ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY, 9, ADELPHI TERRACE, STRAND, W.C., LONDON. Honorary President. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G. COUNCIL AND OFFICERS.-1892-93. (having filled the Office of President). JAMES HEYWOOD, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., M.P., F.R.S. MAJOR PATRICK GEORGE CRAIGIE. Foreign Secretary. JOHN BIDDULPH MARTIN, M.A. Assistant Secretary and Editor of the Journal. Chief Clerk and Librarian. JOHN A. P. MACKENZIE. Bankers.-MESSRS. DRUMMOND AND Co., CHARING CROSS, S. W., LONDON. ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY. No. 9, ADELPHI TERRACE, STRAND, W.C., LONDON. NOTICES TO FELLOWS. December, 1892. THE Council desire to call the attention of the Fellows to the fact that notwithstanding the change in the name of the Society by the addition of the word "Royal," they are still, in using letters after their names, signifying the membership of the Society, only entitled under Rule 6, to use the letters F.S.S. ANNUAL Subscriptions are due in advance, on the 1st of January in each year. A Form for authorising a Banker or Agent to pay the Subscription Annually will be forwarded by the Assistant Secretary, on application. When convenient, this mode of payment is recommended. Drafts should be made payable to the order of "The Royal Statistical Society," and crossed "Drummond and Co." To be included in the Ballot at any particular Ordinary Meeting, the Nomination Papers of Candidates for Fellowship, must be lodged at the Office of the Society, at least six days before the date of such Meeting. FELLOWS who may desire to receive Special and Separate Notices of each Paper to be read before the Society at the Ordinary Meetings, should indicate their wishes to the Assistant Secretary. THE Ordinary Meetings of the Society are now held, by permission of the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, in The Lecture Theatre of the Museum of Practical Geology, 28, Jermyn Street, S.W. THE Library and the Reading Room are open daily for the use of Fellows from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M., excepting on Saturdays, when they are closed at 2 P.M. The Society's Rooms are entirely closed during the month of September, but books required by Fellows can be obtained from the Library on application. FELLOWS borrowing books from the Library are requested to be good enough to return them with as little delay as possible, but without fail at the expiration of a month, and without waiting for them to be recalled. (See p. 71.) FELLOWS changing their Addresses are requested to notify the same to the Assistant Secretary, so that delay in forwarding communications, or the Journal, may be avoided. BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The dates of the Ordinary Meetings of the Society, at which Papers are read and discussed, are marked in the Calendar above by Black Figures. The Chair will be taken at 7.45 p.m., precisely. These Meetings are now held, by permission of the Committee of Council on Education, in The Lecture Theatre of the Museum of Practical Geology, 28, Jermyn Street, S.W. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY. Programme of the Session 1892-93. THE MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY IN THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER-JUNE In the LECTURE THEATRE of the MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, 28, JERMYN STREET, S.W., at 7.45 p.m. The following Papers have been read (Dec., 1892) :— The President's Inaugural Address. (Dock Labour.) By CHARLES BOOTH, Esq. (Delivered 15th November.) "Distribution and Movement of the Population in India." By J. A. BAINES, Census Commissioner for India. (Read 20th December, 1892.) The following Papers have been offered; and from these and from others that may yet be offered, a selection will be made by the Council: "Progress of the Export and Import Trade of the United Kingdom." BY STEPHEN BOUrne. "Income Tax and Population." By F. B. GARNETT, C.B. "Workmen's Budgets." By HENRY HIGGS, LL.B. "On Rural Depopulation, so-called." By G. B. LONGSTAFF, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P. Railway Rates, and the Cost of Railway Carriage and Terminals." By R. PRICE-WILLIAMS, M.Inst.C.E. "The Reorganization of our Labour Department." By DAVID F. SCHLOSS. "Electoral Statistics and Theories of Representation." By JAMES PARKER SMITH, M.P. "Observations on Mental and Physical Conditions of Children." By FRANCIS WARNER, M.D., F.R.C.P ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY: AN OUTLINE OF ITS OBJECTS. THE Royal Statistical Society was founded, in pursuance of a recommendation of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the 15th of March, 1834; its objects being, the careful collection, arrangement, discussion and publication, of facts bearing on and illustrating the complex relations of modern society in its social, economical, and political aspects, especially facts which can be stated numerically and arranged in tables;-and also, to form a Statistical Library as rapidly as its funds would permit. The Society from its inception has steadily progressed. It now possesses a valuable Library of more than 27,000 volumes, and a Reading Room. Ordinary meetings are held monthly from November to June, which are well attended, and cultivate among its Fellows an active spirit of investigation; the Papers read before the Society are, with an abstract of the discussions thereon, published in its Journal, which now consists of fifty-five annual volumes, and forms of itself a valuable library of reference. The Society has originated and statistically conducted many special inquiries on subjects of economic or social interest, of which the results have been published in the Journal, or issued separately. To enable the Society to extend its sphere of useful activity, and accomplish in a yet greater degree the various ends indicated, an increase in its numbers and revenue is desirable. With the desired increase in the number of Fellows, the Society will be enabled to publish standard works on Economic Science and Statistics, especially such as are out of print or scarce, and also greatly extend its collection of Foreign works. Such a well-arranged Library for reference, as would result, does not at present exist in England, and is obviously a great desideratum. The Society is cosmopolitan, and consists of Fellows and Honorary Fellows, forming together a body, at the present time, of over one thousand Members. The Annual Subscription to the Society is Two Guineas, and at present there is no entrance fee. Fellows may, on joining the Society, or afterwards, compound for all future Annual Subscriptions by a payment of Twenty Guineas. The Fellows of the Society receive gratuitously a copy of each part of the Journal as published Quarterly, and have the privilege of purchasing back numbers at a reduced rate. The Library (reference and circulating), and the Reading Room, are open daily, for the convenience of Members. Nomination Forms and any further information will be furnished, on application to the Assistant Secretary, 9, Adelphi Terrace, Strand, W.C., London. |