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in the enumerators' schedule of the census of 1891 

 records not only of caste, but also of endogamous 

 and exogamous groups within the caste to which 

 each man belonged. The proposals were not found 

 wholly feasible, but were received sympathetically, 

 and a full discussion with the Government was not 

 without useful results (see the period 1899-1902, 

 below). 



The Council also discussed with the Civil Service 

 Commissioners and other authorities the question 

 of assigning marks for physical qualifications to 

 candidates in competitive examinations for posts 

 where high physical efficiency is advantageous. 

 The Council issued a full memorial on the subject, 

 which, however, had already been under the dis- 

 cussion of the authorities. 



The Association also returned in this and the 

 following year to the question of expediting the 

 revision and improving the facilities for the purchase 

 of maps of the Ordnance Survey. A departmental 

 committee was appointed by the Board of Agricul- 

 ture to inquire into the matter. These steps had 

 little effect at the time, though more recent improve- 

 ments (still in progress) have taken place along the 

 lines then indicated by the Association. 



1892-93. The Association urged upon the Local 

 Government Board the publication of a report pre- 

 sented by the British Medical Association to the 

 Board upon an examination into deviations from the 

 normal among 50,000 children in various schools : 

 the Board declined. 



The Council directed the attention of the Home 

 Office and the naval, military, and Indian authorities 

 toward the anthropometric measurement of criminals 



