Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science. Edinburgh meeting, 1863 / Edited by George W. Hastings.

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1864
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    adopted by the Council in 1860, and will be found in the introduction to the Transactions of 1860. The Deputation have reason to believe that their representations were not without effect, though the Irish Registration Act of last Session, as finally passed, leaves very much to be desired.* In consequence of the discussions at the London Meeting on the subject of establishing a uniform international system of general average, the Council determined to appoint a Special Committee to prepare a Bill, or series of resolutions, having for object the esta- blishing one uniform system of general average, and to consider and report the best means of proceeding, with a view to obtaining legisla- tive or other competent sanction for such system in the different •countries in the world.f The Council are informed that considerable progress has already been made by the Committee in obtaining the opinions of chambers of commerce, boards of underwriters, and other commercial bodies in the different States of Europe and America; and at our next annual meeting a full report may be expected. In September, 1862, an Association was formed upon the continent •for the same objects as our own, and modelled on the same plan. It had. indeed, originated with some continental friends who had attended our meetings; and at the London Congress a paper was read by ] Monsieur Corr Vander Maerren, describing the plan of an Inter- ■ national Association for the Promotion of Social Science. This off- spring of our body held its first meeting at Brussels, at the time : already mentioned, and its second congress has recently taken place at I Ghent with great success. On the first occasion the Council sent i their General and Foreign Secretaries as a Deputation, to congratulate i the founders of the International Association on the commencement i of their undertaking, and to express their warm sympathy with its i objects. The Council trust that these two kindred societies will always be found working together in harmony and mutual help. The members of the Association are well aware that the Congres < de Bierifaisance, in 1862, held its sittings in London coujoiutly with i our own meetings. The Council undertook to guarantee the cost of printing and publishing the many valuable papers which were read to the Congres, and the Compte Rendu of that body has accordingly beeu published in a French and English volume, and may be ob- tained by members of this Association at a reduced price. * See the Report of the Standing Committee of the Public Health Depart- ment, p. 551. t The following are the Members of the Committee:— Ernst Emil Wendt, Esq., Cliairman of the Committee; Richard Lowndes, Esq., Secretary ; Laurence R. Baily, Esq., Liverpool; J. Russell Bradford, Esq., Boston ; L. C. Driebeck,Esq.. Rotterdam ; Theodore C. Engels, Esq., Antwerp ; b. Oram, Esq., Copenhagen; George W. Hastings., Esq.; William J. Lamport, Esq., Liverpool; Edouard Van Peborgh, Esq., Antwerp; E. N. Rahusen, Esq., Amsterdam ; P. H. Rathbone, Esq., Liverpool; R. M. Smith, Esq., Edinburgh ; • »• k'-ienson, Esq., Copenhagen ; Edward Tlume, Esq., Copenhagen ; J. Wer- theim, Esq., Amsterdam.