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International Statistical Institute. 



International Statistical Institute. 



The sixth meeting of the International Statistical Institute 

 was held in St. Petersburg, on the invitation of the Russian 

 Government, on 30th August to 6th September, 1897, and 

 (including 5 candidates who were duly elected members 

 before the close of the session) the gathering was attended by 

 46 members of the Institute, representing twelve different 

 nationalities, and by 48 official and other statisticians chiefly 

 belonging to the Russian Imperial Services, who were 

 specially invited, and official delegates appointed by the 

 Governments of Baden, Denmark, France, Great Britain, 

 Italy, Norway, Roumania, and Sweden. The British Board 

 of Trade was represented by Mr. A. E. Bateman, C.M.G., 

 and the Board of Agriculture by Major Craigie. The session 

 was opened by an address from the Grand Duke Constantine, 

 who welcomed the members on behalf of the Emperor, the 

 representatives of the Ministries of the Interior and of 

 Agriculture and Domains joining in the reception. In the 

 absence of the President, Sir Rawson W. Rawson, K.C.M.G., 

 C.B., the meetings were presided over by M. Emile Levasseur, 

 whose opening address described the functions of the 

 Institute in combining the services of trained official 

 experts and of eminent unoflicial statisticians. 



The work coming before the Institute during the session 

 was in accordance with the practice adopted at Berne, 

 divided into four sections or groups, which, with the presi- 

 dents they subsequently chose, stood as follows : — 



Section I. Methodology, population, justice, and 

 historical statistics. (President : Dr. Von Mayr.) 



Section II. Agriculture and landed property. (Presi- 

 dent : M. Tisserand.) 



Section. III. Industry, commerce, colonies, precious 

 metals. (President : Prof. I,exis.) 



Section IV. Finance, credit, savings banks, kc. Presi- 

 dent : M. Millaud.) 



