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and the publication of the pamphlet of instructions. The Com- 

 mittee wishes to record its appreciation of the attention given by 

 the late Dr. Hall to the supervision of this tedious work. Unfor- 

 tunately, w^hen the pamphlet was ready for distribution tO' the 

 different States by Dr. Bremand, of Sydney, who' was acting as 

 honorary secretary during Dr. Booth's* absence in Europe, it was 

 destroyed bv fire, together with the minute-book, 1913 corre- 

 spondence, details of expenditure of the vote of £10. Shortly 

 afterwards, en the outbreak of war. Dr. Bremand was instantly 

 mobilized for duty on H.M.A.S. Aiisfralid, and the operations of 

 the Committee were necessarily suspended. It w^as not possible to 

 revive it, owing to the high pressure at which the medical and 

 teaching professions and defence authorities were working. 



In the early part of 1913, however, some headway had been 

 made in interesting the leading educational authorities in the ques- 

 tion of anthropometry, but it was felt that it would he> premature 

 to attempt much in this direction until the! pamphlet of instruc- 

 tions was available. Regarding certain measurements which have 

 been taken by military and educational authorities during the 

 past five years, the Committee regrets to- report that there is 

 evidently a want of that care and accuracy in the collection of data 

 which are essential for obtaining reliable statistical results. 



The Committee asks to be re-appointed to take up the work 

 practically at the stage of its appointment in 1913. 



