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639 



The following table gives the comparative weights attained 

 at four, seven, and eleven weeks old respectively : — 







Average weights. 







Lot I. 



Lot II. 



Gain of 





with salts. 



without salts. 



salt fed. 



At. 



oz. 



oz. 



oz. 



4 weeks 



6-69 



5-83 



o-86 



7 



"73 



icroo 



173 



1 „ 



26-88 



20-3 



6-58 



Dividing them according to breed, the results were as 

 follows : — 



Average weights. 



White Wyandottes Buff Orpingtons 



with salts, without salts, with salts, without salts. 



At oz. oz. oz. oz. 



4 weeks 6 '4 5*9 7'o 5-6 



7 iro iro i2-8 9*6 



11 ,, 280 2Q-o 25*3 21 -o 



With the exception of the second period, when the Wyan- 

 dottes were equal under both methods, the salt-fed birds 

 showed a considerable gain over the others. 



INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE. 



The Twelfth Session of the International Statistical In- 

 stitute was held in Paris from the 3rd to 10th of July last. 

 Major Craigie and Mr. Rew officially represented the 

 Board, and there were also present the following British 

 members of the Institute : — Sir Athelstane Baines, Mr. 

 Bowley, Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Dr. Dudfield, Prof. Edge- 

 worth, and Mr. Udny Yule. The total attendance of 

 members of the Institute was eighty-two, representing fifteen 

 countries, and there were also present seventy invited persons 

 (having no voting power) representing fourteen countries. 

 In all, seventeen countries were represented directly or in- 

 directly. 



The session was opened by the Minister of Labour, and the 

 Minister of Finance also took part officially in the proceed- 

 ings. The President of the Republic entertained the dele- 

 gates at a lunch and a garden party at the Elysee. 



Owing to the death of the President, Dr. Von Inama- 

 Sternegg, the Vice-presidents, MM. Levasseur, Lexis, and 

 Troinitsky, presided in turn at the general meetings. On 



