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the publication of the work and defraying the expenses thereof, which must be very considerably in excess of the contributions made by the Association.

Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor FLOWER (Chairman), Dr. GARSON (Secretary), Mr. BLOXAM, and Dr. WILBERFORCE SMITH, for the purpose of carrying on the work of the Anthropometric Laboratory. (Drawn up by Dr. GARSON, Secretary.)

THE Committee has to report that at the Leeds meeting of the Associa tion last year excellent accommodation near the reception room was provided by the Local Committee for the anthropometric laboratory. The services of a clerk were, as previously, placed at the disposal of the officers of the Anthropological Section, under whose supervision the work of the laboratory was carried on. By the kind permission of Mr. Francis Galton, F.R.S., the services of the superintendent of his laboratory at South Kensington, Sergeant Randall, were again available to carry on the work of the Association laboratory.

The measurements and observations made in the laboratory were the same as last year, except that the length of the hand was substituted for that of the middle finger, and the form of the profile of the nose was added. They consisted of the age, sex, birthplace, colour of eyes, hair; profile of nose; height when sitting, kneeling, and standing; vertical distance from vertex to tragus, mouth, and chin; length and breadth of head; length and breadth of nose; length and breadth of face (nasiomental and bizygomatic respectively); length of cubit and of hand; span of arms across the back; weight in ordinary clothing; strength of pull with each hand; vital capacity of lungs; strength of vision with each eye, and sense of colour; and in males the maximum and minimum circumference of the chest during inspiration and expiration. A duplicate form of these observations was handed to each person who was measured. The total number of persons measured was 135, of these 95 were males and 40 were females. The number of applicants for measurement was greatly in excess of those who could be measured, so that with a larger staff of assistants in the laboratory many more observations could have been obtained.

The Committee acknowledges with thanks the use of Stanley's new medical spirometer for testing the breathing capacity, which was kindly placed at its disposal by the manufacturer, Mr. H. T. Tallack, of 28 Hatton Garden, London. After some preliminary comparison of results obtained from Hutchinson and Lowne's spirometers and those of the new instrument, it was resolved to use the latter exclusively during the meeting. The experience gained from its use last year was so satisfactory that the Committee has arranged, by the kindness of the manufacturer, to use it again this year. The statistics of the observations made at the Leeds meeting have been worked up during the year after the manner adopted in the last two reports. The work of amalgamating the whole of the statistics of observations made at meetings of the Association is being proceeded with each year with a view, as soon as a sufficient number of

statistics have been obtained, to publishing the results in a more comprehensive form. It is also contemplated, when a sufficient number of cases have been obtained, to publish the proportions of the different parts of the body.

The measurements have hitherto been made as far as possible according to the metric system, that being by far the most convenient and universal form of measurement. As, however, many persons measured at the laboratory ask what the equivalent in English measurement is of these measurements a table has been drawn up which it is hoped will be of assistance to those who have not yet made themselves familiar with the more universal system of weights and measures.

Metrical Measurements and their equivalents in inches and half-inches.

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Age. The males examined varied in age from 18 to 75 years. these 2 were under 20 years, 24 between 20 and 30 years, 27 between 30 and 40 years, 13 between 40 and 50 years, 20 between 50 and 60 years, 7 between 60 and 70 years, and 2 from 70 years and upwards.

Birthplace and Residence.-The greatest number of both males and females from a single county were, as might naturally be expected, from Yorkshire, and particularly from Leeds; they number 38.9 per cent. of the whole number of males measured. Next in frequency come Lancashire and Middlesex, each with 8.4 per cent.; the Midland counties 7-8 per cent.; 3 per cent. from Scotland; 3 per cent. from Ireland; and the

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