PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 535 



It will be unnecessary to set out in detail the computation of the con- 

 stants for this experience, 'but the results obtained may conveniently be 

 given for comparisoi) with the corresponding male figures. In the 

 following table is given a comparison of the values of the v ariou s 

 constants : — 



Table XIII. 



It maybe noted that since A r=. — log, .s =z — log^ {1 — (1 — s)) 

 and (1 — «; is a small fraction A z=. \ — s approximately. Similarly, 

 since C = — 2 log, h — — 2 \o». [1 -f (A — 1)} and {h — 1) is a 

 small fraction, C rz — 2ih — 1) approximately. 



In the case of infant life, since the mortality rates diminish 

 rapidly with increasing age, c is always less than unity, and g is 

 always greater than nnity. On the other hand, with adult experiences 

 to which the Makeham-Gompertz formulas are applicable, c is always 

 grealer than nnity, while g is always less than unity. 



From the values of the constants given in Table XIII. the values 

 of the various mortality functions for months or other fractional 

 periods of age up to age 5 may readily be computed. The presenta- 

 tion of such results would, however, be beyond the scope of the 

 present paper. 



