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i iat she has not ceased to make'since the foundation of the Kingdom to multiply 
~ in all useful ways researches of this kind, to direct and control them properly— 
thanks to a strong central organization—and to give to the results a large publicity. Aw * 
We salute, then, with pleasure, your institute, because itis itself the championof = 
a cause which is dear to us. | is Dy Fe 
He referred at some length to the proposed work -of the session, 
and discussed with much discrimination and appreciation prominent  — 
topics of the programme, and said relative to the position of his own 
Government: | 
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You are well enough acquainted with our legislation to know that Italy has not Su 
-remained indifferent to the amelioration of the condition of the masses, and that she “ 
has resolutely entered the movement which influences civilized states to give a lead- 
ing place to these grave questions upon the political programme of the day. Fai 
The president, in response, expressed the grateful acknowledgment 
of the institute to the minister and the Government for kindliness, en- 
couragement, and support so generously lavished upon the infancy 
©’ of thisinstit.vion Referring to th® personnel of the membership, he 
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isee before mea large assembly of men, many of whom occupy, among their © Le y 
compatriots, the highest positions, and who are themselves illustrious by their re- 
searches and by their works. Why have they assembled here from all points of 
Europe and ~ sen from America? . ' 
He revived the progress of statistics, the development of the idea | 
of inte. uationai organization, from the creation of the first national | 
society of statistics in London in 1834, and the origin of the Interna- 
tional Congress in 1853, tracing the movement of its progress to the | - 
ninth and last session in 1876, with suggestions from this experience ° 7 
for the guidance of the new organization. He urged an early effort 
for the preparation and publication of a complete bibliography of 
international statistics as an essential initiative to the international 
work proposed. 
After the delivery of these opening addresses, the perfecting of the 
organization became the first business in order, the revision of the 
statutes, in accordance witharticle 17. Amendments were presented, 
one of the most smportant being the restriction of membership to one 
- hundred and fifty active members. These were discussed, acted on, . 
and the entire constitution adopted, as amended, as follows: Re 
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ARTICLE I. 
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The International Statistical Institute is an international association which has for ey 
its object the development of the progress of administrative and scientific statistics: 
First. By seeking and recomiucnding the proper methods to obtain, as far as pos- | 
sible, uniformity in the ~checules and in the compilation of statistical returns, in 
order to render compriuble the results obtained in the different countries. f 
Secon .. By inviting the attention of governments to the questions to be solved by 
statistical investigations. 
5 Third. By preparing international publications destined to elucidate statistical 
questions, and to establish permanent relations between statisficians of all countries. 
Fourth. By co-operation, if there is occasion, by other publications, by instruction, 
and by various means of propagating statistical knowledge and interesting states- 
_ men and savants in the investigation of social facts. 
As a general rule the International Institute will be held every two years. At each 
session the place and time of the next session will be designated. In case the assem- 
bly makes no decision in this respect the designation will be made by the Bureau. 
