Statistics is now obtaining a foothold in the curricula of some sixth forms in schools, and with its introduction as an option into parts of the General Certificate of Education, it is likely to be taught more in the future. One of the great difficulties which is being encountered is the amount of computation necessary in even the simplest applications of the science, and computation unfortunately of a type which is not greatly facilitated by a slide rule or table of logarithms. The bulk of the work, even in advanced applications, very frequently consists of (or may readily be reduced to) the summation of accurate squares and products of two-figure numbers such as form the raw material for applications of correlation, regression, and so forth.