Abstract of Outline of Subjects for Statistical EnquiriesAuthor(s): Samuel HareSource: Journal of the Statistical Society of London, Vol. 1, No. 7 (Nov., 1838), pp. 426-427Published by: Wiley for the Royal Statistical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2337774 .

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426 Eighth Meeting -of the British Association. [November,

improved administration of the Poor Law was not imperatively called for among them. There is now but little mendicancy or vagrancy, owing in a great measure to the establishment of a species of police in the parish and the surrounding district, by an association which was formed about five years ago, at first for the preservation of game, but which has latterly embraced the protection of persons and property in general. Those who know that in most country parishes the com- mon constable is usually a useless, and often a worse than useless personage, will appreciate the utility of a paid rural police, and join in hoping. that a measure instituting a force of this description may shortly occupy the attention of Parliament, and be established through- out the kingdom.

Before concluding, a few words may be added on the subject of education, although I confess that my information on this head is by no means so perfect as I could wish. There are seven schools in the parish, four of which are in the village of Bellingham. One of these last has a foundationi. The number of children attending the different schools is greater in winter than in summer, and may in the former season average about 150. The pupils pay on an average about 5s. per quarter. The nature of the instruction varies of course according to the acquirements of the master, who can generally write a good hand and is an adept at accounts; Geography and English Grammar are frequently taught; and I believe there is uow one schoolmaster in Bellingham who professes to teach the Latin Classics. An undue stress seems to be laid on the higher branches of arithmetic (as algebra), which can be of little use in after-life to the greater part of the scholars. I may mention that there are very few among the younger part of the population who cannot both read and write; the proportion of those who can neither read nor write to those who can at least read may be about 1 in 30. I must again repeat my regret at the very imperfect details I can at present furnish upon so important a subject as the education of the people; and conclude by assuring the' Section, that it is a point to which, in future, I hope to be able to give my earnest attention; as it is by exhibiting the real condition and wants of Enjgland in this respect, that a hope may be entertained of the public mind being at last thoroughly awakened to the importance of the subject.

Abstract of Outline of Subjects for Statistical Enquiries. By SAMUEL HARE, Esq., President of the Leeds Statistical Society.

[Read before the Statistical Section of the British Association, 24th August, 1838.] MR. HARE read some prefatory remarks on " an Outline of Subjects for Statistical Enquiries," in which he observed how much the importance and value of Statistical Societies would be augmented by a strict attention, so far as is practicable, to uniformity in the designs they have in view; by a general agreement in reference to the priniciples on which they are based, the terms and numerals employed in their investigations, and the documents necessary to their elucidation.

With a view to the attainment of these desirable objects, Mr. Hare has sketched an Outline of the Subjects of Enquiry, comprising a series of tables, intended to be subsequently filled up by different Societies;

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1838.] A Statistical Table of Crime in- Ireland. 427

the arrangement of which subjects, though necessarily complex, are classified in a comprehensive, yet condensed manner.

It consists of,- I. Physical Statistics; relating to Topography, &c. II. Vital Statistics; relating to the Physical Being of Man.

III. Mental Statistics; relating to the Intellectual and Moral Being of Man.

IV. Economic Statistics; relating to the Social Condition of Man. V. Miscellaneous.

Under the above heads are comprised,- 1. Topography, Geology, Meteorology. 2. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Population, and Medical Statistics. 3. Education, Adult Instruction, Ecclesiastical Institutions, and

Criminal Statistics. 4. Real and Personal Property, Manufactures, Trade, Commerce,

Transit of Goods, Municipality, Agriculture, &c. 5. Various Subjects, not embraced in the foregoing.

From the above tables, of which there are upwards of 120, each town, where a Society is established, may have the necessary number and description of papers which its peculiar locality may require.

A Statistical Table of Crime in Ireland. By J. KINGSLEY, Esq. [Read before the Statistical Section of the British Association. 24th August, ] 838.]

As Mr. Kingsley states in his explanatory remarks on the table, which he offers as a formula for the Criminal Returns of the Empire, that, " seeking to establish a principle, he does not hold himself responsible for the accuracy of the particulars in the return," it would not be expedient to publish the table at length; but it may be stated that the peculiarity of the form consists in separating the cities from the counties, and arranging them both in the order of their respective population, with separate columns for each of the following heads:-

1. Population of each County or City. 2. Number of Souls to the square mile. 3. Comparative Standard; Carlow the least populous County, being

rated as one crime. 4. Names of Counties in order of population. 5. Offences against the Person. 6. ,, Property with violence. 7. ,, ,, without violence. 8. Offences (Malicious) against Property. 9. ,, against the Currency and Forgery.

10. ,, not included in the foregoing. 11. Total of all Offences. 12. Deaths. 13. Free Pardon. 14. Executions. 15. Petty Sessions Courts. 16. General Sessions Courts. 17. Assize Courts.

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