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was re-elected as Hon. Treasurer, and Mr. Rew was appointed 

 one of the Auditors. 



The work of the Session was divided between three sec- 

 tions, viz.: (i) Demography and Statistical Method; (2) 

 Economic Statistics; (3) Social Statistics. 



In Section I., M. Meuriot's report on Urban Agglomera- 

 tions contained suggestions for meeting the difficulty of 

 obtaining a definition of a "town " for the purpose of com- 

 paring urban and rural populations in different countries. 



The work of the second section was naturally of most 

 importance from the agricultural standpoint. M. Yves 

 Guyot's paper on agricultural production, gold production, 

 and prices, Dr. Foldes's report on the statistics of corn prices, 

 and Mr. Rew's final report on international fishery statistics, 

 especially dealt with subjects coming within the sphere of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. M. Ricci, one of 

 the two special delegates from the International Agricultural 

 Institute, submitted for the consideration of the International 

 Statistical Institute certain questions as to the standard to 

 be taken in estimating the yield of crops and the adoption of 

 uniform methods in the preparation of crop reports from 

 different countries. A commission was appointed to examine 

 the whole question, Major Craigie being elected as the repre- 

 sentative of this country upon it. As the result of a paper 

 read by M. March, a recommendation was adopted that inter- 

 national statistics of motive power should be collected on a 

 uniform plan, a subject upon which the inquiries of the Board 

 in connection with the Census of Production will throw some 

 light in respect of motive power used in agriculture. 



A number of other important papers and reports dealing 

 with various branches of statistics were read. 



Certain questions of general interest were considered in 

 the General Assembly of the Institute, amongst them being 

 the proposal for the establishment of an International 

 Statistical Bureau. This was discussed at considerable 

 length, and eventually a resolution in favour of the establish- 

 ment of a permanent Bureau of the Institute was approved, 

 and the consideration of ways and means was referred back 

 to the special commission (upon which Sir Llewellyn Smith 



