JOURNAL

OF THE

STATISTICAL SOCIETY

OF

LONDON.

VOL. XVIII.

LONDON:

JOHN WILLIAM PARKER AND SON, 445, WEST STRAND.

1855.

NOTICE.

THE Council of the Statistical Society of London 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.

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On the Current Price, and the Cost Price, of Corn, in England, during the last Ten Years, as illustrating the value of Agricultural Statistics. By J. T. DANSON, Esq.

The Effect of the Recent Orders in Council, in relation to English, Russian, and Neutral Commerce. By ALFRED WADDILOVE, D.C.L.................

Statistics of Nice Maritime. By COLONEL SYKES, F.R.S.

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On the Effect of Good or Bad Times on Committals to Prison. By THE
REV. JOHN CLAY

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Miscellanea

Twenty-first Anniversary Meeting of the Statistical Society. Session 1854-55
On the Loans raised by Mr. Pitt during the First French War, 1793-1801;
with some statements in defence of the Methods of Funding employed.
By WILLIAM NEWMARCH, ESQ., one of the Honorary Secretaries of the
Statistical Society

On the Statistical Position of Religious Bodies in England and Wales. By
HORACE MANN, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.

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The Progress and Direction of British Exports, and the Influence thereon of
Free Trade and Gold. By RICHARD VALPY, Esq.
The Census of the Deaf and Dumb in 1851. By DAVID BUXTON, Esq.,
Principal of the Liverpool School for the Deaf and Dumb

Miscellanea

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On the Mortality arising from Naval Operations. By WILLIAM BARWICK
HODGE, ESQ., Fellow of the Statistical Society and of the Institute of
Actuaries.

On the Influence of Social Degradation in producing Pauperism and Crime, as
exemplified in the Free Coloured Citizens and Foreigners in the United
States. By THE REV. ROBERT EVEREST

On the Causes of the Fluctuations in the Herring Fishery. By JOHN
CLEGHORN, ESQ.

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