_Experience in respect to the Sites of Places of Burial and Sanitary Precautions necessary in respect to them._ In regard to sites, § 140—to the time of the natural decay of bodies, § 143—to the depth of graves, § 144—to the space for graves; and the greater extent of space requisite for the same numbers of a depressed town population than for a healthy rural population, § 145—Data for the spaces requisite for the burials arising from the deaths in the metropolis, § 146 to § 150 127 Why careful planting requisite for cemeteries, §§ 151 and 152 131 _Extent of Burial-grounds existing in the Metropolis._ Summary of the extent of the burials by the chief religious communities, § 155—Disclaimer of private burial-grounds, § 156—Extent of cemetery companies’ estimates for burials, §§ 157 and 158—Diminution of public demand for burials in lead and in catacombs, § 160—Dangers to the living of ill-regulated burials, and legislation on, § 162—Improvements in all existing material arrangements for burials practicable. § 164—Defective arrangements in private cemeteries, §§ 165 and 166—Examples of improved ceremonial arrangements, §§ 169 and 171 133 _Moral influence of seclusion from thronged places, and of Decorative Improvements in National Cemeteries._ Statement by Mr. Wordsworth of the loss of salutary influence by burial in towns, § 172—Effects of careful visible arrangements on the mental associations of the population stated, § 173—Examples of the influence of cemeteries on the continent, §§ 174 and 175—Sir Christopher Wren’s plan for the exclusion of intra-mural burying places on the rebuilding of the City of London, § 176—Practice of the primitive Christians to bury outside cities, § 177 172 Superior agency of the _clerici_ employed in burial: and a special agency of public officers of health instituted in the east, § 177 148 Opinion of the Rev. H. H. Milman on the means of the re-investment of the funeral services with religious influences 150 Dispositions manifested in this respect amongst the lower classes, § 178 to 181 153 The duties in respect to honouring the dead, as stated by Jeremy Taylor 157 _Necessity and nature of the superior Agency requisite for private and public protection in respect to Interments._