page 22 note * Since this was written, I have learnt from our Vice-President, Mr. Young, that, thanks to the courteous assistance of the British embassy at Berlin, he has become possessed of much valuable matter relating to this subject, both statistical, mathematical and legislative; and I am not without hope that, notwithstanding his many engagements, he may himself be able to deal with it. Failing this, however, he has kindly promised to place his materials—much of which he has had translated at his own cost—at the service of the Institute, to be utilized in the manner indicated in the text, or for the purposes of, say, a Brown prize essay.