THE publication of Sankhya, one of the leading statistical journals, and the work of Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis, Dr. P. V. Sukhatme and others for national and international statistics, establish India‘s claim to be considered in the front rank of nations contributing to the theory and application of statistical science. The Calcutta Statistical Association, a new society, has produced a Bulletin, the modest aim of which is to publish popular expositions of statistics ; if the journal has the support of the Calcutta school, a high standard should be assured. The first number (No. 1. August 1947. Pp. 1—48. Calcutta, 3s.) contains an interesting brief history of crop-sampling in India from the time of Akbar to the present day, a criticism of the recent report of the Indian Central Pay Commission, simple accounts of statistical aspects of public opinion surveying and mental testing, and several shorter notes. The problem of making modern statistical techniques intelligible to readers who lack formal training in the subject has been courageously, though not always successfully, tackled. A more critical approach and increased care in the choice of words should make this Bulletin of considerable interest and value outside, as well as inside, India.