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Report of the Proceedings at the Statistical Congress, held at Brussels, 19 to 22 September 1853. (Concluded from page 107, vol. iv)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

Samuel Brown*
Affiliation:
Institute of Actuaries

Extract

After the inaugural address of M. Quetelet, the regulations for facilitating the business of the Congress were proposed and agreed to, and M. Ducpetiaux read a list of the papers and correspondence received.

The representatives of the Statistical Departments in the different Governments of Europe proceeded to give a summary view of the position occupied by statistics in their respective countries.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1855

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References

page 29 note * May we not infer that this is a strong argument against State monopoly? since it is reasonable to suppose that, in such a case, competition would lead to an increase in the number of manufactories, so that the wants of the public would be supplied as they arose. (S. B.)

page 33 note * I would beg also to refer the readers of this report to the very clear and concise summary in Mr. Cheshire’s pamphlet, The Results of the Census of Great Britain in 1851; with a description of the Machinery and Processes employed to obtain the Returns.