it with a skill and a finish which abundantly atoned for
the shortcomings of the original.

The lectures and addresses on municipal government
were translated into Japanese under the title of "Collected
Addresses," and published by the Institute for Municipal
Research. Viscount Goto added a brief preface. Copies
were sent by the Institute to important officials in the chief
cities of Japan and widely distributed to the general public.
The lecture on "Special Assessments" before the authori-
ties of the city of Osaka was also separately published
as an introduction to a translation of "Special Assess-
ments as a Means of Financing Municipal Improvements,"
the Supplement to the "National Municipal Review" for
February, 1922.

It seems fair to say, therefore, that nothing humanly
possible was neglected in the effort to carry out Viscount
Goto's plan for arousing in Japan a deeper public interest
in the subject of municipal improvement.

As for my second task, that of giving to city officials
information on American experience, from time to time,
it is difficult to compile a record of my activities. Some-
times the request came in the form of a general invitation
to report on some such topic as the nature of the traction
problem in New York City and its meaning for the city
of Tokyo. Sometimes the request was a personal one--
the desire of the mayor or one of the city officers for
data relative to some special point, such as the system
of budget hearings or land assessments methods in
New York.

In discharging my obligations under this head, I sought
to avoid wasting the time of the city authorities by first
making a general survey of the ground. Two or three
weeks at the city hall and in the public institutions of
Tokyo revealed the fact that the leaders in the city were

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