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Eepoit of the coimiiiffcc for the i>iii'i)osc of <;irryiiiji on tlio work of 

 the aiitliroponietric laboratory. 



The address l>eforc Section 11 — Antliro[)oh»gy — was deliv'ered by 

 President Alexander Macalister, m. d., f. r. s., professor of anatomy 

 in tlie University of ('anibrid<;e. 



The foUowinj;' papers were read: 



(1) Ou thu organization Of local niithropological re.soareli, l>y K. W. Biabrook. 



(2) Discovery of tlio comniou occurrence of paheolitUic weapons in Scotland, by 

 Rev. Frederick Sniitli. 



(3) Notes on cyclopean architecture in the South I'acilie Islands, hy K. A. Stern- 

 dale. 



(4) On a frouto-limlii(^ formation of the human eereluaini, by ]>r. 1;. Manouvrier, 

 professor at the School of Anthropology, Paris. 



(5) The Indo-Europeans' conception of a future life an<iits bearing ujion their 

 religions, by Prof. G. Hartwell .Jones, m. a. 



(6) Exhibition of jihotograplis, weapons, etc., of the Toba Indians of the Gran 

 Chaco, l>y .1. Graham Kerr. 



(7) Exhibition of pre-paleolif hie flints, by ,J. Montgomerie Bell. 



(8) The present inhabitants of Mashonaland and thinr origin, l)y J. Theodore Bent. 



(9) On the value of art in ethnology, by Prof. A. C. Haddon. 



(10) Similarity of certain ancient necropoleis in the Pyrenees and in North Brit- 

 ain, by Dr. Phen6, v. s. a. 



(11) A contribution to the ethnology of Jersey, by Andrew I)unlo]>, m. i)., f. g. 8. 



(12) On the past and present condition of the natives of the Friendly Islands, or 

 Tonga, by R. B. Leefe. 



(13) Damma Island and its natives, by P. W. Hassett-Smitli, surgeon R. N., f. r. 

 M. s. 



(A discussion on iinthro](omet ric idcntiiication w:is opened by I>r. !>. Manou\rier, 

 of Paris. ) 



(14) Some develojimental and evolul ion.i! aspects of criminal anthropology, by 

 T. S. Clouston^I. D., F. K. s. i;. 



(1.5) On a coiffure from the South Seas, by Sir W. rnrner. 



(IC)) On fho articular piocesses of tht^ \'ertebr:e in the gorilla compared with 

 thos(! in man, and (m cosio-vertebral variation in the gorilla, by Prof. Struthers, 



M. I)., I.L. D. 



(17) On the i>robablo derivation of some characteristic sounds in cert.ain lan- 

 guages frou) cries or noiss^s made l)y animals, by ,1. Mausel Weale. 



(18) On the ]>rehensile ])ower of infants, by Dr. Louis Robinson. 



(19) The int(^guinentary grooves on the palm of the hand and sole of the foot 

 of man and the authropoi<l apes, by David ifeiiburn, .m. i>.. c. .m., f. i;. s. v... senior 

 demonstrator of anatomy, I'mversity of lOdinburgh. 



(20) On the contemporaneity of man ;ni(l the mo.i. I)y 11. O. Forltes. 



(21) A discussion on human ostcomefrs- was opened by Dr. .1. (i. (inrsou. 



(22) ]'>xhibitiou of comjiositc ))hotogr;ij)hs of I'nitcd States soldiers, by Dr. .] . (i. 

 Garson. • 



(23) Observations as fo physical (lev iafious from the normal as secsn among r)().00l) 

 children, by Francis Wanu'r. >i. i>. 



(24) On the brain of the Australian, by Tn^f A. Macalister. 



(25) On skulls from Mobanga, I'ppcr Congo, by Prof. A. Macalister. 



(26) On some facial cliaracters of the ancient Egyptians, by Prof. A. Macalister. 



(27) On some very ancient skeletons from .Medum, Egypt, by ,1. (J. Garson, m. i>. 



(28) On a skull from Port Tiribot, (Jlamor^.inshire, by C. Phillips, is. a. 



(29) On (repanning th", human skull in prehistoiic times, by Robert Munro, .M. 



A., M. P. 



