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table, since known as the "American Experience Table," deduced from the experience of that company, adjusted by reference to the "17 Offices Table" and certain arbitrary assumptions. This table was adopted as the standard of the State of New York, and has also been of great reputation in this country.

Certain famous population tables, known as English Life Tables, I, 11 and III, were constructed by Dr. William Farr from British census statistics, and were published from 18I5 to 1865.

A second table from the British government experience with annuitants appeared in 1860, and a third in 1883.

A second "combined experience" table was published in 1869. It was deduced from the experiences Of 20 leading British offices, and is known as the 20 Offices Table. There are really three tables, a male life table known as the 1-1'' table, a female life table known as the HF table, and one, drawn from male lives insured for fire years and upwards, known as the H"' table. These are sometimes also called the Institute of Actuaries' Tables. They became standard in Breath Britain generally.

In the United States, a "combined experience" table, drawn from the experiences of 3o American companies, was published in 1870. It is known as the "30 American Office Table" or " Meech's Table," from the name of the chairman of the committee which had charge of the work. It never became standard, and was objected to as including too man} freshly- selected lives in proportion, and on other grounds.

In 1883 a "combined experience" table was published,