PREFACE. 



THE observations recorded in this Report were undertaken by me at the 

 suggestion of Dr John Macpherson, Commissioner in Lunacy. The measurements 

 were made in December, 1903, and during the year 1904, under my direction by 

 Mr A. M. Macgillivray and Mr W. S. Cran, and also by myself. Mr Cran made 

 observations at the following asylums : Aberdeen, Banff, Elgin, Inverness, and 

 Montrose. Mr Macgillivray made observations at the following asylums : 

 Montrose, Perth, Stirling. Edinburgh, Midlothian, Haddington, Roxburgh, Lanark 

 (Hartwood), Glasgow (Woodilee and Gartloch), Govan (Hawkhead), Greenock, 

 Paisley, Ayr, Argyll, Dumfries, Fife and Kinross, and Dundee. Measurements 

 were made by me at the following asylums : Aberdeen, Montrose, Dundee, 

 Stirling. Edinburgh, Perth, Lanark (Hartwood), and Glasgow (Woodilee). The 

 superintendents of all the asylums very kindly afforded the observers every facility 

 and assistance in making the measurements, and besides supplying information 

 on every case, gave interesting and valuable details where necessary, and measured 

 a few exceptional cases. 



I wish here to acknowledge the assistance and co-operation of the superinten- 

 dents and staffs of all the asylums. Without such assistance and co-operation 

 it would have been impossible to carry out this rather formidable undertaking. 



It is not proposed to enter here into any statement as to the results arising 

 from this survey. The following is merely a correct record of the observations, as 

 made (Table X.), and tabulated with respect to the frequency of each individual 

 character, and the frequencies of each combination of two characters, for the whole 

 number of persons observed (Tables I.-VII., IX... and XXI. -XXVI.), and with 

 respect to the colour in the individual asylums (Tables XXVII.-LXX.). 



In addition to the foregoing tables, a table showing the mean value and 

 variability (standard deviation) of each of the cranial characters, the whole number 

 observed being considered, is given on page 10 (Table VIII.). The mean, varia- 

 bility (standard deviation) and coefficient of variation with probable errors for the 

 various characters in each individual asylum are given in Tables XI. -XX. 



