40 



It will be seen from Table I., that although minima, 

 according to age, were fixed for height and chest-circumfer- 

 ence, the " Admiralty Standard " entirely omitted weight. 

 Luckily a column for it had been inserted in the printed 

 heading of the Physical Register, which was regularly filled 

 up, though not actually required. To prevent confusion I 

 have always noted the weight with clothes throughout this 

 Paper. 



3rd. — Chest-girth being the most difficult measurement, 

 it was taken, under special medical superintendence, in 

 inches and quarters, thus: — Divested of all his upper clothes, 

 the boy was made to stand perfectly upright, his shoulders well 

 back, both arms raised straight above his head, backs of the 

 hands touching each other, their palms turned outwards, and 

 after counting 10 slowly, the measurement was read off in 

 front, the measuring-tape having been passed horizontally 

 round the chest, its lower edge touching the nipples. This 

 was exactly the plan adopted by the British Army, except 

 with the " arms hanging loosely by his (the recruit's) side." 



This completed the Physical Examination, and the 

 Medical Examination followed. 



Table I. gives the average measurements of these 3,060 

 boys according to age. They were as under : — 



The average for the younger boys was from the whole 700, 

 who formed part of the First Series only. I had no subsequent 

 opportunity, and was glad to have obtained their measure- 

 ments. That of the older boys was the average of two 

 averages, viz., of 1,400 who were part of the First Series, 

 and of the 960 who formed the Second Series entirely. This 



