BRITISH CORN.-Gazette Average Prices (ENGLand and Wales), [This Table is communicated by the Statistical and Corn Department, Board of Trade.] RAILWAYS.-PRICES, Oct.-Dec.;-and TRAFFIC, Jan.-Dec., 1865. 8 33 22 10 44 10 32 3 22 41 10 29 9 21 10 Miles Open. first 52 Weeks. [000's omitted.) pr. pr. Wk 52 Weeks. Dividends per Cent. for Half Years. Mins. 1st 3rd 6th Dec. Nov. Oct. 24.7 Midland 95 55 77 6 70 55 55 75 38 9 56 1 52 6 408 408 1,224, 1,154, 73 66 67 672 6 65 924 92 387 387 470, 435, 24 19 45 45 45 0 100 983 988,106 7,882 27,375, 26,172, 69 66 40 11 56 1 47 1 Consols.-Money Prices, 1st Dec., 894 to (de.)-1st Nov., 88 to 89 (de.).—1st Oct., 883 to 894 (de.). hequer Bills.-1st Dec., 9s. to 5s. dis.-1st Nov., 4s. to 3s. dis.-1st Oct., 6s. to 1s. dis. BANK OF ENGLAND.-WEEKLY RETURN. Pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, c. 32 (1844), for Wednesday in each Week, during the FOURTH QUARTER (Oct.-Dec.) of 1865. CIRCULATION.-COUNTRY BANKS. Average Amount of Promissory Notes in Circulation in ENGLAND and WALES " 2,92 2,74 5,66 Dec. 9 1,75 3,15 4,90 3,20 3,49 6,69 29688 2,97 2,78 5,74 16 30 2,90 2,72 5,61 3,07 2,71 5,78 2,89 2,73 5,62 FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Quotations as under, LONDON on Paris, Hamburg & Calcutta; -and New York, Calcutta, Hong Kong & Sydney, on LONDON-with collateral cols. JOURNAL OF THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY, JUNE, 1866. REPORT of the COUNCIL for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st December, 1865, and for the SESSIONAL YEAR ended 15th March, 1866, presented at the THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the STATISTICAL SOCIETY, held at the Society's Rooms, 12, St. James' Square, on Thursday, 15th March, 1866; with the PROCEEDINGS of that Meeting. LORD HOUGHTON, President, in the Chair. Ir has again become the duty of the Council of the Statistical Society to place before the Fellows an account of the proceedings of the Society. The transactions which they have now the satisfaction of reporting, constitute the work of the thirty-second year of the existence of the Society. The tabular statement subjoined, exhibits the number of Fellows for the past and the previous sessional year, as well as the changes which have occurred during both periods. The Cash Balance, the Income, and the Surplus of Assets for the financial years ending December, 1864 and 1865, were as follows: From March, 1864, to February, 1865, inclusive, ten papers were read at the ordinary meetings of the Society; and the large attendances of Fellows and visitors shows that the interest of those meetings was generally well sustained. The titles and authorship are given of the papers in the following list : March 21, 1865.-Professor J. E. T. Rogers, M.A.-On the Statistical and Fiscal Definition of the word "Income." Dec. 19, Jan. 16, Feb. 20, Mr. Horace Mann.-On Public Schools and the Mr. Hyde Clarke.-On the supposed Decrease Professor W. S. Jevons, M. A.-On the Variation Dr. Wm. Farr.-On the Mortality of Children in 1866. Mr. T. A. Welton.-On French Population Statistics. Colonel W. H. Sykes, M.P.-On the Organisation, It is satisfactory to know that the sale of the Society's Journal to the public has steadily increased during the last five or six years. This fact is the more gratifying because it indicates a growing appreciation for a branch of scientific research usually thought devoid of popular attraction. The books and reports on the shelves of the library amounting to more than 3,000 volumes have been duly catalogued to the present time, upon a system which affords a ready clue both to the author and to the subject. A few works on Economic Science, either by purchase or donation, have been added to those stated in detail in last year's report as forming part of the "Tooke Memorial." |