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N this edition, the first that has been required since my husband's death, I have endeavoured within certain limits, to adopt the methods which he taught me in the preparation of previous editions. That is to say, while I have altered nothing on which a difference of opinion could exist, I have brought all the facts and figures up to date, have discarded such illustrations as seemed to be obsolete and have verified the facts on which the arguments are based, by reference to leading authorities on the various topics touched upon. In this connection I am greatly indebted for information most kindly supplied by Mr. James Howard, late M.P. for Bedfordshire, Mr. Godfrey Garrett Smith of Magdeburg, Prussia, Professor and Mrs. Marshall of Cambridge, The Hon. C. W. Fremantle, Deputy Master of the Mint, Mr. G. Ramsay, of the Army Clothing Department, The Rev. Wilson Brown, Vicar of Assington, Suffolk, Mr. J. M. Ludlow, Registrar of Friendly Societies, Mr. H, Hill of the India Office, Mr. Farrant, Managing Director of the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings Company, Mr. Stewart Pixley, Mr. H. W. Birks, Mr. G. H. Murray, Secretary to the Gold and Silver Commission, Mr. Prideaux, Secretary to the Goldsmiths' Company, Major Craigie, Secretary