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amples have been regularly published ; and even then it is frequently of 

 advantage to be able to acquire separate copies of single plates or illus- 

 trations, for purposes of comparison, without breaking up a collection or 

 a volume. 



(2) On the other hand, most travellers, collectors, and museum 

 officials find it necessary to make many photographic negatives in the 

 course of their own work, for which they themselves have no further 

 use, but which they would gladly make accessible to other students, if 

 any scheme existed by which this could be done without trouble to 

 themselves. Such negatives also accumulate, and take up valuable space ; 

 and are very liable to damage through neglect. 



(3) Further, though many professional photographers in remote 

 parts of the world have made admirable use of their opportunities of 

 recording native types, customs, and handiwork, there has hitherto ex- 

 isted no single record of what has been done in this direction ; with the 

 result that valuable collections have remained practically inaccessible to 

 those in whose interest they have been made. In the case of the Hellenic 

 Society, already cited, the inclusion, in the reference collection, of select- 

 ed prints from the negatives of professional photographers abroad has 

 been found to be of great advantage to teachers and students ; who con- 

 sult it with the view of choosing the best representations to add to their 

 own series. 



What appears therefore to be required is, in the first place, a Re- 

 gister of the photographic negatives which can be made generally avail- 

 able, illustrated by a permanent print from each, preserved at an acces- 

 sible centre ; together with an arrangement by which properly qualified 

 students may be enabled to have duplicate priuts made from them for 

 their own use, at a reasonable price. In any such scheme it would be 

 understood that the copyright, for purposes of publication, would remain 

 with the owner of the negative, and that all duplicate prints distributed 

 under this arrangement would be subject to that qualification. 



In establishing such a Register or Collection of Anthropological 

 Photographs, the Committee invites the co-operation of all owners of 

 suitable photographic negatives, who are requested to submit for regis- 

 tration one unmounted print from each negative (which will be mounted 

 by the Committee and preserved either at the office of the British Asso- 

 ciation, or in some central and accessible place) ; together with a full 

 description of the photograph. The latter should state, as on the form 

 appended : — 



(1) The subject of the photograph, and the place where the 



original is (or was) to be found. 



(2) The name and address of the owner of the negative, 



