STATISTICS.
NATIONAL BUBEAU ADVOCATED. (Br Cable—Prew A««""intion—Copyrj'-fct.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Asrojiation.) (Received December Kith, 3.5 p.m.) LONDON, De.vnibcr 9. Mr 0. H. Knibbs, tho Commonwealth Statistician, rend a paper before the Colonial Institute, ent'.tled "Statistics and National Destiny," affirming the necessity for adequate statistics for the determination of the nation's nlaoe in tho world's affairs, or the nation's drift in a rapidly changing world. Cl.oss or individual Interest was not always in the people's interest, therefore moro State interference had bocmc essential. Mr Knibbs advocated tho establishment of a National Statistics Bureau, to build up a conspectus of national and international affairs. He added that no adequate consjiectus at present existed for the British Empire,
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16703, 11 December 1919, Page 10
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