Includes bibliographical references.book I. Historical and commemorative addresses: The American statistical association, 1839-1914, by J. Koren. Seventy-five years of progress in statistics: the outlook for the future, by S.N.D. North.--book II. History and development of official statistics in many countries: Australia, by G.H. Knibbs. Austria, by R. Meyer. Belgium, by A. Julin. Canada, by E.H. Godfrey. Denmark, by A. Jensen. France, by F. Faure. Germany, by E. Würzburger. Great Britain and Ireland, by A. Baines. Hungary, by L. von Buday. India, by A. Baines. Netherlands, by C.A.V. Stuart. Norway, by A.N. Kiaer. Russia, by A. Kaufmann. Sweden, by E. Arosenius. United States: federal statistics, by J. Cummings. State statistics, by C.F. Ge...