The Press.
London, England, 1855-03-17 00:00:00

MARCH 17, 1855.

STATISTICAL SOCIETY.-
The Twenty-first Anniversary Meeting of the Statistical
Society was held at the Rooms of the Society iu St. James's-square
on Thursday the 15th lust., THOMAS TOOKE, ESQ , V.P., in
the Chair. Among the persons present were the following
Lord Harrowby ,Viscount Ebrington, M.P., Lord Stanley, M.P
Colonel Sykes, Dr. Farr, Dr. Waddilove, &o.
The Circular convening the Meeting having been read, the
Chairman called upon Dr. Guy, one of the Honorary Secretaries,
to read the Report of Council ou the progress of the Society
during the put year. The Report was a satisfactory one, and
entered with some detail into the finances of the Society. It
called attention to the increasing circulation of the Society's
Journal, as evidenced by an increase of sixty-tive per cent. in the
sales of the last year as compared with those of the previous
year, and alluded to the success which had attended the publica-
tion of a General Index to the Society's Journal. The expense
of compiling and printing an Index which had analysed every
paragraph of the Journal from its commencement, giving ab-
e.ract of every paper it contained, had been considerable • never-
theless, it had not only defrayed the expense of its publication,
but had created a new source of income to the Society. The
Council attributed much of the success which had attended this
financial experiment to the active and zealous services of Mr.
Cheshire, the acting Secretary of the Society. Encouraged by
the satisfactory state of the Society's finances, the Council had
sanctioned a oonsiderablo expenditure for the compilation of al I
Alphabelico-Classified Catalogue of the Library, which work had
been intrusted to the able and experienced hands of Mr.
Wheatley, by whom the Index had been prepared. It had just
been completed and was submitted to the Meeting. The Report
briefly explained the principles upon which the Catalogue had
been compiled. The Library contained 11,000 distinct works,
exclusive of Blue Books ; and 2,600 volumes. During the pro-
gress of the work much attention had been given to the compie.
tion ofdefective sets. Among the more considerable donors to
the Library during the past year were mentioned the India
Board, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, Mous. Quetelet, and Dr. Edward
Jarvis. The Evening Meetings of the Society since the last
Anniversary Meeting sad been well attended, and many com-
munications having a direct bearing on public questions of the
day had been read and
.discussed. Among the more important
might be mentioned Mr. DllllBOll.ll paper " On Our Commerce
with Russia in Peace and War," Dr. Waddilove's paper "On the
Effects of the Recent Orders in Council in Relauon to British*
Russian, and Neutral Commerce," Mr. Newmarob's paper "On
to Loans raised by Mr. Pitt During the First French War,"
Dr. Guy's paper " On the Relation of the Price of Wheat to the
" Revenue derived from Customs and Excise," and Mr. Minasi's
paper "On a Decimal System of Coinage." The Council ad-
verted to the Meeting of the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, at Liverpool, in September, 1854, under
the presidency of the Earl of Harrowby, and drew attention to
the sucoess which had attended the Meetings of the Statistical
Section. The great prominence given to statistical knowledge
In the inaugural address of the Noble Chairman had given a
new impulse to that science. The Report concluded by revert-
ing to the severe loss which the Society had sustained by the
decease of Leon Faucher, one of its Foreign Honorary Members,
and the still more severe loss, by death, of one of its original
Fellows, Mr. Joseph Hume, M. V., a Member of the Council, who
during a long life of sustained industry did much to demonstrate
the value of accurate staustical information and to apply nu.) the
purposes of good government. Lord Hatrowby moved and
Colonel Sykes seconded, that the Report be adopted, and a
balbt having taken place for the President, Council, and Officers
for the year ensuing, the following was declared to be the list,
the names in italics being those of the new Members of the
Council :

PRESIDENT.
The Right Hon. the Lail of HARROWBY.
COUNCIL.

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