NOTES AND MEMORANDA.

The article focuses on some developments in the economic environment of various states of the United States, of January 1896. The Department of Labor at Washington has begun the issue of the Bulletin of the Department of Labor. The first number bears date November, 1895, others are to follow at intervals of two months. The Bulletin will publish the results of original investigations by the department or its agents, digests of the labor reports of foreign countries and the States, the text of statutes and judicial decisions on labor relations and on other industrial matters, and miscellaneous notes. The American Economic Association held its annual meeting at Indianapolis during the closing days of the year, jointly with the Political Science Association of the Central States. The meeting was largely attended, with representatives from all parts of the country, including both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. An important change was made by the Council in regard to the publications of the Association. The practice of promising and issuing a stated number of monographs each year has been found disadvantageous.