The most generally convenient method of organising a simultaneous 

 inquiry under these five heads appears to be the appointment of a sub- 

 committee in each place, one or more members of which would be prepared 

 to undertake each head of the inquiry. For the ancient remains advan- 

 tage should be taken of the work of the Archaeological Survey where it 

 is in operation. The general plan of the Committee is discussed m an 

 article, On the Organisation of local Anthropological Research, in the 

 ' Journal of the Anthropological Institute ' of February 1893. 



For the use of inquirers copies on foolscap paper of the lorms ot 

 Schedule have been prepared, giving a separate page or pages of foolscap 

 for each head of the inquiries, on which are the questions and hints pre- 

 pared by the Committee, the lower portion of each page, to which should 

 be added as many separate sheets of foolscap as may be required, being 

 left for answers ; and, with regard to the physical observations, a single 

 page of foolscap has been set aside for the measurements of each m- 

 dividual to be observed. The requisite number of copies of the foolscap 

 edition of the schedules and of extra copies of the form for the persons 

 to be photographed and measured will be supplied on application. 



Communications should all be written on foolscap paper, and the 

 writing should be on one side only of the page, and a margin of about one 

 inch on the left-hand side of the page should be left, with a view to 



future binding. 



Directions for Measurement. 

 Instrument required for these measurements :—Th®^' traveller's 

 Anthropometer,' manufactured by Aston & Mander 25 Old Corapton 

 Street, London, W.C. ; price SI 3s. complete ; ^vithout 2-metre steel 

 measuring tape and box footpiece, 2Z. 10s. With this mstrument all the 

 measurements can be taken. In a permanent laboratory it will be found 

 convenient to have a fixed graduated standard for measuring the height, 

 or a scale affixed to a wall. For field work a tape measure may be tem- 

 porarily suspended to a rigid vertical support, with the zero just touching 



the ground or floor. „ „ii ^f 



A 2-metre tape, a pair of folding calhpers, a foldmg square all ot 

 which are graduated in millimetres, and a small set-square can be ob- 

 tained from Aston & Mander for \l. 6s. : with this small equipment all 

 the necessary measurements can be taken. . 



Height Sta7idincj.~The subject should stand perfectly upright, with 

 his back to the standard or fixed tape, and his eyes directed horizontally 

 forwards. Care should be taken that the standard or support tor the tape 

 is vertical. The stature may be measured by placing t^ie person with his 

 back against a wall to which a metre scale has been affixed, ihe heignt 

 is determined by placing a carpenter's square or a large set-square against 

 the support in such a manner that the lower edge is at right angles to the 

 scale ; the square should be placed well above the head, and then brought 

 down till its lower edge feels the resistance of the top of the head, ihe 

 observer should be careful that the height is taken in the middle line ot the 

 head. If the subject should object to take off" his }'<>^\'^''^^^l'l.^^^ 

 thickness of the boot-heel, and deduct it from stature indicated in boots 



Height Sittinff.--For this the subject should be seated on a low stool 

 or bench, having behind it a graduated rod or tape with its zero level with 

 the seat ; he should sit perfectly erect, with his back well ^^^f ^^^;;^^ 

 scale. Then proceed as in measuring the height standing, ihe square 

 should be employed here also if the tape against a wall is used. 



