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The first meeting of the International Statistical Congress' ever held

in England took place on Monday last. The present session is the fourth of the series, and was opened at Somerset House by the Prince Consort, in an able and earnest address. It would be difficult to over-estimate the advantages derivable from the meetings of such a Congress as this. The facts col- lected from the experience gained in the different countries of Europe and elsewhere are of the highest importance in them- selves ; but the accidental benefits consisting in the mutual in- tercourse of the " representative men" of all nations are not less to be valued.

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