan. 1, 1841. Balance in the hands of the Treasurer £.

and Secretaries

Balance of Working Class Committee

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52 14 7 Expenditure, Jan. 1, 1841. Rent

Salaries

Housekeeping Expenses

Messrs. Clowes for Printing, 1840
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ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1841.

LIABILITIES OF THE SOCIETY, DEC. 31, 1841.

Stock in the Reduced 3 per cent. Consols 3 per cent.

£569 17 0 cost £567 328 15 4 cost 300

Messrs. Clowes for Printing the Journal

110 0

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Cash Balance

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Miscellaneous Printing Mr..Clarke, for Stationery.

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46 for 1841, 96 12

Deduct amount of those not likely to be paid, 105 0 0

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Third Ordinary Meeting, Monday, 17th January, 1842.

THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., V. P. in the Chair.

The following gentlemen were duly admitted Fellows of the Society :

Rev. Whitworth Russell.

H. P. Davies, Esq.

W. Baly, Esq. M.D.
Charles West, Esq. M.D.

The following distinguished foreigners were elected Foreign Members :

Sir F. D'Ivernois.

The following gentlemen were elected:

J. B. Heath, Esq.

J. L. Merivale, Esq.

George Kerr, Esq.

Butler Williams, Esq.

M. Le Play.

J. Fosbroke, Esq.
T. G. P. Neison, Esq.
Rev. T. Byrth, D.D.

The following gentlemen were proposed as candidates for admission into the Society.

Thomas Guy, Esq. M.D.

W. B. Brent, Esq.

A paper was read on the State of Agriculture and Manufactures in the Two Sicilies, from a Report on the Progress of the Two Sicilies, by John Goodwin, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul for Sicily. (See p. 47.)

Fourth Ordinary Meeting, February 21st, 1842.

The Right Hon. VISCOUNT SANDON, M.P., President, in the Chair. The Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., was admitted a Fellow of the Society.

The following gentlemen were elected :—

Thomas Guy, Esq. M.D.

W. B. Brent, Esq.

The following gentlemen were proposed as candidates for admission into the Society:

Vernon Harcourt, Esq., M.P.
Richard Valpy, Esq.

James Mitchell, Esq., LL.D.

The following papers were read, "Abstract from a Register of Accidents occurring in the Coal Mines of the Chamber and Werneth Company, at Oldham, from the end of October, 1840, to the end of October, 1841." By Joseph Fletcher, Esq., Hon. Sec.*

"Statistics of the present depression of Trade at Bolton, showing the mode in which it affects the different classes of a manufacturing population." By H. Ashworth, Esq. (See p. 74.)

General Anniversary Meeting, March 15th, 1842.

Sir CHARLES LEMON, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the chair.

The Report of the Council to the Society for 1841-2, with the auditor's report and balance sheet, were read and adopted, (see p. 86.)

* To appear in a future Number.

William H. Lloyd, Esq. and William Farr, Esq. were appointed scrutineers of the Ballot for the Council and Officers; and those gentlemen having declared the result of the votes, it was announced from the chair that the following noblemen and gentlemen were elected as the Council for 1842-3.

Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S.
Lord Ashley, M.P.

Council for 1842–43.

Sir John P. Boileau, Bart.
Right Hon. Sturges Bourne, F.R.S.
John Bowring, Esq., LL.D., M.P.
John Clendinning, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.
George Coode, Esq.

Viscount Ebrington, M.P.
Rev. Edgell Wyatt Edgell.
William Farr, Esq.
Joseph Fletcher, Esq.
Francis H. Goldsmid, Esq.
Woronzow Greig, Esq., F.R.S.
Wm. Aug. Guy, Esq., M.D.
Henry Hallam, Esq., F.R.S.
James Heywood, Esq., F.R.S.

Leonard Horner, Esq., F.R.S.

Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., F.R.S.
Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.
Right Hon. Holt Mackenzie.
J. R. Martin, Esq., M.D.
Herman Merivale, Esq.
G. R. Porter, Esq., F.R.S.
Rawson W. Rawson, Esq.
Henry Reeve, Esq.
Viscount Sandon, M.P.
Lieut.-Colonel Sykes, F.R.S.

Thomas Tooke, Esq., F.R.S.

Seymour Tremenheere, Esq.
Major A. M. Tulloch.
James Wilson, Esq.

The officers of the Society were then ballotted for, and the scrutineers reported that the following noblemen and gentlemen were elected :

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The Thanks of the Society were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting adjourned.

Fifth Ordinary Meeting, March 21st, 1842.

G. R. PORTER, Esq., F.R.S., Treasurer, in the Chair.

The following gentlemen were elected:

Richard Valpy, Esq.

James Mitchell, Esq., LL.D.

G. G. Vernon Harcourt, Esq., M.P.

The following gentlemen were proposed as Candidates for admission into the Society :—

Andrew Martin, Esq.

Thomas Irving, Esq.

Theodore Compton, Esq.
T. Marsh Nelson, Esq.

A paper was read "On the Commerce of Russia," compiled from official documents, by A. Stowaczynski, and translated by C. R. Weld, Esq.

A second paper was read "On the Prices and Fluctuations of Grain in Prussia and England," by Rawson W. Rawson, Esq., Hon. Sec. (See p. 32.)

MISCELLANEOUS.

Coal Mines. It appears from the First Report of the Commissioners on the Employment of Children that on an average of a number of mines in different districts there are employed in Lancashire to 1,000 adult males, 86 adult females, 352 males and 79 females between 13 and 18 years of age, and 195 boys and 27 girls under 13. In Northumberland and North Durham females are not employed; but to 1,000 adult males there are 266 youths, and 186 boys, at the above ages. In East Lothian to 1,000 adult males there are 338 adult females, 332 males, and 296 females between 13 and 18, and 164 boys and 103 girls under 13. In Pembrokeshire to 1,000 adult males there are 424 adult females, 366 males and 119 females between 13 and 18, and 196 boys and 19 girls under 13 years of age.

Average Prices of Corn per Imperial Quarter in England and Wales, with the Rate of Duty on Foreign Wheat, during each week from 31st December, 1841, to 25th March, 1842; also of each Month, of the Quarters ended Christmas, 1841, and Lady Day, 1842, and of the year 1841, together with the Septennial Average for the year ending Christmas, 1841. ́ (Continued from vol. iv., p. 359.)

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An Account of the Quantities of Foreign and Colonial Wheat and WheatFlour Imported, Paid Duty, and Remaining in Warehouse, in each of the Months ending 5th January, February, and March, 1842, and in the Year 1841.-(Continued from vol. iv., p. 360.)

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Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of
England, in the Quarters ended 4th January, 1st February, and 1st
March, 1842, and in the corresponding Quarters of the preceding Year.
·(Continued from vol. iv., p. 360.)

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Aggregate Amount of Notes circulated in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those of Private and Joint-Stock Banks, with the Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the Four Weeks preceding the 11th December, 1841, 8th January, 5th February, and 5th March, 1842. (Continued from vol. iv., p. 360.)

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