Precursors of the, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society

Before the journal of the Statistical Society of London (now the Royal Statistical Society) was first published in 1838 there were 4 years of the Society's existence in which contributions by members were recorded in its, Proceedings, and a selected number in a single volume of, Transactions. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the, Proceedings which, together with the, Transactions, lead seamlessly into the early journals.