TIN. Tin Imported into the United Kingdom in the Year ended 5th January, 1851. Tin Exported from the United Kingdom in the Year ended 5th January, 1851. ZINC. Zinc and Zinc Ore Imported into the United Kingdom in the Year ended 5th Jan., 1851. Zinc and Zinc Ore Exported from the United Kingdom in the Year ended 5th Jan., 1851. Twenty-first Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Ipswich, 2nd-8th July, 1851. Section F. Statistics. THE Rev. E. W. Edgell, Mr. Tooke, and Mr. Danson, were appointed Delegates to the Meeting to represent the Council of this Society. The following were its Officers and Committee: President.-Sir J. P. Boileau, Bart. Vice-Presidents.-The Mayor of Norwich, The Right Hon. Lord Monteagle, Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., James Heywood, Esq., M.P., F.R,S. Secretaries.-Professor Hancock, Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Committee.—Mr. H. Adair, Professor Allman, The Rev. E. W. Edgell, Professor E. D. Friedlaender, J. W. Gilbart, Esq., T. S. Gowing, Esq., T. Hancock, Esq., Dr. T. Hodgkin, W. Jerdan, Esq., Captain T. J. Lewis, The Right Reverend The Bishop of Oxford, Algernon Peckover, Esq., Mark Philips, Esq., Lieut.-Col. Portlock, Lieut.-Col. Sykes, Richard Taylor, Esq., The Rev. W. Whewell, D.D. The following were the contributions submitted to the Section :— 1. An Investigation into the Question, is there really a want of Capital in Ireland? By Professor Hancock. 2. On the Duties of the Public in respect to Charitable Savings' Banks. By Professor Hancock. 3. Statistics of the Attendance in Schools for Children of the Poorer Classes. By Joseph Fletcher, Esq. 4. On the Mathematical Exposition of some Doctrines of Political Economy. By The Rev. Dr. Whewell. 5. Observations on eighteen shaded Maps and coloured Diagrams of the Criminal Statistics of England and Wales during Sixteen Years. 6. Comparison between the Results exhibited in these Tables and those presented in the Moral Statistics of England and Wales, by Joseph Fletcher, Esq. By the author By the author of the latter. 7. Should Boards of Guardians endeavour to make Pauper-labour Self-supporting, or should they investigate the causes of Pauperism? 8. On the Mortality in different sections of the Metropolis during the Epidemic of Cholera in 1849. 9. On the Best Means of ascertaining the Number and Condition of the Infantile Idiots in the United Kingdom. By Dr. F. T. Tilt. 10. On the Influence of Discoveries in Science and Works of Art in Developing the Condition of a People, indicated by the Census Operations of the United States. By J. C. G. Kennedy, Esq., Director of Statistics at Washington. 11. On the Prospects of the Beet Sugar Manufacture of the United Kingdom. By Professor Hancock. The next Meeting of the Association will be held at Belfast. |