The political development of the towns, by G. G. Wilson. The struggle for judicial supremacy, by E. C. Stiness. Public and private finance, by H. K. Stokes. Industrial development, by J. B. Bowditch. The poor, the defective and the criminal, by J. H. Nutting. Free masonry and Odd fellowship, by H. P. Smith. Early habits and customs and old landmarks, by E. Field