Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science

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CONTENTS.

Introduction

Opening Address. The Right Rev. the Lord BISHOP OF MANCHESTER

Address on Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law. Sir TRAVERS

TWISS, Q.C., D.C.L., F.R.S.

Address on Education. The Hon. E. LYULPH STANLEY

Address on Health. FRANCIS S. POWELL

Address on Economy and Trade. Lord REAY

Address on Art. Sir Courts LINDSAY, Bart.

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SELECT PAPERS, NOTICES OF PAPERS,

DISCUSSIONS, &c.

I. JURISPRUDENCE AND THE AMENDMENT OF

THE LAW.

(a) INTERNATIONAL LAW SECTION.

Obligations of Civilised Nations to Uncivilised Races.

Is it a Legal or a Moral Duty for a Civilised Nation to observe towards an

Uncivilised race, Laws or Principles which that race either ignores or

persistently neglects? F. W. CHESSON

Discussion.

(b) MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION.

Adjustment of Charitable Endowments.

What is the Mode in which Charitable Endowments can be dealt with when

their objects have become changed in character, or unsuited to the

present wants and usages of Society? Sir ARTHUR HOBHOUSE, Q.C.,

Should the Marriage Laws of the United Kingdom be assimilated? A.

WADDILOVE, D.C.L. A. EDGAR, LL.D.

Copyright Law.

What action should be taken on the Report of the Royal Commission on

Copyright? C. H. E. CARMICHAEL

The Property of Married Women. J. BOYD-KINNEAR

Negotiable Securities to Bearer. H. D. JENCKEN

On the Propriety of Selling instead of Granting Spirit and other Licenses.

J. WATTS, Ph.D.

205

206

The Long Vacation as a Grievance to Suitors. R. DENNY URLIN

Some practical Land Law Reforms. Serjeant Cox

The Transfer of Land. Professor HOPKINSON

On the Progress of the Movement for the Enfranchisement of Women. Miss

LYDIA BECKER

215

A System of Election which provides for a Just and Permanent Distribution

of Seats in Parliament among all the counties, cities, and boroughs of

the United Kingdom. THOMAS HARE.

(c) REPRESSION OF CRIME SECTION.

218

Address by the President of the Council. GEORGE WOODYATT HASTINGS, M.P. 229

The Penal Servitude Commission.

On the Report of the Penal Servitude Commission. Right Hon. Sir WALTER

CROFTON, C B.

Discussion

The Prisons Act of 1877.

What are the Practical Results and Effect of the Prisons Act of 1877?

JOHN LLOYD

Discussion

Bail in Criminal Cases.

May the Practice of Admitting to Bail upon Criminal Charges, and taking

Recognizances for future judgment and good behaviour in lieu of

Punishment upon First Convictions, be advantageously extended. Ser-

The Prevalence of Intemperance under the Licensing System. Rev. DAWSON

BURNS, M.A.

343

II.-EDUCATION.

Voluntary and School-Board Schools.

In what way should Local Self-government be developed as regards Educa-

tion, and what is the proper connection between Voluntary and School

Board Schools? WILLIAM HUGHES

Discussion.

Middle-Class Schools.

What should be the Curriculum in Middle-Class Schools, and what influence

may Government beneficially exercise on the Schools and on their

teachers? Professor A. S. WILKINS. HENRY J. ROBY

Discussion.

Elementary Education.

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357

369, 385

381, 393

What Subjects ought to be taught in Elementary Schools, and in what way

can the present System of Inspection of these Schools be advantageously

altered? C. J. DAWSON. Rev. BROOKE LAMBERT, M.A.

Discussion.

399, 413

422

Some points in the Physical Aspects of Primary Education. F. WARNER, M.D. 435

Miscellaneous.

The Elementary School System in Sweden. Dr. F. F. CARLSEN .

Training and Registration for Teachers. Miss MARY C. TABOR

Girls' Public Day Schools. Miss C. A. BIGGS

438

441

Defects of Public Elementary Schools may be amended by the Kindergarten

System. W. H. HERFORD

444

The Science of Seeing. F. J. WILSON

445

The Cost of Instruction Books on First Publication. J. NEVILLE PORTER
Phonetic Spelling. H. PITMAN

Music in Elementary Schools. J. THOMPSON, M.R.A.M.

Art in Elementary Schools. W. WALKER

The Higher Education, Training, and Employment of the Blind. J. P.

COLDSTREAM, W.S.

III. HEALTH.

Evils to Health from Growth of Suburban Districts.

What are the Evils resulting to Health from the Growth, outside the boun-

daries of municipalities, of Suburban Districts without due regulation

and control? A. HAVILAND, M.R.C.S.

Discussion.

Sanitary Condition of Houses.

What are the Best Means of Improving the Sanitary Condition of existing

Houses of the Middle Classes, and the best mode of Building so as to

combine Sanitary and Commercial Value? J. CORBETT. E. SEATON,

The National Water Supply. A. T. ATCHINSON, M.A. Professor ANSTED,

National Water Supply and the Public Health (Water) Act, 1878. J. M.

Fox

Discussion.

Sewage Farms.

The Influence of Sewage Irrigation Works upon Public Health. BALDWIN

LATHAM, C.E.

Domestic Water Supply. STEVENSON MACADAM, PH.D., F.R.S.E.

Further Observations on the Mortality from Intemperance. NORMAN

KERR, M.D., F.L.S.

The Extent of Alcoholic Poisoning in England. J. WHYTE

The Manchester Waterworks. J. F. BATEMAN, F.R.S.

On the Sanitary Results of Planting Trees in Towns. J. S. PHENÉ, LL.D.,

The Eucalyptus and the Pine, in relation to their Sanitary Properties. C. T.
KINGZETT, F.I.C., F.C.S.

On the Mortality of the Rich and the Poor. C. R. DRYSDALE, M.D.

Emigration, what it can do, and what it cannot do. C. R. DRYSDALE, M.D. 562

Neglect of Treatment in Lunacy. J. S. FLETCHER, M.D.

IV. ECONOMY AND TRADE.

Mismanagement in Joint Stock Undertakings.

565

What Steps should be taken to Protect Shareholders and the Public from

Mismanagement in Joint Stock Undertakings? J. OLDFIELD CHADWICK 567

Discussion.

Land Laws.

What Alterations in the Land Laws will be to the Economic Advantage of the

country? F. J. KINGSLEY

Discussion.

Commercial Treaties and Free Trade.

The Renewal and Extension of our Commercial Treaties, and what are the

Chief Obstacles to the general Adoption of Free Trade? J. SLAGG

Discussion.

Free Trade with our Colonies. G. BADEN-POWELL, M.A., F.R.A.S. .

Civil Service appointments for Women. WHATELY COOKE TAYLOR

The Necessity and Importance of Economy in National Taxation.

WATTS, Ph.D.

On the Social Aspect of Trade Depression. STEPHEN BOURNE

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