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 Association 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 |