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PART I

1. On a Decimal Coinage.

2. Census of Great Britain, 1851.

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4. Financial Improvement.

5. New Customs Tariff.

6. Ireland: in Prospects.

7. Fluctuations of the Funds.

8. Average Prices of Corn, &c.

PART II

9. Abstracts of Public Acts.

10. Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents.

11. Chronicle of the Session of Parliament.

12. Private Bills of the Session of Parliament.

13. Public Petitions, 1852-3.

14. Public Improvements, with Woodcuts.

15. Chronicle of Occurrences, 1852-3.